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42 Articles found on Wednesday, 30 November 2005
Oil dips below US$57
30-11-2005
TOKYO - Oil dropped below US$57 (N$370,50) a barrel yesterday after declining more than US$1 in the previous session, pressured by balmy weather in the United States and OPEC ministers' commitment to
readGraft a major threat to Moz
30-11-2005
MAPUTO - Red tape, archaic laws and corruption are seen as major threats to Mozambique's reform agenda, which has won the country stable economic growth and acclaim from international lenders,
readBarclays shares hit by bad debt concerns
30-11-2005
LONDON - Barclays saw its share price dive in morning deals here yesterday after a trading update raised bad debt fears at Britain's third-biggest bank.Barclays said it was on track to meet analysts'
readSearch for WB top officials
30-11-2005
WASHINGTON - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has appointed a committee to find candidates from developing countries for the bank's No.2 position, a step intended to open up a traditionally
readAfrica should widen focus in Doha talks
30-11-2005
WASHINGTON - Africa would benefit from expanded trade with other developing economies and ought to widen its focus in world trade talks, an International Monetary Fund economist said in a report
readBP doubles energy investment
30-11-2005
NEW YORK - Britain-based energy company BP plans to double its investment in alternative and renewable energies to create a new, low-carbon power business with potential to earn around US$6 billion
readMasterCard shareholders OK new ownership structure
30-11-2005
NEW YORK - MasterCard Inc. on Monday said more than 90 per cent of shareholder votes were cast in favour of the company's new ownership and governance structure, paving the way for the company's
readSouth African domestic wages increase
30-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Domestic workers will be entitled to wage increases from tomorrow, the South African Department of Labour said on Tuesday. The new set of domestic workers wage increases demarcates
readDeveloped nations' trade position attacked
30-11-2005
GENEVA - Leading developing countries on Monday launched a strong attack on rich states in free-trade talks, saying their demands were out of all proportion to the liberalisation they themselves were
readMore rain on the way
30-11-2005
NAMIBIA'S first rainy season has started on a high note, with good showers of up to 40 millimetres already recorded in some parts of the country.On Monday evening, Windhoek experienced a thunderstorm
readMunyama arrested 'quietly', granted bail
30-11-2005
FORMER Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Director General Gerry Munyama was quietly arrested yesterday morning, and by the afternoon he was out on bail.Police Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu
readSam's your Father
30-11-2005
A CONTROVERSIAL move to enact a law to bestow on former President Sam Nujoma the title of Founding Father of the Namibian Nation was passed by the National Assembly yesterday.This was despite
readReparations deal stumbles
30-11-2005
NAMIBIA says it did not reject a 20 million euro (about N$160 million) deal under which Germany will pay reparations to its former colony, but merely expressed a wish to consult affected communities
readYouth arrested for break-in at cuca shop
30-11-2005
POLICE at Outapi have arrested a 17-year-old boy at Uukwambi on charges of robbing a cuca shop of N$3 242,60 worth of goods on Friday.The boy allegedly cut through the corrugated iron sheets of the
read2 children die in fires
30-11-2005
TWO young children burnt to death in separate incidents on Friday, the Police report.A one-year-old boy, Nestor Kambidi, died when a paraffin lamp caused a fire in the house where he was sleeping.The
readNC starts reviewing six bills
30-11-2005
NATIONAL Council members yesterday started discussing six bills referred to them for review by the National Assembly.Speaking on the Forest Amendment Bill, Oshikoto MP Henock Kankoshi said he felt it
readWells the answer to saving wildlife
30-11-2005
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has approved recommendations that earth dams be dug in the Linyanti swamps area of the Caprivi Region to provide water to wildlife.But the Chief Control Warden
readOmaruru rapist of pregnant woman gets 20 years in jail
30-11-2005
AN UNEMPLOYED resident of Omaruru with a criminal record stretching back to 1982 was once again sent to prison yesterday - this time to serve a 20-year term for rape.The Swakopmund Regional Court
readIt's wait-and-see in Josea liquidation bid
30-11-2005
AN attempt to target the assets of asset management company Namangol Investments and its owner, Nico Josea, in a bid to recover part of the Social Security Commission's lost investment of N$30
readGovernor, Police chief to meet on Kavango standoff
30-11-2005
THE Governor of Kavango, John Thiguru, will meet the Regional Police Commander today to discuss eviction orders served on Oshiwambo-speaking farmers who are refusing to remove their cattle from west
readFirst sections of new labour law come into effect today
30-11-2005
THE first sections of the new Labour Act are set to come into force today - nearly a year since the bill was passed.Minister of Labour Alpheus !Naruseb made the announcement in the National Assembly
readIipotha yuukiliminola ya Gerry inayi kuthwa po
30-11-2005
N GOKA a li nale omukuluntuwiliki gwehangano lyokutuma omawimombepo lyaNamibia/Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), natango ota ka taalela omatamaneko gekengelelo, uulinglingi, nosho wo oshipotha
readElenga enene lya Haingu lya mana oondjenda mOshakati
30-11-2005
E LENGA enene lya Haingu mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena tatekulu Victor Weyulu, ngoka wo a kala Omunashipundi gwElelo lyUukwanyama nokooko kokolulyo kOhamba nakusa Mwetupunga Kornelius
readTsvangirai a kuthwa mombelewa ku MDC
30-11-2005
H arare - Ongundu yompilameno onene mu Zimbabwe yedhina Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) oya kutha miilonga pakathimbo omupresidende gwongundu Morgan Tsvangirai.Shika osha hololwa puuyelele
readOnkalo mOkavango oya ngungumana, ashike aanahambo inaya za mo
30-11-2005
O NKALO mOkavango oyi li nawa, ya ngungumana noyi li kohi yokondolola, ashike nee Aanahambo mboka ya pelwe elombwelo lyOpaveta meti 19 Novemba 2005 kutya naya ze mo muule womasiku gaheyali, sigo
readAustralia beat Windies
30-11-2005
ADELAIDE - Australia beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the third cricket Test to sweep the series 3-0 at Adelaide Oval yesterday.The Australians, set 182 runs for victory, mopped up the
readChess federation gets new offices
30-11-2005
THE Namibian Chess Federation recently opened its first office, in the BPI House in Windhoek's Independence Avenue.This year, the Icelandic International Development Agency launched a new chess
readIndia's one-day wonders delight captain Dravid
30-11-2005
MUMBAI - India's captain Rahul David on Tuesday hailed his team's resurgence in limited-overs cricket, but warned there was a long way to go before it could be counted among the best."We have played
readEngland squander advantage
30-11-2005
LAHORE - Off-spinner Shoaib Malik and paceman Rana Naved-ul-Hasan shared five wickets yesterday as England squandered an early advantage with some poor sweep shots on the opening day of the final
readRonaldinho is 2005 European footballer of the year
30-11-2005
PARIS - Silky-smooth Brazil and Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho was named the 50th European footballer of the year at a lavish ceremony on Monday night.The 25-year-old, who finished third last year
readRonaldinho is 2005 European footballer of the year
30-11-2005
PARIS - Silky-smooth Brazil and Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho was named the 50th European footballer of the year at a lavish ceremony on Monday night.The 25-year-old, who finished third last year
readSamaria vows to reach semis at under-20 tourney in SA
30-11-2005
UNDER-20 national football team coach Bobby Samaria says their aim will be to reach the semi-finals of the Vodacom Cosafa Youth tournament which gets underway in Durban, South Africa, this
readLink Wray, legendary rock guitarist
30-11-2005
COPENHAGEN - Guitar player Link Wray, who invented the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists, has died.He was 76. A native of North Carolina, Wray's style is considered the
readGopal Godse, Gandhi assassin
30-11-2005
NEW DELHI - Gopal Vinayak Godse, the last surviving conspirator in the assassination of Indian independence leader and pacifist icon Mohandas Gandhi, has died at the age of 86.Godse died at his home
readZambia names new graft buster
30-11-2005
LUSAKA - A retired senior police officer has been appointed to take over Zambia's anti-corruption task force, the government announced yesterday, despite widespread public pressure for his
readIn Brief
30-11-2005
* PLOT - The Canadian opposition united to oust Prime Minister Paul Martin's scandal-tainted minority government and set off a frosty election campaign that will last through the Christmas holiday.*
readBlair's job approval rating slips
30-11-2005
LONDON - More than six months after they re-elected him to a third term, 55 per cent of Britons are dissatisfied with Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal performance, an opinion poll released at the
readBangladesh suicide blasts leave 8 dead
30-11-2005
CHITTAGONG - Eight people were killed and 23 badly hurt yesterday in two suicide bombings in Bangladesh that police blamed on Islamic extremists, the latest in a string of attacks in the
readBush pushes embattled immigration overhaul plan
30-11-2005
TUCSON - One hour's drive from the Mexican border, US President George W.Bush on Monday touted efforts to fight illegal immigration as he pushed a temporary worker proposal that critics charge is an
readDarfur rebel leaders pledge unity to break talks deadlock
30-11-2005
ABUJA - Rival rebel leaders from the Sudanese region of Darfur sounded a rare note of unity on Monday as they worked on a common negotiating position for the seventh round of peace talks with the
readZuma to quit ANC post
30-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's former deputy president Jacob Zuma, facing rape accusations, is likely to step down as number two in the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Business Day financial
readGerman, Iranian pilgrims kidnapped in Iraq
30-11-2005
BAGHDAD - A German woman and six Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, including two women, have been kidnapped in Iraq in the latest strike against foreigners in the war-torn country.News of the hostage-taking
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