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Tension remained high in the troubled areas of Plateau State yesterday despite the curfew imposed by the state government following the killing of Senator Gyang Dantong and Majority Leader of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr Gyang Fulani.

Egypt's highest court rejects President Mursi's order to reopen parliament, heightening tensions between the new leader and the military.

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Egypt's constitutional court, which dissolved parliament last month, is to discuss how to respond to President Mursi's order to reconvene it.

The dark cloud of death that has been stalking Plateau State thickened, Saturday, after Senator Gyang Dantong and the Majority Leader of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Gyang Fulani were killed while attending the mass burial of about 50 victims of SaturdayÂ’s attack on villages in Barkin Ladi and Riyom local government areas of the state.

Donors at a conference on Afghanistan have pledged to give it $16bn (£10.3bn) in civilian aid over four years, in an attempt to safeguard its future after foreign forces leave in 2014.

At least 45 people have been killed after torrential rains leading to flash floods swept through parts of the south Russian Krasnodar region.

Libyans are voting in their first free election for more than 50 years.

Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has started his permanent career with Al Ain as he has joined the UAE side on pre-season training in Austria.

Mortality rates in a refugee camp in South Sudan are nearly double the threshold for an emergency, Medecins Sans Frontieres has warned.

The Chairman of the Ghana Athletics Association who is also the President of the Ghana Olympic Committee, Professor Francis Dodoo has expressed his delight at the performance of young athletes at the just ended Ghana International Grand Prix.

The secret-spilling group WikiLeaks said Thursday it was in the process of publishing material from 2.4 million Syrian emails — many of which it said came from official government accounts.

Asamoah Gyan has reversed his retirement from international football and will play for Ghana again, six months after quitting the national team.

Chinese police have broken up two major child trafficking gangs and freed 181 children, officials say.

The Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Omane Boamah has revealed that government is taking a keen interest in the development of sports and is committed to improving infrastructure all over the nation to get Ghana to a certain appreciable grade.

Against the backdrop of calls by some states governors for the establishment of State Police Force to complement the present Nigeria Police Force,NPF, Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday, in Kaduna kicked against it, saying Nigeria was not ripe for it.

Former Ghanaian Long Jump athlete Dr Andrew Owusu has expressed his reservation about the academic credentials of most of the Ghanaian Athletes that took part in the just ended Ghana International Grand Prix meet.

The UN Security Council has said it is not ready to back a West African intervention force in northern Mali, which has been seized by Islamist militant groups.

Tennis star Maria Sharapova has been handed the honor of beinge first woman to carry Russia's flag at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.