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48 Articles found on Monday, 14 September 2009
Britain seeks to bar directors after MG Rover collapse
14-09-2009
LONDON - Britain said on Friday it would seek to ban the directors of MG Rover from running companies, after a highly critical report into the carmaker’s 2005 collapse with the loss of 6 000
readJudge reduces lawyer bill to US$20 million in Stanford case
14-09-2009
DALLAS – The attorneys trying to track down billions of dollars the government said went missing in a massive pyramid scheme allegedly run by Texas businessman R. Allen Stanford will get paid at least
readBharti sweetens MTN offer as deadline nears
14-09-2009
LONDON/SINGAPORE – Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel’s move to sweeten a US$24 billion deal with South Africa’s MTN is a key step in reaching an agreement as a deadline nears, analysts and sources
readDutch set bank bonus reform marker, eyes on G20
14-09-2009
AMSTERDAM/LONDON – A Dutch move to cap bonuses for bankers throws down a marker for other countries, but the pace of international sector reform hinges on world leaders’ ability to coordinate policy
read‘New Opel’ raises new worries
14-09-2009
BERLIN – Relief across Europe that General Motors has found a buyer for its Opel unit turned on Friday to worries about job cuts and plant closures, and over whether the new company can survive.Under
readWestern brands may be a step too far for Chinese car makers
14-09-2009
SHANGHAI – Chinese carmakers are venturing on to the global stage with bids for Western brands from Volvo and Hummer to Saab, but there are doubts these inexperienced firms can manage the
readCalm returns to Uganda’s capital after 14 killed
14-09-2009
KAMPALA - Scores of soldiers and police patrolled the streets of Uganda’s capital in pickup trucks and on foot on Saturday following riots that have killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens of
readYemeni child bride dies in labour
14-09-2009
San’a - A 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labour to give birth, a local human rights organisation said.Fawziya Abdullah Youssef died of severe bleeding on Friday
readSL buries 120 after ferry disaster
14-09-2009
FREETOWN - Sierra Leone officials on Saturday said they buried 120 people who died in this week’s ferry disaster off the coast of the West African nation, but scores more passengers are still
readBody Worlds plans cadaver show dedicated to sex
14-09-2009
ZURICH – German anatomists plan a new show dedicated solely to dead bodies having sex as part of the Body Worlds exhibitions.Gunther von Hagens and his wife Angelina Whalley show corpses prepared
readCuba mourns last of giants V Pres Almeida
14-09-2009
HAVANA – The death of Juan Almeida Bosque, a vice president who was one of the last giants of Cuba’s 1959 revolution, plunged the island into mourning on Saturday and was a stark reminder of the
readElton John says he wants to adopt Ukrainian baby
14-09-2009
DONETSK, Ukraine – British singer Elton John, visiting Ukraine with his AIDS charity foundation, said on Saturday he wanted to adopt a 14-month-old boy from an orphanage in the east of the
readEtuntilo ta li ningwa sho okakwenyene ka gee moHangwena
14-09-2009
OSHITOPOLWA sha Hangwena ota shi ka ninga etuntilo omolwa okakwenyene oshiwike shika.Etokolo ndika olya ningwa molwaashoka aantu mboka ya pangwa omolwa okakwenyene ngashingeyi oya yi sigo opo mwaalu
readOondholongo dha nkondopeke eilongekidho kombinga yekunku lyoH1N1
14-09-2009
AANIILONGA yUukalinawa moshikondo shezulonkalo ota ya ilongekidha opo ya keelele omukithi gwekunku gwa ye moondholongo.Eilongekidho ndika olya landula sho omwaalu gwaantu mboka ya alukwa uuvu mbuka
readOontauki dha DRC natango odha haka
14-09-2009
EPANGELO olya ti ita li pitika oontauki ndhoka dhili pokati koongamba dha Namibia na Botswana dhi galukile moshilongo Shika osha kolekwa ishewe kOmuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba pethimbo a li ta
readOdama ya Neckertal ta yi ambidhidhwa
14-09-2009
AANTU oyendji oya panda ethaneko lyepangelo okutunga odama yaNeckertal momulonga gwa Fish konyala ookilometa 40 muuninginino waKeetmanshoop.Shika ngele osha ningwa ota shi ka yumudha po ondunge ya
readEtuntilo ta li ningwa sho okakwenyene ka gee moHangwena
14-09-2009
OSHITOPOLWA sha Hangwena ota shi ka ninga etuntilo omolwa okakwenyene oshiwike shika.Etokolo ndika olya ningwa molwaashoka aantu mboka ya pangwa omolwa okakwenyene ngashingeyi oya yi sigo opo mwaalu
readMuni gwaVenduka ta tsikile okuteya po oombashu pOtjomuise
14-09-2009
EVUNDAKANO no showo okwa uvathana ota ku nayipike oonkambadhala opo aakalimo yomomagumbo giipeleki, nuumbashu pOtjomuise ya vule oku monenwa omahala mpoka ta ya tungu.Metitatu lyoshiwike sha yi
readOdama ya Neckertal ta yi ambidhidhwa
14-09-2009
AANTU oyendji oya panda ethaneko lyepangelo okutunga odama yaNeckertal momulonga gwa Fish konyala ookilometa 40 muuninginino waKeetmanshoop.Shika ngele osha ningwa ota shi ka yumudha po ondunge ya
readAmbrosius La Chox a fumvikwa pAnamulenge
14-09-2009
OMULONGISIKOLA,ye wo omuhikingalo, Ambrosius Tangeni Kanyangela, a tseyika nawa nedhina La-Chox, ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo sha Shiwakopo meti 9 Septemba 2009, okwa fumvikwa
readEpangelo ota li ka longitha oodola obiliona 1,58 molwa omeya, nuundjugo
14-09-2009
EPANGELO olya dhiladhila okulongitha oshimaliwa shoodola obiliona 1,58 dha Namibia muule woomvula ntano ta dhi landula opo li andjaganeke omeya gokunwa noshowo uundjugo, unene komikunda.Iimaliwa
readBlue Waters blasts City
14-09-2009
BLUE Waters coach Lucky Shipanga says he has a lot of confidence in his players, but advised them to keep their heads down, after they blasted Oshakati City 4-0 in their opening MTC Namibia Premier
readWilliams crashes out
14-09-2009
NEW YORK – Belgian comeback queen Kim Clijsters knocked out Serena Williams in a wildly controversial finish on Saturday to advance to the final of the US Open and become the poster girl for working
readBoks simmering nicely ahead of WC
14-09-2009
HAMILTON – With less than two years to go before they begin their defence of the World Cup, South Africa have right to be brimming with confidence.Judging on their performances in beating the British
readChelsea pull clear at the top
14-09-2009
LONDON – Chelsea pulled clear at the top of the English Premier League on Saturday after Manchester United ended Tottenham’s winning start to the season with a 3-1 win at White Hart Lane.On a day that
readFootball Results
14-09-2009
Played Sunday, Sept 13 Barclays Premier League Birmingham 0 - 1 Aston VillaPlayed Saturday, Sept 12 Absa Premiership Sundowns 1 - 1 SuperSport Utd
readBarrichello wins at Monza
14-09-2009
MONZA – Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello produced a beautifully measured drive from fifth place on the grid to win Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix ahead of his Brawn GP team-mate Jenson Button.The
readSchoolgirls triumph over ‘big boys’ at golf tourney
14-09-2009
SIXTEEN-year-old Andria Brand and Jessica Dreesbeimdieke, who is only 13, with the assistance of their Namibian co-player, Lazarus Goabab, won the Shoprite Namibian Junior Golf Foundation golf
readLee in five wicket haul
14-09-2009
LONDON - A devastating spell of fast bowling from Brett Lee at Lord’s on Saturday helped Australia to a seven wicket win and an unassailable 4-0 lead in the seven-match one-day series against
readSemenya still in focus
14-09-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African sports officials met on Saturday to decide how best to help a world champion runner whose sex has been questioned and how to respond to the circus created by alleged leaks
readNon-running Bolt puts Gay in shade
14-09-2009
SALONIKA – Former world champion Tyson Gay sprinted to victory in the 100m at the IAAF World Athletics final on Saturday, but was overshadowed by superstar Usain Bolt, who wasn’t even competing.Bolt,
readAli dismisses Malinga
14-09-2009
NAMIBIAN welterweight Ali Nuumbembe took a step closer in his bid for a world title fight when he shook-off South Africa’s SamuelMalinga on points in their WBO Africa welterweight title fight on
readSMS Of Monday 14 September 2009
14-09-2009
* WHY can’t the Government build us matchbox-type houses as the colonial government did, as this at least was a solution during those years. Everyone had a place called home. Now after Independence we
readDTA says it’s back with a bang
14-09-2009
WITH each presidential and general elections new political parties emerge but they are nothing but “scrapyards for disgruntled politicians”, according to the DTA leadership.The party launched its 2009
readAnton Lubowski remembered 20 years after assassination
14-09-2009
“INDEED his blood truly waters our freedom.” With these words, the Deputy Chairperson of the National Council, Margreth Mensah-Williams, on Saturday ended a tribute to the late lawyer, political
readEnergy mix best future option: experts
14-09-2009
A MIX of conventional energy sources like hydropower and coal together with solar and wind power and even nuclear energy would be the best option to secure Namibia’s future electricity needs, experts
readSecurity minimum wage not being honoured
14-09-2009
DESPITE the new minimum wage for security guards having been agreed upon in April, and coming into effect in June, several security companies are still not complying with the N$3,80 per hour minimum
readNeedy children get glasses
14-09-2009
FIFTY-NINE orphans and vulnerable children on Friday each received a pair of spectacles following a two-week eye clinic conducted by the Christina Swart-Opperman AIDS Orphan Foundation Trust.The eye
readSwapo manifesto launched at Keetmans
14-09-2009
OTHER political parties in the country should copy the Swapo Party manifesto, according to Fisheries Minister Dr Nicky Iyambo.Launching the manifesto at Keetmanshoop, Iyambo labelled other political
readFive more cases of H1N1 flu confirmed
14-09-2009
FIVE more cases of the H1N1 flu virus, commonly known as ‘swine flu’, have been confirmed since Thursday, bringing the national total of laboratory-confirmed cases to 57.Three of the five cases come
readFuel prices set to shoot up again
14-09-2009
THE petrol price will rise for the sixth time this year when pump prices increase by 25 cents per litre on Wednesday. Diesel will become 20 cents per litre more expensive at the same time, the fourth
readFake soap factory busted
14-09-2009
TWO Chinese nationals were arrested in ‘Chinatown’ in Windhoek’s Northern Industrial Area on Friday after the Namibian Police discovered that they were illegally producing a fake 250g version of the
readNoteable Quotes
14-09-2009
I’M not in the least bit concerned. They won’t dent the RP. – Republican Party president Henk Mudge after the management of four of five Windhoek branches walked out last weekARE you enjoying watching
readBig Brother Africa 4: Viewers Vent
14-09-2009
Messages from the BBA television text strip: • These guys drink like they're from Barberton. • This is like watching people who are charged air time to talk. (Viewer on the all-male household) •
readBig Brother Africa 4: Storm in a beer bottle!
14-09-2009
BOYS will be boys will be boyzzzz! But eish people, there’s been more zzzzzzzz than siZZle in the all-male household – up until Saturday night. Slackerville finally stirred – at least for a couple of
readBlue Waters blasts City
14-09-2009
BLUE Waters coach Lucky Shipanga says he has a lot of confidence in his players, but advised them to keep their heads down, after they blasted Oshakati City 4-0 in their opening MTC Namibia Premier
readEU pledges more aid to Zimbabwe
14-09-2009
HARARE – The European Union said yesterday ties with Zimbabwe would only normalise once a unity accord is properly implemented, but pledged a further 90 million euro this year to assist the troubled
readIndia after world’s uranium deposits
14-09-2009
NEW DELHI – Energy-starved India, armed with permission to buy atomic fuel from around the world after the end of a three-decade ban, is courting new partners alongside old friends in its global hunt
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