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45 Articles found on Monday, 27 July 2009
Return of Wall Street pay bonanza triggers concern
27-07-2009
NEW YORK - The Wall Street gravy train is gathering speed again as banks only just emerging from financial crisis lavish billions of dollars on their employees.Announcements over the last week by
readBritish economists send apology to queen on crisis
27-07-2009
LONDON - Sorry Ma’am - we just didn’t see it coming. A British newspaper reported yesterday that a group of eminent economists have apologised to Queen Elizabeth II for failing to predict the
readHangana launches cost-saving fuel blend
27-07-2009
HANGANA Seafood at Walvis Bay last week introduced a fuel blending system that could transform fuel standards and costs for the fishing industry and other major fuel-consumption industries in
readUsakos brick project takes first prize
27-07-2009
THE winners of this year’s National Youth Expo, a youth-development initiative backed by the National Youth Council (NYC), were rewarded for their hard work last week when Development Bank of Namibia
readKuwaiti commits suicide
27-07-2009
KUWAIT – A brash Kuwaiti financier facing a fraud suit by US authorities was found dead on Sunday in an apparent suicide that sent shockwaves through the Gulf Arab financial sector.A security source
readChina’s iron ore thirst is a lifeline for Kumba
27-07-2009
CHINA has emerged as a lifeline for Kumba Iron Ore, which saw its exports to that country rocket by 130 per cent during the half-year to June even as demand from its customers in Europe, Japan and
readSA stocks edge up to new 10-month high
27-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African stocks inched to a new 10-month high on Friday as banks tracked European peers higher on resurgent economic recovery hopes but a weaker start on Wall Street capped
readEurope fast-tracking flu vaccine
27-07-2009
LONDON – In a drive to inoculate people against swine flu before winter, many European governments say they will fast-track the testing of a new flu vaccine, arousing concern among some experts about
readPM suggests compensation for Zimbabwe victims
27-07-2009
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday said compensation must be considered for victims of Zimbabwe’s political violence as the country held a weekend of national reconciliation.“We
readGuinea-Bissau votes in presidential run-off
27-07-2009
BISSAU – Voters went to the polls yesterday in Guinea-Bissau for a presidential run-off between two former heads of state of the coup-prone West African nation, whose veteran leader was assassinated
readZimbabwe’s crisis driving HIV decline?
27-07-2009
CAPE TOWN – Fewer Zimbabweans are getting infected with AIDS, and researchers speculate it’s due in part to a battered economy that’s leaving men short of money to be sugar daddies and keep
readGates says it’s time to ‘move on’ from his arrest
27-07-2009
BOSTON – Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he’s ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping to use the encounter to improve fairness in the criminal justice
readNepal’s Gurkhas welcome ‘Ab Fab’ actress Lumley
27-07-2009
KATMANDU, Nepal – Hundreds of Gurkha war veterans and their families swarmed Katmandu airport yesterday to welcome British actress Joanna Lumley, who helped secure their right to settle in the United
readWinehouse cleared of London assault case
27-07-2009
LONDON – British singer Amy Winehouse was found not guilty on Friday of assaulting a dancer at a charity ball last year.Winehouse (25) had been accused of deliberately punching dancer Sherene Flash in
readMichael’s estate ‘to support mother’
27-07-2009
LOS ANGELES – Executors of Michael Jackson’s estate said the late pop star had provided full financial support to his mother when he was alive and his estate should continue to do so after his death,
readCoD na RP oyi ikwata etulopevi lya Shalli
27-07-2009
OPAATI yo Congress of Democrats (CoD) oya ti kutya oshinima shetulopevi lya Letenanda-Ndjayi gwEtanga lyEgameno, Martin Shalli, ihe ina ningilwa natango oshipotha – oshinima tashi tilitha.“Aanamibia
readOmakishi mu Uganda oga ohala okukalelwapo mOparliamende
27-07-2009
KAMPALA – Omakishi mu Uganda, ga geya komadhipago ogendji giilyo yehangano lyawo mwAafrika lyUuzilo,oga hala okupewa iipundi mOparliamende opo ga ka popile uuthemba wawo.Shika osha popiwa kOhangano
readNatango pwa monika omuntu e na ekulu mu Namibia
27-07-2009
NATANGO mu Namibia omwa monika omuntu e na omukithi gwekulu, ngoka gu li gwa kwata aantu oyendji muuyuni.Shika osha eta nee aantu mboka ya monika omukithi nguka mu Namibia, paantu ye li yatatu na
readOonkundana paufupi
27-07-2009
GENEVA – Ehangano lyOmuniilonga mEhangano lyOmushigakano Omutiligane olya ti kutya omniilonga gwawo gumwe mu Somalia okwa faalelwa komalugodhi mu Mogadishu.LUSAKA – Oongundu dhompilamena odha popi
readHitman powers to victory
27-07-2009
NAMIBIA’S Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses held on cleverly to retain his WBA world lightweight title by unanimous decision, after he was pushed to the limit by Japan’s Takehiro Shimada on Saturday
readContador is cycling boss
27-07-2009
PARIS – Alberto Contador emerged as the new cycling boss yesterday when the Spaniard wrapped up his second Tour de France title on the Champs-Elysees on Lance Armstrong’s return to the race.The
readGay wins 200 in 20 seconds
27-07-2009
LONDON – Tyson Gay gave Usain Bolt a reminder of his pedigree when the world champion defied a groin injury to win the 200 metres at the London Grand Prix on Saturday in 20.00 seconds.Triple Olympic
readFootball Briefs
27-07-2009
* LIVERPOOL completed their Southeast Asian tour with a 5-0 friendly victory over Singapore yesterday, ending the two-leg trip on a high note with an emphatic performance in front of 50 000
readFadiga is best for Spurs
27-07-2009
BRAVE Warriors and Hotspurs striker Edward ‘Fadiga’ Asino was named the Player of the Season by his club and also scooped the Top Goalscorer award on Friday night.The striker, who has a natural
readMweshipandeka are champs
27-07-2009
OMAFO – The Mweshipandeka High School from Ongwediva in the Oshana Region scooped the boys’ soccer title of the 2009 annual Kapuka Schools’ Sport Tournament.The tournament ended at the Namundjebo
readHamilton ends F1 drought
27-07-2009
BUDAPEST – Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton finally ended his winless run yesterday when he came home triumphant for McLaren in the Hungarian Grand Prix.The 24-year-old Englishman, who started
readSMS For Mon 27 July 09
27-07-2009
* THE bad service delivery in this country comes from the fact that people do not complain about it. We need a forum where we can complain and even boycott those who take us for a ride. Food For
readRuling party lifts Kapia's suspension
27-07-2009
MORE than four years after he was unceremoniously fired as Deputy Minister of Works, removed from Parliament and suspended as a Swapo Party member, Paulus Kapia is back in the party’s circles and can
readShhhh ... don’t talk about Shalli
27-07-2009
INFORMATION Minister Joel Kaapanda says President Hifikepunye Pohamba used his prerogative to suspend only Lieutenant General Martin Shalli, although two names were reportedly submitted to him with a
readHage in line for president
27-07-2009
SWAPO’S Central Committee has effectively paved the way for Hage Geingob to succeed President Hifikepunye Pohamba, when he steps down. A Central Committee meeting at the weekend approved draft rules
readNoteable Quotes
27-07-2009
WHEN we die, we leave everything. Why do people want to keep everything for themselves? – Windhoek businessman Willem February, who learned his tailoring skills while in prison for theft and now runs
readHitman powers to victory
27-07-2009
NAMIBIA’S Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses held on cleverly to retain his WBA world lightweight title by unanimous decision, after he was pushed to the limit by Japan’s Takehiro Shimada on Saturday
readPolarising Alaska governor Palin steps down Sunday
27-07-2009
SAN FRANCISCO – With questions swirling about her next move, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin stepped down yesterday after bursting into the US political spotlight last year as John McCain’s presidential
readDe Beers diamond profit tumbles
27-07-2009
LONDON – De Beers, the world’s top diamond producer, said demand should pick up in the second half meaning it will not need more shareholder loans, when reporting tough markets had all but wiped out
readBringing a smile for a while
27-07-2009
Two clowns, Claudio Levati and Cristina Aguirre, from the Spanish NGO ‘Clowns without Borders’ are currently in Namibia on a 15-day tour. The volunteers of ‘Clowns without Borders’ travel around the
readState admits unequal media treatment
27-07-2009
THE Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has admitted that it gives preference to state-owned media during state visits and national events.The admission came after an outcry over the
readMisa denounces rough treatment
27-07-2009
THE ejection of two Namibian journalists from covering Cuban President Raúl Castro Ruz’s arrival at Hosea Kutako International Airport recently has been denounced by the Media Institute of Southern
readMAG won’t spare the rod, or the noose
27-07-2009
THE Monitor Action Group has released its 11-point ‘policy document’, promising to bring back the death penalty and corporal punishment if the party is voted into power. Under the heading ‘Treat The
readForeign journos tell of clobbering
27-07-2009
WITH the memory of their beating by a “blood-thirsty” mob still fresh in their memory, British and South African journalists, Jim Wickens and Bart Smithers, afterwards related the story of their
read‘Vote Swapo out, 20 years enough’
27-07-2009
THE time has come for political change and the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) is a viable alternative to Swapo for voters in the upcoming elections, one of the party’s top leaders said at
readBullet in buttocks for peacemaker
27-07-2009
A YOUNG man was left with a bullet in his left buttock after he tried to separate two quarrelling men in Julius Nyerere Street in Katutura’s Babylon township on Saturday night. According to Warrant
readCouncil may OK tens of thousands for trip
27-07-2009
THE Windhoek City Council is likely to be pressurised to approve about N$200 000 of ratepayers’ money so that certain council members can attend the Heroes’ Day commemoration at Omugulugwombashe next
readLameck and co attack assets restraint order
27-07-2009
N$42 million for three weeks’ work. Nothing at all wrong with that? Or is it something that in itself warrants suspicions of corruption?These are some of the questions that came to the fore in the
readWould the Real Diamond Please Stand Up
27-07-2009
Against the backdrop of sensationalist prostitution claims, I walk into Namibia’s newest celebrity and the hot topic on most people’s lips, Monica ‘Diamond’ Shafooli’s townhouse in Windhoek West.
readBursting At the Seams
27-07-2009
Windhoek has seen about 20 fashion shows in the last few months. In a small country such as ours, this is perhaps a sure sign that the Namibian fashion industry may be bursting at the seams. Like
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