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65 Articles found on Friday, 3 December 2010
World trade growth slows in third quarter
03-12-2010
GENEVA – The value of world merchandise trade grew 18 per cent in the third quarter, the World Trade Organisation has said, noting however that the pace of growth slowed from the second.“The value of
readCoke, IBM get millions in EU subsidies
03-12-2010
LONDON – Multinational giants including Coca-Cola, IBM and McDonalds are receiving European Union subsidies in an attempt to prevent them leaving the economic zone, the Financial Times said
readIMF says successor should be from outside US, Europe
03-12-2010
NEW DELHI – The tradition that an American heads the World Bank and a European leads the International Monetary Fund should end as the global economy has been transformed, the head of IMF said
readVimpelcom to review Weather deal
03-12-2010
MOSCOW – The supervisory board of Russian telecoms group Vimpelcom hopes to review a US$6,6 billion acquisition of Weather Investments before the end of 2010, Chief Executive Alexander Izosimov said
readUN heightens double-dip recession fears
03-12-2010
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations has warned that world growth in the next two years will not be enough to recover jobs lost in the financial crisis and that key countries could be heading for a
readTurn around your performance
03-12-2010
No one likes to be an under-performer. Yet, failing to meet expectations doesn’t have to feel like the end of the world. Follow these three steps to turn your poor performance around:1. Accept it and
readKudu power eyes regional market
03-12-2010
ELECTRICITY generated through the Kudu gas field will be exported to Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Angola, Gazprom chief Boris Ivanov has said.Talking about Gazprom’s plan with Namcor to buy part
readWorld trade growth slows in third quarter
03-12-2010
GENEVA – The value of world merchandise trade grew 18 per cent in the third quarter, the World Trade Organisation has said, noting however that the pace of growth slowed from the second.“The value of
readCoke, IBM get millions in EU subsidies
03-12-2010
LONDON – Multinational giants including Coca-Cola, IBM and McDonalds are receiving European Union subsidies in an attempt to prevent them leaving the economic zone, the Financial Times said
readBrazilian clown goes to congress
03-12-2010
SAO PAULO – A television clown elected to Brazil’s congress can take up his lawmaker duties after barely passing a literacy test, the judge overseeing the exam said on Wednesday.Francisco Oliveira, a
readThieves steal art worth N$46 million from van in Spain.
03-12-2010
MADRID – Spanish police and media say hooded thieves have stolen a van containing some 20 pieces of art reportedly including works by Picasso, Colombian artist Fernando Botero and Spanish sculptor
readNew Zealand mourns 29 dead coal miners
03-12-2010
WELLINGTON – New Zealand held a national remembrance service yesterday for coal miners killed in an explosion last month, with a line of 29 black-draped tables each bearing a fallen miner’s helmet,
readIn Brief
03-12-2010
LAGOS – Nigerian authorities plan to charge ex-US vice president Dick Cheney in connection with a bribery scandal allegedly involving energy firm Halliburton, a spokesman for the anti-graft agency
readMedia will attend ‘ET’ trial
03-12-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Media houses have been granted access to the trial of Eugene Terre’Blanche’s alleged killers, the Ventersdorp Circuit Court ruled yesterday.Judge Joseph Raulinga read out an order
readIn Brief
03-12-2010
Three Nato soldiers die in Afghanistan KABUL – Three Nato service members have been killed by bombs and insurgent fighting in the south and east, both areas that have seen heavy fighting since 30 000
readSouth Korea ignored intel on attack
03-12-2010
SEOUL – South Korea’s spies had information indicating North Korea might attack a front-line island in August, but the intelligence chief dismissed it as a routine threat.Yeonpyeong Island, a tiny
readRamblers face ‘most creative’ Civics
03-12-2010
TOP of the table Ramblers visit a Civics side branded “the most creative team in the premier league” by their coach Ali Akan at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight.Christy Guruseb's boys, who have up to
readRussia to host 2018 World Cup
03-12-2010
ZURICH - Russia will host the 2018 World Cup following a vote by Fifa’s executive committee members yesterday, Fifa president Sepp Blatter announced.Russia beat off competition from England,
readAids day football tournament
03-12-2010
Youth Development Football Namibia, a grassroots-level initiative, and the Ministry of Information Communication Technology, will hold a World AIDS Day Football Tournament tomorrow at the Katutura
readFirst ladies cricket festival in capital
03-12-2010
CRICKET Namibia is hosting a Ladies Cricket Festival as part of the Bank Windhoek Ladies Cricket league next Monday to Thursday.This Festival for under 16 girls will feature six teams from Namibia,
readBlackpool beached but braced for Man United
03-12-2010
LONDON - The impending visit of Manchester United and a frozen training ground might faze most Premier League managers but for Blackpool’s Ian Holloway the combination is just another excuse to go to
readFootball Fixtures
03-12-2010
Friday, December 3 German Bundesliga St Pauli v Kaiserslautern 21h30 Saturday, December 4 English Premier League Arsenal v Fulham 17h00 Chelsea v Everton 17h00 Birmingham v
readWounded Real Madrid face tricky Valencia test
03-12-2010
MADRID - Real Madrid must put behind them a humbling defeat by Barcelona and a dismal week all round when they face fifth-placed Valencia in La Liga tomorrow.Monday’s mauling in the ‘Clasico’ was
readAustralia’s ‘big call’ to drop Johnson: Strauss
03-12-2010
ADELAIDE – England skipper Andrew Strauss said on Thursday that Australia had made a “big call” dropping their strike bowler Mitchell Johnson for this week’s second Ashes Test at the Adelaide
readUutoni Nujoma a hala oveta kombinga yenkondopeko
03-12-2010
OMPANGO okweetapo nokweenditha enkondopeko pamahupilo lyaaNamibia oyi na okukala oshinakugwanithwa shotango shoKommissi yokulundulula nokuhumithakomeho oompango moshilongo. Ndika olyo ethaneko
readIilonga yopolisi pethimbo lyefudho moondjila
03-12-2010
OPOLISI otayi ka patolola oondjila dha Namibia niiyenditho, opolisi otayi ka indjipaleka woo omathano gokutala ondapo noshowo okutala ngele aahingi ota ya hingi ya dhengomeya, tashi ningwa uuna ya
readOmukiintu omugundjuka a dhipagwa netemo
03-12-2010
OMUKIINTU omugundjuka, Johanna Lazarus gwopomukunda Uuthilindindi kuuzilo wOshakati okwa dhipagwa aniwa kehewa lye lyomumati, koongulasha dho Soondaha.Opolisi mOshana oya kwata po omulumentu
readOpolisi naaniimuna muukumwe
03-12-2010
OMUKULUNTU gwopolisi ya Namibia, omukonakoni ndjayi, Leitenanda Ndjayi, Sebastina Ndeitunga okwa ti aanafaalama nopolisi oye na okulongela kumwe opo ya mweneke uufuthi wiimuna mboka wu li po wa
readMeme Miriam omulimimapya kamana a hulithila mOshakati
03-12-2010
OMULIMIMAPYA a tseyika nawa mOshakati nomomukunda Amilema mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto meme Meriam Hanai okwa manena oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati komatango gOsoondaha ya zi
readIgnatius Shivolo a hulitha
03-12-2010
OMUMATI omugundjuka gwoomvula taku tiwa dhi li pokati komulongonahamano nomulongonaheyali lwaampo gwomIipandayamiti mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati Ignatius Elago Shivolo okwa mana oondjenda dhe
readEso lya Sarah Heita olya halutha aantu
03-12-2010
PETHIMBO ta popitha aalilasa pefumviko lya Sarah Heita pOnamulunga mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto meti 25 Novemba 2010 mOngeleka ya Niipa, Amushangandjayi gwOngeleki ya ELCIN, Eliakim Shaanika,
readFeeling Bad About The Police
03-12-2010
I REALLY felt bad about the way and manner in which our national Police force members were deployed during the elections and the counting days. They were issued with ration packs only, without any
readOur Massive Crisis
03-12-2010
FOR some time now the most tangential arguments have been put forward to explain our critical unemployment crisis. Some critics suggested that the unemployed deliberately do not put enough effort into
readVoting For System Apathy
03-12-2010
I COULD not agree more with the refreshing ‘Political Perspective’ of Gwen Lister (The Namibian, November 26). At least some of us can still think critically about the ‘lack of depth of our democracy’
readWhat You Need To Know
03-12-2010
About Nuclear Power Cost I SEE that a nuclear power station is seemingly back on the political agenda. There are a few things about nuclear power that consumers just might like to know.The first is
readPohamba’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Has Faded Away
03-12-2010
PRESIDENT Pohamba started off very strongly and was highly enthusiastic in his fight against corruption after his well celebrated inauguration on 21 March 2005.He declared a zero tolerance for waste
readThorough Consultative Process Must Precede Any BEE Laws
03-12-2010
BLACK Economic Empowerment, known as BEE, is not necessarily a negative thing unless it is deployed in such a way as to benefit the already affluent.This, to a large extent, is what has been happened
readThe Limits Of Our Electocracy: Engineering A New Ethic Of Discussion
03-12-2010
IN light of the genocidal and colonial experiences that we have gone through as a country, it is infuriating to note that we have become complacent as citizens.Yet, for citizens in a democracy, the
readDefying The Garden Of Eden Syndrome
03-12-2010
ACCRA – When you fly into Takoradi, Ghana’s fourth largest city and an industrial and commercial centre, one of the first things you notice are the oil rigs along the coast. It is a panorama that is
readWhat Went Wrong In Windhoek East?
03-12-2010
SWAPO’s poor performance in the Windhoek East constituency in last week’s election has raised many eyebrows among the party’s followers while the political aficionados have their hands in their hair
readPolitical Perspective
03-12-2010
NOW that the regional and local government elections are over, and the results done and dusted with the expected Swapo avalanche, two things become most pertinent to address.The first is that Swapo
readWorld AIDS Day marked in Windhoek
03-12-2010
MEMBERS of Parliament and invited guests yesterday got together at the Safari Court in Windhoek to commemorate World AIDS Day, with this year’s theme being ‘Addressing stigma and discrimination to
readRecycling is the way of the future
03-12-2010
THE landfill sites in Windhoek are filling rapidly and reaching their maximum capacity but each Windhoek resident can help by participating in recycling.By recycling people can help in putting
readRDP cries foul about elections
03-12-2010
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) says last weekend’s elections were “neither free, nor fair”, and that it accepted the outcome “with reservations”.In a press statement from the office of the
readO&L dismisses Kaaronda’s charges
03-12-2010
THE Ohlthaver & List Group of Companies has dismissed allegations by the secretary general of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Evilastus Kaaronda, that the company has refused to meet
readNamPower takes over Areva’s power lines
03-12-2010
THE provision of reliable electricity supply in the Erongo Region received a massive boost this week with the donation of transmission infrastructure to NamPower worth N$600 million.As part of
readLifeline Clinic in line for international award
03-12-2010
THE N/a’ankuse Lifeline Clinic in Epukiro has been selected as a finalist in the inaugural International Health Promotion Awards competition The project is one of six finalists from around the world
readLand reform a threat to political stability: Pohamba
03-12-2010
THE slow pace of land reform could threaten the political stability in the country. So said President Hifikepunye Pohamba at the opening of the eighth congress of the Namibia National Farmers’ Union
readKaras CRO appointment above board
03-12-2010
A RECENT decision by the Karas Regional Council to appoint a junior staffer as its acting chief regional officer (CRO) was guided by the Local Authority Act, says Local Government Permanent Secretary
readKaras councillors sworn in
03-12-2010
THE new members of the Karas Regional Council took the oath of office before Magistrate Alweendo Venasius on Tuesday.Sworn in were councillors Hilma Nicanor (Keetmanshoop Urban), Dawid Boois (Berseba)
readAfrican youth network expands to Namibia
03-12-2010
EFFORTS are underway to establish a Namibian chapter of the African Youth and Adolescent Network (Afriyan), a network of 43 African countries dealing with issues of population and development.In East
readDNA analysts testify in tourist murder trial
03-12-2010
THE trial of the two men accused of murdering a German tourist near Windhoek in mid-2007 resumed this week with two Canadian DNA analysts giving testimony on DNA tests that allegedly linked both
readSMSss for Friday 3 December 2010
03-12-2010
SMS Of The Day * I WOULD like to see all the newly elected councillors reporting on and informing the communities at weekly or monthly intervals about activities in their constituencies. Their
readBig Brother Africa: From You To Us!
03-12-2010
Messages sent by SMS or on our Big Brother Africa e-mail address: * I want to find out if Uti Nwachukwu (BBA All Stars winner) died? Because they just wrote that the father of All Stars winner Uti
readUsher and Alicia Keys win big at Soul Trains
03-12-2010
USHER and Alicia Keys were the big winners at last week’s Soul Train awards 2010 in the US.‘OMG’ hitmaker Usher and ‘Empire State Of Mind’ singer Keys both scored two awards at the show, with Alicia
readBellydancers set to shake it!
03-12-2010
THE First Namibian Bellydance Festival, ‘Diamonds in the Dust’, is set to be held in Windhoek this weekend.It aims to elevate dance “as an independent art and to promote a better image of
readBig Brother Africa: Housemates meet Kaunda
03-12-2010
NAMIBIAN Big Brother Africa housemate, Meryl, met former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia yesterday. Meryl and a number of All Stars housemates are visiting the country at the invitation of
readI’m better than before: Simon
03-12-2010
FORMER two-time boxing world champion Harry ‘Onkugo’ Simon believes he is “better” than before and all those who doubt him should “come and see for yourself” tomorrow night.Simon made the bold
readGunmen kill four in Ivory Coast in tense wait for poll result
03-12-2010
ABIDJAN – Gunmen attacked an office of presidential candidate Alassane Ouattara, killing four people, authorities said yesterday as Ivory Coast tensely waited for election results whose release was
readPower industry to hit N$3 bn by 2014
03-12-2010
GROWTH in the Namibian electricity market will be driven by the expansion of the mining industry, particularly that of uranium. This will be buttressed by increasing demand for electricity across
readGIPF’s top 5 sent home for 3 months
03-12-2010
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has confirmed that five members of the top brass of the Government Institution’s Pension Fund (GIPF) have been asked to take voluntary leave to pave the way for an
readTorture survivor alive but ‘unwell’
03-12-2010
A survivor of South African Defence Force brutality in 1985, Portus Blasius Sikeni, who was tracked down to his village, Okafitukakamba, in Ombalantu, Omusati Region, says he still suffers the
readSwapo in fix over local council lists
03-12-2010
A NUMBER of regional Swapo structures have petitioned the ruling party leadership for allegedly unilaterally changing candidate lists for local authorities.It is claimed that those local authority
readNotable Quotes
03-12-2010
These old laws are the reason why that car washer was prosecuted. – Law Reform and Development Commission chairperson Sacky Shanghala said President Hifikepunye Pohamba who appointed him as
readCalling all suitable Editors!
03-12-2010
Two huge local media jobs recently became available. Namibia’s biggest daily is looking for an editor. After 25 years in the saddle, that feisty old warhorse Gwen Lister is packing in her last few
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