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52 Articles found on Monday, 18 January 2010
US economic recovery is ‘broader’
18-01-2010
WASHINGTON – The US economy is seeing a broader improvement in activity even if conditions are still sluggish, the Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book report last week. The report, to be used by
readGold to regain record level this year
18-01-2010
TORONTO – Gold prices will likely eclipse last year’s record levels in the first half of the year, as stronger investment demand offsets the impact of relatively weak jewellery fabrication and lower
readRegulators seize three more banks in US
18-01-2010
WASHINGTON – Regulators closed three US banks on Friday, as deteriorating loans continue to claim community and regional banks reeling from the financial crisis.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said
readUnited States seeing sustainable but ‘half-speed’ recovery
18-01-2010
WASHINGTON - The US economy is on a sustainable recovery path but is growing too slow to have a big impact on unemployment, a forecast by bank economists showed Friday.The American Bankers Association
readUS economic recovery is ‘broader’
18-01-2010
WASHINGTON – The US economy is seeing a broader improvement in activity even if conditions are still sluggish, the Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book report last week. The report, to be used by
readRecord oil demand expected in 2010
18-01-2010
PARIS – Global oil demand this year will reach the highest level since 2007, with rising consumption led by faster growth in emerging economies in Asia, the International Energy Agency said on
readGet data, World Bank urges
18-01-2010
DEVELOPING countries could improve their chances of emerging from the financial crisis in a stronger and more competitive position by investing in better trade logistics, World Bank Vice-President for
readToil and trouble in laying the foundations of success
18-01-2010
MOSES Shililifa started his career as a labourer and after some difficulties in finding a steady job, he decided to set up his own small business. Now, the company he co-owns with his wife Suama
readBotswana slightly cautious of Zimbabwe power deal
18-01-2010
BOTSWANA Power Corporation (BPC) could be falling into a trap in Zimbabwe if it goes ahead with the signing of a power deal with Zimbabwe Power Company ZESA Holdings, the Botswana daily, Mmegi Online,
readIn Briefs
18-01-2010
Suspected US drone kills 12 * MIR ALI - Suspected US unmanned aircraft fired on a house in Pakistan’s volatile tribal region yesterday, killing at least a dozen people in an area hit by a surge of
read‘Chemical Ali’ sentenced to death
18-01-2010
BAGHDAD An Iraqi court sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the Saddam Hussein-era official widely known as Chemical Ali, to death yesterday by hanging for a 1988 gas attack that killed about 5 000 Kurds,
readIsraeli minister visits Abu Dhabi for first time
18-01-2010
DUBAI - Israel has sent a Cabinet minister to the United Arab Emirates for the first time, a small Gulf country with which it doesn’t have relations, to attend a conference on alternative
readHaitians desperate for supplies
18-01-2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Rescuers pulled a dehydrated but otherwise uninjured woman from the ruins of a luxury hotel in the Haitian capital early yesterday, an event greeted with applause from onlookers
readSenegal offers land to Haitians to come to Africa
18-01-2010
DAKAR – Senegal is offering free land to Haitians wishing to “return to their origins” following this week’s devastating earthquake, which has destroyed the capital and buried thousands of people
readPrince William on official visit to NZ
18-01-2010
WELLINGTON – Britain’s Prince William took the reins of the winning America’s Cup yacht and visited the site of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand yesterday at the start of his first official
readLady May rocks Berlin
18-01-2010
A QUICK two-show tour of the German capital before Christmas had Lady May on stage at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in the heart of Berlin’s parliamentary district, and at the popular YAAM music club
readCelebs come out for Haiti disaster
18-01-2010
GISELE Bundchen has donated US$1,5 million to the Haiti earthquake relief effort, reports said on Friday as the army of celebrities offering support to the Caribbean nation swelled its ranks.People
readZimbabwe ota tsikile okugandja olusheno ngele ta vulu
18-01-2010
OMINISTA ya Zimbabwe yoonkondo, nehumithokomeho lyiikwankondo pamwe nehangano lyokulonga nokugandja olusheno lyoshilongo shoka oya ti, Zimbabwe ota kala nokugandja olusheno ku Namibia.Mbaka oya
readOmukunda gwa Acacia gwa yi momeya ishewe
18-01-2010
OMVULA yepoola ndjoka ya loko komatango getitatu oshiwike shayi oya eta ishewe mpoka kutya omukunda gwaAcacia moshitopolwa sha Doradopark moVenduka shi yelulwe.Omikanka dhomeya gomvula ndhoka dhatulwa
readNatango oshinima shaNBC ina shi pwa
18-01-2010
ESHONGO okumonena ehangano lyopashigwana lyokutuma omawi mombepo [NBC] omuwiliki takalele, natango ota li tsikile na inali monenwa omukalo nkene ta li taagulukwa.Oonzo otadhi ti aniwa oshinima shika
readWeatherly a landitha po ohite pOshomeya
18-01-2010
EHANGANO lyoomina moNamibia, Weatherly International olya zimine okulanditha po ohite yokuhengumuna ongopolo niikwamina yilwe poTsumeb.Ehangano Dundee Precious Metals olyo aniwa lya landapo ohite
readOkakwenyene moshitopolwa Kunene
18-01-2010
OMWAALU gwaantu ya kwatwa kokakwenyene moshitopolwa sha Kunene ogwa londo sigo opaantu 1 081, pahapu dhomuwiliki guundjolowele moshitopolwa shoka.Omuwiliki guundjolowele okwa lombwele Nampa kutya
readOminino dhomeya dhina uupyakadhi
18-01-2010
EHANGANO lyokugandja omeya lya Namibia olya tseyitha kutya opena uupyakadhi momunino gwomeya ngoka hagu gandja omeya muumbangalantu woshilongo, unene tuu miitopolwa Oshana, Omusati, Oshikoto
readOongundu dhompilameno dha hala iizemo yomahogololo yi ekelwehi
18-01-2010
OONGUNDU dhompilameno odha andjaganeke omapulo gadho kombinga yongushu yopampango yomahogololo gopashigwana gomumvo gwayi.Oongundu ndhika 9 odha indile ompangu yopombanda opo yi ekelehi nenge yi
readKaapanda ta londodha aagandji shali yopondje
18-01-2010
EPANGELO olya londodha mboka yahala okwiidhopa miinima yopapolitika yaNamibia.Ominista yUuyelele,Joel Kaapanda okwa ningi elondodho ndika ta ti omaidhopomo unene tuu moku gandja iimaliwa koongundu
readFederer Aussie Open favourite
18-01-2010
MELBOURNE – Roger Federer is the bookmakers’ pick to win the Australian Open and it is hard to go past his Grand Slam dominance but influential pundits are tipping it’s Andy Murray’s time.All-time
readIndia’s Tendulkar crosses 13 000 mark
18-01-2010
CHITTAGONG – India’s Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to complete 13 000 runs in Test cricket during the opening match against Bangladesh here yesterday.Tendulkar, 36, achieved the feat when
readSouth Africa win fourth test
18-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa won the fourth and final test by an innings and 74 runs yesterday, bowling England out for 169 just before lunch on the fourth day at the Wanderers to level the series at
readAlgeria take on Angola and fans
18-01-2010
LUANDA – Angola go into today’s decisive Group A game against Algeria safe in the knowledge that a draw will be enough to see them progress to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.The
readAfrican Cup of Nations
18-01-2010
Fixtures Monday, January 18 Angola v Algeria 18:00 Mali v Malawi 18:00Tuesday, January 19 Burkina Faso v Ghana 18:00 Results Played Saturday, January 16
readFootball Results
18-01-2010
MTC Premiership Played Saturday, January 16 African Stars 2-0 United Stars SKW 2-0 Eleven Arrows Blue Waters 1-1 Oshakati CityPlayed Friday, January 15 Ramblers 2-0
readSMSes of Monday 18 January 2010
18-01-2010
* Electoral efficiency remains the backbone of the nation. It cannot be regarded as an issue of only one group of people. We should realise that free elections justify and demand a totally free
readWater rationing in the North
18-01-2010
NAMWATER is experiencing problems with water-supply systems in the Oshana, Omusati, Oshikoto and Ohangwena regions, the water utility announced on Friday.NamWater spokesman Johannes Shigwedha said
readTraffic officers to be removed at peak times
18-01-2010
PARENTS and teachers have expressed deep concern following the announcement last week that the Windhoek City Police will no longer post traffic officers at busy intersections and at schools during
readFormer Swapo mayor now on RDP ticket
18-01-2010
FOUR opposition parties have endorsed ousted former Mayor of Okahandja, Christofine Paulus, as their candidate for next month’s regional by-election.Paulus, a member of the Rally for Democracy and
readSwapo denies scramble for mayoral chain
18-01-2010
SWAPO has played down reports that its representatives on the Mariental Council were involved in a tussle over the mayoral position. Various reports and party insiders have confirmed that two camps
readSable antelope theft case postponed
18-01-2010
TWO Otjiwarongo area game farmers and a helicopter pilot who are accused of stealing three sable antelope from the Waterberg Plateau Park in late October last year made another appearance in the
readResidents in the dark about power cuts
18-01-2010
CITY of Windhoek employees failed to pick up the phone yesterday morning, while residents in a number of Windhoek suburbs were experiencing a power outage lasting at least five hours. A Windhoek West
readNaute and Hardap dams fill up
18-01-2010
THE floodgates of the Naute Dam west of Keetmanshoop were closed again over the weekend after a second discharge of water, but the dam is nearly full again.“We closed the gates again late Friday night
readNamibia ordains 56th Catholic priest
18-01-2010
OSHIKUKU – Members of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in Namibia gathered at Oshikuku missionary centre in the Omusati Region on Saturday to celebrate in style the ordination of the church’s 56th
readMillion-dollar diamond seized in Frankfurt
18-01-2010
FRANKFURT – An 86,7-carat uncut diamond worth an estimated US$4,4 million, nearly N$33 million, was seized at Frankfurt airport from an Angolan man arriving from Namibia.The 38-year-old, who has not
readJanuary rains surprise South
18-01-2010
THE heavy rains that drenched the south last week caused surprise and joy amongst farmers. Described by southerners as an unusual and unexpected occurrence, they nevertheless welcomed the rain that
readSwakopmund man allegedly fathered his daughter’s baby
18-01-2010
A SWAKOPMUND man will plead in the Regional Court next week to charges laid after his 16-year-old daughter was found to be pregnant. The case was reported in 2004. The Prosecutor General decided that
readFive to face coke charges in June
18-01-2010
FIVE Windhoek residents who were arrested on cocaine-dealing charges almost a year and a half ago were informed on Friday that they will be going on trial in the Windhoek Regional Court at the end of
readCourse of Black Nossob to change for copper mine
18-01-2010
AN Australian mining company wanting to mine a copper deposit near Steinhausen in the Omaheke Region intends to change the flow of the Black Nossob River in order to get to the copper.Carton Mining
readKanalelo gets the boot
18-01-2010
ELEVEN Arrows head coach Ronnie Kanalelo has been fired, club chairman Johnny Doëseb confirmed to The Namibian Sport yesterday. Doëseb said it was purely a business and football decision to relieve
readEU aims to settle trade dispute
18-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The European Union (EU) reckons negotiations with South Africa among others for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) could be finalised by the end of the year, if there is “real
readPope gunman to face medical after release
18-01-2010
ANKARA - The gunman who wounded Pope John Paul II will be forcibly taken to a military facility to assess his fitness for military service when he is released after nearly 30 years in prison, his
readNam gives N$7,4 m for Haiti relief
18-01-2010
THE Namibian Government has decided to contribute more than N$7,4 million to help Haiti overcome the devastation caused by last week’s earthquake, which killed an estimated 200 000 people.Information
readRDP stands its ground
18-01-2010
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress has called on Information Minister Joel Kaapanda to “admit that there were massive irregularities and illegalities” in last year’s disputed national and
readECN chief still in charge
18-01-2010
MOSES Ndjarakana remains in charge of Namibian elections. The Director of Elections reported for duty last week, raising many eyebrows among colleagues, but the Chairperson of the Electoral
readNotable Quotes
18-01-2010
BY its very nature, the Executive ought to be the impatient branch of Government. – Post-Scriptum columnist Alfredo Tjiurimo HengariDON’T think you can just bank up your sleep on the weekend, because
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