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48 Articles found on Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Ghana central bank governor to step down
19-08-2009
ACCRA - Long-serving Ghanaian central bank governor Paul Acquah is to stand down next month and be replaced by former Deputy Finance Minister Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, the country’s presidency said on
readNo plans to devalue kwanza
19-08-2009
LUANDA - Angola’s National Bank has no plans to devalue the country’s currency, vice governor Ricardo Viegas de Abreu said day, despite growing pressure on the kwanza.Lower oil prices have seen
readBye-bye Cell One, hello Leo
19-08-2009
CELL One is getting a name change. After being sold to Egyptian-based telecoms giant Orascom Telecom Holdings in January, the company yesterday announced that it will change its name to Leo
readKenya signs tourism agreement with South Africa
19-08-2009
NAIROBI – Kenya signed an agreement with South Africa yesterday to encourage tourism investment in both countries and share data from the sector to maximise revenues.The two nations have traditionally
readSA banking is healthy – Rupert
19-08-2009
THE South African banking system, along with the Canadian banking system, was “in a good state” and probably the best placed of all sophisticated nations, Johann Rupert, the chairman of Remgro, told
readThree indicted in largest US identity theft scheme
19-08-2009
NEW YORK – Three men were indicted on Monday for allegedly stealing more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers in what US authorities said they believe is the largest hacking and identity
readSA seen leading hunt for cheap Nigeria banks
19-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Anyone wanting to be big in Africa has to be big in Nigeria, and the shock US$2,6 billion bailout of five of its banks may have given foreigners a golden chance to enter the continent’s
readLiechtenstein prince angers German Jews
19-08-2009
GENEVA – Liechtenstein’s reigning prince has angered German Jews by invoking the Holocaust to defend his country’s banking secrecy laws, drawing sharp reactions Monday.The latest flare-up of fractious
readWhite or Wong
19-08-2009
LIFE’S difficult; choices have to be made. Deal with White or Wong? What is Write and what is rong? Hu is rite even if he is the boss?Remember, two Wongs do not make a Wight! And those with
readZuma’s Angola visit to focus on trade
19-08-2009
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma travels to Angola on Wednesday (today) in a bid to strengthen ties between the continent’s biggest economy and one of its top oil producers.It will be Zuma’s first
readEmbattled Ahmadinejad to unveil new cabinet
19-08-2009
TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose disputed re-election plunged the nation into its worst crisis since the Islamic revolution, unveils his cabinet on Wednesday (today) facing a
readZimbabwean governing partners trade accusations
19-08-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s governing partners are trading accusations the other is undermining their coalition.Former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, sworn in as prime minister in February, and longtime
readRussia arrests eight ‘Arctic Sea hijackers’
19-08-2009
MOSCOW - Russia said yesterday it had arrested eight men for hijacking the Arctic Sea ship whose disappearance in July sparked an international sea hunt.The two Russians, four Estonians and two
readDeadly attacks threaten pre-vote Kabul
19-08-2009
KABUL – Kabul was battered by attacks Tuesday as a bomb killed five people and a rocket slammed into the presidential compound two days before elections that the Taliban have threatened to
readMonsoon fears for Sri Lanka displaced
19-08-2009
NEW DELHI – The onset of monsoon rains in Sri Lanka is raising fears for the safety of thousands of war-displaced Tamils after rain flooded camps, ruined shelters and caused sewage to overflow, aid
readJudge OKs Jackson deal, burial date announced
19-08-2009
LOS ANGELES – A judge on Monday approved a deal for the sale of Michael Jackson merchandise, but delayed making a decision on a travelling exhibition dedicated to the King of Pop, amid objections from
readDion pregnant with second child
19-08-2009
OTTAWA – Canadian singer Celine Dion (41) is pregnant with her second child, her spokeswoman told AFP yesterday.Dion and her husband Rene Angelil, director of the French-language reality-television
readStrep throat may have killed Mozart: new study
19-08-2009
NEW YORK – The death of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 35 may have been caused by complications stemming from strep throat, according to a Dutch study published on Monday.Since the
readReality show villain entering seminary
19-08-2009
DAYTON, Ohio – This may come as a surprise to anyone who has seen her villainous ways on reality TV: Omarosa is entering an Ohio seminary to study for the ministry.Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, known
readBlock of life found in comet
19-08-2009
A FUNDAMENTAL ingredient for life has been discovered in a comet sample, supporting the idea that such icy objects seeded early Earth with the stuff needed to whip up living organisms.New research
readPlanet orbits backward
19-08-2009
PLANETS orbit stars in the same direction that the stars rotate. They all do. Except one.A newfound planet orbits the wrong way, backward compared to the rotation of its host star. Its discoverers
readMoshikoto oshidhano shoonkulu hedhi oshi li muAuguste
19-08-2009
OMUWILIKI gwOmbelewa yOmithigululwakalo mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto tate Isak Elishi okwa tseyitha kutya oshidhano oshinene shomithigululwakalo nuumvo mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto otashi ka dhanenwa
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OMWAALU gwaantu mboka ya ehama omukithi gwekunku lyoH1N1 moNamibia ogwa yi pombanda sigo opaantu omilongo mbali 20.Epangelo olya koleke oMaandaha kutya ngashingeyi aantu yomwaalu ngoka oya pangwa
readNamibia ota ka mona iiyemo iishona okuza koSacu nuumvo
19-08-2009
NAMIBIA ota shi vulika aka kanithe oshipambu shiiyemo shoodola obiliona yimwe noshinkwanu ndatu lwaampoka momumvo gwiimaliwa 2009/2010.Oshipambu shika oshiiyemo mbyoka Namibia, ha mono okuza kehangano
readOmusinda omutiligane ina gu gumwa
19-08-2009
AAKUTHIM-BINGA oyendji moonkundathana kombinga ye uvathano longelokumwe lyomahupilo nehangano lyUukumwe waEuropa oya haluthwa kethaneko kutya omusinda omutiligane nagu shunithwe ishewe
readOshiithanene shokudhimbulukwa nokusimaneka ookoondoma pOmuthiya
19-08-2009
OMUNAMBELEWA e na sha nekalepo lyOokoondoma mOshipangelo sha Nandjokwe tate, John Shikongo okwa tseyitha kutya mOlyomakaya geti 22 Auguste 2009, pOmuthiya mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto otapu ka kala
readNabta a tsakaneke aapolisi ya muni kombinga yootekisa
19-08-2009
EDHILADHILO okweeta elandulathano miilonga yootekisa moVenduka osha kundathanwa ishewe omaandaha.Oonkundathana odha ningwa pokati koNabta noshowo aanambelewa aakuluntu yopolis yaMuni.Shoka sha
readOombelewa dhelelo lyodoolopa jOutjo dhapipo
19-08-2009
OSHILANDO shOutjo osha li sha kumwa oMaandaha sho sha kanitha etata lyoombelewa dhoshilando shoka momulilo kaagushi ku fatululwa.Pethimbo olyo tuu ndyoka oshilando osha li sha kuminwa ehokololo kutya
readBolt, Vlasic breeze through
19-08-2009
BERLIN – It was business as usual for sprint superstar Usain Bolt who cruised into the second round of the 200m yesterday morning, while high-jump queen Blanka Vlasic booked her place in tomorrow’s
readKauta quits NFA
19-08-2009
BEAU Kauta has resigned as the official spokesman of the Namibia Football Association, The Namibian Sport established yesterday.Kauta said he was no longer interested in the job as he was being
readBrave Warriors invited to Germany
19-08-2009
THE Brave Warriors can brace themselves for several football matches against lower-division teams in Germany towards the end of this year, after an invitation was extended to them by a wealthy German
readSchools in cricket festival
19-08-2009
THE Hollard Insurance under-15 Cricket Development Festival will be held in Windhoek from September 2 to 6.Cricket Namibia, with the sponsorship of Hollard Insurance and Shoprite/Checkers,is
read‘Gentleman’s game’ can make you nicer: study
19-08-2009
LONDON – Cricket can make people better behaved and more co-operative, according to research in Britain published yesterday, which might surprise fans following the current Ashes series.The study from
readSri Lanka in control
19-08-2009
GALLE – Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene scored an undefeated century as the hosts reached 293 for three at stumps on the first day of the first test against New Zealand yesterday.The 32-year-old
readSMSes Of Wednesday 19 August 2009
19-08-2009
* SECRETLY there are both novice and seasoned politicians in Namibia trying to bet their luck by playing a tribal ace card particularly in areas where such divisions were diminished in recent history.
readRitter wins case against Namfisa
19-08-2009
NAMFISA will have to pay its suspended Chief Executive Officer Rainer Ritter N$830 268.61 plus 20 per cent interest from June 1 2009 until the payment is done, the High Court ordered on Friday.The
readOutjo audit still on, AG says
19-08-2009
THE Auditor General’s (AG) representatives, who were prevented from scrutinising the books of the Outjo Town Council when the finance departments and CEO’s office of the municipality burnt down on
readMother of four sent to prison for fraud
19-08-2009
A MOTHER of four children who admitted that she had defrauded her employer of just short of N$100 000 was sent to prison for two years at the end of her trial in the Windhoek Regional Court last
readWindow of hope for abandoned babies
19-08-2009
ON the south side of the AFM Church’s Tamariskia Assembly at Swakopmund there is a window through which desperate mothers can safely deposit their unwanted babies.This ‘window of hope’ is part of the
readDrug mule jailed for seven years
19-08-2009
THE last member of a group of Angolans who were caught at Hosea Kutako International Airport in mid-April after they had entered Namibia with cocaine hidden in their bodies has been sentenced to a
read‘Struggle kids’ are selfish
19-08-2009
DEPUTY Minister of Youth Pohamba Shifeta has told the so-called ‘children of the liberation struggle’ to not be selfish, as they are not the only ones who need help in Namibia.Shifeta was responding
readTop cop advises against grassroots campaigning
19-08-2009
THE Inspector General of the Police, Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga, has advised political parties not to hold “house-to-house and shebeen-to-shebeen campaigns” for the upcoming national and
readFlu worries rise as three new cases confirmed
19-08-2009
AS the number of confirmed H1N1 flu cases in Namibia climbed by three to hit 20 yesterday, the National Health Emergency Management Committee (NHEMC) asked the Office of the Prime Minister to call up
readOutjo treasurer locked up
19-08-2009
OUTJO’S town treasurer, Dawid Koen, handed himself over to the Police late on Monday afternoon, hours after a fire ripped through the municipality’s offices, destroying council records. Koen handed
readExpansive China faces grassroots resentment
19-08-2009
ALGIERS – Algerian shopkeeper Abdelkrim Salouda has witnessed China’s global economic expansion first-hand and he does not like it, especially since he was in a mass brawl this month with Chinese
readBolt, Vlasic breeze through
19-08-2009
BERLIN – It was business as usual for sprint superstar Usain Bolt who cruised into the second round of the 200m yesterday morning, while high-jump queen Blanka Vlasic booked her place in tomorrow’s
readObama looks to Mubarak for help on Mideast
19-08-2009
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama, looking to jump-start the stalled Middle East peace process, held talks yesterday with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, who Washington hopes can help to get
readChina serious about fighting corruption
19-08-2009
THE Chinese government has condemned corruption involving Chinese companies, saying it is like a disease that eats away the development it supports in Africa.The government has vowed to step up
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