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50 Articles found on Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Chinese grow ever hungrier for gold
01-12-2009
CHINA may have record gold demand and output this year as jewellery consumption soars and mining firms expand production after prices reached all-time highs, according to the China Gold
readDubai crisis, holiday sales will dominate trading
01-12-2009
NEW YORK - Investors may have to do some emotional juggling as the US trading week begins.While markets around the world continue to assess the fallout from Dubai’s worrisome debt problems, investors
readDubai does not guarantee indebted Dubai World: official
01-12-2009
DUBAI - The government of Dubai does not guarantee the debt of Dubai World, a senior finance department official said yesterday, effectively washing its hands of the woes facing the embattled
readAngola mulling Norway-style oil fund
01-12-2009
OSLO - Angola is considering setting up a Norwegian-style sovereign wealth fund to manage its oil revenues, Norwegian daily Aftenposten reported on Friday.Angola has said it plans to have the new
readUS hotel owners behind on payments
01-12-2009
MIAMI - Like many home owners in the US, hotels are starting to drown in debt.They have been enticing travellers all year with sweet deals: credits for in-house spas and restaurants, up to 50 per cent
readMinisters look to US during latest WTO meet
01-12-2009
GENEVA - Over a hundred ministers gathered yesterday for a World Trade Organisation conference, with pressure growing on the United States to boost negotiations for a global trade pact.Amid violent
readWorld Bank to start agriculture fund
01-12-2009
WASHINGTON - The World Bank will start a trust fund to boost agriculture in poor countries with an initial US$1,5 billion, its president Robert Zoellick said last Tuesday, warning of the risk of
readGood results for Agra
01-12-2009
THE Agra Cooperative increased its net profit by 18 per cent to N$23,9 million for the financial year ending July 31 2009, its Chief Executive Officer Peter Kazmaier announced on Friday.“This is the
readLate cancer diagnosis ‘kills thousands’ in England
01-12-2009
LONDON – Up to 10 000 people die of cancer every year in England because they are diagnosed too late, a top government health official said yesterday.Professor Mike Richards said earlier detection
readNZ man caught in river rescue dilemma
01-12-2009
WELLINGTON – As his wife floundered screaming for help in murky river water, a frantic New Zealand man was forced to abandon a bid to rescue his teenage son to save his partner from drowning, he said
readUN criticism prompted new nuclear plans: Iran
01-12-2009
TEHRAN – Iran had no intention of building 10 new nuclear facilities until it was strongly rebuked by the United Nations nuclear watchdog over its nuclear activities, a top official said
readThree Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania
01-12-2009
NOUAKCHOTT – Army teams and planes searched the desert nation yesterday for three Spanish volunteers kidnapped by gunmen, and Spain’s interior minister said he suspected al Qaeda-linked Islamists were
readTsvangirai welcomes South Africa’s intervention
01-12-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s prime minister said on Sunday he is thankful for South African efforts to help rescue his coalition government, and he said South Africa’s president is expected to visit the
readSomali pirates hijack Saudi oil tanker going to US
01-12-2009
NAIROBI – Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the increasingly dangerous waters off East Africa, an official said yesterday, an attack that
readIizemo yomahogololo
01-12-2009
SIGO oompaka iizemo ayihe yomahogololo mbyoka ya tseyithwa ongundu yo Swapo oyo yili komeho momawi moshigongi shopashigwana noshowo mehogololo lyo pauperesidende.Ongundu ta yi pangele oyi li komeho
readDe Waal ta indile oyoECN yitidhwe
01-12-2009
OMUNASHIPUNDi gwo DTA okwa indile aaniilonga ayehe yoKomissi yomahogololo ya Namibia noshowo aawiliki ayehe ya tidhwe miilonga aniwa oshoka ita ya longo nawa.ODTA oya ambidhidha oongundu oonkwawo
readOmusamane Eiseb a hulitha
01-12-2009
GAVENA nale gwOtjozondjupa, Theofellus Eiseb [53] okwa mana oondjenda metitano lya ziko, konima yuuwehame.Nakusa Eiseb okwa li a kuthwa muuwiliki woshitopolwa sha Otjozondjupa, ndele okwa kala oshilyo
readOmukalelipo gwOswapo pomahogololo i dhipaga
01-12-2009
OMUKALELIPO gwOswapo pehala lyOmahogololo taga ende pOsikola ya Nanghonda pOngha moHangwena, tate Jona Kulukuteni Josef [49] lwaampoka, okwiidhipaga sho iimangeleke pegumbo lye ongula yolyomakaya ga
readOyendji oya hogolola moKaras
01-12-2009
KONYALA omwaalu omunene gwaahogololi omayuvi 54 168 moshitopolwa sha Karas oya hogolola pethimbo lyomahogololo gopashigwana ngoka ga hulu olyomakaya ga zi ko.Omukuluntu gwomahogololo moshitopolwa
readNamibia ta pewa oshipambu moshidhinditho shomahooli
01-12-2009
EHANGANO lyomahooli lyepangelo lya Namibia lyedhina Namcor olya uvanekelwa oshipambu shooperesenda 10 sigo 15 moshidhinditho oshipe shomahooli shoka ta shi ka tungwa moSouth Africa.Oshidhinditho shika
readOsheenditho inashi tseyika komupresidende
01-12-2009
OMBELEWA yomupresidende oya ti omupresidende Hifikepunje Pohamba ka li a tseya sha kombinga yosheenditho oshipe shoka,shoodola oomiliona hamano aniwa tashi mulandelwa.Osheenditho shika osholudhi
readBA aim at going level with Stars
01-12-2009
BLACK Africa will aim at going level with African Stars when they meet SKW at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tomorrow night. Kick-off is at 20h00. BA are lying third behind Orlando Pirates on 18 points and a
readMadrid emerges stronger after defeat
01-12-2009
BARCELONA – Despite losing the Spanish ‘clasico’ and the league lead to its arch-rival, Real Madrid is taking some positives from its 1-0 defeat at Barcelona.Madrid played perhaps its best game of the
readAfrica Open joins Euro Tour
01-12-2009
THE Africa Open will reach another milestone in January 2010 when the golf tournament officially becomes the fourth co-sanctioned tournament between the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour on South
readWoods breaks the silence
01-12-2009
WINDERMERE – Tiger Woods finally gave his side of the story on his website on Sunday, not to police, and took the blame for an “embarrassing” car crash that gave him cuts, bruises and public scrutiny
readHarrison joins Brumbies
01-12-2009
SYDNEY – Former Wallabies lock Justin Harrison will attempt to restart a career stalled by a lengthy drugs ban when he joins the ACT Brumbies for next year’s Super 14 rugby tournament.Harrison, 35,
readTop Boks need management
01-12-2009
SPRINGBOK rugby coach Peter de Villiers says a strategy needs to be adopted urgently to ensure that the country’s top rugby players are carefully managed over the next two seasons and leading into the
readSA battling inconsistency – Smith
01-12-2009
ENGLAND took a two-one lead in the MTN one-day international series on Sunday when they trounced South Africa by seven wickets after bowling them out for a paltry 119 runs, thanks largely to a
readNo reports on Arrows, Utd match
01-12-2009
A top Namibia Premier League official says they have not yet received reports from the referee and the match commissioner after a match between Eleven Arrows and United Stars was abandoned in Walvis
readSMSes of Tuesday 1 December 2009
01-12-2009
* IF results of vote counting at polling stations have been posted outside certain stations hours ago, as the law dictates, and if people are celebrating in certain places, why can’t the NBC report on
readNational Assembly: Some Preliminary Results
01-12-2009
Please note that these are unofficial preliminary results:APP CP CoD DPN DTA MAG
readThree election officers in court
01-12-2009
THREE ECN officers yesterday appeared in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court charged with contravening the Electoral Act.They were not granted bail and have to appear in court again on Friday – or earlier
readElections free and fair: SADC observers
01-12-2009
THE observer mission of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has declared Namibia’s national and presidential elections free and fair, its leader, Mozambican Diplomatic Affairs Minister
readCounting delays continue in North
01-12-2009
SEVERAL recounts ordered in the northern regions yesterday delayed the release of election results there.Some polling stations were still struggling to finish counting yesterday. By midday, most
readMedia unwelcome at results centre
01-12-2009
REPORTERS going to the central election results centre to get updates on the election results trickling in have to be satisfied with a big public screen only, which is not legible from the spot where
readPoll lists ‘ripped off’
01-12-2009
POLL results lists from the different polling stations at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, which were put up outside the stations for people to see, were ripped off soon afterwards.According to the Erongo
readGains and gaps as region marks World AIDS Day
01-12-2009
AS the world marks World AIDS Day today, Sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind as the region most affected by HIV.Southern Africa remains the area most heavily affected by the epidemic, with
readOutjo murder spree case in High Court
01-12-2009
ALLEGED child killer Ernestus Aibeb, who is accused of murdering three people – including two small children – and also killing an unborn baby in a stabbing and arson rampage that shocked Outjo in
readChairs needed at polls
01-12-2009
ELDERLY voters in the Omusati Region have called on the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to provide seating to old people in future elections, because they cannot stand for a long time.When
readTowards Professional Soccer In Namibia
01-12-2009
SOMEONE said to me: “Bob … you and Seth Boois were involved in early attempts for the development of professional football. Now that there is progress you have both disappeared.”After some exchange we
readYes I Voted … But Why?
01-12-2009
IT is exactly nine hours left before the moment every Namibian has been waiting for.In my environment the discussions all round seem to be too deep that attention is completely lost on the kids that
readChelsea rattle Gunners
01-12-2009
LONDON – Didier Drogba scored twice as Chelsea maintained its five-point Premier League lead with a 3-0 victory at Arsenal on Sunday, while Liverpool’s month-long search for a league win ended with a
readDubai stock exchange nosedives as trading resumes
01-12-2009
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai’s main stock exchange dropped more than seven per cent and Abu Dhabi markets slid more than eight per cent on the first day of trading since officials went public
readDemjanjuk tried on Nazi death camp charges
01-12-2009
MUNICH – John Demjanjuk was brought by ambulance to a Munich court yesterday to face charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27 900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, opening the final chapter of some
readBig Brother Africa 4: Urging Namibians To Vote For Eddie
01-12-2009
WITH Namibia’s first housemate in the BBA finals, Eddie’s friends and family are urging all Namibians and fans across Africa to vote for Eddie to win the US$200 000 prize money.Eddie’s younger
readBig Brother Africa 4: The Revolution Is Over For Itai
01-12-2009
ETSÊ julle, come next week and it will all be over. The revolution I mean. Meanwhile, Itai, aka the serpent, has bade farewell to the BBA house. It all happened so fast. On Sunday night, the
readOpposition parties claim ‘possible rigging’
01-12-2009
SIX opposition parties are claiming that possible rigging of the election results could be taking place, following what they claim were a number of irregularities in the election process.In a
readOfficial and Presidential results: National Assembly
01-12-2009
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has issued official results for Foreign Missions and 34 constituencies in the Presidential and National assembly so far. See the latest results and compare
readSwapo leads the pack
01-12-2009
NAMIBIAN politics is set to get an extreme makeover – the opposition political landscape seems to have undergone a dramatic shift with a new official opposition emerging after two days of counting and
readNoteable Quotes
01-12-2009
WHEN I cast my ballot, I’m voting for peace, liberty and justice for all. – First time voter Samson Enkali (20) on the 2009 Presidential and National Assembly electionsTHE people of my village and
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