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33 Articles found on Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Taiwan’s Lin still smiling after Hong Kong win
25-11-2008
HONG KONG – Taiwan’s Lin Wen-tang yesterday revelled in his success at the UBS Hong Kong Open and revealed that the secret behind his giant-killing feat lay with his smile.The composure was evident
readCoach faces probe
25-11-2008
SYDNEY – Australian coach Ricky Stuart will be investigated following a complaint that he abused World Cup final referee Ashley Klein and a top official after his team’s shock defeat, rugby league
readEngland to stay positive: Pietersen
25-11-2008
BANGALORE - England captain Kevin Pietersen has urged his team to keep “their chins up” as he attempts to salvage some success amid the ruins of the side’s one-day campaign in India.The tourists have
readHatton eyes Pacquiao De la Hoya winner
25-11-2008
LAS VEGAS – England’s Ricky Hatton is ready to face the winner of next month’s Manny Pacquiao-Oscar de la Hoya showdown after dispatching American Paulie Malignaggi with ease.Hatton stopped Malignaggi
readFootball Logs
25-11-2008
MTC Namibia Premier LeaguePos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 SKW 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 6 2 Eleven Arrows 2 1 1 0 4
readWilliams is tops in rugby
25-11-2008
LONDON – Welsh winger Shane Williams, who played a pivotal role in his team’s 2008 Six Nations Grand Slam triumph, was on Sunday named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year.The 31-year-old
readMadrid creeping toward last 16
25-11-2008
LONDON – The most successful club in the 53-year history of European football’s most prestigious competition, Real Madrid is making hard work of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League and the
readAmaning shocked
25-11-2008
NAMIBIA’S under-17 football side manager Jakes Amaning said he was shocked to learn that most of the Malawian players who beat Namibia 7-1 in an African Youth Championships qualifier in Blantyre at
readGold medal in sight for Nam chess
25-11-2008
NAMIBIA is one victory away from its first-ever team medal at the 38th World Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany.Following their dramatic 2.5-1.5 win over Malawi in the penultimate round 10, the Brave
readDesert Dash on cards
25-11-2008
WHAT started out as a challenge between a couple of friends in 2005, is now one of the more popular endurance cycling events in Southern Africa. This event will in future be known as the FNB Desert
readYane ya sa moshiponga shohauto natango lwopEmono mpoka
25-11-2008
AAKALIMO yoomOshakati ye li yane (Oombaatili) oya si moshiponga shohauto sho ohauto yawo yoka Venture, ya kandomene mOndalaye yopomukunda Onatshiku sha Laban muuninginino wOshakati mondjila onene ya
readOdinga okwa hala AU a tume aakwiita ku Zimbabwe
25-11-2008
NAIROBI – Omuprimaminista gwa Kenya Raila Odinga okwa ningi eindilo kehangano lyUukumwe wAafrika/African Union (AU) kutya nali tume aakwiita ku Zimbabwe ya ka ete elandulathano koshilongo
readOonkundana paufupi
25-11-2008
* BISSAU – Egumbo lyOmupresidende gwa Guinea Bissau Joao Bernardo Viera, mOsoondaha olyu umbwa kaakwiita yamwe ya li ya hala okuumba ko Epangelo. “Ongundu yaakwiita oya li ya kambadhala okukwata ko
readSwapo a piyaganeka oshigongi sha APP
25-11-2008
OPOLISI oya li katuka onkatu okweeta po oveta nelandulathano mOlyomakaya sho ongundu yaayambidhidhi yo Swapo ya li ya kambadhala okwiindika opaati yo All People’s Party, kayi ninge oshigongo polukanda
readAgriculture Briefs
25-11-2008
New agricultural training centre - THE Agricultural Training Centre Krumhuk will open next year about 20 kilometres south of Windhoek. It will be accommodated in the buildings of the former Aris
readUrbanisation to help productivity
25-11-2008
ABOUT two-thirds of small-scale farmers in one of South Africa’s poorest rural areas are not making any adjustments to their farming practices in the face of climate change. The results of a survey
readInternational Briefs
25-11-2008
Nigerian militants threaten chaos in delta * LAGOS – Nigerian militants threatened to bring chaos to the western Niger Delta by interrupting shipping and attacking oil and gas facilities run by US
readElders fear Zimbabwe may collapse soon: Zuma
25-11-2008
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe could collapse within months due to its political and economic crisis, South Africa’s ruling party leader said yesterday, citing former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and
readNorth West University expels student for racist Facebook posting
25-11-2008
JOHANNESBURG – A student linked to a racist Facebook group has been expelled from the North West University (NWU), a spokesman said yesterday.Louis Jacobs said a disciplinary hearing found the student
readCall for UN blockade
25-11-2008
KUALA LUMPUR – Maritime groups yesterday called on the United Nations to mount an international naval blockade to halt the surge of piracy off Somalia.At a regional conference on maritime safety, they
readProtesters at Thai Parliament for ‘final showdown’
25-11-2008
BANGKOK – Thousands of anti-government protesters fanned out across Bangkok yesterday causing Parliament to shut down and forcing a group of riot police to retreat in what the activists called their
readChavez, opposition share Venezuela election spoils
25-11-2008
CARACAS – President Hugo Chavez’s left-wing party and the growing opposition shared the spoils of Venezuela’s local elections as they jostled for political momentum in the OPEC nation
readEconomic Briefs
25-11-2008
LIMA – Leaders who oversee half the world’s economy pledged Saturday to avoid protectionism but shied away from any new proposals on the financial crisis because of somebody who wasn’t there: U.S.
readCredit card fraud increases in SA
25-11-2008
* Credit card fraud in South Africa increased 146 per cent in the past year, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) said yesterday.“It is a frightening picture, it really is,” said
readChinese tycoon under probe for trading violations
25-11-2008
SHANGHAI, China – Appliance king Wong Kwong-yu, one of China’s richest tycoons, is under police investigation for alleged share trading violations, local newspapers reported yesterday.Wong is founder
readSA meets Russia on trade
25-11-2008
South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Russian Federation Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Yuri Trutnev will today co-chair the inter-sessional meeting of the
readThe rich are the most in debt
25-11-2008
The rich are the most indebted and banks are reporting a 50 per cent increase in bad debt as South Africans now owe R1,139 trillion, skills training group AstroTech said yesterday.In other words,
readMWeb Namibia takes the lead on online security
25-11-2008
MWEB Namibia is offering a free business internet audit to MWEB Namibia subscribers and Namibian internet users. The free audit will be available until the end of December 2008.It will review
readFAO approves US$43 million reform plan to overhaul structure
25-11-2008
Rome – A special conference of the United Nations Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) member countries has agreed on a US$42,6 million, three-year plan of action to enable the 63-year-old agency to
readMinisters agree to revamp EU farm policy
25-11-2008
Brussels – European Union (EU) farm ministers agreed last week to divert chunks of long-standing subsidies now enjoyed by big farms into countryside preservation schemes in the biggest revamp of farm
readUS Govt takes $20bn stake in Citigroup as part of bail-out
25-11-2008
WASHINGTON – The US government unveiled a bold plan on Sunday to rescue troubled Citigroup, including taking a US$20 billion stake in the firm as well as guaranteeing hundreds of billions of dollars
readObama presents team to navigate economic crisis
25-11-2008
CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama took his first major step toward addressing the US financial crisis yesterday, presenting the team that will steer his economic policies and navigate a
readWoman ran into deadly knife, accused claims
25-11-2008
A GOBABIS resident who is accused of murdering his girlfriend in a stabbing incident in September 2005 is claiming that his alleged victim actually died accidentally after she ran into a knife that he
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