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56 Articles found on Wednesday, 15 November 2006
WB ignores the planet's poorest: Nobel laureate
15-11-2006
HALIFAX - Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus urged the World Bank on Monday to change course by focusing more directly on the billion people living in the direst poverty.Yunus, who is championed
readNedbank's earnings up
15-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Nedbank yesterday reported a 39,1 per cent rise in headline earnings per share (EPS) for the first nine months of the year but said it expected bad debts to rise as a
readFood chain seen as new terror target
15-11-2006
HANOI - Nations must respond to new and emerging forms of terror attacks such as mass food poisoning, according to a report drawn up for Asia-Pacific leaders meeting at a weekend summit in Vietnam.The
readDe Beers' South Africa unit to shed jobs to cut losses
15-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The South African unit of diamond giant De Beers has launched consultations with trade unions on possibly shedding 14 per cent of its work force to reverse losses at four of its six
readNigerian aviation strike averted
15-11-2006
LAGOS - Nigerian aviation workers yesterday withdrew a threat to strike after their government employers agreed to talks about unpaid benefits, a union leader said.The strike by meteorological
readFive years after promises, Doha still suspended
15-11-2006
GENEVA - Governments from around the world pledged to great fanfare in Doha that they would make free trade work for even the poorest countries.Five years later, it's just another quiet day at the
readBusiness Briefs Zim bourse has best returns in Africa
15-11-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's stock market offered investors the highest returns in Africa in 2005 and for most of 2006, despite a deep economic recession, according to the Africa Stock Exchanges Association
read22 in court for SSC fraud Circle of deceit widens
15-11-2006
THE number of suspects who have been arrested and charged after the uncovering of an alleged fraud ring that is claimed to have submitted false claims to the Social Security Commission grew to 22
readSADC weighs whether TO clone or NOT TO clone
15-11-2006
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has started fundraising to kick-start the work of a special committee investigating whether the region supports human cloning or not.SADC health
readNamibians star in 'Gallow Walker'
15-11-2006
ELEVEN Namibian novice actors have been cast in major roles in the supernatural Western 'Gallow Walker', currently in production in the Namib Desert.Despite at least four feature films starring big
readIMF gives Namibia pat on back, but warns against extravagance
15-11-2006
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended Namibia for its fiscal status and economic developments, but has also warned of issues which need to be tackled for better economic growth.An IMF
readChurch office raided by thieves
15-11-2006
BURGLARS who broke into the Endola Elcin Church in the Ohangwena Region last week got away with only N$564 in cash.Pastor Jona Amakali told The Namibian that the cash had been kept in a small safe in
readRoad hogs in for a surprise
15-11-2006
IRRESPONSIBLE drivers who disregard safety measures will learn the hard way this coming holiday season, according to Inspector Johann Boois of NamPol's Traffic Department in Swakopmund."The zero
readJoblessness a time bomb: Angula
15-11-2006
RISING levels of unemployment pose a threat to SADC countries that can be compared to a time bomb, according to Prime Minister Nahas Angula.Speaking at the Technical and Vocational Education and
readStrike at Country Club
15-11-2006
WORKERS at the Windhoek Country Club and Resort (WCCR) who are members of the Namibian Food and Allied Workers' Union (Nafau) plan to strike today.Negotiations over wage increases have reached
readBrits die in road crash
15-11-2006
THREE or four British citizens were burnt beyond recognition after the car in which they were travelling overturned in the South yesterday and burst into flames.Police were still struggling to
readSecond high treason trial races through witnesses
15-11-2006
THE prosecution's case in the second Caprivi high treason trial could be wrapped up in the High Court in Windhoek by the close of this week.With the 12 men standing trial on charges of high treason,
readComputer theft paralyses Omaruru
15-11-2006
OPERATIONS at the Omaruru Municipality ground to a halt on Monday after burglars stole a computer containing all information on municipal accounts.A computer used to process NaTIS car registrations
readOpposition walk out over budget
15-11-2006
ALL nine opposition MPs present in the National Assembly yesterday walked out of the Chamber in protest against the Additional Budget, which was due to be debated.As a result there was no debate and
readAppeal backfires as court ups wife-beater's sentence
15-11-2006
SOMETIMES it is better to let sleeping sentences lie, a Gobabis district farmer and musician who appealed against the jail term he received for beating his wife to death learned in the High Court in
readAalongi nane longeni nuudhiginini; Bishop Nakwatumba
15-11-2006
P ETHIMBO ta popitha ayehe mboka ye yile koshituthiegululo shOongulu dhosikola nosho tuu pOdibo mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena meti 4 Novemba 2006, Omumbiishofi gwOngeleka ya Anglicana
readEtuntilo lyiimuna mo Caprivi otali ende nawa
15-11-2006
O ONGOMBE dha konda po 30 000 odha wendwa moshitopolwa sha Caprivi opo kaadhi kwatwe komukithi gwombulwa ngoka gwa holoka moshitopolwa shika omwedhi gwa zi ko.Ndohotola gwiimuna moshitopolwa sha
readAakwiita yIigwanahangano ya kutha ko oongaku mu Kinshasa
15-11-2006
K INSHASA - Aakwiita yIigwanahangano oya eta po egemeno lya kindja mu Kinshasa sha DRC mOsoondaha, konima yesiku limwe sho mwa holoka omakuyunguto taku fekelwa ge na sha nomahogololo ngoka ga ningwa
readEshuga lyoohi kOmahenene
15-11-2006
U UMINISTELI wOohi nIikwafuta, owa tseyitha kutya mEtitano ndika twa thinda otaku ka kala ekwato (eshuga) lyoohi enene kOmahenene (kOnavivi) mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, nOministeli yOohi
readOkanona komimvo 8 moshipangelo komima sho ka dhengwa ku he
15-11-2006
O SHAKATI - Immanuel Nambahu gwomimvo 47 okwa dhitikwa kOpolisi shi na sha noshipotha shonkambadhala yedhipago mOnooli pomukunda Onalufipa popepi nOmuthiyagwiipundi.Otaku popiwa kutya Nambahu okwa
readAantu ye li 27 ya sa moshiponga sheshina lyokolutenda
15-11-2006
C APE TOWN - Aantu ye li 27 oya si sho eshina lyokolutenda nOloli tayi hili okatemba yi idhenge mumwe popepi na Somerset West mOkapa-uninginino mOmaandaha goshiwike shika."Opwa li omidhimba 27
readMiitopolwa otamu ka kala Aawiliki yOmaudhano gOosikola; Mutorwa
15-11-2006
O MINISTELI yAanyasha, Omaudhano nOmithigululwakalo, John Mutorwa okwa hala kutya kehe mOshitopolwa mu kale Aawiliki yOmaudhano gi ili nogi ili gOosikola na kaya kale ashike kOvenuka ngashi shi li
readOonkundathana dhelongo lyomunona mOnooli
15-11-2006
M osoondaha yeti 5 Novemba 2006, Aavali yaanona haya sikola pOsikola yedhina Control Primary School mOngwediva, oya li ya gongala pOsikola yAanona yawo mpoka nokukundathana iinima yi ili noyi ili ya
readOmuniilonga gulwe mu SSC a tidhwa ishewe miilonga
15-11-2006
O MUNIILONGA gwa Social Security Commission (SSC) okwa tidhwa miilonga konima sho kwa dhimbululwa kutya okwa kutha ombinga miilonga yuulingilingi.Maxwell Sanneberg ngoka a li ha longele moombelewa
readNanu ota ka ninga ehololomadhiladhilo moshilongo ashihe
15-11-2006
E HANGANO lyaapangi mu Namibia lyedhina Namibia Nurses' Union (Nanu) olya tameka nokulongekidha iikonga yopashigwana nelalakano okuninga ehololomadhiladhilo momasiku 6 gaDesemba
readLocal Sport Briefs
15-11-2006
Blueprint for sport development WINDHOEK - The Namibia Sport Commission (NSC) is busy formulating a blueprint for sports development.The NSC's Subcommittee on Development was mandated by the Ministry
readSolar power for Olympics
15-11-2006
BEIJING - A state-of-the-art solar power system from Germany will heat the shower water more than 10 000 athletes during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, organisers said yesterday.The system, paid for by a
readGrand Prix shooting a success at Oropoko
15-11-2006
THE African Shotgun Grand Prix at Oropoko Lodge near Okahandja last weekend turned out to be a great success, with shooters from South Africa, Namibia, Angola, USA and Austria competing.There were 21
readClijsters retires in 2007
15-11-2006
BRUSSELS - World number five Kim Clijsters said again she would retire next year and scoffed at a suggestion she might play in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.The 23-year-old Belgian, who has been blighted
readAndy given chance to save his job
15-11-2006
LONDON - Beleaguered England coach Andy Robinson has been handed what amounts to a last chance to save his job in the upcoming back-to-back Tests against South Africa.Robinson escaped the sack on
readIndia vow to turn form around on SA tour
15-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - India coach Greg Chappell backed his team to banish the demons of their recent poor form Tuesday by using the tour of South Africa as a launch pad for its challenge in next year's World
readGymnastics champs in SA
15-11-2006
THE African Championships for Rhythmic and Artistic Gymnastics, as well as Trampoline and Tumbling, will be taking centre stage in Cape Town, South Africa, at the end of this month.Namibia will be
readBlake takes strength from nightmare year
15-11-2006
SHANGHAI - James Blake said the nightmare events of 2004 had given him the inner strength and determination to upset world number two Rafael Nadal at the Masters Cup.Blake broke his neck, lost his
readCharlton, Dowie part ways
15-11-2006
LONDON - Charlton Athletic, bottom of the English Premier League, have parted company with manager Iain Dowie.Dowie, who was appointed by the south London club at the end of May, had been under
readFancy Footwork: Beckham nets a fortune
15-11-2006
LONDON - Former England captain David Beckham may be miserable at his faltering career but he can console himself with his whopping salary, The Sun newspaper reported yesterday.Beckham has been
readGermany in friendly minus key men
15-11-2006
LONDON - Germany will be without half their first-choice team, including goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, as they look to make it four wins out of four in Group D against Cyprus in an international friendly
readNam defenders to face Ndlovu
15-11-2006
THE young and rather inexperienced Brave Warriors defence will be tested to the ultimate in their international friendly match, as Zimbabwe's veteran striker Peter Ndlovu is expected to lead the
readIn Brief
15-11-2006
PROPOSAL - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan intends to float a "hybrid" African Union-UN force for Darfur in talks with Sudanese officials and invited major powers to take part, the United Nations said
read'007 hits the bull's eye'
15-11-2006
PARIS - James Bond may be the spy who never ages, but over his 44-year film career his adventures have swollen ridiculously with impossible gadgets, implausible plots and implacable super
readWilliam Styron, US author
15-11-2006
NEW YORK - William Styron, a prize-winning novelist whose work probed the horrors of slavery in his native United States and the Holocaust during World War II, has died at the age of 81.Styron, who
readJoseph Ungaro, US newsman
15-11-2006
JOSEPH UNGARO, a former managing editor of The Providence Evening Bulletin whose question to President Nixon at an editors meeting elicited his "I'm not a crook" reply, has died.He was 76. Ungaro died
readDesert Orchid, gutsy racehorse
15-11-2006
LONDON - Desert Orchid, the front-running grey who captured the hearts of millions of horse racing fans worldwide with his gutsy victories over jumps, died on Monday at age 27.The flamboyant grey
readGerald Levert, R&B crooner
15-11-2006
GERALD LEVERT, the fiery singer of passionate R&B love songs and the son of O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, died in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday.He was 40. "All of us at Atlantic are shocked and deeply
readPoor farmers donate kidneys to survive
15-11-2006
JANDALA, Pakistan - Nassem Kausar has done it.So, she says, have her sister, six brothers, five sisters-in-law and two nephews. Each has sold a kidney to a trade that has led Pakistan's media to dub
readLet his message live on ...
15-11-2006
WASHINGTON - US civil rights leaders on Monday dug gold-tipped shovels into a trough of dirt to break ground for the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial, the first monument to an African-American on the
readThe Martin Luther King legacy
15-11-2006
WASHINGTON - On a hot August afternoon in 1963, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr delivered his 'I Have A Dream' speech to a mostly black audience from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.On Monday, a
readBush reassures Israel of US support over Iran
15-11-2006
WASHINGTON - Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will return to his country with reassurances from the Bush administration that it is not backing down from its view that Iran and its nuclear
readANC chief whip faces suspension
15-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The women's wing of South Africa's ruling African National Congress called on Monday for the immediate suspension of the party's chief whip in parliament after he was accused of sexual
readCatholic debate welcoming gays
15-11-2006
BALTIMORE - The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is debating how parishes can be welcoming to gays while also upholding the teaching that gay relationships are "disordered."The proposed guidelines
readRumsfeld faces torture lawsuit
15-11-2006
BERLIN - Civil rights activists filed a suit yesterday asking German prosecutors to open a war crimes investigation of former US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld and a host of other officials for
readGunmen abduct 150 people
15-11-2006
BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing Interior Ministry commando uniforms kidnapped up to 150 staff members from a government research institute in downtown Baghdad yesterday, the head of the parliamentary
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