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39 Articles found on Wednesday, 20 June 2007
IMF reforms exchange-rate oversight
20-06-2007
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund said Monday it is tightening the monitoring of exchange-rate policies, putting new focus on destabilising risks to the global economy."The change we are
readStandard Bank SA in the dock
20-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Thabani Jali, the chairman of the panel appointed by the competition commission to conduct the banking inquiry in South Africa, upbraided Standard Bank at Monday's public hearing for
readCalls to revalue yuan
20-06-2007
SINGAPORE - China should let the yuan rise faster to help rebalance the economy and tackle the root cause of excess liquidity, Yu Yongding, a prominent Chinese economist and a former adviser to the
readBank Windhoek launches new product
20-06-2007
BANK Windhoek has unveiled a new specialised savings product through which a group of people can jointly open an account.The product, called GroupSave, was launched yesterday and forms part of the
readNamdeb makes history with its 2006 production
20-06-2007
NAMDEB, Namibia's largest producer of diamonds, recorded the highest level of production in the diamond-mining history of the country when it mined over two million carats last year.The 2 085 carats
readAfrica market size hinder private equity
20-06-2007
CAPE TOWN - Private equity funds are circling African companies but the money being spent on the continent still represents a small slice of the global industry, a banker said.Private equity is being
read4-month-old twins raped, one baby dead, dad held
20-06-2007
A FOUR-MONTH-OLD baby girl who was allegedly raped and assaulted by her father near Karibib has survived the brutal attack.Her condition was yesterday described as stable. The little girl's twin
readGem suspect's bail forfeited
20-06-2007
ONE of the American diamond dealers who was trapped in November last year in an alleged illegal diamond transaction in Windhoek yesterday lost the N$500 000 that he had paid to be released on bail.The
readMungunda calls on 'supernatural' to help fight violence
20-06-2007
A SOLEMN mood hung over the opening yesterday of Namibia's first national conference on gender-based violence following a week which has seen unspeakable crimes dominate the headlines.Delegates from
readWAD sets up Karas office
20-06-2007
KEETMANS-HOOP - Women's Action for Development (WAD) has expanded its services to the Karas Region and is scheduled to inaugurate its office at Keetmanshoop today.WAD's permanent presence in the
readSSC ups its medical cover
20-06-2007
THE Social Security Commission (SSC) yesterday announced an adjustment of its medical aid tariffs to bring them in line with the amounts paid by private medical aid funds.Since the inception of the
readTeen in firing line
20-06-2007
POLICE are investigating a case of attempted murder after 18-year-old Reagan Witbeen was shot in the thigh while hanging out at a Walvis Bay bar on Sunday.Witbeen was admitted to the Walvis Bay State
readTaxi chase through city ends in gunfire
20-06-2007
AN accident between two taxis in Windhoek yesterday morning provided for high drama when one driver was apparently forced to shoot the other's tyre out in an attempt to get his co-operation in sorting
readSkeleton found at Sesfontein
20-06-2007
THE skeletal remains of a man from Sesfontein were discovered near the village in the Kunene Region last week.Police there reported on Monday that the "bones of the lower legs, two forearms and a rib"
readNew lease of life for Sperrgebiet campsite
20-06-2007
A PILOT project aimed at breathing new life into the Hohenfels Campsite near Oranjemund on the Orange River has been completed.Plans to proclaim the Sperrgebiet National Park have long been on the
readLuederitz restaurateur mowed down outside his home
20-06-2007
THE owner of Legends Restaurant at Luederitz, Rudolf van Wyk (39), was shot dead in front of his home on Thursday night.Van Wyk, a former Police officer and mine security officer, was shot four times
read3 years for N$321 000 insurance scam
20-06-2007
A WARNING about the consequences of dishonesty and thievery that has often been issued by Namibia's courts - and that has just as often fallen on deaf ears - was again voiced in the Windhoek Regional
readNational Assembly Secretary back at work
20-06-2007
THE Secretary to the National Assembly, Nama Goabab, is back at work after he was arrested earlier this month on a charge of fraud relating to a vehicle allowance.Goabab and a senior accountant at
readOmonamati gwOmukwaniilwa gwOndonga a hulitha
20-06-2007
P AULUS Shali Elifas, omonamati gwOmukwaniilwa gwOndonga, okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo sha Nandjokwe okupendukila Olyomakaya ga zi ko konima yuuwehame, Omupopiliko gwElelo lyOndonga Elenga
readAanuutekisa inamu londeka we mwa pitilila
20-06-2007
A AKALIMO yamwe mOshakati oye yile kOshifo shika taya nyenyeta kutya opwa dhidhilikwa Ootekisa dhimwe tadhi londeke dha pitilila unene, unene tuu ndhoka hadhi londeke uunona uushona wOsikola okuza
readGandja uuyelele u pewe N$60 000 koomuma
20-06-2007
U UKWATYA womukiintu gumwe ngoka a adhika a tetwa miisitiki popepi nondjila onene ya Kahandja nOvenduka mOsoondaha natango ou li uupyakadhi uunene kOpolisi ndjoka tayi ningi omakonakono.Shi inaku
readOmunambelewa Omukuluntu mu Karas a dhitikwa ku ACC
20-06-2007
O MBELEWA yOkomisi yekondjitho lyiimbuluma nenge tutye Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) oya dhitike po omunambelewa omukuluntu mOlaata yoshitopolwa sha Karas, Salmaan Jacobs, mOmaandaha goshiwike
readRugby Briefs
20-06-2007
PARIS - France rugby coach Bernard Laporte, who was yesterday named as French sports minister following the World Cup later this year, said his priority was to win the event.Laporte, who is close to
readHamilton plays down title chances
20-06-2007
INDIANAPOLIS - Driver's world championship leader Lewis Hamilton claimed it is too early to talk of winning the title in his rookie season.The 22-year-old won Sunday's US Grand Prix to claim his
readFNB table tennis attracts talented players
20-06-2007
TABLE tennis is alive and well in Namibia, judging by the large turnout of players and spectators at the annual FNB Inter-schools Team Championships over the past weekend.The tournament was held in
readMakushe and Mafwila in Coca-Cola wins
20-06-2007
THE Marx Makushe Secondary School and the Mafwila Secondary School will represent the Kavango and Caprivi regions respectively in the 2007 Coca-Cola Football Stars competition after they won their
readTiger's new cub is a baby girl - Sam
20-06-2007
LOS ANGELES - The world's number one golfer, Tiger Woods, said he was delighted with the birth of his baby girl Monday and that mother and daughter are doing just fine.Woods said on his website
readNations Cup jigsaw takes shape
20-06-2007
CAIRO - Angola, Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan and Tunisia were celebrating qualification for the 2008 African Nations Cup Monday.The Black Antelopes of Angola, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon
readOnly God can stop World Cup - Blatter
20-06-2007
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said only God can stop South Africa from hosting the 2010 World Cup.Blatter is in the South Africa to assess the progress made by the hosts who are reconstructing, or
readFootball stars to salute Madiba
20-06-2007
SOME of the best players in the world from the past and present will be on show in Cape Town on July 18 in a gala prelude to celebrate the 89th birthday of Nelson Mandela, according to Fifa president
readSuu Kyi turns 62 - alone
20-06-2007
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, one of the world's most prominent political prisoners, turned 62 yesterday in her fifth consecutive birthday spent under house arrest, as supporters
readIn Brief
20-06-2007
Cuba mourns rebel 'first lady' HAVANA - Cuba held a day of mourning yesterday for Vilma Espin Guillois, the guerrilla who became the most powerful woman in the revolution that propelled her
readIndian tribe hopes to use Google Earth to combat illegal Amazon logging
20-06-2007
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A Brazilian Indian tribe is linking up with Google Earth to try to capture vivid images that could help stop loggers and miners from deforesting the jungle and digging for gold on
readBlair, Mwanawasa 'connived'
20-06-2007
LUSAKA - Zambia's former president Frederick Chiluba yesterday said the judgement by a London High Court that convicted him of stealing millions of dollars in public funds was fraudulent and should be
readAbbas govt receives aid
20-06-2007
RAMALLAH - Western powers said on Monday they would end a 15-month-old embargo on the Palestinians in a boost to President Mahmoud Abbas's government after he sacked Hamas Islamists who seized the
readPresidential spokesman shot twice
20-06-2007
MOGADISHU - Somalia's presidential spokesman was shot twice at close range in the latest assassination attempt on government officials in the Horn of Africa nation, officials said yesterday."He was
readConflicts cause rise in refugees
20-06-2007
GENEVA - People fleeing Iraq have swelled the ranks of the world's refugees, reversing a five-year decline and causing an increase of those driven from their homes for the first time since 2002, the
readGlobal Paedophile network smashed
20-06-2007
LONDON - Police have smashed a global Internet paedophile ring with 700 members and rescued more than 30 children from abuse, a police spokesman said on Monday.Detectives targeted an Internet chatroom
readUS launches major Iraq offensive
20-06-2007
BAGHDAD - The US military deployed 10 000 soldiers, attack helicopters and armoured fighting vehicles in an offensive against al Qaeda yesterday in one of the biggest operations since the invasion of
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