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Dr. Abraham B. Hurwitz, 91, Baltimore internist Dr. Abraham B. Hurwitz, a retired internist who practiced medicine in Baltimore for nearly 50 years, died Monday of a heart attack at his Pikesville home. He was 91. Dr. Hurwitz, whose office was on Liberty Road, began practicing medicine in 1938 and retired in 1987. The son of Russian immigrants, he was born in Baltimore and raised on Eutaw Place. His father, Samuel Hurwitz, was rabbi of the Poppleton Street Synagogue in Southwest Baltimore.

Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting "Ghana Must Go" big-time. Penguin describes the family saga as "one of the most eagerly anticipated debut novels of the year. " Because of her book's multicultural tapestry, Selasi has been compared to such literary It Girls as Zadie Smith and Jhumpa Lahiri.

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama made his first trip to the African continent as president, visiting Ghana, the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain its independence from Europe. The nation of about 20 million remains a democracy and has not been a victim of civil unrest, making it a peaceful destination for tourists. It also offers a range of attractions from beaches to game reserves to old European forts and castles. 1 Explore the National Museum: . Located in Accra, the nation's capital, it is the oldest museum that celebrates the rich culture of the region, offering art and historical objects, exhibits and films.

If you knew what actually happened to Georgia Gould in 2008 as she regained consciousness on a stretcher in California, IV sticking into her arm, your first question might be a lot like Georgia's. What happened? She knew she'd blacked out on the mountain biking trail in Santa Barbara during the Santa Ynez Valley Classic professional race. She knew she'd come to at the finish line, transported there by medics. She'd been told she'd been in a bad crash. She just couldn't remember it. But if you knew what actually happened to Olympian Georgia Gould, you would know that she couldn't remember the crash because she didn't crash at all, that she'd stepped off her bike in midrace, delirious with heat stroke, and had passed out on a hill.

Soccer Palace Baltimore to hold viewing party for U.S.-Ghana Crystal Palace Baltimore, in conjunction with ASG Sports, will hold a viewing party for the U.S.-Ghana game Saturday in the World Cup round of 16 before its own home game against the Minnesota Stars at Calvert Hall's Paul Angelo Russo Stadium. The viewing party will begin at 2 p.m., and Palace Baltimore's game is set for a 5 p.m. kickoff. Et Cetera Baltimore's Fain to play for world title in women's football Tarsha Fain , a Baltimore native and a member of the USA Football women's national team, will be embarking for Stockholm with her team to compete in the women's world championship.

Opposition leads in Ghana election, fails to win outright ACCRA, Ghana - Ghana's opposition New Patriotic Party has overtaken the ruling party in parliamentary elections but failed to win an outright majority in the new assembly, provisional returns showed yesterday. NPP leader John Kufuor led a presidential vote held on the same day, although he failed to get enough votes to win outright and will face Vice President John Atta Mills in a runoff within 21 days of the official result being announced.

As the Howard County Economic Development Authority has focused on drawing international businesses, it has often looked to Europe. But a conference to be held next week at the International Trade Center is designed to give local entrepreneurs and business developers a look at another area of the world they may not have considered - west Africa. The conference on trade opportunities with Ghana - a west African country slightly smaller than Oregon - will give local businesses with an interest in international trade basic information on state and federal aid that may be available to them and specifics on Ghana's resources and business opportunities.

This summer's political crisis in Nigeria may have thwarted Michele Bollinger's plans, but it did not weaken her resolve -- or her longing for a taste of African culture.Miss Bollinger, 22, will spend the next 10 months in Accra, Ghana, studying African history at the University of Ghana at Legon, on a Rotary Academic Ambassadorial Scholarship.On Wednesday, she will leave her home in Westminster, where she lives with her parents, Edward and Susan; her sister, Denise, 19; and her brother, Bryan, 14."

Sometime in the early morning hours today, in Accra, Ghana, there was to be a family reunion that Maryland transportation officials hope will usher in a new era of international travel at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Laurel resident Paul Owusu planned to meet his parents after arriving in Accra aboard Ghana Airways' first nine-hour flight from Baltimore to the West African nation. The flight made Ghana Airways the first airline in a decade to launch new international passenger service at BWI. The 46-year-old Ghanaian native tries to make the trip home at least once every other year.

After waiting more than a week for a flight to Ghana, more than 190 passengers stranded in Baltimore by the grounding of Ghana Airways were undeterred by a 5 a.m. wake-up call, five hours in a check-in line and a two-hour departure delay. All they wanted was a flight out. And yesterday, after negotiations between U.S. and Ghanaian officials, they got their wish. About 1:30 p.m., a charter flight operated by World Airlines took off from Baltimore-Washington International Airport bound for Accra, Ghana.

The funeral for the man who was killed in Harford County, and had his organs eaten, has been scheduled for July 7 in Ghana, according to his sister's Facebook page . Still, little is known about the victim,Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie. I have been trying to reach the sister, Gloria Boahemaa Asante, for several weeks. She accepted a friend request on Facebook but has only corresponded briefly, and has not responded for an interview. An Associated Press reporter reached her a few weeks ago, but beyond brief comments, Asante has said little.

Danielle King has always enjoyed being part of a team more than being an individual. It's a quality that's shown up both in sports and her work in the community. This year, the C. Milton Wright senior swimmer and field hockey player organized a shoe drive for a community in Ateiku, Ghana, getting friends and classmates to donate old flip-flops and sandals. Just a few weeks before she collected a giant box full and sent them to Africa, all but two people in the entire town lived barefoot.

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JOHANNESBURG — One was the hope of its continent. The other was an afterthought on its. One was in the World Cup quarterfinals just four years after first qualifying. The other hadn't been that far in 40 years. So when Ghana met Uruguay on Friday, it wasn't about settling scores or renewing rivalries. It was about two teams trying to keep their fairy-tale runs from ending. And wouldn't you know it? With neither team wanting to go home, they played 30 minutes of extra time tied at 1-1 before Uruguay extended its improbable stay on penalty kicks, sending it on to a semifinal Tuesday against the Netherlands.

Goal met; now raise bar Paul Doyle Hartford Courant The minimum expectation, set by U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati, was to survive group play. So the U.S. achieved its most basic requirement at the World Cup. But even Gulati admitted everything changed when the U.S. was left with a winnable path to the semifinals. The team had the attention of its country, the bracket was favorable and there was an opportunity to make history. Instead, the U.S. squandered its chance to march deep into the tournament and the opportunity to bring a nation of new fans along for the ride.

U.S. primed for revenge Grahame L. Jones Los Angeles Times Predictions are a perilous business, especially at this World Cup. Just ask Italy, Spain, Germany, France or England. The U.S. is unbeaten, has the momentum, is relaxed after achieving its stated goal of getting past the first round and has its key players in peak form. On top of all that, there is the not-so-small matter of avenging its first-round loss to Ghana in 2006. Landon Donovan, Carlos Bocanegra, DaMarcus Beasley, Steve Cherundolo, Clint Dempsey and Oguchi Onyewu all started in that 2-1 loss.

Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Baltimore-Washington International Airport after U.S. officials grounded Ghana's state-run airline during an investigation into alleged safety and licensing violations. Debt-ridden Ghana Airways suspended flights into and out of the United States on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Transportation issued the order. Yesterday morning, stranded passengers crowded outside the front entrance of the Ramada Inn on Fort Meade Road in Laurel, with suitcases full of wet and stained clothing.

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport will lose its flights to Africa in May, when North American Airlines cuts service to Lagos, Nigeria, and Accra, Ghana. It is the latest blow to BWI's efforts to bolster its international service, after Icelandair's pullout last month. It also means the large West African immigrant population in the Baltimore-Washington region will now have to travel further for flights to their home countries. Rising fuel costs, coupled with competition from routes Delta Air Lines recently launched from New York to West Africa, have forced North American Airlines to shut down all commercial service, company spokesman Steve Forsyth said.