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54 Articles found on Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Recession could lead to wars
09-06-2009
PARIS – The global recession could trigger conflicts in Africa and wipe out economic gains made over the past decade, the chief economist at the African Development Bank warned in Paris on Friday.
readNew US trade rep meets key Doha round players
09-06-2009
NUSA DUA, Indonesia - US Trade Representative Ron Kirk held his first meetings with key players in global trade talks yesterday, amid mounting concerns over protectionist measures announced by the
readAfrica electricity projects on track
09-06-2009
MARRAKESH, Morocco – The global financial crisis is not threatening power investment projects seen as vital to Africa’s development and major deals are still on track, industry executives and analysts
readAfrica electricity projects on track
09-06-2009
MARRAKESH, Morocco – The global financial crisis is not threatening power investment projects seen as vital to Africa’s development and major deals are still on track, industry executives and analysts
readChina banker calls for US sales of yuan bonds
09-06-2009
NEW YORK – A top Chinese banker on Sunday called on the US government and the World Bank to sell yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong and Shanghai to encourage the development of debt markets in those
readMboweni is prepared to intervene on rand
09-06-2009
THE South African Reserve Bank has signalled a change of mind about intervening in the currency market, with governor Tito Mboweni saying at the weekend that the central bank would “lean against the
readHummer puts China’s Tengzhong on the map
09-06-2009
CHENGDU, China - Even in the southwest Chinese home base of Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, residents are more familiar with the gas-guzzling Hummer brand that it is looking to buy from
readAfrican states seek own solutions in world crisis
09-06-2009
CAIRO - Africa must seek to solve its own problems as the global economic crisis limits the ability of more developed countries to follow through on aid pledges, African ministers told a conference in
readUK investors turn up the heat on boards
09-06-2009
LONDON – Institutional investors in the UK on Friday issued new guidelines to strengthen shareholder activism, stepping up the pressure on under-fire company boards.The Institutional Shareholders
readFish farm turns into garden
09-06-2009
THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources plans to hand over the Shipapo Wambambangandu fish farm in the Kavango Region to the Shambyu Traditional Authority, who will transform it into a
readCrops better as prices fluctuate
09-06-2009
THE producer price of white maize and wheat has fallen year on year – despite the planting season coinciding with the highest agricultural input costs in South African history – but the price of bread
readSABMiller to use African crops
09-06-2009
SABMILLER plans to grab some of sub-Saharan Africa’s US$3 billion (N$24 billion) home-brew market with cheaper beers made from domestic crops such as sorghum and cassava.The brewer is enlisting 55 000
readEx-Soviet republics plan leading food role
09-06-2009
ST PETERSBURG - The United States warned aspiring WTO member Russia against a global grain cartel on Sunday as ex-Soviet states instead proposed a Black Sea trade bloc that could overtake Washington
readMeatco reports productive 2008
09-06-2009
MORE cattle were slaughtered in the past year at Meatco abattoirs, increasing the throughput by 8,5 per cent, according to Meatco Board Chairman Arne Gressmann.Presenting the annual report on Friday
readNinety-year-old woman gets high school diploma
09-06-2009
CHICAGO – A 90-year-old suburban Chicago woman who dropped out of school to help her family during the Great Depression now has her high school diploma.Eleanor Benz left Chicago Public Schools’ Lake
readBashir brands ICC warrant ‘infringement’ on Sudan
09-06-2009
VICTORIA FALLS - Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir yesterday denounced moves to prosecute him for war crimes as an “infringement” on his country’s sovereignty, at a trade summit in Zimbabwe.The
readZim activists ask court to rule on detentions
09-06-2009
HARARE - Lawyers for four supporters of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday asked for the Supreme Court to rule on whether their detention in secret camps last year was legal.Lawyer Charles
readDoherty fined by police in Geneva
09-06-2009
LONDON – British rocker Pete Doherty has been fined by Swiss authorities after his British Airways flight landed in Geneva, police in the city said yesterday.A spokesman for Geneva police declined to
read‘Billy Elliot’ dances away with 10 Tony Awards
09-06-2009
NEW YORK – ‘Billy Elliot The Musical’ swept the top US theatre honours on Sunday, winning 10 Tony Awards for a Broadway season that defied a recession with record ticket sales.‘Billy Elliot’ is based
readBritain’s far right wins first 2 EU seats
09-06-2009
LONDON – A British far-right party won its first-ever parliamentary seats in European Union elections as the extreme right advanced in several countries across the continent on a volatile mix of
readJapan explores using cellphones for pandemics
09-06-2009
TOKYO - A few months from now, a highly contagious disease will spread through a Japanese elementary school. The epidemic will start with several unwitting children, who will infect others as they
readHa-Ha! Ape study traces evolution of laughter
09-06-2009
NEW YORK – When scientists set out to trace the roots of human laughter, some chimps and gorillas were just tickled to help. Literally. That’s how researchers made a variety of apes and some human
readEurope votes conservative in crisis
09-06-2009
BRUSSELS – Europe’s voters trust conservatives more than the left to handle the most severe financial and economic crisis since World War Two.That was the key message of European Parliament elections
readRate cuts dent profits
09-06-2009
THE current cycle of interest rate reductions, although putting pressure on commercial banks’ profits, in no way threatens the stability of the local sector, the Bankers Association of Namibia (BAN)
readG Bissau polls ‘should go ahead’ despite killing
09-06-2009
LUANDA – Guinea Bissau’s elections must not be delayed by the killing of presidential candidate Baciro Dabo by soldiers sent to arrest him over coup claims, the African Union envoy to the country said
readUS technology heads to Brazil for black box search
09-06-2009
RECIFE – A US Navy team was flying to Brazil yesterday with high-tech underwater listening devices to help the search for the black boxes from an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic
readComesa raises military option for Madagascar crisis
09-06-2009
VICTORIA FALLS – Africa’s largest trading bloc Comesa yesterday raised the possibility of military action to restore democracy in Madagascar.The 19-member bloc said in a final communique after a
readGabon’s President Bongo dies
09-06-2009
LIBREVILLE – Gabon yesterday announced the death of its President Omar Bongo Ondimba, Africa’s longest-serving leader whose rule was tainted by corruption, locking its borders amid uncertainty over
readN Korea sentences US reporters to 12 years labour
09-06-2009
SEOUL – North Korea convicted two American journalists and sentenced them yesterday to 12 years of hard labour for crossing into its territory, intensifying the reclusive nation’s confrontation with
readNoteable Quotes
09-06-2009
WE don’t want to cause them more suffering. – Brazilian Air Force Colonel Henry Munhoz on the fact that no more information was being released about bodies recovered, or personal items found, from the
readEthikamopo lyopapolotika lyoRDP mOshitopolwa sha Shana
09-06-2009
OSHILYO shOngundumutima shoRDP nOmupopiliiko gwowina gwOngundu ndjikamOshitopolwa sha Shana, omusamane Kornelius Mbangula okwa shangela omukanda gwe kOshifo shika, ta ti ngeyi:“Okuza sho ongundu yetu
readEthimbo lyuukongo lya tseyithwa
09-06-2009
UUMINISTELI wOmidhingoloko nOmatalelopo owa tseyitha ethimbo lyuukongo wiiyamakuti momakutu ga gamenwa (conservancies) nomoofaalama dhiiyamakuti dhopaumwene.Uukongo wiiyamakuti moofaalama
readMatti ya Dumeni a hulitha ombaadhilila
09-06-2009
OMONAMATI gwOmumbiishofi tatekulu Kleopas Dumeni, ano Matti Dumeni a tseyika nawa nedhina Duma, okwa manene oondjenda dhe ombaadhilila megumbo lya mumwayinakadhona Kristi Nampa Dumeni mOngwediva
readMissed Call Returned, Cynicism Relieved
09-06-2009
AT the outset, I need to point out that I am a hypocrite. You see, I hate missed calls – those pathetic excuses people use to get you to call them on your own dollar. A missed call means: “I want to
readOseko ya Kalongo ya lukululwa
09-06-2009
OSEKO yOpombanda ya Kalongo mOshitopolwa sha Musati ndjoka ya kala yatseyika nawa nedhina Oseko yopom banda ya Kalongo ya mona edhina epe, ano ya lukululwa mOlyomakaya ngaka ga zi ko noya ningi
readHappie oye okakadhona dhingi mu Namibia
09-06-2009
OKAKADHONA koomvula (20), ke li okalongwa mOunivesiti ya Namibia,Happie Ntelamo, oko ka sindana methigathano lyokakadhona dhingi mu Namibia nuumvo (Miss Namibia 2009). Oronda ya hugunina yethigathano
readMugabe okwa hala ombili
09-06-2009
VICTORIA FALLS – Omupresidende gwa Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe – ngoke e li Omunashipundi omupe gwehangano lyomapindikathano lyiilongo yAafrika lyUuzilo nAafrika lyUumbangalantu, okwa ningi eindilo
readGumwe a kwatwa nepangwe olindji
09-06-2009
OPOLISI ya Hangwena oya kwata omulumentu gOmunamibia nepangwe lyookilograma omilongohetatu lyongushu yOoN$43,290, a kwatelwa pOshikango mondoolopa ya Helao Nafidi mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena moka
readLand Reform: The Debate Lingers
09-06-2009
‘The world itself is stolen goods. All property is theft and those who have stolen most of it make the laws for the rest of us.’ (John Updike...)UPDIKE must have referred to the aristocrats of his
readBarca aim to keep Eto’o
09-06-2009
MADRID - Barcelona president Joan Laporta said yesterday he hoped to hold on to Samuel Eto’o despite interest in the Cameroonian striker from some of Europe’s top clubs.“We’re trying to find a way in
readHeavyweight trio hunt for Confed Cup
09-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Brazil, Italy and Spain headline the FIFA 2009 Confederations Cup with some of the biggest names in the game looking to claim bragging rights ahead of next year’s World Cup.The
readProteas please Smith
09-06-2009
LONDON – South Africa captain Graeme Smith said his side had “sent a message” after their crushing 130-run win over Scotland at the ICC World Twenty20.Victory in their first match of the tournament
readSMSes for Tuesday 09 June 2009
09-06-2009
• THE Spy Bill in its current form spells disaster for personal freedom. Furthermore, how does Minister Kaapanda think the communications companies will offset the costs incurred? Sounds to me like
readNamibia ‘a drug paradise’
09-06-2009
MEMBERS of Parliament were in rare unison condemning drug abuse and smuggling when debating a motion tabled by an opposition politician last week. “Despite all efforts to by authorities and Police to
readRehoboth mayor blames it all on political infighting
09-06-2009
REHOBOTH mayor George Dax yesterday spoke out against media reports on alleged corruption and tender irregularities within the town council. The council has been in the spotlight over two agreements
readRegional parliament needed to give SADC bargaining power
09-06-2009
A REGIONAL parliament is needed if SADC is to bargain from a position of strength with the international community, said DTA Chairperson Johan de Waal at a SADC Parliamentary Forum meeting at the
readLucky, Nam’s latest TV celeb
09-06-2009
LUCKY the three-legged cheetah and her handler and saviour Marlice van Vuuren of N/a’an ku se wildlife sanctuary are Namibia’s latest television stars following the launch of a TV advertisement for
readTruck driver and pensioner sentenced on dagga charges
09-06-2009
A LONG-DISTANCE truck driver and an allegedly penniless pensioner met different fates when two trials in which they were facing dagga-related charges ended with their sentencing in the Windhoek
readMother, daughter murdered at Ovitoto
09-06-2009
A TROUBLED relationship ended in tragedy at Ovitoto last week, when a 38-year-old man fatally shot both his girlfriend and her mother with a hunting rifle. The incident happened at the mother’s home
readYoung suspects on trial over cop killing
09-06-2009
TWO young men accused of robbing and murdering a member of the Windhoek City Police in his home in early 2005 both pleaded not guilty to all charges when their trial finally started in the High Court
readSkill gives Warriors edge
09-06-2009
GREAT individual skill by Namibia’s Brave Warriors was clearly an attributing factor to their 4-0 victory over DRC, while solid combinations and a huge sense of confidence carried them through nicely
readPetrol price likely up, diesel down
09-06-2009
GOVERNMENT under-recovered 19,8 cents per litre of unleaded petrol and 13,2 cents per litre of lead-replacement petrol (LRP) during May, which means consumers should probably gear for an increase in
readOtjomuise community swoops on rape suspect
09-06-2009
THE combined efforts of the Otjomuise community on Saturday resulted in the capture of an attempted rape suspect, who almost got away by hiding inside a municipal rubbish bin.The community was alerted
readEU, Namibia cross swords
09-06-2009
THE European Commission (EC) yesterday said that unless Namibia signs an interim economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), local beef, fish and table grapes will lose the
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