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61 Articles found on Tuesday, 26 January 2010
AFRICA BRIEFS
26-01-2010
Nigeria’s United Bank names new CEO LAGOS - Nigeria’s United Bank for Africa has appointed a new chief executive, to start in August, in compliance with a central bank policy limiting bank chiefs’
readObama on banks: a bit pragmatic amid the populism
26-01-2010
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is pressing for an overhaul of Wall Street regulations with a push-and-pull strategy - reasserting his desire for a consumer agency that Republicans despise while
readBanks should pay for protection, says UK
26-01-2010
LONDON - Banks around the world that enjoy any kind of state support should pay for the privilege rather than expecting taxpayers to bail them out, British Treasury Minister Paul Myers said in an
readAngst on Bernanke vote raises economic fears
26-01-2010
WASHINGTON - A defeat of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s quest for another four-year term could raise the risk of a “double dip” recession if political jousting over a successor were to drag
readChinese economy heats up Davos debate
26-01-2010
DAVOS - Global leaders and bankers will be looking for firm signs at the Davos forum this week of China’s determination to control the hot money pouring into its economy.A year after China’s Premier
readCongestion at Walvis customs reduced
26-01-2010
COMPLAINTS about delays in customs and excise clearance of goods at the Walvis Bay port should now be a thing of the past, the Permanent Secretary in the Finance Ministry says.“These officials there
readTsumeb Smelter’s investors in Bulgarian meltdown
26-01-2010
CANADIAN mining firm Dundee Precious Metals has shelved plans to develop a gold mine concession in Bulgaria, shifting attention instead to Namibia, the Bulgarian daily Dnevnik reported
readNamibia attends Kenya meeting on agriculture
26-01-2010
LOCAL agricultural experts and farmers will meet soon to deliberate on preparing a country progress report to submit to the agricultural Africa Forum’s Comprehensive African Agriculture Development
readTough times for Zimbabwe farmers
26-01-2010
VILLAGERS in the Bindura district 70 kilometres north of Harare received seeds and fertilisers from donors last week, things they desperately need to survive as their crops are their only source of
readSupport group needs funds for garden project
26-01-2010
MEMBERS of the Opawa Support Group at Okambebe village in the Ohangwena Region are in dire need of N$600 to obtain land to develop their gardening projects at the village.The leader of the group,
read117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water
26-01-2010
MOSCOW – More than 100 Russian Orthodox believers have been hospitalized after drinking holy water during Epiphany celebrations in the eastern city of Irkutsk, an official said yesterday.A total of
readMyanmar party plays down Suu Kyi release report
26-01-2010
YANGON – Reports that a top Myanmar leader said detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be released in November, when her house arrest ends, have only served to lower hopes that she might be
readChurch suspends Bishop Verryn over Zim migrants
26-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The Methodist Church of Southern Africa said on Friday it had suspended a bishop who sheltered thousands of Zimbabweans fleeing their troubled nation.“He has been charged with
readMore tainted milk products found in China
26-01-2010
BEIJING – Melamine-tainted dairy products have been pulled from convenience store shelves in southern China more than a year after hundreds of thousands of children were sickened in a massive milk
readChina denies involvement in Google hackings
26-01-2010
BEIJING – China denied involvement in Internet attacks and defended its online restrictions as lawful yesterday after the United States urged Beijing to investigate a computer attack against search
readWinnie enters De Kock fray
26-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG - ANC MP and struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has criticised the possibility of former Vlakplaas head Eugene de Kock receiving a pardon, The Star newspaper reported
readCar bombs hit 3 Baghdad hotels, kill at least 16
26-01-2010
BAGHDAD – Three car bombs exploded yesterday near three Baghdad hotels popular with Western journalists and businessmen, killing at least 16 people and wounding scores more, Iraqi police said.The
readOusted PM to challenge Bashir
26-01-2010
KHARTOUM – Sudan’s former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, who President Omar al-Bashir ousted in a military coup 20 years ago, will run against him in the April elections, his party said
readHaiti telethon raises millions
26-01-2010
NEW YORK – Organisers for the all-star ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ telethon say the event raised US$57 million – and counting.“The public has set a new standard of giving for a relief telethon with ‘Hope for
readHundreds turn out to mourn Teddy P
26-01-2010
PHILADELPHIA – Hundreds of music fans are gathering to mourn R&B star Teddy Pendergrass in Philadelphia.Pendergrass, who became R&B’s reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and 1980s with his forceful,
readEnd of the road for Brangelina?
26-01-2010
THE rumour’s been confirmed, but the facts haven’t. Is it finally over? After months of speculation, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are about to go separate ways according to foreign reports.And this
read‘Inglourious Basterds’ wins glory at SAG film awards
26-01-2010
LOS ANGELES – While Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock’s chances for Academy Award gold were advanced with their trophies at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the blockbuster ‘Avatar’ may have felt a touch
readIt’s High Time For The Issues
26-01-2010
NOW that the bureaucrats are slowly crawling out of their summer slumber and starting to question the role of the media again, I can’t help but think of the peculiarities I observed throughout the
readKatutura And The Prelude To Independence
26-01-2010
DRIVING through Katutura township on a Saturday night past midnight evokes thoughts on places of historic meaning such as Katutura that deserve due regard and, that look like they are left to rot.
readTeko a galulilwa omaliko ge
26-01-2010
YATATU mboka taya tamanekelwa iilonga yepogolo, shi na sha nuulingilingi kombinga yokondalaka yokulanda omashina gokukonakona iiyetwamo pomiyelo dhopoongamba oku za koChina oya sindana mompangu
readIimaliwa yehumokomeho ita yi adha Aanamibia
26-01-2010
EPANGELO oli na okulongitha iimaliwa yoodola oomiliona 760 meni lyoomwedhi konyala dhi li mbali ta dhi ya, ngele olya hala okutula miilonga omutengenekothaneko gwalyo gwomapendulepo gwembo lyiimaliwa
readUukumwe wa Europa otau kwathele NEPRU
26-01-2010
OMAGANO gopashimaliwa taga gandjwa kuuKumwe waEuropa otaga ka kwathela opo ehangano lya Namibia lyomapekaapeko momulandu gwomahupilo nenge NEPRU, li vule oku longa iilonga yalyo, lyo li zemo meshongo
readJackson Kaujeua ota ti po hwepo
26-01-2010
OMUHIKINDJIMBO a simana, Jackson Kaujeua ota ti po hwepo, konima sho aningile ethimbo moshipangelo, muNovomba 2009.Sho a popi noThe Namibian oshiwike sha yi Kaujeua okwa ti okwa lalekelwe mo
readOmukwashigwana gwaChina a kwatwa poHosea Kutako
26-01-2010
OMUKWASHIGWANA gwa China gumwe omukiintu okwa kwatelwa pokapale koondhila ka Hosea Kutako oshiwike shayi.Opolisi ya Namibia oya ti nakukwatwa nguka okwa adhika aniwa ena iimaliwa yoodola dhAmerica
readMboka yanyalopala otaya ka tidhwa
26-01-2010
OMUPRIMA Minista, Nahas Angula okwa ti oKommissi yIilonga yEpangelo[PSC] na yi tidhe miilonga, aaniilonga yepangelo mboka itaa ya longo ngaashi sha tegelelwa,”molwaashoka mbaka kaye li mongeshefa
readKamwi ti ipula kuupangelo wanyayika moKunene
26-01-2010
OMINISTA yUundjolowele, omundohotola Richard Kamwi ngoka a talelepo oshitopolwa sha Kunene omasiku gatatu oshiwike sha yi,okutala kombinga yonkalo yuuvu woshikwenyene, mboka wa hepeke oshitopolwa
readOpolisi tayi kongo oombangi
26-01-2010
OPOLISI ya Namibia otayi indile aalandithi yuukalata wethigathano ndyoka ha li ithanwa Scratch-a-Million opo ya kwatathane nayo. Shika ota shi pulwa oshoka opolisi otayi konakona iilonga yuumbudhi
readOmufekelwa ishewe medhipago lyaNeumann konima yekumba
26-01-2010
OMUFEKELWA omutiyali medhipago lya, Thilo Neumann pegumbo lye pomulonga gwa Swakop metiyali lyaziko okwa, kwatwa kopolisi. Sem Shamha [30] okwa kwatwa poWalvisbay metine lyoshiwike sha yi, na okwa
readNBC ya pewa omuwiliki omupe pakathimbo
26-01-2010
NBC okwa pewa ishewe omuwiliki omupe gwopakathimbo. Oshilyo shewilikongundu lyehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia, mee Yvonne Boois oye a ulikwa a kale omuwiliki gwehangano sigo uuna ndoka
readMore Police for Man derby
26-01-2010
EXTRA police officers will be on duty for Wednesday’s potentially explosive League Cup semi-final between bitter rivals Manchester United and Manchester City, amid fears the tie could turn ugly.City
readFootball Results
26-01-2010
Played Sunday, Jan 24 MTC Premiership Ramblers 1-2 Blue Waters FA Cup Scunthorpe Utd 2 - 4 Man City Stoke City 3 -
readSerena, Djokovic and Dav advance
26-01-2010
MELBOURNE – Serena Williams is in such devastating form that a fifth Australian Open title appears well within her grasp at a season-opening grand slam where a majority of her main rivals have fallen
readCorrection
26-01-2010
The Namibian wishes to apologise for incorrectly stating that Mali qualified for the quarter-finals according to a log standings placed on page 35 in Friday’s edition (January 22). Mali did not make
readAfrican Cup of Nations
26-01-2010
Fixtures Thursday, Jan 28 Match 29 Ghana v Zambia/Nigeria 18:00 Match 30 Algeria v Egypt/Cameroon 21:30Saturday, Jan 30 Match 31 Loser Match 29
readRamblers Academy to start training
26-01-2010
THE 2010 season of the Ramblers Soccer Academy (RSA) starts on Monday, February 1. The youth section of Ramblers Club is entering its third year and will once again have five age groups for children
readGo if you’re not happy: Mancini
26-01-2010
SCUNTHORPE – Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini admits he won’t stop Robinho leaving if the Brazil forward is not happy at Eastlands.Robinho told a Brazilian radio station over the weekend that
readSMSes of Tuesday 26 January 2010
26-01-2010
* OUR highly respected Prime Minister (Nahas Angula) is reported to have said that lazy civil servants will be booted out of their jobs. Mr Prime Minister, as an auditor who deals with them on a daily
readThree drownings reported in the North
26-01-2010
OUTAPI – Three people drowned in the Omusati Region between Saturday and Wednesday last week.The public relations unit of the Namibian Police (NamPol) in the region told Nampa that five-year-old Easy
readFirst seasonal flood reaches Oshakati
26-01-2010
FEARS of being flooded are increasing among residents of the Oshoopala location in Oshakati as the first flood wave hit the northern town on Thursday evening.Yesterday morning, floodwater from the Sky
readExpert study on Okavango River is underway
26-01-2010
PLANNING for the use of water and natural resources in the Okavango River Basin shared by Angola, Namibia and Botswana will receive substantial support soon in the form of consolidated scientific
readMini-cyclone hits Namibia
26-01-2010
A MINI-CYCLONE tore into Namibia on Sunday, according to Professor Kobus Botha, a South African weather expert.Botha told The Namibian that a very unusual event occurred on Namibia’s eastern border
readInnovation can lever change, says Gates
26-01-2010
SEATTLE – The needs of the poor are greater than the money available to help them, but that’s not enough to discourage Bill Gates in his work as co-chair of the world’s largest charitable
readIndependent candidate soldiers on
26-01-2010
INDEPENDENT candidate Ben Katamila says he is forging ahead with his campaign to get elected in the Okahandja constituency by-election next month.Although there were reports that Katamila was about to
readGrape industry records good sales
26-01-2010
DESPITE the ongoing economic turmoil, Namibia’s table grape industry has recorded good sales in the European market following last year’s bumper and quality harvest season.The Namibia Orange River
readGrade 12 results out on Friday
26-01-2010
WINDHOEK – Results of the 2009 Grade 12 Namibian Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) Ordinary level will be released on Friday.The Director of National Examinations and Assessment in the Ministry of
readExotic trees to be harvested
26-01-2010
RUNDU – The Rundu District Forestry office will this year harvest, for the second time, two types of exotic trees that were planted in the early 1970s.The first harvest of the four plantations – that
readEuropean Union clarifies Nepru assistance
26-01-2010
THE European Union says that a headline in yesterday’s edition of The Namibian, ‘EU poised to bail out Nepru’, creates wrong impressions about the management of EU funds and necessitates the following
readElection fraud case postponed again
26-01-2010
THE court case against the former Director of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), Philemon Kanime, and two others for alleged election fraud, which was due to start yesterday, was postponed
readCrack delivery service bust in Walvis
26-01-2010
NEIGHBOURHOOD watches in Walvis Bay, with the assistance of the Police, on Saturday stopped alleged drug dealer and nightclub operator, Nestor Katangolo, while he was on his way to Meersig to
readAlgeria knock out Ivorians
26-01-2010
LUANDA – Algeria and Ghana are one step away from the Africa Cup of Nations final after stunning favourites Ivory Coast and hosts Angola on Sunday.Ivory Coast were sent packing by a 3-2 extra time
readWorld Bank says region remains ‘risky business’
26-01-2010
SUB-SAHARAN Africa will face a “large external financing debt” this year, and especially low-income countries will suffer from a shortfall in concessional lending, which is needed to finance a swift
readNinety feared dead in plane crash
26-01-2010
BEIRUT – All 90 people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane were feared dead after it plunged into the Mediterranean, minutes after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather yesterday.Flight ET409, a
readHuge underground diesel leak at Walvis
26-01-2010
WHEN employees of Dany Construction in Walvis Bay wanted to pump diesel from an onsite depot about two weeks ago, they found the 25 000 litre tank empty, exposing an underground fuel leak due to a
readSuspects admit panga killing of Russians
26-01-2010
THE two young men accused of murdering a Russian couple at a poultry farm near Okahandja in May 2008 each admitted one count of murder at the start of their trial in the High Court in Windhoek
readNujoma Stadium loses Astroturf
26-01-2010
THE International Football Federation (Fifa), in consultation with Greenfields Sport Turf Systems, has decided to remove the artificial turf at the Sam Nujoma Stadium, which they claim affects
readNotable Quotes
26-01-2010
WE will be accountable for our actions or non-actions. – Prime Minister Nahas Angula stating that civil servants who do not perform should be given the sackI DIDN’T sit down planning to write a sunny,
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