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• Fellow citizen. 12 years ago

  28 January 2013 Last updated at 21:17 GMT
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  Guatemala ex-ruler Rios Montt to face genocide trial
  Gen Efrain Rios Montt has been under house arrest since his immunity from prosecution was lifted A judge in G ...
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  28 January 2013 Last updated at 21:17 GMT
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  Guatemala ex-ruler Rios Montt to face genocide trial
  Gen Efrain Rios Montt has been under house arrest since his immunity from prosecution was lifted A judge in Guatemala has ordered that former military leader Efrain Rios Montt stand trial for genocide. Gen Rios Montt will face charges of crimes against humanity in connection with the killing of 1,771 indigenous Mayans during his rule in 1982-1983. Prosecutors said he wanted to wipe out the indigenous group, which he suspected of supporting rebel fighters. Gen Rios Montt, 86, is the first ex-president to be charged with genocide by a Latin American court. The ruling clears the way for a three-judge to try the former president and another former military man, Jose Mauricio Rodriguez. Gen Rios Montt had enjoyed immunity from prosecution for 12 years while he was serving as a congressman. The immunity was lifted on 14 January 2012, when his term ran out. He has been under house arrest since. Judge Miguel Angel Galvez said there was enough evidence linking the general to the killing of members of the Ixil Maya group to warrant the trial. Gen Rios Montt will also face charges over the forced displacement of 29,000 indigenous Guatemalans as part of what human rights groups have called his "scorched earth" policy. BBC regional correspondent Will Grant says the ruling is a significant victory for human rights advocates who have been pressing for his trial since the end of the civil conflict in 1996. An estimated 200,000 people were killed or went missing during the 36-year conflict. Gen Rios Montt's 17 months in power are believed to have been one of the most violent periods of the war.

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• Ewusi 12 years ago

  Amissah Arthur,do we have deprive communities in Ghana? Sir why is our gold sized in Turkey.It worth 80 million US.

  Amissah Arthur,do we have deprive communities in Ghana? Sir why is our gold sized in Turkey.It worth 80 million US.

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• oye mensah 12 years ago

  UN please Ghanaians are dying from various diseases. Please help us get clean drinking water . In the densely populated areas like Accra.

  UN please Ghanaians are dying from various diseases. Please help us get clean drinking water . In the densely populated areas like Accra.

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• OH GHFUO, WHY SO PRIMITIVE? 12 years ago

  GOLD SEIZURE...
  TYPE "1.5 Tons Of Gold Bound For Iran Seized on Plane In Turkey" VIDEO ON YOU TUBE
  GH IS ONE OF THE WORLDS TOP GOLD PRODUCERS. YET 25PERCENT OF ITS POPULATION LIVE UNDER 1 DOLLAR A DAY
  Today's gold price = ...
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  GOLD SEIZURE...
  TYPE "1.5 Tons Of Gold Bound For Iran Seized on Plane In Turkey" VIDEO ON YOU TUBE
  GH IS ONE OF THE WORLDS TOP GOLD PRODUCERS. YET 25PERCENT OF ITS POPULATION LIVE UNDER 1 DOLLAR A DAY
  Today's gold price = 1658.22 US
  12 Troy Ounces in a pound x 3000? lbs.= 36,000 oz
  1.5 tons of gold is worth 36,000 oz x 1658.22 = 59,695,920 USD.
  MAHAMA, WHERE IS THE MONEY? MAHAMA IS INDIRECTLY HELPING IRAN DODGE ITS UN SANCTIONS. THE UN WONT BE HAPPY WITH GHANA OR MAHAMA
  IF IRAN HASNT ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR THIS GOLD. THEN DONT EXPECT THE UN/HAGUE TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER
  THAT MEANS, GH HAS LOST OUT ON ALL THIS MONEY....DUE TO OUR THE GARGANTUAN STUPIDITY OF OUR LEADERS, AGAIN....
  FOR THE RECORD, IRAN CONDUCTS A LOT OF BUSINESS WIH TURKEY IN THE FORM OF OIL AND GAS.
  SO WE NOW UNDERSTAND WHY TURKEY HAS POSITIONED THEMSELVES IN THIS GOLD SEIZURE ISSUE.
  NEARLLY $2 BILLION WORTH OF GOLD WAS SENT TO DUBAI BY IRAN. SUCH TRADES HELP IRAN ESCAPE UN/WESTERN SANCTIONS AGAINST
  IRAN. THESE SANCTIONS WERE IMPOSED BY THE UN OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. BY USING GOLD, IRAN CAN DODGE THESE SANCTIONS...
  SO WHY IS GH HELPING THEM. MAHAMA, WAT DO U HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURELF ABOUT THIS? YOU DEY TORCH?

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• ADWEN 12 years ago

  It is apalling for the vice president of a country, where else, only in Africa, and Ghana, will the leadership expect international bodies to set up the development agenda re: community development programmes to develop their ...
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  It is apalling for the vice president of a country, where else, only in Africa, and Ghana, will the leadership expect international bodies to set up the development agenda re: community development programmes to develop their country, while all they the leaders do is to coordinate the activities of these bodies.
  The thinking of this Vice president and his entire leadership is what underpins the development agenda for Ghana. Instead using their leadership to envision a future of what ghana must be like and developing programmeas to achieve it, they are waiting for international bodies to set the direction of the country only for them to coordinate.
  This is the thinking of a man who was controlling and directing the purse strings of ghana for a number of years. No wonder Ghana is where it is.

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• Ike 12 years ago

  a lot of typos in the story. please check and corect.

  a lot of typos in the story. please check and corect.

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• nii 12 years ago

  Ndc is in the process of making in this country ,they have a gay as vice president ,95%of the ministers are pepefuo and other monkeys like ugly people like asiedu nketia around the jubille house with the backing of useless af ...
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  Ndc is in the process of making in this country ,they have a gay as vice president ,95%of the ministers are pepefuo and other monkeys like ugly people like asiedu nketia around the jubille house with the backing of useless afari djan.

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