- More than 1,200 NASA workers will be laid off Friday, despite Congress passing a $19 billion budget for the space agency two days earlier. Lori Garver, NASA's deputy administrator, said Thursday she didn't believe the bill would affect planned layoffs, "certainly not for tomorrow." Thursday was the last day for laid-off employees to report to their workstations. Shuttle workers on their last day were to receive their final paperwork. Many of the departing workers have worked on the shuttle program since its beginning in the early 1980s. Late Wednesday, the House passed the NASA Reauthorization Act following the Senate's approval, giving NASA the authori…

- Ghana and Marseille winger Andre Ayew has warned his friend Michael Essien of Chelsea that he will not have it easy when they clash on Tuesday night. Ayew is Essien’s close friend after they nurtured their camaraderie while playing for the Black Stars. Chelsea are the favourites as they host the French champions in the Uefa Champions League game in London. But the son of legend Abedi Pele insists they will not allow Essien and his other world-class team-mates to dominate them. When asked about Essien, Ayew said: “I know him well, he’s a very good friend but it will not be easy for him. “What is important is that we should not concentrate on what they are ca…

- President John Evans Atta Mills,the president of Ghana, left Accra Monday evening for Japan for an official state visit. He was accompanied by government officials and a group of Ghanaian entrepreneurs who are expected to interact with their Japanese counterparts. While in Japan, President Mills will host talks with Prime Minister Naota Kan, pay a courtesy call on this Emperor Akihito, interact with the Japan federation of economic organisation which consists of leading Japanese companies, meet with the African diplomatic corps and also host the president of the Japan International cooperation Agency. The President who had earlier on visited China was supposed to have contin…

- Friends of a sixty year-old security man who was attacked and almost killed by guard dogs at Teshie near Accra,the capital town of Ghana are blaming their Chinese employers for the incident. Eyewitnesses say the dogs are kept by owners of China Geo Engineering Corporation, contractors working on the new Teshie General Hospital. They say the dogs were on a stroll with one of the owners when they suddenly broke loose and pounced on the defenceless man. A colleague of the victim has maintained that even though what happened could be described as an accident, their Chinese bosses must be blamed. He said the dogs had attacked employees of the company on several occasions but the own…