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41 Articles found on Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Witnesses to testify in trial of former AIG CEO
17-06-2009
NEW YORK – Witnesses begin testifying yesterday in the civil trial of American International Group Inc.’s former top executive, accused of plundering an AIG retirement programme of billions of
readAngola eyes opening stock exchange in third quarter
17-06-2009
LUANDA - Angola expects to open a stock market in the capital, Luanda, in the third quarter of 2009, as hopes of a global economic recovery increase investor appetite for stocks. The launch of the
readOil, other resource prices surge on China demand
17-06-2009
ZHOUSHAN, China – One reason behind the rebound in world oil prices lies on China’s eastern seaboard, where tidy rows of immense, squat oil tanks tucked away on an island south of Shanghai, have been
readBA asks staff to work for nothing
17-06-2009
LONDON - British Airways, which reported a record annual loss last month, said yesterday it had asked its staff to work for free as part of the company’s battle for “survival” in tough market
readAgriculture underestimated ‘safety net’
17-06-2009
INVESTING in agriculture in developing countries, where most of the workforce consists of small-scale farmers, is akin to beefing up a ‘safety net’ as the world struggles to limit the impact of the
readPortuguese construction firm forms venture with Angola’s Sonangol
17-06-2009
LISBOA – Portugal’s biggest construction firm Mota-Engil has inked a deal to form a consortium under its control in Angola with the African country’s state energy company Sonangol and local bank BPA.
readHeineken to build malting plant in SA
17-06-2009
CAPE TOWN – Heineken NV , the world’s third-largest brewer, is in talks to build a barley-malting plant at its new brewery in South Africa and a deal is expected soon, a company official said
readBRIC not ready to bat down dollar yet
17-06-2009
NEW YORK – If you’re waiting for Brazil, Russia, India and China to embrace a new global reserve currency, don’t hold your breath. For one thing, the meeting that started yesterday of the four leaders
readBrain Waves
17-06-2009
OUR legislators so disappoint me with their lack of imagination. Why do they not admit that they wish to progress beyond Orwell’s ‘Brave New World’ to where Big Brother really does have mind control
readCarter says Palestinians being treated ‘like animals’
17-06-2009
GAZA CITY – Former US president Jimmy Carter yesterday met Hamas leader Ismail Haniya in the Gaza Strip, where he called for a lifting of Israel’s blockade, saying Palestinians are being treated “like
readUK plans universal access to high-speed Internet
17-06-2009
Following the talks, Carter called for an end of “all violence” against both Israelis and Palestinians. “This is holy land for us all and my hope is that we can have peace... all of us are children
readStars on verge of title victory
17-06-2009
THE mission for African Stars is to win the MTC Namibia Premier League tonight, or scramble for it at the weekend.Losing is not an option when they go into their most crucial match of the season
readZimbabwe stores full again, with food for the rich
17-06-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s once-deserted supermarkets are full again, after the country reined in its world-record hyperinflation. But there’s no wait at the tills – most people simply can’t afford to buy
readBeijing adopts lethal injection
17-06-2009
BEIJING – Criminals sentenced to death in Beijing are to be killed by lethal injection, not by gunshot, by year’s end, state media said yesterday Tuesday in China, the nation that executes more
readIran rules out annulment, Tehran crowds gather
17-06-2009
TEHRAN – Iran’s top legislative body yesterday ruled out annulling a disputed presidential poll that has prompted the biggest street protests since the 1979 Islamic revolution but said it was prepared
readNanny tells Beckhams she’s sorry, really sorry
17-06-2009
LONDON – David Beckham and his wife Victoria received an apology from a former nanny at London’s High Court yesterday over her disclosures of confidential information about the celebrity couple. The
readOh no! It’s Bruno, Sacha borats his Bruno
17-06-2009
NEW YORK – Sacha Baron Cohen strips down as his naked alter ego – the flamboyantly gay Austrian fashionista Bruno – for the July cover of GQ magazine. He sports a tanned glow and a shaggy head of
readUsher and wife call it quits
17-06-2009
ATLANTA – Court records show that Usher and Tameka Raymond were separated for nearly a year before the R&B singer filed for divorce, calling the marriage “irretrievably broken”. A divorce petition
readFifa working to fill Confed Cup stadiums
17-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s soccer organisers are being put under pressure to generate more public enthusiasm for the Confederations Cup tournament, a spokesman for Fifa said yesterday. Fifa
readMuinjo speaks on 2010 Fifa World Cup
17-06-2009
THE prospects for Namibia to host participating countries to the 2010 World Cup look fairly good, with assurance given by most of the countries that are on the verge of qualifying for the global
readWindies reach Twenty20 semis
17-06-2009
LONDON – Pakistan and West Indies joined South Africa in the World Twenty20 semi-finals on Monday as England’s hopes were washed away at the Oval. Pakistan booked their place in the last four and
readOondjamba onkee tadhi piyaganeke aakalimo yokOnanke
17-06-2009
AAKALIMO yokomukunda Onanke mOndonga moshitopolwa sha Shikoto omvula ndjika oya kala noye li muudhigu uunene woondjamba tadhi ya piyaganeke, tadhi li po iilya yawo nokuyogula po omapya gawo noshowo
readLocal market expects another rate cut today
17-06-2009
WEARY consumers reluctant to spend in the prevailing economic uncertainty will probably persuade Bank of Namibia (BoN) Governor Tom Alweendo this morning to announce the fourth interest rate cut this
readKuku Kanene e tu thiga po
17-06-2009
ONKUNDANA yoluhodhi ye tu zilila momukunda Okalumbu mOnyaanya mOndonga moshitopolwa sha Shikoto, otayi ti kutya omukulupe gwoomvula omilongomugoyi nahamano (96) kuku Hilde Nambili Katangolo Fillipus,
readIn Somalia war, children wage jihad
17-06-2009
MOGADISHU – At the ripe old age of 13 and after two years of military training with the insurgent group Hezb al-Islamiya, Husein Abdi is proud to have been inducted into Somalia’s fighting
readNena esiku lyekondjitho lyembugapalo muuyuni
17-06-2009
NENA, (eti: 17 June 2009) - Esiku lyEkondjitho lyEmbugapalo mUuyuni na uuyuni auhe ota u dhimbulukwa esiku ndika. Embugapalo lyevi ohali etwa kekepo lyomiti kaantu nosho wo koshikukuta shoka hashi
readOonkundana paufupi
17-06-2009
BERLINE – Omuprimaminista gwa Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai, mOmaandaha goshiwike shika okwa taamba ko omakwatathano ga Ndowishi noshilongo she – konima sho Omuleli gwa Ndowishi, Angela Merkel, u
readDuma a fumvikwa kengathithi pOngwediva yIigongi
17-06-2009
OMONAMATI gwOmumbiishofi tatekulu Kleopas Dumeni, ano Matti Dumeni a tseyika nawa nedhina Duma, ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe ombaadhilila pegumbo lya mumwayinakadhona Kristi Nampa Dumeni mOngwediva
readOsipana yEtanga lyokoompadhi yo Channel 7 mOnooli
17-06-2009
ORADIO ya tseyika nawa yedhina Channel 7 mOshiwambo, oya tota po osipana yayo yEtanga lyokoompadhi muumbangalantu wa Namibia ndjoka tayi kala tayi kutha ombinga momathigathanopo nOosipana oonkwawo,
readSMS for 17 JUNE 2009
17-06-2009
* WHO is failing learners? Everyone involved, especially the top ones. Please, do away with the automatic promotion of learners. Learners don’t know what failing is until Grade 10 and 12. What a poor
readNoteable Quotes
17-06-2009
WE would only be in a position to buy a mayoral chain after the next 12 years. – Karasburg Municipal Finance Manager Gerrit Mostert saying the council had been saving N$1 000 a year towards this
readRehoboth charges in spotlight tonight
17-06-2009
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) has scheduled a public meeting at Rehoboth tonight where it will explain the reasons behind the withdrawal of its only member in the Town Council this past weekend.
readGovernment’s Gam action ‘illegal’
17-06-2009
GOVERNMENT’S seizure of cattle belonging to farmers from the Gam area who invaded the Nyae-Nyae Conservancy last month is in sharp conflict with the judiciary process, says the Legal Assistance Centre
readSuspect admits to Kombat killing
17-06-2009
THE suspect accused of murdering elderly Kombat area farm resident Waltraut Volkmann in a panga attack in her house last week has admitted killing her, but claims it was not his intention to end her
readGuard faces the boot for calling client ‘skat’
17-06-2009
A SECURITY guard employed by Namibia Protection Services (NPS) at Keetmanshoop faces dismissal after allegedly calling a client of the company he guards “skat” (darling). The incident happened at the
readMPs get hot under collar over ‘stray-cow spy bill’
17-06-2009
THE second day of debate on the Communications Bill in Parliament yesterday was another heated occasion as the Deputy Speaker told MPs not to call the legislation a ‘spy bill’.The bill has a
readPetrol’s up, diesel down
17-06-2009
MOST motorists will pay between 20 and 21 cents per litre more for petrol from today, instead of the 19 cents per litre increase announced by Government, to foot the rail transport bill which has
readRussian President to visit Namibia
17-06-2009
RUSSIAN President Dimitry Medvedev, accompanied by a large delegation of around 300 people, will visit Namibia next week for three days. Namibia will be the last leg of Medvedev’s African tour, which
readVon Bach: Lindeque’s response
17-06-2009
Thank you for providing us with an opportunity to respond to your queries on this issue, and to clarify what appear to be some misconceptions. The call for expressions of interest for Public Private
readNWR lease deal sets off alarm bells
17-06-2009
THE Namibian’s probe into the controversial Von Bach deal appeared to have set off alarm bells all the way up to Environment and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s office, while NWR’s Tobie
readThe ‘selling’ of Von Bach
17-06-2009
NAMIBA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has leased the Von Bach recreational resort for 100 years to an empowerment company called Tungeni Africa Investments – without the NWR having the clear legal right to
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