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48 Articles found on Tuesday, 20 January 2009
The pinnacle of a long struggle
20-01-2009
NEW YORK – When Barack Obama was born in 1961, the marriage of his black father and white mother would have been illegal in half the United States, and blacks across the South were virtually barred
readLegal blow for Nanu nurses’ recognition
20-01-2009
EFFORTS by the Namibia Nurses’ Union (Nanu) to get Government recognition as the sole bargaining unit representing nurses employed in Namibia’s public health service received a major blow when the
readSwapo dismisses disunity claims
20-01-2009
THE Swapo Party has, once again, declared that it is fully behind President Hifikepunye Pohamba. The party’s leaders yesterday also stated that they are united and looking forward to the presidential
readGlobal crisis will constrain Africa’s growth
20-01-2009
CAPE TOWN – The global economic crisis was stifling investment into Africa and would put strain on the region for at least another five years, South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on
readAfrica’s soils to be digitally mapped
20-01-2009
A DIGITAL map of the state of Africa’s soils is to be put together in an initiative launched last week.The African Soil Information Service, launched in Nairobi, Kenya, will produce a digital map of
readIsrael to pull out of Gaza by Obama inauguration
20-01-2009
JERUSALEM – Israel plans to pull all of its troops out of the Gaza Strip by the time President-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated today, but only if Hamas militants hold their fire, Israeli officials
readRamblers lack confidence as Da Cunha is flung out
20-01-2009
RAMBLERS assistant coach Seun Stuurman says his players lacked self-confidence when they settled for a 1-all draw against defending champions Orlando Pirates in a premiership match at the Khomasdal
readZim rivals enter crunch unity talks in Harare
20-01-2009
HARARE – A regional bid to resolve Zimbabwe’s unity government deadlock was underway yesterday as rivals President Robert Mugabe and rival Morgan Tsvangirai entered crunch talks with southern African
readSMSes for Tue 20 Jan 09
20-01-2009
* HE is the first African-American president, and his promises to change not only America, but also the world, have made him our founding father of the world, a world hero before even superseding
readNotable Quotes
20-01-2009
THE place looks terrible and shows that we do not appreciate and recognise his contribution to the national liberation of Namibia. Why are we treating our heroes like this? – Reader commenting on
readHonouring Martin Luther King
20-01-2009
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama yesterday called on a nation reeling from economic crisis and war to march together in the spirit of Martin Luther King as he prepared to take office as America’s first black
readBalls for a cause, dresses for less
20-01-2009
WASHINGTON – The US economy may be in the doldrums, but revellers and gala organisers are celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama with all the usual pizazz and glitz. They’re just doing it more
readStar line-up rocks the Mall
20-01-2009
WASHINGTON – Under the gaze of Abraham Lincoln’s statue, Bruce Springsteen and a red-robed gospel choir kicked off a spirited pre-inaugural concert on Sunday before tens of thousands on the National
readCorporate America jumps on the bandwagon
20-01-2009
WASHINGTON – The guys hawking Barack Obama T-shirts and trinkets on the corners of downtown Washington have some new competition in the selling frenzy building up to the president-elect’s inauguration
readKenya looks to cash in on Obama pilgrims
20-01-2009
KOGELO, Kenya – Forget the Maasai Mara reserve and the ‘big five’, snow-capped Mount Kenya and palm-lined Indian Ocean beaches. The hippest tourist spot in Kenya these days is ‘Obamaland’.Nestled in
readObama vs the first black president
20-01-2009
BARACK Obama will have a rival for the spotlight today: the nation’s First Black President.The swearing-in of the country’s first-ever African-American commander-in-chief will be a central storyline
readMaddie investigators expose child sex ring
20-01-2009
MADRID – Spanish private detectives investigating the 2007 disappearance of a British girl from a resort in Portugal uncovered an internet paedophile ring, El Mundo reported in its online edition
readRussian PM Putin sells his artworks
20-01-2009
ST PETERSBURG – A picture sketched by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has fetched 37 million roubles ($1.15m) at a charity auction. The painting of snowfall seen through a window, finished by a
readSullenberger family off to inauguration
20-01-2009
DANVILLE – US Airways pilot Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger and his family are going to the presidential inauguration, the mayor of his California hometown said on Sunday. Mayor Newell Arnerich said
readIraqi shoe thrower to seeks Swiss asylum
20-01-2009
GENEVA – A Swiss lawyer working on behalf of the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at United States President George W Bush said yesterday his client will seek political asylum in Switzerland.
readAPS mum on future plans
20-01-2009
AFRICA Personnel Services (APS) has rubbished claims by a group of former retail workers that it plans to continue in the soon-to-be illegal labour-hire sector under a new name. APS spokesperson
readDouble murder at Ohangwena village
20-01-2009
A MAN at Ohangwena village allegedly killed his girlfriend by stabbing her four times in the chest with a knife before setting their hut on fire with their six-month-old son inside. It is believed
readTent schools are not holding up
20-01-2009
THE tents erected last week to accommodate pupils attending the Moses //Garoëb Project School and the Okahandja Park Project School collapsed over the weekend and had to be re-erected yesterday. The
readWanted woman nabbed
20-01-2009
FRIEDA Agnes Warner (25), the woman who allegedly left an Angolan man in tears after she vanished with his money on Friday, was arrested in Katutura late on Sunday. Police spokesperson Warrant Officer
readDPN doesn’t want ‘goats for blood’
20-01-2009
THE Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN) has warned Nama and Herero communities not to be “misled by the hasty distribution of goats for blood” to rural communities under the German Special Initiative.
readCourt statistics point to
20-01-2009
STATISTICS collected by the Office of the Prosecutor General indicate a marked improvement in the number of criminal cases that have been finalised in Namibia’s lower courts over the past two years.
read8 in 10 US firms have tax havens
20-01-2009
WASHINGTON – Eighty-three of the United States’ 100 largest corporations – including Citigroup, Bank of America and News Corp. – had subsidiaries in offshore tax havens in 2007, and some of the
readOil edges down towards US$36 in thin trading
20-01-2009
SINGAPORE – Oil fell more than one per cent towards US$36 a barrel yesterday in holiday-thinned trading, erasing some of the late gains made last week on short covering, with worries about weakening
readAsia, Europe warn against trade barriers
20-01-2009
HONG KONG - Government efforts to shield local companies from the global economic crises through trade barriers will only strangle growth and prolong the recession, Asian and European financial
readFlorida financier still missing as clients seethe
20-01-2009
SARASOTA, Florida – US federal investigators are still trying to figure out what happened to the operator of a massive hedge fund – and possibly millions of dollars managed by the missing man. Arthur
readSA probes price-fixing
20-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s anti-trust authorities said yesterday they had opened a probe into possible price-fixing of piped gas and other petroleum products. Sasol, which last year was slapped
readMore countries may need IMF bailout
20-01-2009
LONDON – International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said yesterday he feared more countries may need IMF bailout packages and said it was not inconceivable that Britain
readSA firms have investment edge
20-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Cash-flush South African companies “will be cushioned from strife-ridden global markets” this year, according to a report by Mergermarket, an international mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
readUK launches second bank rescue plan to boost lending
20-01-2009
LONDON – Britain threw its troubled banks their second multi-billion pound lifeline in three months yesterday and laid the foundations for the Bank of England to increase money supply as it seeks new
readAaiyambi mOpolisi otaya ka fala omukundu gawo komupresidende
20-01-2009
MBOKA ya li nale aaiyambi mOpolisi ya Namibia mOshakati oomvula dha thika puheyali noya thigwa po komakuto taga kalele, otaya ka fala euvonayi lyawo kOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba nosho wo
readZuma oye natango okandindate yetu, ANC ta ti
20-01-2009
JACOB Zuma oye natango okandidate gwo African National Congress (ANC), nonande Ompangu yOpombanda oye mu shunithile iipotha mbyoka a li a lopotelwa, Ngoloneya yoshitopolwa sha Gautenge, Paul
readKandetu a tameke omakonakono kombinga yepandelo lya RDP
20-01-2009
OKAMPANI ontumimawimombepo ya Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) oya tseyitha kutya opwa ningwa epuko sho epandela lyopaati yo Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) li holoke konima
readObama okwa hala Aamerika ya taambathaneko
20-01-2009
WASHINGTON: Barack Obama okwa ti ye okwa tala ko oludhi lwe (omwAamerika omuludhe) ong’oshinima tashi ka kutha po omahoolokathano pokati kaantu moshilongo shika, Oshifokunandeki sha The Washington
readAanona mboka ye na uulema oya taalelwa komaudhigu ogendji
20-01-2009
UUNONA mboka tau lumbu nomaulema gomaludhi ga yooloka owa taalelwa komaudhigu omanene moshigwana, mwa kwatelwa mboka wokukala inau yalulwa nokaavali yawo yene.Shika otashi ulikwa komasiloshimpwiyu
readPontu okwa pumbwa N$300,000 opo a mone etando
20-01-2009
OKAMATYONA koomvula 18, Naftali Pontu, ota ka indile ekwatho koshigwana shi ka umbile ongalo yoshimaliwa shOondola/N$300,000 opo ka ka tandwe kOshipangelo ko Ndowishi.Pontu oku na uuvu womutina, mboka
readOshefi yimwe ya yiwa oonyala komukadhona gwOmunamibia
20-01-2009
OPOLISI oya kwata po omukiintu gwOmunamibia (gwoomvula 25), Frieda Agnes Warner, ngoka taku popiwa kutya okwa li yaka po oshimaliwa shomulumentu gwomwAangola mEtitano.Omugandjimulombo gwOpolisi,
readRetief wins Africa Open
20-01-2009
HIS par putt on the 18th lipped out, and Retief Goosen had visions of one of the chasing pack catching him, but his final round 65 was enough to win the Africa Open at the East London Golf Club by a
readJohnson takes Sony Open in Honolulu
20-01-2009
HONOLULU – American Zach Johnson shot a five-under 65 on Sunday to win the Sony Open and collect his fifth career PGA Tour victory.“It was a different win,” Johnson said. “The wind was a little gusty
readPlayers sweat it out on first day
20-01-2009
MELBOURNE – Jelena Jankovic thought her feet were on fire and Marcos Baghdatis wanted to throw up as the opening day of the Australian Open turned into a battle of the fittest.Australia’s notorious
readSerbs advance in Melbourne
20-01-2009
MELBOURNE – Super Serbs Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic and Novak Djokovic locked in their second round Australian Open spots yesterday as Andy Roddick routed a sacrificial Swede on Day One of the
readNSC probes cheats
20-01-2009
THE investigation being conducted by the Development Committee of the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) regarding ‘age-cheating’ in the national under-17 soccer team in 2008 has reached an advanced
readTough trials in cricket
20-01-2009
NATIONAL cricket trials were held over the weekend as the selectors intensified their search for the final 15 players to represent Namibia at the Cricket World Cup qualifiers taking place in South
readRenault and Williams unveil new F1 cars
20-01-2009
FORMER champions Renault and Williams unveiled their 2009 Formula One cars yesterday before testing at the new Algarve Motor Park circuit in southern Portugal.Spain’s double world champion Fernando
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