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35 Articles found on Wednesday, 16 November 2005
China to work on currency reform
16-11-2005
BEIJING - China will press ahead with market-oriented currency reforms while keeping the exchange rate of the yuan stable, Su Ning, a vice-governor of the People's Bank of China, said yesterday.Su,
readGold jewellery upturn may not last
16-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Recent jumps in the demand for gold jewellery may not be sustainable if fundamental problems like lack of brands and weak marketing spending are not addressed, a precious metals
readAngula calls for local feed production
16-11-2005
THE Director General of the National Planning Commission, Helmut Angula, has called on the private sector to initiate projects for the manufacture of animal feed using local raw materials.These
readEurozone growth picks up
16-11-2005
BRUSSELS - Economic growth in the eurozone picked up to an "encouraging" 0,6 per cent in the third quarter, official EU data released yesterday showed, as a nascent recovery in the 12-nation bloc
readDeveloping nations must budge on trade
16-11-2005
BRUSSELS - Developing countries must make concessions to enable a global trade agreement that would benefit the world's poorest people, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said on Monday.After talks
readOngombo West: Out for a duck!
16-11-2005
IT started with a dead goose, developed into a labour dispute and ended with the expropriation of a farm. A train of events that started in a flurry of feathers two years ago concluded under the
readNBC Director General suspended
16-11-2005
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation's board of directors yesterday suspended the institution's Director General, Gerry Munyama. The decision, which took immediate effect, followed an urgent board
readThird mass grave found at Eenhana, mystery deepens
16-11-2005
A THIRD mass grave has been found near a former South African military base at Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region.The Commander of Police in the Ohangwena Region, Deputy Commissioner Armas Shivute, told
readHidipo back with a bang
16-11-2005
FIGHTING words, a large crowd of ululating supporters and a packed public gallery marked political veteran Hidipo Hamutenya's return to the National Assembly yesterday.Speaking outside parliament
readAuction benefits safe haven
16-11-2005
THE Erongo House of Safety (EHS) at Swakopmund benefited from a Painted Plate Silent Auction held recently by the Potters' Association of Namibia (PAN).Some of the proceeds was donated to EHS to buy a
readLocked gates thwart Walvis meter readers
16-11-2005
SOME 400 water meters at Walvis Bay are inaccessible to municipal meter readers because they are located inside people's yards. "When these residents aren't at home and their yards are locked, we
readArmed robbers jailed
16-11-2005
THE Oshakati Regional Court has sentenced Willem Mukete (26) and Andreas Johannes (28) to a combined 18 years in jail on charges of housebreaking and armed robbery. Mukete and Johannes were convicted
readGovt accused of falling short on development
16-11-2005
ON a scale where 100 represents total inequality and zero represents the ideal position, Namibia's ranking of 70,7 on the Human Development Index means that the country exists in two entirely
readDate set for verdict in child rape trial of Gobabis farmer
16-11-2005
GOBABIS district farmer Abraham Roux, who has admitted that he had a series of sexual encounters with homeless boys between 2000 and 2004, is set to receive the High Court's verdict in his child-rape
readNamibians 'deserve to honour' Nujoma, says Prime Minister
16-11-2005
THE historical contribution former President Sam Nujoma has made to Namibia, national reconciliation and ensuring the wellbeing of Namibians, are the basis on which the National Assembly is being
readGIPF audit data stolen
16-11-2005
A LAPTOP computer, as well as sensitive documents related to a forensic inspection at the Government Institution Pension Fund, were stolen from Namfisa's offices in Windhoek on Monday.The theft
readOngombo West: How it played out
16-11-2005
* September 2003: One of the employees, Cornelia Rooinasie, kills the Wiese's goose "by accident".The owners demand that she pay compensation.* September 2003: Heinz Wiese, husband of owner Hilde,
readOmuhingi gwotaxi a za koshakapalu
16-11-2005
GUMWE gwomaahingi yotaxi kOmbaye okwi iyadha muupyakadhi sho iiyadha ta si edhungwe kombuta yohauto ye.Uusiku wEtitatu lya zi ko Thomas Kalombo okwa lefe aalumentu yane mboka ye mu lombwele kutya
readOmupresidende a indile kugandjwe uuyelele kombinga yomasipa giitsuwa mEenhana
16-11-2005
O MUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba, mOsoondaha, okwa talela po ehala mpoka pwiitsuwa omasipa gaantu nokwa ninga eindilo koshigwana kutya kehe ngoka e shi sha medhipago nefumviko lyaantu mboka, a
readEso lya Kandara ina li yela natango
16-11-2005
E PEKO lyomakonakono gOpolisi kombinga yeso lya Lazarus Kandara olya pewa ombelewa yOmutamaneki-Ndjayi.Kepulo, Omutamaneki-Ndjayi Martha Imalwa okwa popi mOmaandaha ta ti, etokolo kombinga ya nkene
readAalumentu haya landitha omalutu gawo otaya indjipala, TRP ta ti
16-11-2005
OMUWILIKI gwehangano lyedhina The Rainbow Project (TRP) Ian Swartz okwa ti omwaalu gwaalumentu mboka haya ende yakwawo nenge haya endwa kuyakwawo konima (omashenge) ngashiingeyi ogwa ya pombanda
readEshina lya gwa ko kolutenda
16-11-2005
L imwe lyomomashina gokolutenda mehangano lyondalasipota nenge tutye TransNamib olya gu ko kolutenda manga lya li tali zi mOvenduka lyu uka ko Keetmanshoop ongulohi yOsoondaha.Menindjela gwOmashina
readLAC ota fala Epangelo kOmpangu
16-11-2005
E HANGANO egandjimakwathelo gopaveta lya Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) otali fala Epangelo kOmpangu sho itali gandja oshimaliwa shokulongitha mokukutha omankolo kage li paveta.Omukuluntuwiliki gwa LAC
readCantona tops global football poll
16-11-2005
LONDON - Eric Cantona has been voted the greatest player in the history of the English Premier League in a global survey of football fans.The inaugural Premiership Global Fans Report, commissioned
readJapan gives Angola a taste of Asia
16-11-2005
TOKYO - Japan will give Angola their first taste of Asian football today as the Asian champions look to tune up against African teams ahead of the World Cup next year in Germany.It is the last match
readSports Shorts
16-11-2005
* LONDON - Former New Zealand winger Jonah Lomu is likely to make his debut for Cardiff Blues against Italian champions Calvisano next month in the next stage of his comeback after a kidney
readFootball Results and Fixtures
16-11-2005
MTC Namibia Premier League Log Standings Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts Civics 1 1 0 0 6 1 5 3 Orlando Pirates 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3 Blue Waters 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 Tigers 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 Oshakati City 1 1 0 0
readNPL winner to pocket half a million this season
16-11-2005
THE winning team of the MTC Namibia Premier League title will walk away with N$500 000 at the end of the 2005/2006 football season.This is the biggest prize money to date for a single team after the
readMarton, first with news of the Hungarian uprising
16-11-2005
NEW YORK - Endre Marton, the Associated Press correspondent who provided the first eyewitness account of the bloody 1956 Hungarian uprising against communist rule, has died.He was 95. Marton's wife,
readLabour protests in Australia
16-11-2005
CANBERRA - More than 200 000 people blocked Australia's main cities to protest planned new labour laws yesterday, defying warnings of hefty fines in a show of anger over the centrepiece of the
readDRC health disaster warning
16-11-2005
NAIROBI - Medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) yesterday warned of a "catastrophic" health situation in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), despite a respite in violence in many parts of the
read6 die in car bomb blast outside KFC in Pakistani city
16-11-2005
KARACHI - A car bomb exploded outside an outlet of a US fast food chain in Pakistan's largest city Karachi yesterday, killing at least six people and wounding several others, police and rescue
readEarthquake triggers Japan tsunami warning
16-11-2005
TOKYO - An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shook northern Japan yesterday, forcing thousands of people to flee their coastal homes as small tsunami waves hit the Pacific coast.No damage
readIn Briefs
16-11-2005
* EMERGENCY - A French government bill extending until February a state of emergency will be presented to the national assembly after President Jacques Chirac said that widespread rioting in the
readRiots in Uganda after opposition leader arrested, charged with treason and rape
16-11-2005
KAMPALA - Ugandan authorities arrested and charged with treason the man expected to be President Yoweri Museveni's main challenger in the country's first multiparty polls in 20 years.Opposition
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