Hypnosis has ‘real’ brain effect
Hypnosis has a “very real” effect that can be picked up on brain scans, say Hull University researchers. An imaging study of hypnotised participants showed decreased activity in the parts of the brain linked with daydreaming or letting the mind wander.
Guinea Drug Charge For Conte Son
Lansana Conte
A Guinean court has charged a second son of the late President Lansana Conte with drug trafficking. Moussa Conte and his three alleged associates deny importing machines for the manufacture of narcotics, saying they were for processing bio-fuels. Read more…
New York Trial For Key 9/11 Suspects
Khalid Sheikh
Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be sent from Guantanamo Bay to New York for trial in a civilian court, reports say. Citing unnamed government officials, the reports said he would be transferred from the US prison camp in Cuba with four other suspects. Read more…
Britain’s WWII brainwashing
Brainwashing techniques were used by some British interrogators during World War II, according to evidence unearthed by the BBC. Their methods included the use of drugs, hypnosis and sensory deprivation to extract confessions from suspected spies. Read more…
Food output must rise, UN warns
World leaders must make “significant changes” to prevent an increase in global hunger, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said. Mr Ban was speaking at the start of a UN conference in Rome aimed at stabilising food prices. Read more…
Obama presses China over rights
President Obama
US President Barack Obama has told China that individual rights and freedoms should be available to all. He told an audience of Chinese students that certain freedoms were universal – and not just limited to Americans. Read more…
Breast ‘regrowth’ trial planned
Researchers in Australia plan to test a medical “scaffold” designed to stimulate natural breast tissue to regrow following surgery. Doctors from the Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery in Melbourne, will test the technique next year in a trial involving six patients. Read more…
Mozambique police ‘kill freely’
Rights group Amnesty International has accused the police in Mozambique of killing people with impunity. Amnesty says 46 people have died at the hands of the police since 2006. It also says investigations are lacking and police prosecutions are rare. Read more…
Foods for fighting Fat
Almonds: Almond joy! Dieters who ate 3 ounces of these nuts every day reduced their weight and body-mass index by a solid 18 percent compared with an 11 percent drop in the no-nut group, a study in the International Journal of Obesity found. Almonds are high in alpha-linolenic acid, which can speed the metabolism of fats. Stick to 12 per serving. Read more…
Japan’s economy continues growing
Figures released by the Japanese government show that the country’s economy has grown for a second successive quarter. The world’s second biggest economy grew by 1.2% in the three months from July to September – faster than economists had predicted. Read more…
Government to ensure fair Health Insurance Scheme
Mr Baba Jamal, Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, at the weekend reiterated the commitment of government to implement a universal Health Insurance Scheme to reflect contributions to the scheme. Read more…
World leaders delay plan on climate change
U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Sunday supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later, but European negotiators said the move did not imply weaker action. Read more…
Yoga helps even little ones channel energy, emotion
Decatur, Georgia (CNN) — Gigi reaches up into her sun salutation. She steps back into her high lunge and kicks her legs straight into plank pose, a push-up she holds without wobbling for 10 seconds before looking up impatiently at her yoga teacher. Read more…
Veep asks youth to seek employment through food production
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday urged the youth to take advantage of the government’s Youth in Agriculture Programme to earn a living.
Mr. Mahama who was addressing this year’s annual Kurubi festival of the chiefs and people of the Wangara Community in Ghana at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region noted that agricultural development forms the bedrock of virtually every advanced country in the world. Read more…
Local Government, Political Parties hold Consultative Meeting
Joseph Yieleh Chireh
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development is holding consultative meetings with representatives of recognized political parties towards the acceleration of decentralizing Government for the active participation of the ordinary Ghanaian, at Akosombo. Read more…
Health Alert: Microwave and the cancer scare
A nutritionist, Mrs Irene Boate, on Thursday advised that the use of microwaves should be minimised to help reduce the rate of cancer infections. Read more…
Minister In Rambo Show
Dr Hannah Bissiw
Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr. Hannah Bissiw, created a scene when she ordered her security detail to arrest a certain Howard, said to be a driver at the Research Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read more…
MPs Want Stiffer Punishment For Rapists
Mohammed Sadick
MEMBERS OF Parliament have registered their displeasure at the way teachers who sexually abuse their students are treated with kids’ gloves. According to them, activities of sexual promiscuity and defilement on the part of teachers and parents should not be settled amicably at home but must be treated with the utmost attention in the law court. Read more…
One Key Found for Living to 100
Scientists have zeroed in on one apparent key to long life: an inherited cellular repair mechanism that thwarts aging and perhaps helps prevent disease. Researches say the finding could lead to anti-aging drugs. Read more…
Fake Policeman Nabbed
Yaw Amoah
A 26 YEAR-OLD man, who posed as a police officer belonging to the MTTU Division to extort monies from unsuspected drivers around Kejetia Bus Terminal in Kumasi, is in the grips of the law. Read more…
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