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51 Articles found on Thursday, 10 September 2009
Man charged in Ponzi scheme with porn link
10-09-2009
NEW YORK - A small-time money manager who did business out of a shabby storefront in Brooklyn was charged Tuesday with running a US$40 million Ponzi scheme that secretly diverted client money to
readRwanda jumps rank in World Bank survey
10-09-2009
SINGAPORE - Tiny Rwanda made the biggest strides in becoming business-friendly, an annual ranking by the World Bank said yesterday, while Singapore retained its crown as the easiest country in which
readGlencore’s Zambia unit to start new copper mine
10-09-2009
LUSAKA - A unit of Swiss company Glencore International AG will develop an open pit copper mine in Zambia after authorities approved its proposal for the project, a government agency said.The
readDiamond prices start to recover, Debswana says
10-09-2009
GABORONE – World demand for diamonds has improved “significantly” since the start of the year and prices began to recover a few weeks ago, producer Debswana said yesterday.However, Managing Director
readBournville villagers worry as Kraft eyes Dairy Milk buyout
10-09-2009
AROUND the neat, red-brick houses and the cricket ground in Bournville, where the Cadbury family built their chocolate business amid the industrial sprawl of central England, the villagers are
readFrench firm to start 300MW wind farm
10-09-2009
THE French company InnoVent plans to set up a huge wind power project just south of Walvis Bay that it is to generate 300 megawatt (MW) of electricity according to the licence application submitted to
readBankers defend bonuses as watchdogs close in
10-09-2009
FRANKFURT – Top bankers defended their culture of bonuses on Tuesday against an onslaught of regulation that aims to put them on a tighter leash almost a year after Lehman Brothers
readNew Dutch banking code agreed
10-09-2009
AMSTERDAM – Dutch banks will be restricted as to what they can pay staff and be required to get regular approval of risk strategies under a new voluntary code of self-regulation being introduced on
readKenya’s famous elephants die of drought, poaching
10-09-2009
NAIROBI - Poaching and drought-related hunger have killed more than 100 of Kenya’s famous elephants in the north of the country so far this year, conservationists say.Zoologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton,
readOhio judge orders shoplifters to wear T-shirts
10-09-2009
WAUSEON – A northwest Ohio judge has added neon green T-shirts to his sentencing repertoire. Western District Court Judge Jeff Robinson in Fulton County is requiring some defendants to wear shirts
readMugabe boosted by sanctions call
10-09-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has scored a diplomatic triumph after regional leaders called for sanctions against him to be lifted, a move likely to strengthen his hand in a fragile unity
readChinese couples flock to marry on auspicious 09/09/09
10-09-2009
BEIJING – Tens of thousands of Chinese rushed to get married yesterday, hoping that the 09/09/09 date would bring longevity to their weddings and lives.Besides meaning “nine, nine”, “jiu, jiu” in
readNorth Korea extols ‘friendship’ as US presses sanctions
10-09-2009
SEOUL – North Korea celebrated its founding yesterday by pledging to pursue friendly global relations and signalling it was still open to dialogue after Washington froze the assets of firms linked to
readDalai Lama receives HR award
10-09-2009
BRATISLAVA – The Dalai Lama received an international award yesterday for his promotion of human rights and his leadership in the nonviolent campaign by Tibetans seeking autonomy from China.After
readRace on to reach 2 Celsius goal
10-09-2009
OSLO – The share of renewable energy will have to rise “dramatically” if the world is to have a chance of limiting global warming to a maximum 2 Celsius (3,6 Fahrenheit) temperature rise, a leading
readOkatendo kokupulakena/kaakena/lesha na ka tendwemo
10-09-2009
ONTOMPOLWA montotwampango yOmakwatathano ndjoka yi na sha nokupulakena, kaakena, noshowo okulesha, oongodhi, e-maila, okumbaanga pa internet, noku longitha ointernet, na yi tendwemo thilu.Eindilo
readOshilongo ota shi ka ninga omakonakono gasho kekunku lyoH1N1O
10-09-2009
NGUNDU yoshigwana yi na sha nuunamiti womeendelelo NHEMC oya tseyitha kutya oshilongo oshi na edhiladhilo oku tameka nomakonakono kombinga yekunku lyoH1N1.Ngashingeyi moshilongo omwa monika aantu ye
readOku tsakaneka iikwangodhi ota shi kala nondilo
10-09-2009
TELECOM Namibia ota ti ota shi kala nondilo okutsakaneka iikwangodhi ngaashi ta shi uthwa kompango yOmakwatathano.Ehangano ndika olya ti shika oshi na ondilo kutya ngaaka iimaliwa mbyoka yi na
readOokaansela inaya longa po we iilonga yOkomisi yOmahogololo; Ndjoze ta ti
10-09-2009
OSHILYO shOngundumutima gwo RDP, Victor Ndjoze okwa indila kOkomisi yOmahogololo ya Namibia kutya inayi etha we iilonga yayo tayi longwa po kOokaansela, unene tuu moNooli ya Namibia, oshoka mbaka
readELCIN a gandja esimaneka kOmusita omukulu Titus Heita
10-09-2009
Amushangandjai gwaELCIN, Eliakim Shaanika okwa hokolola omusita Titus Heita kutya ye okwa li omulongisikola paithano a longa nuuladhi oshilongayakulo she mEgongalo Nakayale melala lyomimvo
readEhangano lyomalovu lya South Africa lya pewa ombapila yokudhunga
10-09-2009
EHANGANO lyokudhunga omalovu(ombiila) lya South Africa lyedhina SABMiller olya ti, olya pewa ombapila opo li tameke okuhanga omalovu moNamibia.Ombapila ndjika ota yi fala sigo oompoka kutya
readKwa monika omasipa gaaakwashigwana yaali yomOshekedhiya
10-09-2009
OPOLISI moShana oya tseyitha kutya opwa monika iipongo, yaakalimo yaali yomomukunda Oshekedhiya mUukwambi moShana mboka ya gwilile momeya ongulohi yeti 5 Maalitsa 2009 konima sho okawato kawo ka
readOngundu yUDF ta yi ilongekidhile omahogololo
10-09-2009
ONGUNDUMUTIMA yoUDF ota yi gongala pOutjo ehulilo shiwike ta li ya opo yi manithe omusholondondo gwa yo gwookandidate ndhoka tadhi ke yi kalelapo moshigongi shopashigwana konima yomahogololo gomu
readDavid Beckham okwa hala okudhana moliga yEngelanda
10-09-2009
DAVID Beckham okwa tseyitha kutya ota dhiladhila kombinga yoompito okudhana mu yimwe yoospana dhetanga lyokoompadhi dha Engelanda.Shika ote shi ningi opo a kalekepo ompito ye yo ku dhanena oshilongo
readWarriors eye Tanzania or Uganda for friendly
10-09-2009
THE Brave Warriors are expected to play another friendly match next month, possibly against Tanzania or Uganda in Windhoek, NFA chief executive officer Barry Rukoro confirmed.Rukoro told The Namibian
readHamburg’s Benjamin out for months
10-09-2009
BRAVE Warriors’ skipper Collin Benjamin has been ruled out of football action at his German outfit Hamburg SV following an injury to his left knee last Saturday.Benjamin captained Namibia’s Brave
readMan Utd to face transfer scrutiny
10-09-2009
FIFA has revealed that Fiorentina have been in contact with them about Manchester United’s signing of 16-year-old defender Michele Fornasier.The Italian club have made initial contact with football’s
readClijsters rolls on, Nadal survives
10-09-2009
NEW YORK – Kim Clijsters penned another heart-warming chapter into her riveting US Open chronicles on Tuesday to set a date with budding writer Serena Williams, while Andy Murray ran out of ideas to
readWilliams too powerful
10-09-2009
NEW YORK – Champion Serena Williams won a war of heavy groundstroke rallies to beat battling Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-4 6-3 on Tuesday and set up a semi-final clash against former winner Kim
readNamibian pro golf goes big
10-09-2009
MTC and the Namibia Professional Golfers’ Association (NPGA) have announced that their five-year partnership will extend for three more years.MTC has also disclosed that this year’s prize money for
readBoxing refs sharpen skills
10-09-2009
A two-day workshop for professional boxing referees and judges was officially opened by the Deputy Minister of Sport Pohamba Shifeta in Windhoek yesterday.Shifeta thanked the Namibia Professional
readSteyn for Pienaar
10-09-2009
HAMILTON – The Springboks have called up Francois Steyn in the sole change to their side to counter the threat from the All Blacks’ Dan Carter in their crucial Tri-Nations rugby clash here on
readSMS Of Thursday 10 September 2009
10-09-2009
* A VISIT to Oshikango raised the following: It is the busiest place in Namibia, the dirtiest place in Namibia, one of the dustiest places in Namibia, a place where millions are made in a single day
readNama history, folklore on opera stage
10-09-2009
IMAGE the click of Nama songs criss-crossing through Wagner, the Nama stap tiptoeing through military marches, the fantasy of Nama folklore flowing through the tribe’s bloody history and the Khoi god
readCaprivi resident fined for selling ivory
10-09-2009
THE sale of ivory to undercover Police officers almost seven years ago is set to cost a Caprivi Region resident N$20 000 or two years in jail.After being convicted of dealing in elephant parts on
readFlu cases now up to 52
10-09-2009
A GIRL from Rehoboth, aged three and a half years, is the latest Namibian to have tested positive for H1N1 flu, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 52.The National Health
readGovernment mulls building a dam in the Fish River
10-09-2009
GOVERNMENT is considering building a dam in the Fish River about 40 kilometres west of Keetmanshoop, reviving an idea mulled by the German colonial government a century ago.It would be the largest dam
readNigerian in court over crack cocaine in shoes
10-09-2009
A NIGERIAN national is facing a drug-dealing charge in Namibia after being arrested at the end of a bus journey from South Africa with an alleged collection of pieces of crack cocaine in his
readMore flexible approach needed on land use management
10-09-2009
NAMIBIA needs to move away from developing ‘fixed plans’ and work towards adaptive and flexible processes when it comes to sustainable land use management and the environment, says Dr Chris Brown of
readJournalist sues for slander
10-09-2009
FREELANCE journalist John Grobler is suing Swapo for N$5 million. Grobler told The Namibian yesterday that his lawyers had already served Swapo Secretary General Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana (first
readAlign interception rules to global norms: MTC
10-09-2009
THE way in which interception centres would be operated and funded in Namibia once the new Communications Bill is promulgated should be aligned to international practices, a mobile telecommunications
readPolice under fire from Katutura meat sellers
10-09-2009
DISHEARTENED meat sellers at Windhoek’s Single Quarters claim that alleged corruption and carelessness within the Police force are threatening their livelihood.According to them, Police officers make
readScout Jamboree at cheetah farm
10-09-2009
THE fourth bi-annual Namibian Scout Jamboree took place between August 26 and 29 at the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) on a farm outside of Otjiwarongo, bringing together 117 young men and women from
readSA brewery set for Okahandja
10-09-2009
NEARLY N$250 million will flow into Namibia’s thirsty economy after a black economic empowerment (BEE) deal between South Africa’s SABMiller and a local consortium secured the global beer giant a much
readCity Council blindly approves reports
10-09-2009
THE Windhoek City Council, which oversees the City’s N$1,8 billion municipal budget, has been approving Management Committee (MC) reports for at least five years without really knowing what they
readGovt dictates to ECN
10-09-2009
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia says it was dictated to by Government policy when it decided not to insert election information in Namibia’s most widely read daily newspaper, The Namibian.Reacting
readNoteable Quotes
10-09-2009
TALENT develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German playwright, novelist, poet and dramatistTHE law, in its majestic
readBig Brother Africa: Who is IK Osakioduwa?
10-09-2009
HE ain’t Big Brother, but he comes pretty close as the Big Brother Africa host. He is the new face at the helm of the Big Brother Africa Revolution series and gets to mingle with the housemates and is
readWarriors eye Tanzania or Uganda for friendly
10-09-2009
THE Brave Warriors are expected to play another friendly match next month, possibly against Tanzania or Uganda in Windhoek, NFA chief executive officer Barry Rukoro confirmed.Rukoro told The Namibian
readNYT reporter freed; aide killed in rescue
10-09-2009
KABUL – British commandos freed a New York Times reporter in a raid on a Taliban hide-out in northern Afghanistan early yesterday. The journalist’s Afghan translator and one of the troops were killed
readSADC customs union behind schedule: Tito
10-09-2009
SOUTHERN African countries are behind the targets which will allow them to implement a customs union in next year and a single currency in 2016, monetary and trade experts have said.Analysts said that
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