http://news.peacefmonline.com/rss/foreign.xml Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Peace FM Online 2009 2010-03-18T09:29:56+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40356.php President Barack Obama has stepped up his efforts to gain support for his embattled healthcare reform plans by giving an interview to US Fox News. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40356.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40355.php The Ghana Football Association has confirmed that a bid to complete Kevin Prince Boateng’s nationality switch remains intact. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40355.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40352.php Baroness Catherine Ashton, the EU's new foreign policy chief, is due to arrive shortly in the Gaza Strip. Baroness Ashton will be one of the most senior Western political figures to visit Gaza since Hamas took power. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40352.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40320.php South Africa's official spending on the family of the president has doubled under the leadership of Jacob Zuma - who has three wives and 20 children. Government minister Collins Chabane said Mr Zuma's family expenses were 15.5m rand ($2m; £1.3m) - up from 8m rand under his predecessor Thabo Mbeki. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40320.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40319.php TV bosses in the US have apologised after preview clips of the Playboy channel were accidentally played out on two children's channels. A Time Warner Cable (TWC) spokesman said a "technical glitch" was to blame for the mistake, which lasted two hours in parts of North Carolina on Tuesday. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40319.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40314.php Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has dissolved the country's cabinet, government sources say. Mr Jonathan became acting president in February amid the continuing illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40314.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40309.php Nigeria should be divided into two nations to avoid further bloodshed between Muslims and Christians, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said. In a speech to students, he praised the example of India and Pakistan, where he said partition saved many lives. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40309.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40304.php A man who assaulted a female police officer with his penis has been fined. Marium Varinauskas, 28, tried to strike the officer on the head with his penis when she was called out to his flat, but she got out of the way. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40304.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40303.php Thousands of "Red-Shirt" supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra gathered in Bangkok on Wednesday to pour their donated blood in front of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's residence, and call for his resignation. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40303.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40300.php South African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Zimbabwe on Tuesday to hold talks with President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, in a bid to unblock the tense standoff between the two leaders. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40300.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40299.php Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved the country's cabinet, government sources say. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40299.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40297.php At least two protesters have been shot dead by Ugandan police after they tried to stop the president from visiting the site of a fire at a royal mausoleum. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40297.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40275.php At least 10 people have been killed in an attack on a mainly Christian village near the violence-hit Nigerian city of Jos, officials say. Eyewitnesses said houses were burnt and villagers were cut down with machetes. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40275.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40269.php Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called for the United States to share responsibility in the battle against drug traffickers in the two countries. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40269.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40263.php Haiti will need $11.5bn (£7.55bn) to rebuild after the devastating earthquake in January, the country's government estimates. The amount is a rough estimate of money needed for a complete overhaul of the impoverished country, officials say. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40263.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40257.php Thai protesters have hurled plastic bags filled with gallons of their own blood in a symbolic protest at the prime minister's house in Bangkok. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40257.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40218.php South African President Jacob Zuma is due to land in Zimbabwe for a three-day trip, aiming to ease tensions within the fragile power-sharing government. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40218.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40202.php A powerful Sufi Muslim group has joined Somalia's government to tackle the al-Qaeda-inspired al-Shabab insurgents who control large parts of the country. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40202.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40199.php A judge in Sierra Leone has ruled for the first time that a woman's bid to become a paramount chief is lawful. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40199.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40196.php Europe's finance ministers have agreed how to help Greece in its battle to control its finances. After a meeting in Brussels, they revealed few details, except that they had ruled out any loan guarantees. http://news.peacefmonline.com/foreign/201003/40196.php