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49 Articles found on Monday, 18 May 2009
Zim girls seek opportunity in SA
18-05-2009
MUSINA, South Africa - It’s easy to miss the two girls. They are so small they seem to disappear amid the dozen Zimbabwean boys crowded around them along the trash-choked drain.Sofia Chimhangwa, a
readBritish fraud office arrests two in hedge fund investigation
18-05-2009
LONDON – Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) arrested two men on Friday in a probe into collapsed hedge fund Weavering Capital, which it said used swaps to artificially inflate its value.The watchdog
readDrinkers go dry at the tills
18-05-2009
SOUTH Africans have been drinking less beer produced by SAB during these trying economic times, but the brewer is planning to change that.In the year to March, beer drinkers consumed 25,9 million
readHunt for Madoff money to drag on for years
18-05-2009
NEW YORK – Five months after Bernard Madoff’s massive fraud was revealed, little of his victims’ money has been found and it appears increasingly likely that the worldwide hunt for their missing
readFNB gives generously
18-05-2009
THE third FNB Spirit of Giving campaign brought more joy to some of the most deserving charities in the country.Three charities were selected from 280 nominated by the public for the prizes totalling
readRio says committed to Chinalco tie-up
18-05-2009
SYDNEY – Miner Rio Tinto remains committed to a planned US$19,5 billion tie-up with Chinese metals firm Chinalco, it said, responding to talk that the deal may be revised to let more shareholders take
readAngola to restart US$2 billion facelift for Luanda bay
18-05-2009
LUANDA – Angola will soon restart work on a US$2 billion facelift of the bay of Luanda that includes new luxury hotels and public parks built on parcels of land along the city’s shoreline, officials
readAreva sells stake in Total
18-05-2009
PARIS – French nuclear power group Areva has sold its stake in oil giant Total in order to fund its own projects, the Figaro newspaper reported Saturday.Neither company would comment on the report,
readAreva sells stake in Total
18-05-2009
PARIS – French nuclear power group Areva has sold its stake in oil giant Total in order to fund its own projects, the Figaro newspaper reported Saturday.Neither company would comment on the report,
readLula China visit to focus on widening Brazil trade
18-05-2009
BRASILIA – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits China this week as trade booms between the emerging giants, amid concerns Brazil’s exports to the powerhouse Asian nation are too
readTime ripe to trade in yuan
18-05-2009
SHANGHAI – The time is ripe for the internationalisation of the yuan, not least because of growing corporate interest in settling trade transactions in the Chinese currency, Bank of China Chairman
readTime ripe to trade in yuan
18-05-2009
SHANGHAI – The time is ripe for the internationalisation of the yuan, not least because of growing corporate interest in settling trade transactions in the Chinese currency, Bank of China Chairman
readUK lawmakers critical of bankers’ bonus culture
18-05-2009
LONDON – An influential committee of lawmakers said Friday that the bonus culture in the British banking sector encouraged excessive risk-taking that was exposed in the financial crisis.The report
read‘Farrah’s Story’ draws in millions
18-05-2009
LOS ANGELES – A documentary that shows Farrah Fawcett’s battle against cancer in wrenching detail drew an estimated 8,9 million viewers, NBC said.‘Farrah’s Story’ details the former ‘Charlie’s Angels’
readHugh van Es, photographer who took famous Saigon pic
18-05-2009
HONG KONG – Hugh van Es, a Dutch photojournalist who covered the Vietnam War and recorded the most famous image of the fall of Saigon in 1975 – a group of people scaling a ladder to a CIA helicopter
readThe largest solar energy plant
18-05-2009
SYDNEY – Australia plans to build the world’s largest solar power station with an output of 1000 megawatts in a A$1.4bn investment, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday.The plant would have three
readTwo guys fired for watering geyser
18-05-2009
CHEYENNE – Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser.Park spokesman Al Nash says a 23-year-old
readPakistani army closes in on Taliban stronghold in Swat
18-05-2009
PESHAWAR – Pakistani soldiers are closing in on the main town in the Taliban bastion of Swat, the army said on Saturday, in an offensive that has driven more than a million people from their homes.The
readAstronauts trying to bring device back from dead
18-05-2009
HOUSTON – Atlantis’ astronauts suited up yesterday for their second in-orbit repair of a dead science instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope in as many days.This time, Michael Massimino and Michael
readSwine flu in US may have infected over 100 000
18-05-2009
While the official tally of confirmed US swine flu cases topped 4 700 on Friday, experts at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention now estimate the true number of infections at more than 100
readGrowth of slums boosting natural disaster risk
18-05-2009
DUBAI – The rampant growth of urban slums around the world and weather extremes linked to climate change have sharply increased the risks from “megadisasters” such as devastating floods and cyclones,
readBrown pledges tough line on expenses scandal
18-05-2009
LONDON – Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged on Saturday to crack down on ministers who cheat their expenses as he attempted to restore trust in politics after more than a week of damaging
readUutoni a hogolululwa natango a ninge Meya gwa Ngwediva
18-05-2009
KAANSELA Erastus Uutoni ngoka a kala oomvula odhindji dha zi ko Meya gwondoolopa ya Ngwediva, taku tiwa dhi li omulongo nayimwe, natango mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko okwa hogololwa kElelo lya Ngwediva
readAalongisikola yi ilonga ku Zim oya hala okupewa iilonga
18-05-2009
YAMWE yomaalongisikola yAanamibia mboka yi ilonga uulonga ku Zimbabwe, oshiwike sha zi ko oya li ya ningi ehololomadhiladhilo mOvenduka taya pula ya pewa iilonga.Aalongisikola mbala ya li ye li 30
readAndimba oye natango Meya gwOndoolopa ya Ndangwa
18-05-2009
KAANSELA Naftal Andimba natango mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko okwa hogololwa kElelo lya Ndangwa oye a kale natango Meya gwondoolopa ndjoka ya Ndnagwa muule wOomwedhi omulongonambali tadhi landula, na
readOmutiligane a tulwa mondholongo
18-05-2009
NAIROBI – Omutiligane gumwe e na ofaalama onene mu Kenya, okwa pewa egeelo lyoomwedhi hetatu konima yekumba, sho a dhipaga omulumentu (omuluudhe) pofaalama ye ndjika.Tomas Cholmondeley okwa li a yaha
readOshike tashi inyenge muuzilo pokati kOndonga nUukwanyama?
18-05-2009
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila muuzilo Ondonga nUukwanyama otayi ti kutya Elelo lya Ndonga olya tokola okukutha ko oshitopolwa shimwe kombinga yUukwanyama, muuzilo wEkoka, shi na uunene wOokilometa mbali
readOongombe dhimwe dhaanahambo dha monenwa ehala
18-05-2009
AANAHAMBO ye li 38 lwaampoka yomwaamboka ya tidhwa moshitopolwa shUuninginino wa Kavango kuyele nuumvo ya monenwa omahala gokulitha iimuna yawo mOokamba dha NDC mOshitopolwa sha Mangetti nokwa
readRebels offer to lay down arms
18-05-2009
COLOMBO – The Tamil Tiger rebels admitted defeat in their 25-year-old war with the Sri Lankan government yesterday, offering to lay down their guns as government forces swept across their last
readAli takes on Alwyn
18-05-2009
NAMIBIA’S Ali Nuumbembe will get another chance to land the elusive World Boxing Association (WBA)Africa welterweight title when he takes on South Africa’s Alwyn Mahonisi this Friday in Windhoek.The
readFootball Results
18-05-2009
Played Saturday, May 16 Barclays Premier League Bolton 1 - 1 Hull Everton 3 - 1 West Ham
readLorenzo storms to victory in French Moto GP
18-05-2009
LE MANS – Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo won the French MotoGP yesterday just a year after he finished second despite riding with two broken ankles.The 22-year-old – a two-time 250cc world champion –
readBulls favourites for Super 14 title
18-05-2009
SYDNEY – The Northern Bulls are favourites to win this year’s Super 14 rugby crown after claiming top spot in the final standings and with it home advantage should they reach this season’s final.The
readWhy are we paying so much for food?
18-05-2009
HIGH food prices have been on everyone’s lips for a while. People are coming home with smaller amounts of groceries but larger bills. Globally, the high price of food is driving millions of people
readNortjé cleans up at squash doubles at Wanderers
18-05-2009
CARLA Nortjé picked up winner’s medals in both the mixed and ladies’ events at the Avril Payment Solutions-sponsored doubles tournament this weekend at the Wanderers in Windhoek.With partner Ruan De
readFergie’s buoyant United ready to bash Barca
18-05-2009
MANCHESTER – Sir Alex Ferguson has warned Barcelona that Manchester United are “bouncing” into the Champions League final after wrapping up the Premier League title.A goalless draw with Arsenal at Old
readAfricans tell their own stories at NY film fest
18-05-2009
NEW YORK – Emboldened with low-cost video equipment, young Africans are inspiring the continent’s cinema with momentum not seen since the 1960s independence movements, says the director of the New
readSmses for Mon 18 May 09
18-05-2009
* I WAS born in Angola during the liberation struggle, and these Namibians who call us names on a daily basis in The Namibian’s SMS section make my heart ache with pain. Please Namibians, don’t sweep
readStay united, urges Iivula-Ithana
18-05-2009
THE ruling party says it will talk to Works Minister Helmut Angula and Swapo regional co-ordinator Armas Amukwiyu and urge them to desist from behaviour that will cause division within Swapo.The
readRDP questions anti-corruption march
18-05-2009
THE scheduled march against corruption organised by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Women’s Action for Development (WAD) next week, with Government leaders and other important people
readGrace granted to sand miners
18-05-2009
SAND miners in the Swakop River near Swakopmund have been granted a grace period to continue mining until a more suitable area can be allocated.At a meeting last week it was decided that sand mining
readNam, Germany launch N$220-m initiative
18-05-2009
A SPECIAL N$220 million development project for communities who suffered under German colonial rule a century ago was jointly launched by the Namibian and German governments on a resettlement farm in
readBakondja wants bail
18-05-2009
AFTER spending almost all of the past eight and a half years in prison, Namibia’s former most wanted fugitive, Bakondja Katjiuongua, will hear on Friday if he will be allowed to taste freedom again
readSchool hostel tenders announced
18-05-2009
THE Tender Board has allocated new contracts for catering services to Namibia’s State school hostels, ending the seven-year dominance of the former Catering Association of Namibia (CAN) group of
readCity endorses ‘Mix’ sale
18-05-2009
THE Windhoek City Council on Thursday night endorsed Government’s decision to acquire a part of the Emmerentia farm near Brakwater, possibly solving the dilemma of about 3 000 people living there
readEx-ECN boss charged with fraud
18-05-2009
THE former Director of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) and two others have been summonsed to appear in court next month on a charge of alleged election fraud.It allegedly relates to
readDevelopment Bank, NCCI bosses square off
18-05-2009
THE heads of the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) and the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) have climbed into the public ring to settle their long-standing differences on the bank’s
readSPYL guilty of slander
18-05-2009
A SLANDEROUS public attack that Swapo Party Youth League executive member Veikko Nekundi launched against Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete and other top Government officials a
readBig guns through to semis
18-05-2009
AS expected, premier league sides made it through to the semi-finals of the Cell One NFA Cup after quarter final clashes in Windhoek and Walvis Bay at the weekend respectively.But the biggest upset on
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