Ghana, previously known as the Gold Coast, remains one of Africa's biggest producers of the precious metal.
In 1850, Denmark ceded all forts and property rights on the Gold Coast of Africa to Britain.
The names that dominated the Gold Coast constituted the upper reaches of America's rich list: Guggenheim, Whitney, Vanderbilt.
According to David Grosser, a vascular surgeon in the Gold Coast, Australia, clots behave in many different ways.
But the Gold Coast can also surprise even the most dedicated beach snob with its sea hazed dunes, warm waves and soft, clean sand.
Ghana lies on what the early European explorers named the Gold Coast.
The 30-year-old Cork-born winger surprised many by retiring in January before he had played for his new Australian club, the Gold Coast Titans.
The Swiss, seeded number one, overwhelmed her Australian opponent on the Gold Coast and has lost just three games in her opening two matches.
In 1953 the puritanical doctor had a child with his married English secretary, was cited in her divorce, and fled to Ghana, then the Gold Coast.
Born in the Gold Coast, now Ghana, Arthur moved to north east England to train as a Methodist preacher in Darlington before moving to professional football.
Ireland will meet Fiji, who finished top of Group Two, on the Gold Coast next Monday (0855 GMT KO), with a place in the semi-finals at stake.
The last parking lot for floating palaces that got approval to be built, the Gold Coast Marina, opened in 1993, and now the city's eight marinas are filled to capacity.
"The Screening Room's" Myleene Klass presented the award Tuesday in front of a crowd of over 700 film industry figures at a special ceremony on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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Stuart will return to Sydney from a holiday on the Gold Coast early next week to respond to alleged breaches of the 2008 Rugby League World Cup's code of conduct.
Hong Kong's largest yacht, the 213-feet-long Ambrosia III, owned by a reclusive tycoon named Ambrose Young, occupies one of just 16 places at the Gold Coast Marina for boats of that size.
Sepang Goldcoast was conceptualised as an integrated holiday destination catering to international tourists and travellers, modelled on famous beach havens such as the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and Miami Beach in the United States.
Their ranks were swelled by football teams from Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, the Gold Coast in Queensland and Forbes, an outback town in New South Wales, celebrating the end of the Australian football season.
At the eastern edge of the Gold Coast, about 25 miles from Great Neck, this 24-room Spanish-style estate was home to William K Vanderbilt II, great-grandson of the famed railroad industrialist Cornelius Vanderbilt.
The call-up of the 24-year-old New Zealand Warrior is one of five changes made by coach Stephen Kearney to the side which beat Papua New Guinea 48-6 on the Gold Coast last Saturday.
The two women above, top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Russia's Maria Sharapova, have both received first round byes for the tournament on the Gold Coast, which also hosts an ATP Tour event.
Starting in the 1950s, the gold coast moniker referred to a number of cities along South Florida's coastline, explains Beth Butler, president and chief operating officer at One Sotheby's International Realty in Coral Gables, Fla.
Another glorious example of the Gold Coast excess described in the novel, the house is complemented by the many trails of the preserve leading to lovely harbour views and the occasional sighting of a red-tailed hawk.
The highlights of my time working with the sport so far have been the 2009 Triathlon World Championships held on the Gold Coast, Australia, which was fantastic for the team as they won five medals overall.
But in present-day Ghana, then called the Gold Coast, there were over 30 more slave forts, built and maintained by almost all of the European trading powers of the day: the Swedes, Danes, French, British, Dutch and Portuguese.
Then he went back to staring out the window at the glittering Gold Coast.
One of the finest and best-preserved Gold Coast mansions open to visitors is the stunningly beautiful Westbury House at Old Westbury Gardens.
The storms hit the state capital Brisbane and the popular tourist areas of the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast.
This is the so-called gold coast, stretching across Long Island bay, where financiers and many, many hedge fund mangers build homes.
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The 20, 500 hectare park has more than 160km of hiking trails, including the famous 24km-long Border Trail and the 54km-long Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk.
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