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67 Articles found on Tuesday, 19 January 2010
EPA/EU deal: Impasse on services persists
19-01-2010
ALTHOUGH the region has concluded a deal on market access to the European Union (EU), there remain fundamental disagreements on trade in services. The EastAfrican has learnt that the matter will be
readWTO chief sees rising protectionism
19-01-2010
ARIS – The head of the World Trade Organisation warned yesterday that protectionist pressures arising from the financial crisis were likely to increase in the face of worsening
readTrading power must review policy
19-01-2010
GENEVA – The European Union (EU) must streamline its trade policy and take the lead in reaching a new global trade deal, a Brussels think-tank has said.A report by the European Centre for
readBase metal outlook improves, but OECD demand slow
19-01-2010
LONDON – Demand for industrial metals looks set to improve in 2010 as Asian buying forges on, but the industry remains on tenterhooks to see if demand from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation
readJuncker wants single euro zone at G20
19-01-2010
BRUSSELS – The euro zone should be represented as a single unit in international institutions and cooperate more tightly on budget policies, the chairman of euro zone finance ministers
readWorld tourism to rebound from crisis
19-01-2010
MADRID – International tourist arrivals should recover strongly in 2010 after the global crisis and the swine flu pandemic produced “one of the most difficult years” for the sector, the UN World
readSA PMI rises for 5th month
19-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose for the fifth month in a row in December as the pace of recovery in the manufacturing sector picked up, data showed yesterday.Kagiso
readUAE energy minister says oil prices ‘very reasonable’
19-01-2010
LONDON – Oil prices rose yesterday as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), described current price levels as “very reasonable”.Crude
readGuard dogs important for livestock farmers
19-01-2010
THE role of guard dogs for protecting livestock against predators is important and the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) has been providing livestock guard dogs to interested Namibian farmers for the
readBig changes for Agra
19-01-2010
ONE of the oldest entities in the agricultural sector, Agra Co-operative, will convert into a public company this year.Announcing the move at the end of last week, Agra’s Chief Executive Officer Peter
readViolent protests in Kenya: seven charged
19-01-2010
NAIROBI, Kenya – Seven Kenyans have been charged in court with assaulting five police officers during a violent protest last week to demand the release of a radical Jamaican-born Muslim cleric.The
readCamara appeals for reconciliation
19-01-2010
OUAGADOUGOU – Guinea’s exiled leader appealed for peace and reconciliation on Sunday, urging his countrymen to put aside ethnic differences and set the stage for elections in six months.Speaking to
readSomali pirates release Greek supertanker
19-01-2010
NAIROBI – Somali pirates released a Greek supertanker and its crew of 28 yesterday after a rival pirate group attacked the pirates onboard in an unsuccessful attempt to steal the ransom, the spokesman
readIn Briefs
19-01-2010
EU nations pledge $575 million for Haiti aid * BRUSSELS – European Union nations pledged over euro400 million (N$4,2 billion) yesterday to help quake survivors and rebuilding efforts in Haiti after
readChina to expand smoking bans in 7 major cities
19-01-2010
BEIJING - China is tightening smoking regulations to ban lighting up in any indoor public spaces in seven provincial capitals, the latest sign of rising health awareness in the world’s largest
readNew Mozambican PM takes office
19-01-2010
MAPUTO - Mozambique’s recently re-elected president swore in a new cabinet yesterday, including a new prime minister but making few other changes from his previous government.President Armando
readEU nations pledge millions more in aid to Haiti
19-01-2010
BRUSSELS - Shaken by gut-wrenching television images, European nations pledged tens of millions more funds yesterday for emergency aid to Haiti, including reconstruction help for one of the poorest
readRare bird’s breeding ground found in Afghanistan
19-01-2010
BANGKOK - The first known breeding area of one of the world’s rarest birds has been found in the remote and rugged Pamir Mountains in war-torn Afghanistan, a New York-based conservation group said
readMeryl, Sandra and ‘Avatar’ shine at the Golden Globes
19-01-2010
BEVERLY HILLS – The science-fiction blockbuster ‘Avatar’ won best drama at the Golden Globes and picked up the directing honour for James Cameron on Sunday, raising the ‘Titanic’ filmmaker’s prospects
readOur Rural Schools Remain Wanting
19-01-2010
SCHOOLS have opened for 2010 and parents ran around in search of places for first-graders and those who could not return to their regular schools.Schools operate through an application system and when
readLost: Humanity. Reward Offered
19-01-2010
SEVERAL Namibians, including myself, recently took a break from city life. From the looks of it, half of them ended up at the coast. And why not go on vacation? If you worked hard all year to afford
readOdola yaAmerica oyo ta yi longithwa natango
19-01-2010
ODOLA yaAmerica natango oyo tayi kala oshimaliwa ta shi longithwa melandakanitho muuyuni, nonando opena iimaliwa iikwawo mbyoka yi li methigathano okulongithwa ongo iimaliwa yuuyuni.Ngaka ogo
readOngulu yoomina tayi konakona iiyagaya momulonga gwaKhan
19-01-2010
ONDUNDA yoomina ya Namibia ota yi konakona olunza lwooshako omathele ndhoka dha adhika dha thigwa momulonga gwa Khan. Ekonakono ndika olya landula ehokololo ndyoka lya holokele moshifo shika omwedhi
readOshikandjohogololo sha Kaku sha dhengwa koshikungulu
19-01-2010
OMVULA onene - yi li mumwe nombepo noompagwe, oya teya po omagumbo nomiti odhindji moshikandjohogololo sha Kaku moshitopolwa sha Shana mOmaandaha goshiwike sha zi ko.Momukunda Okaku, omukulupe gumwe
readOmukongi gwiikwamina omChina a opaleke omulonga gwa Khan
19-01-2010
EHANGANO lyaaChina lyokufula iikwamina, Zhonghe Resources olya zimine kutya olyo mwene gwooshako omathele ndhoka dhi itsuwa dha thigwa puuyelele momulonga gwaKhan.Ehangano olya ti ooshako ndhoka odha
readOkawe ota ka kaadhima ishewe omvula ndji
19-01-2010
OMPUMBWE yokawe momalanditho muuyuni okwa tegelelwa yi ka undulile ondando dhokulanditha uuwe pombanda okuza mokati komumvo nguka. Shika ngele osha ningwa nena otashi ulike kutya oshikondo shiikwamina
readMoshitopolwa shErongo aalongwa oyendji momanongelo
19-01-2010
OONGULU dhomanongelo odhu udha, aalongi ota ya longo poompito mbali mesiku na yamwe oomboka inaaya longwa okulonga aanona.Mbika oyo iilanduli yomwaalu tagu indjipala gwaanona mboka ta ya kongo
readOngundu yuukommunisi otayi tala nkene ta yi longo
19-01-2010
ONGUNDU yuuKommunisi otayi ti shoka ya mono omawi 810 mehogolo lyoshigongi shopashigwana otashi ulike kutya aaNamibia oha ya idhidhimikile omadhiladhilo ndunge galwe.Pahapu dhaamushangandjai gwongundu
readOondando dhiikulya muuyuni tadhi londo
19-01-2010
OONDANDO dhiikulya muuyuni odha yi pombanda omwedhi omutine omumvo gwa ziko. Desemba ogwa mono elondo lyondando yiikulya muuyuni oshikando oshitine shalandulathana omumvo gwayi.Pahokololo lyehangano
readAafekelwa medhipago mepandaanda lya Love ya tegelela
19-01-2010
AAFEKELWA yaali mboka taya tamanekelwa shi na sha nedhipago lyomulumentu gumwe ngoka a si oshimpwininka konima sho okana ke kali ka patwa nosellotape, ota shi vulika ya uve ngele oya manguluka nenge
readOlusheno okuza moonkondo dholute
19-01-2010
NAMIBIA oye gumwe gwiilongo iheyali mbyoka ta yi dhiladhila okutunga itaasi yokulonga olusheno talu zi miikwalute.Iilongo mbika ota yi dhiladhila shika opo yi vule okukandula po eshongo lyompumbwe
readSports organisers to meet
19-01-2010
ALL school sports organisers in the Ohangwena Region are being invited to the regional sports mass meeting to be held at Eenhana next Saturday. The chairperson of the Namibia School Sports’ Union in
readAfrican Cup of Nations
19-01-2010
Fixtures Tuesday, January 19 Burkina Faso v Ghana 18:00Wednesday, January 20 Egypt v Benin 18:00 Nigeria
readLouw quits Stars
19-01-2010
THE much-travelled African Stars and Brave Warriors midfielder, Rudi Louw, resigned from his club yesterday.Louw said he had tendered his resignation to the club and was looking at other offers made
readCivics’ Jacobs optimistic
19-01-2010
CIVICS caretaker coach Woodi Jacobs says his side has the ability to cause havoc in the MTC Premiership if given a chance, but will take each game as it come.“At the moment, we can compete favourably
readKirilenko urges boyfriend on
19-01-2010
MELBOURNE – Maria Kirilenko and her boyfriend Igor Andreev wanted to start 2010 with a bang.After the Russian pulled off the biggest win of her career by beating Maria Sharapova 7-6 3-6 6-4 on the
readSharapova beaten, Murray starts on high
19-01-2010
MELBOURNE – Maria Sharapova’s belated return to the Australian Open ended swiftly on Monday when the former world number one was knocked out just hours after the first grand slam of 2010 began.Belgian
readCharl in big win
19-01-2010
FOR just a moment on the third hole, Charl Schwartzel looked vulnerable before he pulled away for a runaway six-stroke victory on Sunday in the €1.3-million Joburg Open played on the par-71 Royal
readSainz, Despres win Dakar Rally
19-01-2010
BUENOS AIRES – Rally great Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally with the closest finish in history on Saturday by tailing his Volkswagen teammate and rival Nasser Al-Attiyah on the last fast
readDesert Challenge lure top athletes
19-01-2010
TEAM Project Athena from the USA recently signed up to race the 2010 edition of the Namib Desert Challenge.Six remarkable women forming Team Project Athena will be in Namibia next month to challenge
readWidow thrown out of husband’s homestead
19-01-2010
INJUSTICE against widows perpetrated by their late husbands’ families has still not been rooted out.Anna Ndateelela Haufiku (34) was recently kicked out of her homestead at Onambamba village near
readSpioen’s Van Wyk commits suicide
19-01-2010
TWO Rehoboth residents reportedly committed suicide over the weekend, Police at the town confirmed yesterday.At around 22h00 on Saturday night, 30-year-old Raymond Van Wyk is said to have shot himself
readRitter/Namfisa case postponed again
19-01-2010
THE High Court in Windhoek yesterday for a second time postponed a case between the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) and its former Chief Executive Officer Rainer
readRain hammers Windhoek
19-01-2010
TWO hours of heavy thundershowers drenched the city of Windhoek yesterday, rendering a number of roads inaccessible as rivers and storm-water drains flooded neighbourhoods.At approximately 13h00 a
readOvambanderu donate clothes to San
19-01-2010
EPUKIRO – The Ovambanderu Royal House on Saturday donated clothes to 700 San people living in the Epukiro Constituency.The donation took place during the second commemoration of the death of Chief
readNurse in court over hot water
19-01-2010
HEALTH Minister Richard Kamwi yesterday expressed disappointment and outrage about the incident where a nurse at Otjiwarongo allegedly burnt a patient with boiling water.Kamwi told The Nami-bian that
readKamwi visits measles-stricken Kunene
19-01-2010
HEALTH Minister Richard Kamwi is arriving at Opuwo today in order to familiarise himself with the measles outbreak that struck the region five months ago.This is the Minister’s first visit to the
readHardap floodgates to be opened
19-01-2010
NAMWATER technicians were preparing to open the sluices of the Hardap Dam outside Mariental late yesterday afternoon, as the dam was 70,4 per cent full.“We will start opening the gates a little bit to
readFull steam ahead with Swakop jetty plan
19-01-2010
THE December holidays put the Swakopmund jetty development back some weeks, but as from yesterday “it’s full steam ahead”, according to developer Quinton Liebenberg.The development includes an
readHaiti provides new test for Obama administration
19-01-2010
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s promise to build a new Haiti out of the ruins of the earthquake could prove politically risky if the United States finds itself in a losing battle to rebuild the
readGabi Woermann’s ‘birthday swim’ raises some eyebrows at Mole
19-01-2010
GABRIELA Woermann turned 70 years old last week, and to celebrate it with her family, she took them swimming around the Mole’s rocky point – an otherwise ‘No Swimming area’.The small bathing company
readRare whale saved at Walvis Bay
19-01-2010
A RARE pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) got stranded just south of the pumpstation in Walvis Bay on 6 January. According to the Namibian Dolphin Website, the whale was a 3,5 metre
readRossing Wimax network down for a month
19-01-2010
TELECOM’s wireless Wimax-service network from the Rössing mountain near Swakopmund has left scores of clients of the network without communication since just before Christmas last year.Customers told
readLanger Heinrich Uranium’s new GM
19-01-2010
PALADIN Energy Limited has appointed Werner Duvenhage as General Manager to head it’s Langer Heinrich uranium operation in Namibia as from 1 January.Wyatt Buck, previous General Manager at Langer
readAirport ‘crash lands’ Swakop’s service delivery status
19-01-2010
SWAKOPMUND airport has been reduced to an airstrip; crash landing the renowned quality of the town’s service delivery – and all fingers are pointing to the airport operator, businessman Brian Roos’
readKelp gull reveals human brutality
19-01-2010
A FULL-grown kelp gull was the victim of human brutality last week after it swallowed an “anchored hook trap” in Walvis Bay.The trap consists of a long nylon string with a baited fish hook on the one
readQuadbikes blamed for major environmental destruction
19-01-2010
DURING a holiday-feedback meeting last week on environmental matters held at Long Beach by the Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project (Nacoma) and several stakeholders, the irresponsible
readFive reasons why Swakopmund is the tourist destination
19-01-2010
SO ... What’s the BIG deal about Swakopmund; known as “Namibia’s tourism Mecca”; “the place to be for holidays”?On face value it is a tidy little town – an oasis, so to speak, nestled between the cold
readGem scam at Spitzkoppe
19-01-2010
MEMBERS of the public thinking they are buying cut and polished gemstones at the roadside stalls of the Spitzkoppe crystal sellers near Karibib are mostly likely to have purchased worthless pieces of
readSMSes of Tuesday 19 January 2010
19-01-2010
* IF you donate N$10 to a hungry person, you cannot come shouting in Independence Avenue that you have given money to someone. And if you fight for peace you cannot come to Independence Avenue
readGhana’s Essien ruled out
19-01-2010
LUANDA – Ghana suffered a colossal blow to their hopes of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations’ quarter-finals when their best player, Michael Essien, was ruled out of today’s game against Burkina
readDouble-dips a threat if exits come too soon
19-01-2010
TOKYO – Developed countries may slip back into recession if they exit strategies taken to battle the global financial crisis too early, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned
readMuslim cleric to be deported in two days
19-01-2010
NAIROBI - A Muslim cleric whose detention in Nairobi caused deadly riots on the streets of the capital is expected to be put on a plane back to Jamaica in the next two days, Kenya’s foreign minister
readFather was killed to save life of mother, son says
19-01-2010
A SHOOTING incident in which a young Windhoek resident ended his father’s life in June 2007 was preceded by years of domestic violence, and was finally triggered by a life-threatening attack on his
readHome Affairs called to order
19-01-2010
THE High Court has instructed Home Affairs Minister Rosalia Nghidinwa to decide on a citizenship application submitted by a Burundian national married to a Namibian woman.Nghidinwa was given 30 days
readTeko Trading assets ruling set for Friday
19-01-2010
A RULING that should determine the fate of the first assets to be restrained in terms of Namibia’s Prevention of Organised Crime Act last year is now scheduled to be given in the High Court on
readNotable Quotes
19-01-2010
HE will not be a free man whatever happens. – German customs spokesman Hans-Juergen Schmidt, after an Angolan man travelling from Hosea Kutako International was detained at Frankfurt with a 86,7 carat
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