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Usher Performs Latest Material On The Today Show

ajbabe — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:11:18 GMT

By the looks of it, RnB veteran Usher did was he does best to get the crowd going with his MJ tribute performance on the Today show in Manhattan. The 33-year-old performed some of his previous tracks namely OMG and new track �Without You� from his seventh up coming album �Looking For Myself�. FLAWLESS performance [...]
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NEW MUSIC: Nicki Minaj ft Chris Brown � Starring Nas �Right By My Side�

ajbabe — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:11:18 GMT

If you�ve been wondering where Nas has been hiding out, the rapper popped up in Minaj�s latests track �Right By My Side�. Taken from the Roman Reloaded album�, the track ft Chris Brown. The track does Nicki�s vocals some justice, we do like it. Check it�
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Rihanna looking hot in Poses For UK�s Esquire Magazine

ajbabe — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:51:16 GMT

If it requires stripping off and posing sensually, Rihanna is GAME! Ms Fenty will be seen doing what she does best in July�s UK edition of Esquire, released in June. Shot here in London East London, Rihanna offers an exclusive candid interview.
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Did Aliens Build the Pyramids? (Documentary)

neoxiang — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:11:19 GMT

THRIVE: What on Earth Will It Take? (Documentary)

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How The West went Bust (Documentary)

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My Small Breastsx and I (Documentary)

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Abuses during delivery forces pregnant women to squat at home

neoxiang — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:46:22 GMT

Pregnant women in the Upper East Region prefer giving birth at home rather than in the hospital.

This follows claims the pregnant women are often physically and verbally abused when they visit the hospitals for delivery.

A coalition of health NGOs revealed this after a survey in the region.

The coalition fears the situation will have precarious effect on child and maternal mortality.

Vice Chairman Coalition Noble Asakia told Joy News the situation is predominant in rural areas and must be checked immediately.

�Maternal health should be the concern of mankind. Maternal health should not be limited to only civil society organisations alone or the government.

�We are so particular because the region lack a lot of skilled health professionals,� he said.

Resident Gynecologist at the Upper East Regional hospital, Dr Peter Banfo acknowledged the concerns of the coalition but doubts if the situation is widespread.

He said there are different delivery positions, including squatting, which women adopt.

Whilst he would not condone the alleged abuses of pregnant women during delivery, Dr Banfo said nurses sometimes also go through desperate moments, especially when the pregnant woman has gone through nine months of pregnancy and struggled about five hours in the labour room and just about the last minute the woman wants to give up.

��At one end the woman is tired but on the other end the midwife also think is the critical moment, the woman needs to deliver so they try to encourage this woman to make the last effort,� he explained.

Meanwhile Joy FM's Upper East Region correspondent has painted a gloomy picture about why some women in the region prefer delivering at home.

Albert Soree said in Sirigu, there is no water in the health facility and usually when they are going for delivery they will have to carry their own water to the hospital.

He said there has also been the increase in number of traditional birth attendants who have undergone some training in helping to deliver pregnant women at home.

He however confirmed the alleged abuses rained on the pregnant women by midwives.

From: Ghana|Myjoyonline.com|Nathan Gadugah

Africa needs no pledges with conditionalities-Policy makers

neoxiang — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:44:42 GMT

Policy makers have welcomed the $3 billion pledge by US President Barrack Obama to fight poverty on the African continent.

They are however hoping the pledge will not come with its own conditionalities as has been the case in previous pledges.

Obama made the pledge during the ongoing G8 Summit in US, Friday, hoping the amount will lead to food security and a Green Agriculture Revolution in Africa.

President John Mills who was one of four African presidents at the summit pledged his government's commitment to ensure food security not only in Ghana but on the continent as a whole.

But policy makers have cautious about the pledge.

Advocacy Manager of International NGO Oxfam, Mohammed Sadat Adam, told Joy News� Evans Mensah on Top Story the pledge should be linked to what Africa wants to do and not what the G8 wants Africa to do.

He said G8 must not only make pledges but must be seen to redeem their pledges.

According to him, a similar pledge of $22 billion over three years was made by the same G8 in 2008 but less than half of the pledge has been made available.

He said the continent must begin to look at innovative ways of solving the problem of food insecurity on the continent.

The General Secretary of the Agricultural Workers Union Edward Kariwe also reiterated the need for Africans to choose which areas in agriculture to invest the amount pledged.

Whilst he believed that Ghana is not close to a famine situation, he was quick to add that the country must increase its production capacity.

From: Ghana|Myjoyonline.com|Nathan Gadugah

Woman files for divorce after husband failed to change his relationship status on Facebook

neoxiang — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:43:24 GMT

An Indian woman is filing for divorce after her husband failed to change his relationship status to married on social network site Facebook.

The 28-year-old has already approached the family court seeking divorce saying that she can not trust him after her failed to announce their marriage on the website.

Breakdown: An Indian woman has filed for divorce saying she cannot trust her husband, after he neglected to update his relationship status on Facebook

The Telugu couple had an arranged marriage just two months ago and the case was filed in the jurisdiction of an Aurangabad court where the women is thought to live.

According to the Deccan Chronicle her husband told the court that he had forgotten to update his status, but the judge has given the two parties six months to undergo counselling.

Speaking to the Indian based newspaper High Court advocate Mr Subhash said, 'I came to know of the above incident from the magistrate in the Aurangabad court.

'The Hyderabadi husband had told the judge that he was so busy post marriage with family and his furniture business that he really had no time to check his FB or change his status.

'He was willing to do so now or even de-activate his account, however, the woman was not keen to continue with the marriage and she says her husband might be doing things behind her back and she couldn�t trust him.'

Although there are thought to be few cases whereby the failure to change a status of a relationship has caused a breakdown Facebook is increasingly being used as a source of evidence in divorce cases, according to lawyers.

The social networking site was cited as a reason for a third of divorces last year in which unreasonable behaviour was a factor, according to law firm Divorce-Online.

The firm said it had seen a 50 per cent jump in the number of behaviour-based divorce petitions that contained the word �Facebook� in the past two years.

Mark Keenan, managing director of Divorce-Online, said: �Facebook has become the primary method for communicating with friends for many people.

'People contact ex-partners and the messages start as innocent, but lead to trouble.

�If someone wants to have an affair or flirt with the opposite sex then it�s the easiest place to do it.
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Thirty-three per cent of the 5,000 behaviour petitions filed with the firm in the past year mentioned the site.

The most common reasons for Facebook causing problems in relationships were a spouse finding flirty messages, photos of their partner at a party they did not know about or with someone they should not have been with.

Girl, 16, kills herself after becoming convinced the world was about to end

neoxiang — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:42:02 GMT

A teenager hanged herself after becoming convinced the world would end in 2012 after researching doomsday scenarios on the internet, an inquest heard.

Schoolgirl Isabel Taylor, 16, turned to Buddhism after becoming fed up with the 'complications and injustice' of the modern world.

But while searching for answers she began researching doomsday scenarios - becoming convinced a nuclear reactor meltdown would end civilization in the coming months.

She had researched on the internet how to overdose but was found hanged in her bedroom by her mother.

Yesterday her parents Gary, 51, and Ingrid, 48, said in a statement:

'We have questioned and searched our hearts to try to find an answer to why Isabel went down this devastating path.

'She yearned for an uncomplicated and perfect world where every living thing would be valued and at peace.

'But the simple and perfect world she sought, where all living things would be treated with compassion and equality, was never going to materialize.

'Unfortunately the future for her in her eyes must have seemed very bleak.

'Sadly there were too many bad points for her to contend with and the lure to opt out was too compelling.

'We can only conclude that she wasn't prepared to adjust to adulthood with all the complications, injustice and, for her, unhappiness that came with it.'

The couple, of Neston, Wiltshire, said Isabel had begun making flippant remarks that the world would end soon.

Mr Taylor, a retired civil servant, said: 'We were aware of the 2012 issue. She would mention it around the dinner table.

'We would take it on board and say we didn't think that was going to happen Isabel, and try to make light of it and move conversation onwards.

Increasing numbers of websites devoted to 2012 doomsday scenarios have sprung up online, centred on claims the Mayans believed this is the year the world will end.

In France a tiny village named Bugarach has seen visits from doomsday devotees, claiming it will survive any apocalypse event.

The inquest at Trowbridge Town Hall, Wiltshire, heard how Isabel was concerned about 'injustices' in the world and had converted to Buddhism in Spring 2011.

From: Dailymail.co.uk

Female students must dream big- Women's Activist

neoxiang — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:40:49 GMT

A child and women activist of the Oasis Generation Limited, Mrs. Philomena Wiredu has challenged all female students to stay focused and dream big.

She said the saying that the women's place is in the kitchen no longer holds as women can combine their careers and household duties.

She was addressing some female students from sections of Senior High Schools in Accra, Friday on a Total Woman Seminar which formed part of the company's celebration of the International Women�s Day which fell on March 8, 2012.

According to her, women as the world can see, have over thousand and one potentials in them which need attention, determination and hard work to harness.

She therefore challenged girls not to allow themselves to be under estimated by the opposite sex and refuse to be failures in their life endeavors.

Mrs. Wiredu said though cooking is good, education is better and with the combination of the two, there will be no doubt that a girl child may achieve some of the best things that life has got to offer in the near future.

Speaking on the topic: Sex, Love and various misconception about Relationships, she said most ladies across africa are so passionate about getting into �love relationships� at the wrong time which later becomes a draw back in their life.

She noted that what most men want is sex and not necessarily love especially when they are in their youthful ages and advised that female students should be focused on their education, dream big and work hard until they achieve 80% of their goals in life before engaging themselves in such relationships.

Instead of jumping from bed to bed due to broken homes, peer group influence, poverty among others, Mrs. Wiredu said it is best for the girl child to engage herself with inspirational books, handicraft or any other socially acceptable work that can earn her some cash to support herself while in or out of school.

She said beauty alone is vain, adding a woman must be virtuous, protect her body and heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life.

Another member of the Oasis Generation Limited, Madam Cynthia A. Sottie advised all females regardless of their religion or family status to totally abstain from sex until marriage with their "Mr. Right".

She encouraged students to be assertive rather than aggressive saying �this will boost your confident level, take away fear from your life and even help you to say no to certain decisions that contradict your values.�

Present at the seminar was an official sponsor of Ms Ghana, Mrs. Jennifer Agyemang, the Director of the young achievers group, Deborah Ahenkorah, and representatives of female students from several Senior High Schools including, the Osu Presbyterian SHS, Labone Senior High School and Kinbu Secondary and Technical School.

From: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | Benedicta Anane

Obama announces $3bn to fight Africa's hunger

neoxiang — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:39:20 GMT

African countries will get 3 Billion Dollars from the United States to fight hunger and malnutrition.

US President Barack Obama made the pledge at the opening of the G8 summit Friday.

It is good news especially for the four African leaders including President Mills who are participating in the summit.

President Mills in his address pledged his government�s commitment to ensuring food security.

He said the government is liaising with the private sector as well traditional authorities to make land and other facilities available to end poverty and hunger on the continent.

There was commotion when Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was asked to brief the summit on the food security situation in his country.

From: GhanaJoy News