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50 Articles found on Thursday, 3 December 2009
North Korean currency reform sparks chaos
03-12-2009
SEOUL - North Korea has revalued its currency for the first time in a half century, reportedly triggering chaos in the impoverished nation by moving to assert state control over a growing market
readBrazil wins cotton war but US cuts no subsidies
03-12-2009
THE estimated US$5 billion (N$37 billion) in subsidies provided each year to US cotton producers is under threat after a recent ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that will allow Brazil to
readRBS warns of risks after UK takes control of bonuses
03-12-2009
LONDON - Bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc warned it faces heightened risks and will struggle to hire and retain key staff after the UK government demanded control of bonuses as a condition
readAfrican cotton producers threaten US with action
03-12-2009
GENEVA – Africa cotton producers Tuesday warned that they may file a complaint at the World Trade Organisation against the United States if the issue over subsidies paid to US cotton growers is
readPink gem fetches record price
03-12-2009
HONG KONG – A ring with a chickpea-sized pink diamond has fetched a record price of US$10,8 million at an auction in Hong Kong, Christie’s said yesterday.The auction house said the five-carat jewel,
readEndiama says diamond prices improving
03-12-2009
LUANDA – Diamond prices are recovering from last year’s slump as demand for precious stones picks up on the back of a global economic recovery, the newly appointed head of Angolan state-owned diamond
readDoha deadlock defeats ministers
03-12-2009
GENEVA - Deadlock at the WTO once again defeated ministers trying to open up talks on a global trade liberalisation pact ahead of a 2010 deadline, with developing countries taking a constructive
readSiemens AGM to decide 9 managers’ settlements
03-12-2009
FRANKFURT – German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said yesterday it had reached tentative settlement agreements with nine former board members, including two former chief executives, in relation
readNew Chinese buyers seek SA coal
03-12-2009
LONDON – Chinese utilities on the coast and inland are seeking several cape cargoes each of South African coal for 2010 delivery because the delivered cost is US$5 a ton below their usual Australian
readNigerian group to facelift a notorious Lagos slum
03-12-2009
LAGOS – A Nigerian group said on Tuesday it would next week mobilise over 5 000 volunteers to give a notorious slum in the centre of Lagos, the country’s commercial hub, a facelift.“On Saturday
readRwanda banker Nkezabera gets 30-year jail sentence for war crimes
03-12-2009
BRUSSELS – A former Rwandan bank director was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 years in prison by a Belgian court which found him guilty of war crimes including murder, attempted murder and rape during the
readUS commander: Offer Taliban chance to end fight
03-12-2009
KABUL - The top US commander in Afghanistan said yesterday that the Afghan government and its international partners should use the coming 18 months to convince the Taliban they can’t win and offer
readBemba to stay in jail
03-12-2009
THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court appeals judges yesterday reversed a decision to release former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba from custody, ordering him to
readNato will provide 5 000 more troops
03-12-2009
BRUSSELS – European and other US allies will contribute more than 5 000 more troops to the international force in Afghanistan, Nato’s chief said yesterday, declaring that “this is not just America’s
readChechen rebels claim Russian train bombing
03-12-2009
MOSCOW – Chechen rebels claimed responsibility yesterday for last week’s Russian train bombing, which killed at least 26 people and injured scores of others, a Web site sympathetic to the militants
readIran frees five British sailors
03-12-2009
TEHRAN – Iran has freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf. Britain said it was delighted with yesterday’s
readAahogololi ya hogolola sha yooloka
03-12-2009
IIZEMO yomahogololo sho ta yi pitimo ethano ota li holoka kutya ongundu yoRDP inayi shi pondola okuhohololamo momawi goSwapo.Opwa li omawalyaeko kutya ota shi vulika ongundu ndjika yi kutha kutheko
readOmulandu gwo HIV-AIDS mEpangelo gwa tseyithwa
03-12-2009
AANIILONGA yepangelo ngashingeyi oyena omulandu gu na sha nombuto noshowo nomukithi gwo HIV-Aids.Omulandu nguka ota gu utha kutya Epangelo ota li longo ngiini noshinima shuuvu wo HIV-AIDS mehala
readCoD a pe ombedhi aaindjitiki mekanitho puuketha
03-12-2009
ONGUNDU yompilameno pambelewa oya zimine okudhengwa kwayo momahogololo ngoka ga piti. Ongundu ndjika ngashingeyi otayi indile ashike pamwe ota yi mono oshipundi nenge pamwe iipundi iyali moshigongi
readOmutotimpango Hans Erik Staby a hulitha
03-12-2009
OMUTHANEKI gwomatungo a tseyika nawa noshowo omunapolitika Hans Erik Staby okwa hulitha omaandaha mepipi lyomimvo 74. Nakusa Staby okwa li oshilyo shoshigongi shoka sha totopo ekotampango lya
readOmvula oya pumba
03-12-2009
OMULOKA gwonuumvo ogwa tengenekwa ta gu ka kala gu li pevi . Omasiku ngaka omata omashona oga monika moshilando shaVenduka no ga eta ombepo ontalala omasiku ngoka unene pehulilo shiwike lya
readAanasikola yapewa oondjato dhOsikola ku Atlantic Food Service
03-12-2009
EHANGANO lyokugandja iikulya koosikola lyedhina Atlantic Food Services, meti 20 Novemba 2009 olya gandja omagano goondjato dhaanasikola kaanasikola yomOmihandjo mOoseko adhihe dhomIitopolwa ngashi,
readAatotimpango yaSADC ya ti ehogololo ewanawa
03-12-2009
OMAHOGOLOLO moNamibia oga li pauyuki nopauyelele. Ndika olyo ewi lyongundu yokutalela omahogololo ya za koforum yaatotimpango ya SADC.Olutu nduka olwa ningi omathaneko lwa ti esiku lyokuhogolola olya
readEtumo lyaAU lya ti oshi li nawa
03-12-2009
ETUMO lyaatonateli yomahogololo ya za kehangano lyuukumwe wAfrica olya ti omahogololo oga li ga manguluka, ge li payuki, pauyelele, pambili, noshowo ge shi kwiinekelwa.Etumo lyiilyo 24 lya kwatelwa
readYane ya kwatwa po meteyo lyoombelewa dha Mutual and Federal
03-12-2009
AALUMENTU yane oya kwatwa po shi na sha neteyo lyOombelewa yOkampani ya Mutual and Federal pOmbaye ongula onene yEtitano. Aalumentu mbaka oya li aniwa ya adhika meni lyetungo kOpolisi.Omupolisi
readMaradona banned from World Cup draw
03-12-2009
CAPE TOWN – Argentina coach Diego Maradona will be thrown out if he tries to attend the World Cup draw here this week, with Fifa yesterday making clear he was banned.The foul-mouthed, former great was
readMcIlroy Sun City star draw
03-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African golf legend Gary Player has placed a “most exciting young player in the world” label on Irishman Rory McIlroy.And the 20-year-old native of Hollywood in Northern Ireland
readUnited, Villa move on
03-12-2009
LONDON – Darron Gibson fired holders Manchester United through to the last four of the English League Cup on Tuesday with a 2-0 win at Old Trafford that ended Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of a third
readNigerian team eyes Keetmans for training
03-12-2009
THE Nigerian football team is eyeing Keetmanshoop as a possible base to set up a training camp for the African Nations Cup in Angola in January, as well as the Fifa World Cup next June in South
readSMSes of Thursday 3 December 2009
03-12-2009
* THIS is to the person who suggested that the ECN should employ people who can count. It is not easy, it takes time. If one ballot paper is missing a total recount has to be done. After counting,
readHow many registered voters are there?
03-12-2009
A NUMBER of different figures have been given by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) on the number of voters registered for the 2009 elections. They are listed in the order that they were
readDifferent voting results frustrate opposition
03-12-2009
AS official election results keep trickling in slowly and the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is doing several recounts of verified results, opposition parties have cried foul over
readTwo charged with poll fraud at Opuwo
03-12-2009
TWO people were charged with election fraud at Opuwo on Monday. A woman was caught while allegedly trying to vote with someone else’s voter registration card at the Ombobo polling station in the
readDTA on tenterhooks as countdown starts
03-12-2009
AS the release of election results gains momentum, the leadership and voters of the DTA of Namibia are moving closer to the television to see how their party is doing in its traditional
readBreakdown of the verified election results
03-12-2009
The following are the latest figures, at the time of going to press, on the number of votes each party and presidential candidate have so far received of the total votes counted and verified by the
readVerification in Hardap Region completed
03-12-2009
THE vote count verification in the Hardap Region was completed late Tuesday afternoon. The ECN co-ordinator in the Hardap Region, Augustinus Ucham, said a recount in the Mariental Urban Constituency
readOtavi farm killer sent to prison for 31 years
03-12-2009
THE trial of two men accused of murdering an elderly Otavi area farmer five years ago ended in the Otjiwarongo Regional Court yesterday with one of the suspects being jailed for an effective 31 years
readLAC takes Otavi to court
03-12-2009
THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) intends to take the Otavi Municipality to court for allegedly failing to adequately service the town’s informal settlement residents.The LAC – representing the
readNam HIV on decline but battle continues
03-12-2009
THE HIV prevalence in Namibia is declining, with current statistics among pregnant women showing a 2,2 percentage point decrease, from 20 per cent in 2006 down to 17,8 per cent last year.But this
readTeek trial delayed again
03-12-2009
FORMER Supreme Court Judge of Appeal and High Court Judge President Pio Teek remains in legal limbo after his long-pending trial failed to proceed as planned in the High Court in Windhoek this
readProduction stalls at BMP
03-12-2009
PRODUCTION at the Brukkaros Meat Processors (BMP) plant near Keetmanshoop came to a standstill for almost three and a half hours on Monday after veterinary officials examining the slaughtering process
readCPS Kitten Day
03-12-2009
The Cat Protection Society is showing the kittens and cats it has available for adoption at the Maerua Lifestyle Centre in front of Superspar on Sunday from 08h00 to 11h30.Everyone is invited to go
readMore cash for NFA Cup
03-12-2009
THE champions of the 2010 Leo NFA Cup competition will walk away with an astronomical N$600 000 this year – N$100 000 more than the winners of the previous season.This was revealed yesterday by Leo’s
readNam launching own mining firm this month
03-12-2009
WINDHOEK – The Government will launch the long-awaited state-owned mining company this month.This was confirmed to Reuters by Mining Commissioner, Erasmus Shivolo, who said the company will not
readUN official calls for funds for climate change
03-12-2009
NAIROBI – Developing countries will need tens of billions of dollars each year to cope with the effects of climate change such as floods and drought, the global head of the UN’s development arm
readBig Brother Africa 4: Vote For Eddie!
03-12-2009
WITH the BBA Revolution fast approaching its end and the announcement of the winner just days away, voting to keep our boy Eddie in the house is more important than ever.Even if you’ve never voted
readHitman case: SA robbery suspect commits suicide
03-12-2009
THE main suspect who was under investigation in the robbery of Namibia’s world champion boxer Paulus Moses and his trainer, Nestor Tobias, over a week ago, has committed suicide.Moses Lesecha
readNamibia could do better: PAP observers
03-12-2009
THE Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Observer Mission has okayed the election process, but not without a good dose of criticism.In a statement that audience members praised as “much more objective” than
readPanic stations at ECN
03-12-2009
A TEAM of officials from the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) headquarters were yesterday urgently flown to the North to help with the verification of election results there.The election body
readNoteable Quotes
03-12-2009
THE ECN should improve on the counting process to ensure timely release of results to avoid unnecessary tension, anxiety and suspicion. – Seychelles MP Martin Pool speaking on behalf of the SADC
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