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46 Articles found on Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Congo seeks changes to SA farm deal
25-08-2009
BRAZZAVILLE - Congo Republic wants to amend the terms of a multi-million hectare land deal with South African farmers, a top aide told Reuters on Wednesday, saying the current accord would deprive its
readCheesy collateral secures loans to Parmesan makers
25-08-2009
MILAN - All that is golden in bank Credito Emiliano’s temperature-controlled vault is not precious metal, but something equally prized in Italy: ageing Parmesan cheese.Row upon row of 39-kilogram
readKenya names new tea board
25-08-2009
NAIROBI - Kenya named a new board for its tea industry regulator last Tuesday to drive reform of a sector that is the country’s second biggest source of hard currency.The east African nation is the
readTeam in Luanda to check against ‘blood diamonds’
25-08-2009
LUANDA - Angola’s diamond industry comes under scrutiny this week as a team of inspectors began a review this week of the country’s compliance with the Kimberly Process, set up to stop conflict
readFeuding makes Zim recovery doubtful
25-08-2009
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s power-sharing government is rocked by quarrels over reforms and sanctions, raising doubts over the new administrations’ ability to rebuild the shattered economy.Arch rivals
readHapless tourist mistakes village hall for hotel
25-08-2009
STRASBOURG, France - A British tourist spent a lonely night locked in a village hall in eastern France after mistaking the building for a hotel.The young woman in her thirties, who was travelling
readReader’s Digest files for bankruptcy
25-08-2009
NEW YORK - Reader’s Digest Association Inc., publisher of the iconic general interest magazine that began gracing American homes in 1922, yesterday filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces falling
readTwo sacked top bankers wanted for fraud
25-08-2009
LAGOS - Nigeria’s anti-graft agency EFCC has declared two sacked bank directors wanted over alleged frauds and running their institutions into insolvency, its spokesman said yesterday.Anyone with
readIndia trade team in talks on SA pact
25-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG - India and South Africa are in talks on an investment pact that would provide government guarantees to businesses in both countries, Indian Trade Minister Anand Sharma said yesterday.“We
readWorld emerging from slump
25-08-2009
WASHINGTON – Turnabouts in European and Asian economies, along with recent gains in the US, are raising hopes that the worldwide recession is drawing to a close. That’s not to say the coast is
readWen says China faces possible new economic worries
25-08-2009
BEIJING – China’s top economic official warned the country faces new problems and said Beijing will stick to its stimulus because the recovery lacks a solid foundation, according to comments reported
readMudslide victims to remain entombed in Taiwan village
25-08-2009
TAIWAN authorities will not attempt to recover the bodies of hundreds feared killed in a village by a mudslide this month, and will instead turn the site into a memorial park, a local leader said on
readMadagascar rivals to hold new round of talks
25-08-2009
MAPUTO – Madagascar’s political rivals are to hold fresh talks aimed at setting up a coalition government on the Indian Ocean island.Toppled President Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina, the
readUS Justice Dept advises pursuing CIA abuses
25-08-2009
THE US Justice Department has recommended reopening nearly a dozen prisoner-abuse cases, which could expose CIA employees and contractors to prosecution for their treatment of terrorism suspects, the
readSecond black candidate emerges in Russian district
25-08-2009
MOSCOW – A second candidate of African descent announced he’ll run for head of a rural district in southern Russia, election officials said Monday, making for an unusual slate in a country with deeply
readAfghan poll seen as a setback for women
25-08-2009
KABUL – For women, Afghanistan’s recent elections appear to have been more of a setback than a step forward.Early reports strongly suggest that voter turnout fell more sharply for women than for men
readVenezuela holds on to Miss Universe crown
25-08-2009
NASSAU, Bahamas – A sultry Venezuelan teenager brought home the Miss Universe crown for a second year running as Stefania Fernandez bested 83 women for the ultimate prize in beauty pageants late on
readPolice probe burglary at Lindsay Lohan’s home
25-08-2009
LOS ANGELES – Police were called for the second time in three months to the Hollywood Hills home of actress Lindsay Lohan on Sunday to investigate a burglary there.No one was home during the break-in,
readOmaulikilo gIipindi ga Ngwediva osho ga tameke mEtitano lya zi ko 20
25-08-2009
OMAULIKILO gIikwaipindi gokomumvo ga Ngwediva, osho ga tameke mOsenda yago mOngwediva moka mEtitano lya zi ko lyeti 21 Auguste 2009 noshigwana oshindji osha tamekele nale okumbombolokela mOsenda moka
readAavu yekunku lyo H1N1 ya ningi omilongo 23
25-08-2009
OMWAALU gwaantu mboka ya kwata kekunku lyoH1N1 moNamibia ngashingeyi oye li omilongo mbali na yatatu.Omwaalu ogwa yi sigo oompoka sho omuvu gumwe a monika omandhindhiliko gomukithi nguka nokwa pangwa
readOfaalama onene yomahini ya egululwa poMalinda
25-08-2009
OFAALAMA yoshinanena yomahini oya egululwa poMalinda ehulilo shiwike lyayi.Ofabulika ndjika yoshinanena, oyi na iilongitho nehala mpoka hapu kandelwa oonzinzi lyoshinane lela. Omutungilo gwofabulika
readShangadi a fumvikwa kengathithi pOmalyata
25-08-2009
OMUNANGESHEFA nOmunafaalama gwomomukunda Omalyata mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, a tseyika nawa tate Ileni yaShangadi, ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Venduka meti 17
readBig welcome for Semenya
25-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African runner Caster Semenya, who is undergoing gender testing after questions arose about her muscular build and deep voice, returns home today to celebrations after her
readFerrari rule out talk of Schumacher comeback
25-08-2009
VALENCIA – Ferrari on Monday finally ended all talk of a Michael Schumacher comeback in the wake of Luca Badoer’s miserable weekend at the European Grand Prix.Team boss Stefano Domenicali said there
readButton to be more aggressive
25-08-2009
VALENCIA – Brazilian Rubens Barrichello has sent a clear warning to championship-leading Brawn team mate Jenson Button that the Formula One title battle is far from over.Button recognised that he
read‘Lightning’ Bolt sprints to the rescue again
25-08-2009
BERLIN – When Usain Bolt blazed to glory at the Beijing Olympics, he was feted as the hero his tainted sport had been crying out for. Now, having repeated them in Berlin, he can consider himself the
readBlue Waters AGM on
25-08-2009
THE management of Blue Waters Sport Club informs the entire sport fraternity in Namibia that the club is administered by an executive committee chaired by Hafeni Ndemula.It requests supporters not to
readRobber Chanties, XI Brothers promoted
25-08-2009
NORTHERN Stream First Division new entrants Robber Chanties and Eleven Brothers are under no illusions about the tough tests awaiting them after their success at the weekend in Tsumeb.Robber Chanties
readSMS Of Tuesday 25 August 2009
25-08-2009
* IS THE Ai-Ais tourism project a national project and funded by the public or a Swapo project? I ask the question trying to find the answer as to why the CEO of NWR, Tobie Aupindi, was dressed in a
readDTA blames the President for crime wave in Namibia
25-08-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba’s reluctance to release the findings by several commissions of inquiry into white-collar crimes is partly to blame for the increase in crime in Namibia, the DTA of
readNWR has harsh words for Govt
25-08-2009
“WE have failed, because our Government has failed us.” That’s why Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) had collapsed in the past, according to Local Government Deputy Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo, who was
readRunaway refugees’ fate may lie with Botswana
25-08-2009
BOTSWANA could break the current deadlock on the issue of the 41 DRC refugees who have been stranded at the Mamuno Border Post between Namibia and Botswana.The country’s Minister of Defence, Justice
readNew signs to weed out pirate taxis
25-08-2009
THE countdown to a pirate-free taxi industry is on. The authorities in Windhoek are set to start acting against illegal operators from mid-October.The Windhoek City Police last week approved a newly
readSmit-Mudge spat continues
25-08-2009
THE rift between Republican Party president Henk Mudge and former party executive member Nico Smit continues to grow, with Smit yesterday challenging Mudge to prove that he had been suspended by the
readFraud suspects plead
25-08-2009
ALL five suspects accused of defrauding the Keetmanshoop Municipality of close to a million dollars over a seven-month period in 2007 pleaded not guilty in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on
readFormer acting judges return to High Court
25-08-2009
TWO former acting judges are set to return to the High Court bench as part of the latest batch of temporary appointments of judicial officers to be announced by the office of the Chief Justice.Former
readMUN and Rössing in disagreement
25-08-2009
THE Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia (MUN) is in a dispute with Rössing Uranium over whether the union should represent professionals and entry-level management staff (Paterson C4 grading).Ismael Kasuto,
readPolice promise crackdown on increasing stock theft
25-08-2009
COMMERCIAL and communal farmers throughout Namibia have suffered losses of at least N$600 000 due to stock theft since the beginning of the year, according to the daily crime bulletins of the
readYa Nangoloh to sue Swapo paper
25-08-2009
THE executive director of the National Society for Human Rights, Phil ya Nangoloh, is suing Swapo’s mouthpiece, Namibia Today, for N$250 000 after he was called a “pathological liar”. Ya Nangoloh’s
readNamibia warned against ‘soft loans’
25-08-2009
NAMIBIA should “insist” on conditions that benefit its development agenda when dealing with partners such as China, Finance Permanent Secretary Calle Schlettwein said yesterday. If not, the country
readNoteable Quotes
25-08-2009
[THE NWR] used an additional budget. – Namibia Wildlife Resorts Board Chairman Klemens //Awarab, defending the massive overspending, running into millions of dollars, on the redevelopment of the
readA lack of reform in the army mars a fresh start in Guinea-Bissau
25-08-2009
BISSAU/DAKAR – Barely a month after Guinea-Bissau held a peaceful election, death threats against a top prosecutor and the heavy-handedness of its military are dampening hopes of an end to decades of
readDesert power plan: miracle or mirage?
25-08-2009
RABAT – A 400 billion euro (US$570 billion) plan to power Europe with Sahara sunlight is gaining momentum, even as critics see high risks in a large corporate project using young technology in north
readBig welcome for Semenya
25-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African runner Caster Semenya, who is undergoing gender testing after questions arose about her muscular build and deep voice, returns home today to celebrations after her
readUN urges calm in wait for Afghan poll result
25-08-2009
KABUL – The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan urged candidates and voters yesterday to remain patient while complaints surrounding last week’s disputed presidential election are being
readSA, Angola businesses urge end to visa curbs
25-08-2009
LUANDA - Angolan and South African businesses urged an end to visa restrictions they say are damaging economic ties between South Africa, the continent’s largest economy, and one of Africa’s biggest
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