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53 Articles found on Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Camel-milk chocolates going global
22-07-2009
DUBAI – Dubai’s Al Nassma, the world’s first brand of chocolate made with camels’ milk, is in talks to expand into new Arab markets, Europe, Japan and the United States, its general manager said
readBrazil indignant over British waste imports
22-07-2009
SAO PAULO – Authorities in Brazil were indignant after discovering 1 400 tons of household waste had been imported into the country improperly labelled as recyclable plastic.Britain’s Environment
readChinese oil firms to buy stake in Angola block
22-07-2009
SHANGHAI – Chinese oil giants CNOOC and Sinopec said they have agreed to buy a 20 per cent stake together in an offshore oil block in Angola from US oil company Marathon Oil Corp.State-controlled
readIndia’s ONGC taps Citi for Kosmos oil stake in Ghana
22-07-2009
HONG KONG/MUMBAI – India’s leading oil producer ONGC has hired Citigroup to advise it on a bid for Kosmos Energy’s stake in the Jubilee oil field offshore Ghana in a deal that could be worth around
readMore Canadians to explore for Uranium
22-07-2009
YET another Canadian company has joined the scramble for uranium in Namibia.A company from the world’s leading supplier of uranium, Pacific Bay Minerals Ltd, has set up an office in Windhoek to
readWanted: BEE partner for Cell One
22-07-2009
CELL One’s state-required hunt for black economic empowerment (BEE) partners, which will transfer some of the shareholding of sole owner Telecel Globe back into Namibian hands, starts today.One
readObama notes lack of humility among bankers
22-07-2009
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he sees a lack of humility among leaders of the financial community.While noting that some of the most powerful US banks had repaid federal bailout money,
readCosatu challenged on inflation
22-07-2009
TWO of South Africa’s top economists on Monday challenged Cosatu over its role in the angry debate around inflation targeting.The union has opposed the Reserve Bank’s three to six per cent inflation
readSA wants proper integrated, competitive regional market
22-07-2009
THERE has been growing public discussion on the implications of the interim economic partnership agreement (IEPA) for regional integration in southern Africa. I want to clarify the South African
readMushy Managers
22-07-2009
I LOVE quirky headlines but “getting knickers in a knot over pants down headline” took the biscuit.My sometimes fertile mind created an irreverent visualisation of someone trying to achieve this
readFifty-six die in clashes in northwest Pakistan
22-07-2009
PESHAWAR - Three days of clashes between security forces and militants in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border left more than 56 militants and six soldiers dead, the military said yesterday.
readContainer AIDS labs could work across Africa
22-07-2009
CAPE TOWN – A South African company’s idea to convert shipping containers into high-tech AIDS laboratories should be copied across Africa, an executive for its US medical equipment supplier said on
readTaylor discredits witness
22-07-2009
THE HAGUE – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor says a key prosecution witness at his war crimes trial was a low-level official who “went crazy” years before testifying against him.Taylor has
read14 die in Taliban suicide attack
22-07-2009
GARDEZ – Eight Taliban militants attacked three government buildings and a US base in two eastern cities yesterday in near-simultaneous attacks – a signature of major Taliban assaults. Eight
readNew weapon in H1N1 flu fight
22-07-2009
TAPEI – Taiwanese scientists said yesterday they had developed an organic compound which could help control the H1N1 flu pandemic as the worldwide death toll from the disease passed 700. The compound,
readJapan PM dissolves parliament ahead of election
22-07-2009
TOKYO – Japan’s unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved parliament yesterday, paving the way for an election late next month seen likely to end his party’s more than half century of almost
readMontana resident now world’s oldest man
22-07-2009
GREAT FALLS – Walter Breuning learned to read by kerosene lantern, remembers his grandfather telling him about fighting in the Civil War, and cast his first presidential ballot for Woodrow Wilson.The
readChris says he’s ashamed of attack on Rihanna
22-07-2009
LOS ANGELES – R&B singer Chris Brown issued his first full public apology on Monday for assaulting his then girlfriend Rihanna, describing his loss of control as “unacceptable, 100 per cent” and
readToday’s solar eclipse pits superstition against science
22-07-2009
MUMBAI – Indian astrologers are predicting violence and turmoil across the world as a result of this week’s total solar eclipse, which the superstitious and religious view as a sign of potential
readSusan Boyle calls fame a ‘demolition ball’
22-07-2009
LOS ANGELES – Susan Boyle, a singer who became a global star with a show-stopping performance on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, has said in a television interview that her sudden fame was like a “demolition
read‘Angela’s Ashes’ author McCourt dies in NYC
22-07-2009
NEW YORK – After a childhood of almost impossible suffering, Frank McCourt came to embody so many improbable dreams. He was a survivor of poverty who became rich, the child of immigrants who made
readAyehe ya lya po iimaliwa yoshigwana naya kwatwe: RDP ta ti
22-07-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi sho Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)pOngenga moshitopolwa sha Hangwena mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, oshilyo oshikuluntu shOmutimangundu gwo RDP omusamane Khandi Nehova,
readOombelewa oompe dhElelo lya Tses dha egululwa
22-07-2009
OMINISTA yOmagumbo nOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa, Jerry Ekandjo, mEtitano lya zi ko okwa li a egulula pambelewa Oombelewa oompe dhElelo lyokandoolopamukunda ka Tses moshitopolwa sha Karas.Ekandjo okwa
readMeme Frieda ota kongo ekwatho koshigwana
22-07-2009
MEME Frieda Iyambo (gwoomvula 32), omvalele yomOshali mOndonga mEgongalo lya Ntananga, ota indile koshigwana shi mu umbila ongalo opo a vule okufuta epango lye lyiiti yanathingo ye mbyoka itayi
readYali ya monika ekulu mu Namibia
22-07-2009
OMINISTA yUundjolowele nOnkalathano, Omundohotola Richard Kamwi, okwa tseyitha kutya mu Namibia omwa monika aantu yaali ye na omukithi gwEkulu, ngoka gu li gwa kwata aantu oyendji muuyuni.Nande
readAthletics Namibia is broke
22-07-2009
ATHLETICS Namibia is broke and has no bank account, its new president Frank Fredericks admitted yesterday.Fredericks said the federation used to have an account with First National Bank of Namibia,
readBolt vows to break record – again
22-07-2009
LONDON - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt plans to send a message to arch rival Tyson Gay by breaking the world 100m record in the London Grand Prix on Friday.Bolt, who won gold in the 100m, 200m and
readAstarloza wins, Contador keeps yellow
22-07-2009
BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE - Spaniard Miguel Astarloza won the 16th stage of Tour de France yesterday.His compatriot Alberto Contador retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey and holds a 1minute 37second
readCoastal Pirates in medal haul
22-07-2009
COASTAL Pirates clinched three gold, six silver and one bronze medal at the Spes Bona Fiat Alpha Inline Hockey tournament held at the Gazadores Rink in the capital from 15 to 19 July.The Cazadores
readInternational Briefs
22-07-2009
Nine SA mineworkers die in accident * JOHANNESBURG – A company says nine of its workers died when the roof of the mine shaft they were working in collapsed and trapped them about one kilometre
readNewspapers hail England win
22-07-2009
LONDON - British’s newspapers hailed the country’s victorious cricket team Tuesday, saying their performance throughout the second Test against Australia bordered on brilliance.Captain Andrew Strauss
readCancer golf day on cards
22-07-2009
THE Namibian Cancer Association (CAN) and the Children with Cancer in Namibia (CHICA) will stage a golf day on August 7 at the Windhoek Country Club.The event will be sponsored by Kempinski Mokuti
readAl Fahim gets Portsmouth
22-07-2009
LONDON - Dubai-based businessman Sulaiman Al Fahim has been cleared to complete his purchase of Portsmouth after passing the Premier League’s fit and proper persons test, the club confirmed
readFootball Results Social league
22-07-2009
Played Saturday, July 18 Min of Finance 1-4 NAC Hosea Min of Environ 1-0 Namcot Diamonds Omulunga Radio 0-2 Voltnam All Stars Min of Works 3-0 Supa Strikas Los Galacticos 3-0 (p)
readFootball Results
22-07-2009
Kasu Youth League Played Saturday, July 18 Matukondjo FC 4-3 Eiseb FC Red Shanghai 3-4 74 United Kalkpan 3-1 Okarui Swallows Ajax Goreangab 1-1 Brave Bucks Okovimburu 3-1 Tumboro
readSMSes For Wed 22 July 09
22-07-2009
* NAMIBIANS! It`s time we start to stop tribalism, violence, corruption and evil if we want this country to develop.* “IF you do not know where you are going, any road can take you there.” I am only
readAthletics Namibia is broke
22-07-2009
ATHLETICS Namibia is broke and has no bank account, its new president Frank Fredericks admitted yesterday. Fredericks said the federation used to have an account with First National Bank of Namibia,
readSchool closures an option as flu death hit 7000
22-07-2009
GENEVA – The H1N1 virus has killed more than 700 people worldwide since emerging in April, and countries could consider closing schools to slow its spread, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said
readOil rises above $65
22-07-2009
LONDON – Oil rose to a two-week peak above US$65 a barrel yesterday, boosted as world equities forged to their highest levels this year. But analysts cautioned the next figures on supply and demand
readNoteable Quotes
22-07-2009
THERE is no need to close schools or shops at the moment. – Health Minister Richard Kamwi calling on Namibians not to panic after the first two cases of swine flu were identifiedTWO men lost their
readNafau declares ‘holy war’ against NovaNam
22-07-2009
THE Luderitz branch of the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) has vowed to wage a “holy war” against fishing company NovaNam over alleged unfair treament of workers. In a media release
readStay H1N1 free!
22-07-2009
WITH the first two cases of the H1N1 flu virus in Namibia having been confirmed on Monday, fear is rife about the possibilities of the spread of the infection commonly known as ‘swine flu’. The flu
readRehoboth man killed in knife attack
22-07-2009
THE 29-year-old grandson of the late Rehoboth Baster Kaptein Hans Diergaardt, was killed in an apparent knife attack at the Hardap town over the weekend. The younger Hans Diergaardt, affectionately
readGroenliggies beer crate murder trial postponed
22-07-2009
THE murder trial of a Keetmanshoop resident accused of fatally stabbing 29-year-old Josef Mechiza over an empty beer crate has been postponed until September 18 for the defense to submit arguments.
readAngolan in court on cocaine count
22-07-2009
AN 18-year-old Angolan citizen has become the latest suspect to appear in a Namibian court in connection with a wave of arrests of alleged cocaine couriers who are charged with bringing drugs into
readAngolan in court on cocaine count
22-07-2009
AN 18-year-old Angolan citizen has become the latest suspect to appear in a Namibian court in connection with a wave of arrests of alleged cocaine couriers who are charged with bringing drugs into
readIllegal AIDS testing court case ends in settlement
22-07-2009
WHAT was billed as a landmark case in the fight against HIV-AIDS discrimination, yesterday ended in an out-of-court settlement between 22 current and past employees of the Oshakati Country Lodge,
readSquatters win High Court appeal to stay
22-07-2009
ILLEGAL squatters living in Windhoek’s Havana 6 settlement yesterday emerged victorious from the High Court, after appealing to have the Windhoek municipality’s actions of evicting them and
readIndigenous groups still exploited in Nam: report
22-07-2009
SOME minority groups in Namibia were still exploited and could not exercise their rights fully,” the latest global report published last Thursday, has stated. The “State of the World’s Minorities and
readBlock1711 now has oil and gas
22-07-2009
THE treasure hunt for oil and gas along the Namibian coast appears to be heating up as Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina found it opportune to announce in Parliament yesterday that the
readTop treason cop severely injured in road accident
22-07-2009
THE car crash curse that has been be-devilling the Caprivi high treason case struck again in northern Namibia last week. A road accident left the Commanding Officer of the Namibian Police’s High
readChinese web ‘bans’ reports on probe into Namibian deal
22-07-2009
TWO of China’s most popular technology news web sites went offline yesterday after carrying news reports that linked the son of China’s president to a corruption probe in Namibia. The technology news
readWhen A National Event Is Not One
22-07-2009
ANYONE present at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako International Airport on Sunday afternoon with the arrival of Cuban President Raul Castro could be forgiven for thinking it was a Swapo, rather than a State
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