for Allegedly Raping an Imbecile

Police at Sakumono have arrested a Pastor, Bright Nana Oduro, of Glorious Light Church on the Spintex road, for allegedly raping an imbecile.

The Sakumono District Police Commander, Superintendent Alex Wowolo, who confirmed the story to The Chronicle on Saturday said investigations are underway in the case.

According to him, on Sunday October 30th, 2011, the mother of an 18-year-old girl, said to be mentally deranged, was sent to the Pastor for prayers.

The District Commander said the girl was locked in the chapel from that Sunday to Wednesday, until she managed to escape. The family, however, managed to locate and apprehend her in the town on Friday November 4, 2011, and in the night at about 10:00pm they sent her back to the supposed man of God, to continue with the prayers.

The Pastor, however, reportedly forced and had sex with her, using a condom, and attempted to go a second round, which she resisted.

The Pastor reportedly went to lock the door, pocketed the key, and raped her again without a condom.

When the girl detected that the man of God was asleep, she managed to retrieve the key and took an amount of GH¢10 from his pocket. She opened the door and escaped.

By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times
May 9, 2012
China’s biggest theater company is trying to get a foothold in the U.S. by picking up some or all of AMC Entertainment Inc., an arrangement that could further pry open the market for Hollywood films in the world’s most populous country.

AMC, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S., is negotiating a deal to sell all or part of itself to Wanda Group, two people familiar with the talks said.

The deal, if concluded, would make Wanda the first Chinese company to establish a major presence in the North American movie theater business.

AMC, which has 5,048 screens in 347 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, would gain access to China’s burgeoning market. China, in the midst of a multiplex building boom, was second to Japan at the international box office last year with $2 billion in ticket sales, according to the Motion Picture Assn. of America.

The talks between AMC and Wanda have intensified in recent weeks after AMC pulled the plug on a planned stock offering to raise as much as $450 million to pay down debt, according to sources who asked not to be identified because the negotiations were confidential.

Top shareholders in AMC include JPMorgan Partners, Apollo Investment Fund and Bain Capital Investors.

AMC withdrew the offer because of concerns that market conditions weren’t ripe for a stock offering, and possibly to position the company for a sale, people close to the transaction said. Selling to Wanda would allow the three firms to recoup an investment they made when they bought the company AMC in 2004.

A spokesman for AMC declined to comment, as did a representative for Wanda. News of the talks with Wanda was first reported by the New York Times.

Wanda Cinema Lines Corp. is the largest cinema chain in China, with 86 theaters and 730 screens. The parent company, Wanda Group, is a major real estate developer, with interests in department stores and hotels.

The company has been in the news because its chairman, Wang Jianlin, is reportedly under investigation for ties to disgraced Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai. Bo was sacked and accused of corruption, and his wife charged with the murder of a British businessman. Wanda’s headquarters are in the northeastern city of Dalian, where Bo was once a senior official.

AMC, which is valued at about $1.5 billion, posted a loss of $82.7 million on revenue of $1.93 billion in the 39 weeks ended Dec. 29, 2011, compared with a profit of $36.88 million on revenue of $1.9 billion during the same period in 2010, according a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Kansas City, Mo., company cited higher interest expenses, investment losses in Beverly Hills 3-D technology company RealD Inc. and costs related to its acquisition of Kerasotes Showplace Theatres of Chicago, the nation’s sixth-largest cinema chain.

In May, 2011, AMC closed a deal to acquire 92 theaters and 928 screens from Kerasotes.

Among the biggest theater circuits, only Cinemark Holdings Inc. and National Amusements Inc. have a major presence outside North America, mainly in Latin America and Europe.

China has been aggressively expanding its own entertainment industry, both to boost the country’s global influence or “soft power” and to feed the demands of a surging middle class. Several Hollywood studios have been maneuvering to take advantage of the opportunity to grow business in China.

Walt Disney Co. in Burbank recently said it would partner with the animation arm of China’s Ministry of Culture and China’s largest Internet company to help develop China’s animation industry.

And DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. of Glendale has announced a joint venture with Shanghai Media Group, China’s second-largest media company, to build a family entertainment company to produce animated and live-action movies and TV shows for the Chinese market. That deal was unveiled in February when Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visited Los Angeles.

China is also rapidly expanding its theater industry. Although no major U.S. theater chain has expanded into China, Real Inc. in Beverly Hills has partnered with Beijing SAGA Luxury Cinema Management Co. to equip the Chinese theater chain with 3-D technology. Imax Corp., the Canadian big-screen theater company, formed a joint venture with Wanda to open 75 theaters by 2014.

Hollywood studios, however, have been frustrated by tight restrictions on the number of foreign films China allows into the country each year under a revenue-sharing agreement. The Chinese government recently agreed to ease some of the restrictions, allowing more foreign movies into the country.

A prayer of David.

1 Hear me, Lord, my plea is just;
listen to my cry.
Hear my prayer—
it does not rise from deceitful lips.
2 Let my vindication come from you;
may your eyes see what is right.
3 Though you probe my heart,
though you examine me at night and test me,
you will find that I have planned no evil;
my mouth has not transgressed.
4 Though people tried to bribe me,
I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
through what your lips have commanded.
5 My steps have held to your paths;
my feet have not stumbled.
6 I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;
turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.
7 Show me the wonders of your great love,
you who save by your right hand
those who take refuge in you from their foes.
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings
9 from the wicked who are out to destroy me,
from my mortal enemies who surround me.
10 They close up their callous hearts,
and their mouths speak with arrogance.
11 They have tracked me down, they now surround me,
with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
12 They are like a lion hungry for prey,
like a fierce lion crouching in cover.
13 Rise up, Lord, confront them, bring them down;
with your sword rescue me from the wicked.
14 By your hand save me from such people, Lord,
from those of this world whose reward is in this life.
May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies;
may their children gorge themselves on it,
and may there be leftovers for their little ones.
15 As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

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The Queen of the Dancehall, Lady Saw, has denied allegations that she and fellow artiste Tifa are at odds.

According to Lady Saw, she did an interview on Entertainment Report last Friday night where she was questioned about who could be her successor.

“They asked me about Spice and Tifa, and then cut up the interview and put in the part where I said ‘nobody can walk in my shoes’. I am very disappointed about the interview. Spice is a good friend of mine and to cut up the interview like that hurt me deeply,” Lady Saw told THE STAR.

Lady Saw said she was informed of a broadcast message that Tifa had sent out. She said she initially thought the broadcast message was in retaliation to the interview on ER but later found out that Tifa’s message was sent before her interview aired.

“There was a rumour on a website that ‘ants was in my milk’, and people were saying my boyfriend John John had a next girl pregnant. Then after I performed on Magnum Kings and Queens, I heard about the rumour with Tifa. John John would never do that, he would never sleep with a next artiste because he knows that would be disrespectful to me,” Lady Saw explained.

Lady Saw said she took offence to aspects of Tifa’s broadcast message. “In the broadcast she said she never take any artiste gyal man and that if it’s publicity stunt we are looking. I didn’t appreciate that. So I called her mom and told her what offended me. They were assuming that I had something to do with the rumour and that is what hurt me,” Saw said.

negativity and rumours

Lady Saw says she is focused on her work and her new album which is due out this year so she has no time for negativity and rumours. She also told THE STAR that she has known Tifa since she was a baby and would never say anything bad about her.

When contacted, Tifa denied that she had any beef with Lady Saw. She explained that she sent out a broadcast message because individuals were spreading rumours which was not only affecting her credibility but was also costing her bookings.

“Rumours were circulating about me dating and being pregnant for Lady Saw’s boyfriend and everything spiralled out of control. I was then hinted to the fact by persons that this was all part of a plot against me. All of those allegations are ludicrous and I don’t even have a phone number for this man. People were querying my bookings due to the fact that persons believed I was pregnant. I can’t have this nonsense affecting my shows. I do not have any beef with Lady Saw and I respect her as a ‘fore-mother’ who paved the way for artistes like me,” Tifa said.

– D.H.