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47 Articles found on Monday, 20 November 2006
Gold eases as greenback holds gains
20-11-2006
SINGAPORE - Gold slipped on Friday in jittery trade as the US dollar held gains, while platinum dropped more than two per cent on persistent selling in Japan following this week's report by top
readSkilling ordered to prison Dec 12
20-11-2006
HOUSTON - Former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeff Skilling was ordered to begin serving a 24-year sentence on December 12 in a federal prison in Minnesota, according to court documents.Skilling, 52,
readBeverage giant Coke starts diversifying
20-11-2006
SINGAPORE - US beverage giant Coca-Cola Company, in a long-term plan to diversify from soft drinks, will serve coffee and tea-making expertise from its first Asian specialty outlet, company executives
readChina plans to expand luxury tax
20-11-2006
BEIJING - China is planning to expand a consumption tax on luxury items and adjust upward other taxes in an effort to even out income distribution and reduce poverty, state press reported last
readAPEC urges resumption of WTO talks
20-11-2006
HANOI - Pacific Rim leaders declared they would do their utmost to break the deadlock in global trade talks in a final statement at the end of their weekend summit Sunday, but made no reference to
readR2 billion in gold stolen from mines
20-11-2006
Johannesburg - Gold theft from mines is estimated at R2 billion annually, the Chamber of Mines said on Thursday.Chamber of Mines deputy legal adviser Anton van Achterbergh said that a report, compiled
readDe Beers, Tanzania in US$2m project
20-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African diamond producer De Beers and the Tanzanian government on Friday announced a US$2 million project to formalise the so-called informal diamond miners in Tanzania.Jonathan
readG20 pushing for IMF, WB reform
20-11-2006
MELBOURNE - The world's most powerful economic leaders vowed yesterday to maintain pressure on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to better reflect the global community.The Group of
readRCC chief on red carpet
20-11-2006
SUSPENDED Roads Contractor Company (RCC) CEO Kelly Nghixulifwa is to face a disciplinary hearing today in a case that is expected to open up a can of worms at the State-owned road-building company,
readAggrieved interpreters to meet PM's Office
20-11-2006
A MEETING between court interpreters and officials from the Office of the Prime Minister is scheduled for today as the two parties try to avoid a national strike at courts.A source told The Namibian
readPresident Thabo Mbeki to visit Namibia
20-11-2006
SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki is scheduled to visit Namibia for one day tomorrow.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced on Friday that President Mbeki would be accompanied by his
readNA approves coffins for San
20-11-2006
THE National Assembly has adopted a motion tabled by an opposition party to provide coffins for the San people so that they don't have to bury their deceased in plastic bags anymore.DTA President
readParker appointed Judge
20-11-2006
A FORMER senior Justice Ministry official, Dr Collins Parker, has been appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Namibia.President Hifikepunye Pohamba appointed Parker as a High Court Judge in a
readEducation Ministry gets pre-primary level
20-11-2006
CABINET has approved a proposal that the Ministry of Education take over responsibility for pre-primary education from the Ministry of Gender and Child Welfare.As a result, the Ministry of Education
readCross-border initiative launched against malaria
20-11-2006
DESPITE increased investments to combat malaria, the disease remains a huge challenge in Africa, Lesotho's Health Minister Dr Matlahealo Mhooko said on Friday when he launched a SADC cross-border
readDevelopment Index remains static
20-11-2006
NAMIBIA has retained its ranking for the latest UN Human Development Report, which was launched at Otjiwarongo last week.Namibia is in 125th position - the same as in 2005 - out of 177 countries
readMPs go AWOL, NA adjourns
20-11-2006
PROCEEDINGS in the National Assembly came to a standstill after the tea break on Friday, when a special session was held to discuss additional budget allocations for individual ministries.There were
readThousands of jobs in civil service frozen
20-11-2006
THERE are 7 107 vacant posts in the Civil Service and nearly half of them - 2 951 - are frozen, often because of budgetary constraints, according to Prime Minister Nahas Angula.The Prime Minister said
readBurglars paralyse Home Affairs
20-11-2006
THE doors of the Ministry of Home Affairs office at Swakopmund were closed for most of last week after a burglary brought services at the office to a temporary halt.According to Police information,
readCoD, Swapo youth at loggerheads
20-11-2006
THE youth wings of two political parties are embroiled in a war of words after CoD president Ben Ulenga made a remark last week that the Swapo Youth League "owned" the public service medical aid
readNurses' union has no mandate: Govt
20-11-2006
THE Ministry of Health has invited the Namibia Nurses' Union (Nanu) to challenge the Namibia Public Workers' Union (Napwu) for the status of sole bargaining agent before approaching Government to
readPrison beckons for child killer
20-11-2006
CHILD rapist and killer Willem Louw will be sentenced in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday.Judge Sylvester Mainga postponed sentencing after Deputy Prosecutor General Antonia Verhoef and defence
readAIDS policy to be tabled soon
20-11-2006
CABINET has given the go-ahead to Health Minister Dr Richard Kamwi to table a long-awaited national policy on HIV-AIDS in the National Assembly.Among others, the policy aims to eliminate the
readOmwaalu gwaafekelwa mu
20-11-2006
SSC gwaya sigo opo 29 A antu yalwe yaheyali mboka taya fekelelwa okukengelela Social Security Commission (SSC) paulingilingi sho ye mu yaka oshimaliwa shoondola omayovi ogendji oya dhitikwa nokuholoka
readKabila a sindana omahogololo mu DRC
20-11-2006
K INSHASA - Onkundana okuzilila ku Kinshasa shOrepublika yUundemokoli ya Congo (DRC) otayi ti kutya Joeph Kabila okwa sindana momahogololo gOpaupresidende, ngoka ga ningwa moshilongo shoka omasiku ga
readBemba a tinda iizemo yomahogololo mu DRC
20-11-2006
K INSHASA - Onkundana okuzilila ku Kinshasa shOrepublika yUundemokoli ya Congo (DRC) otayi ti kutya Jean-Pierre Bemba ngoka a li omukondjithi omunene gwa Joseph Kabila momahogololo ngoka ga ningwa
readOlukongo lwaaniilonga mOsikepa lwa kalekwa
20-11-2006
O LUKONGO lwaaniilonga yatatu mboka taku fekelwa kutya oya sila mOsikepa ndjoka ya li yaka omulilo komunkulofuta gwaNamibia iiwike iyali ya zi ko olwa kalekwa.Omundjinia omukuluntu Luis Rodal Molanes
readOmbaanga yaStandard ya eta po omukalo omupe gwokupungula
20-11-2006
O MBAANGA ya Standard oya eta po omukalo omupe gwokupungula oshimaliwa, moka omuntu to vulu ashike okupatulula Oakaunda yoye noN$50 ndele to kala to mono iihohela nomauwanawa galwe ogendji lela mwa
readOshinima sha Kobi otashi ka kundathanwa
20-11-2006
O TA KU ka ningwa oonkundathana mOmpangu dhi na sha nokutala ngele Namibia ota ka shunitha ku Amerika omulumentu omvalele ya Israeli Jacob Kobi Alexander nenge aawe.Alexander (gwoomvula 54) okwa
readFederer crushes Blake to win Masters Cup
20-11-2006
SHANGHAI - World number one Roger Federer underlined his absolute dominance of men's tennis when he routed American James Blake 6-0 6-3 6-4 yesterday to win the Masters Cup for the third time in four
readWhite has no fears over future
20-11-2006
LONDON - Despite losing two out of two Tests on South Africa's end of year tour, coach Jake White appeared remarkably unconcerned about his job security after a defeat to England at Twickenham.South
readEngland stumble to victory
20-11-2006
LONDON - World champions England stumbled over the finish line on Saturday to end their seven-match losing streak with a 23-21 win over South Africa at Twickenham.Replacement prop Phil Vickery, a
readDestiny in England's hands: Robinson
20-11-2006
LONDON - Andy Robinson insisted England were in control of their own destiny even though the coach's own future remained uncertain after the world champions ended their seven-match losing streak with
readLocal Sport Shorts Himmel wins Tara rally
20-11-2006
WINDHOEK - Namibian driver Richard Himmel won the 38th edition of the Total Tara Rally on Saturday as his competitors faded in the final stages of the treacherous three-day challenge.Himmel and
readSantos boot Bucs out of Cup
20-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Eleazer Rodgers' 68th minute header was all Santos needed to advance to the semi-finals of the Telkom Knockout at the expense of favourites Orlando Pirates at the Ellis Park Stadium on
readMan United stays in command
20-11-2006
LONDON - Wayne Rooney rescued Manchester United with a double strike to maintain their three-point lead over champions Chelsea at the top of the English Premiership on Saturday.The England striker
readBA into next FNB Cup stage
20-11-2006
BLACK Africa and African Stars have both earned themselves spots in the next round of the FNB Cup with uncompromising wins at the Mariental Sport Sports Stadium over the weekend.Black Africa first
readIn Brief
20-11-2006
DISAPPROVAL - Hundreds of Ethiopians took to the streets of the capital on Saturday to protest the landmark conviction by a United States court of an Ethiopian man for sexually mutilating his
readWilliam Lee Brent, Black Panther
20-11-2006
HAVANA - William Lee Brent, a Black Panther who hijacked a passenger jet to communist Cuba in 1969 and spent 37 years in exile, has died on the island.He was 75. Brent died on November 4 from
readMilton Friedman, Nobel economist
20-11-2006
WASHINGTON - Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, whose ideas helped power a conservative policy revolution in the 1980s, died of heart failure on Thursday at the age of 94 in San
readMauritanians vote in first step towards democracy
20-11-2006
NOUAKCHOTT - Mauritanians took their first steps towards democracy yesterday by voting in parliamentary and municipal elections which test the willingness of their military rulers to relinquish power
readShaik fighting on from jail
20-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Jailed businessman Schabir Shaik is desperately trying to find grounds to challenge his corruption conviction and sentence through the Constitutional Court (Concourt), reported The
readMan found with head in luggage
20-11-2006
SOUTH AFRICA - A 24-year-old man has been arrested at Butterworth for carrying a human head in his luggage at a bus rank in the Eastern Cape town on Saturday, said police.Captain Jackson Manatha said
readHuman shield deters Israeli strike
20-11-2006
BEIT LAHIYA - Hundreds of Palestinians crowded around the homes of two militant leaders throughout the night yesterday, a new tactic that forced Israel to call off airstrikes on the buildings and
readUK investigating spy poisoning
20-11-2006
LONDON - Police said yesterday they were investigating the suspected poisoning in London of a former Russian spy and outspoken Kremlin critic who had accused his former colleagues of involvement in
readBlair and Musharraf vow to boost terror cooperation
20-11-2006
LAHORE - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf pledged yesterday to bolster cooperation in the West's 'difficult global struggle' against Islamic extremism.Blair,
readBemba goes to court
20-11-2006
KINSHASA - The former rebel who lost Congo's presidential elections filed a suit on Saturday at the Supreme Court to challenge the vote count as dozens of his supporters marched through downtown
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