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53 Articles found on Monday, 21 June 2010
Fifa to rake in billions
21-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Soccer body Fifa expected its provisional income for the 2010 World Cup to be about US$3,2 billion, a spokesperson said on Friday.The provisional figure was given in reply to a question
readRights group wants Zimbabwe diamond trade suspended
21-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The Kimberley Process should suspend Zimbabwe when the global diamond regulator meets next week, rights groups said Friday, a move that would bar the country’s exports of the gems.The
readZimbabwe, Zambia plunge into darkness
21-06-2010
HARARE – Parts of Zimbabwe and most of neighbouring Zambia suffered a massive blackout for about ten hours on Friday, as a fault crippled the hydro-electric dam that supplies most of the countries’
readACP and EU nations to sign revised trade deal
21-06-2010
OUAGADOUGOU – African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations are to sign a revised development agreement with the European Union in Gabon tomorrow, an official said Friday.The ACP and EU reached
readRussia fears for health of the euro
21-06-2010
AINT PETERSBURG – Russia, which holds over 40 per cent of its forex reserves in euros, fears for the health of the single currency after its dramatic plunge, President Dmitry Medvedev said
readBritain to introduce bank levy to cut deficit
21-06-2010
LONDON – Britain’s finance minister George Osborne confirmed yesterday that his emergency budget to be unveiled this week will include a banking levy.The chancellor of the exchequer said it would be
readSavvy business instinct at Cheetah Car Hire and Tours
21-06-2010
LAST year, Morné Dowie decided to take advantage of the 25 sedans, microbuses and 4X4s in his father’s business Cheetah Car Hire – which is based in Ondangwa but also covers Oshakati and Ongwediva –
readChina’s new yuan regime looks a lot like the old one
21-06-2010
BEIJING – China will keep the yuan’s exchange rate at a basically stable level, the central bank said yesterday, suggesting that the country’s new currency regime will look a lot like the old
readCorruption scandal touches the Vatican
21-06-2010
ROME – One of Italy’s most prominent Catholic cardinals and a former minister have been put under investigation as a corruption scandal that has tainted the government spread to touch the
readFlood deaths in China rise to 132
21-06-2010
BEIJING – Massive flooding in southern China has killed 132 people and forced 860 000 to flee their homes, and more storms were forecast, the government said yesterday.Another 86 people are missing
readThird journalist slain in a week in the Philippines
21-06-2010
MANILA - Gunmen shot and killed a 50-year-old newspaper reporter in the southern Philippines at the weekend, the third journalist slain in a week, police said yesterday.Nestor Dedolido was pronounced
readIn Brief
21-06-2010
Sudan may ask UN to run key vote KHARTOUM - Sudan may ask the United Nations to run a referendum on the future of a politically sensitive border region after northern and southern leaders failed to
readFifa consulting with Police on English ban
21-06-2010
JOHANNSBURG - Fifa is considering whether to bar a fan from future matches after he confronted England players in a changing room at Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium, the Local Organising Committee
readMining execs missing in Africa
21-06-2010
SYDNEY - Fears grew yesterday for a group of Australian mining executives Sunday after their plane disappeared en route from Cameroon to Congo-Brazzaville, the Australian government and the firm
readEx-Rwandan army chief shot in South Africa
21-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Former Rwandan army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa was shot outside his South African home on Saturday, his wife said, calling the attack an assassination attempt.Rosette Nyamwasa said
read‘Suge’ Knight and Kanye West face off over ‘bullet’ lawsuit
21-06-2010
NEW YORK – Battle-scarred rap mogul Marion ‘Suge’ Knight and volatile hip-hop star Kanye West faced off on Friday over a beef involving a bullet – with a conference table between them.The two rap
read‘Say Say Say’ most popular Jackson song, says Billboard
21-06-2010
NEW YORK – Michael Jackson had dozens of hits, but his most popular one wasn’t a solo smash or a tune with his brothers. It was a song with another icon.Billboard says ‘Say Say Say’, his 1983 hit with
readJolie visits refugees in Ecuador
21-06-2010
QUITO, Ecuador – Angelina Jolie has journeyed across rutted jungle roads to a village on Ecuador’s border with Colombia to highlight the abuses suffered by women and children refugees.The actress and
readShaduka ota ti eso lyomukadhi olyo shiponga
21-06-2010
LAZARUS Shaduka ngoka tafekelwa oye a dhipaga omukulukadhi gwe moKlein Windhoek mu Juli 2008 okwa tsikile noku lombwela ompangu kutya eso lyomukadhi sho a yahwa londjembo olyo, shiponga.Shaduka okwa
readAfrica a pulwa a longe nuudhiginini momalanditho
21-06-2010
IILONGO yAfrica oya pumbwa oku hulitha po okuhehela, opo pehala lyaashika yi ete po omalunduluko moonkalo dha yo unene tuu pamalanditho, ngele oya hala oku hwepopeka omahupilo gayo.Ngaka ogo
readUuvu wa Rift valley owa mwenapo
21-06-2010
NAMIBIA okwa pumbwa oku kala iilongekidha nawa kombinga yolwiidhi lwa rift valley ethimbo lyomuloka ta gu ya. Omundohotola guundjolowele wiimuna mUuministeli wuunamapya, Cleopas Bamhare okwa ningi
readOmugavena gwaKaras ta tamanekwa
21-06-2010
GAVENA gwoshitopolwa sha Karas, Dawid Boois okwa tegelelwa a ka holoke mompangu yamengestrata po Keetmanshoop shina sha nuulingilingi.Oshipotha she oshina sha niimaliwa yoku futila egumbo.
readLongeni aapolisi okuyoga: Nhinda ta ti
21-06-2010
OSHA PUMBIWA pu totwe osikola yokulonga aantu okuyoga (unene tuu Aapolisi), opo ya kwathele mokuyoga mo omidhimba dhaantu mboka ya sa omeya momatale nomomilonga.Eindilo ndika olya ningwa koshilyo
readOmahangano gomahooli taga futithwa ku Namcor
21-06-2010
NAMCOR ota ka pula omahangano gatano gomahooli ga fute oodola oomiliona 2,9 dhoskepa ndjoka ya li ya eta omahooli moWalvisbay omwedhi gwa yi.Shika ote shi ningi molwashoka omahangano ngaka oga li ga
readOshipotha shedhipago lya yatatu
21-06-2010
AALUMENTU yaali nombistoli yoshisiliveli. Ndika olyo efano nantango li li momeho ga naku hupa awike moshiningwanima shedhipago shika, pegumbo limwe moKleine Kuppe momumvo 2004 moWindhoek.Nakuhupa
readIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 Organising Committee president to visit
21-06-2010
THE International Federation of Football Associations’ (Fifa) 2011 Women’s World Cup Organising Committee (OC) president, Steffi Jones, will pay Namibia a visit today. A media release from the Namibia
readOld Mutual 2010 Victory Races kick off
21-06-2010
DEFENDING champions Johannes Naitembu and Helena Iipinge emerged victorious in the first leg of the 2010 Old Mutual Victory Race Series that took palace at Oshakati on Saturday.Naitembu won the 21 km
readMTC clarifies football funding
21-06-2010
MOBILE Telecommunications Limited (MTC) sought to clarify the issue of the Namibia Premier League (NPL) being financially insolvent, and clubs not receiving their prize money last week.Speaking at a
readAnelka kicked out of French squad
21-06-2010
STRIKER Nicolas Anelka was kicked out of France’s World Cup squad on Saturday for insulting coach Raymond Domenech and refusing to apologise, the French Football Federation (FFF) said.Anelka insulted
readCaptain Lahm backs Germany to bounce back
21-06-2010
ERASMIA, South Africa – Germany captain Philipp Lahm on Saturday backed his team to bounce back from their shock defeat to Serbia by beating Ghana and book a last 16 place at the World Cup.Lahm’s side
readEngland to hold crisis meeting
21-06-2010
THERE was a whiff of rebellion in the air at England’s World Cup training camp yesterday as Fabio Capello’s disgruntled squad prepared to face Slovenia in a match that will make or break their
readKaita receives death threats
21-06-2010
MIDFIELDER Sani Kaita has confirmed that he received death threats following Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat by Greece in a World Cup Group B game last Thursday. The Super Eagles were leading 1-0 when Kaita
readCameroon crash out of World Cup
21-06-2010
CAMEROON became the first team to be knocked out of the World Cup after a 2-1 defeat to Denmark on Saturday, a result which also ensured Group E leaders Holland advance to the last 16.The defeat,
read2010 Fifa World Cup
21-06-2010
Results Friday, June 18 Germany 0-1 Serbia Slovenia 2-2 USA England 0-0 Algeria Saturday, June 19 Netherlands 1-0 Japan Ghana 1-1
readParaguay sink goal-shy Slovakia
21-06-2010
BLOEMFONTEIN – Paraguay beat a lacklustre Slovakia 2-0 to close in on a World Cup second round place.Enrique Vera put the South Americans ahead after 27 minutes and Cristian Riveros grabbed a second
readAnelka calls it quits
21-06-2010
French striker Nicolas Anelka has announced his retirement from international football after being sent home from the World Cup, according to Sky Sports News.Deco out of Portugal Nkorea match Portugal
readSMSes for Monday 21 June 2010
21-06-2010
* FELLOW women of Namibia! I hope you read the article ‘Kamborotos’ in Friday’s paper. That is how men view mistresses, as nothing but a piece on the side. Let’s stop these humiliating relationships
readSuspect recalled tourist murder in confession
21-06-2010
A STATEMENT in which murder, armed robbery and kidnapping suspect Paulus Kamati admitted having been involved in the incident in which German tourist Johannes Fellinger was murdered in the Khomas
readSoup kitchen for 40 children
21-06-2010
THE Havana Soup Kitchen has been feeding children from the surrounding area since June. The 40 children are aged between four and seven and come from the most needy homes. Frida Kemuiko Geises
readRugby or football? It’s a black and white issue
21-06-2010
BLOEMFONTEIN - South Africa go into their final group match with their World Cup hopes hanging by a thread but certain of one thing - passionate support in the rugby stronghold of the Free State.The
readRift between Mbanderu factions deepens
21-06-2010
THE division among two factions of the Ovambanderu community about a chieftaincy succession reached another dimension over the weekend, when a High Court Judge granted an interdict on Friday night,
readNew ARV clinic at Otjiwarongo brings hope
21-06-2010
HEALTH Minister Richard Kamwi on Friday officially opened an ARV clinic at the Otjiwarongo State Hospital.The clinic was built with financial assistance from the CDC Global fund and the Ministry.
readMaradona and Dunga say sex and wine fine in moderation
21-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG - For Diego Maradona’s Argentine squad, sex is fine as long as it is not 2 am and accompanied by a bottle of bubbly.It is one of football’s hottest debates; is sex a distraction or can a
readHeater suffocates two people
21-06-2010
TWO people died from carbon monoxide poisoning at Okakarara this weekend, when the fumes from a home-made coal heater killed them in their sleep.Walvis Bay residents Alfons Kavitundema Hangara (51),
readBidders strike bargains at auction
21-06-2010
ABOUT 200 bidders at the Aucor Namibia auction were willing to part with a total of N$1,5 million for pricey and everyday items that belonged to the late Riaan Potgieter, who had swindled almost N$100
read80 000 veterans benefit from N$2 000 monthly subsidy
21-06-2010
ABOUT 80 000 war veterans are benefiting from a monthly subsidy of N$2 000 paid to them by the Veterans’ Affairs Ministry. On top of the monthly cash subsidy, war veterans are set to get more benefits
readFrance squad crisis continues
21-06-2010
KNYSNA, South Africa - France’s disastrous World Cup campaign went from bad to worse on yesterday when the squad refused to take part in a training session in front of the public, according to top
readNCCI in North elects new chair
21-06-2010
ONGWEDIVA – Members of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) Northern Unifying Branch have elected the suspended Lending Manager of the Oshakati First National Bank (FNB) branch, Tomas
readSuicide blasts kill 26 at Iraqi state-sector bank
21-06-2010
BAGHDAD - Suicide car bombers attacked the Trade Bank of Iraq yesterday, killing at least 26 people, an Interior Ministry source said.The blasts wounded 53 people at one of the public sector’s most
readConvicted rapist free for a day
21-06-2010
ONE day after a rapist escaped from the holding cells at the Swakopmund Police station, he was behind bars again. On Thursday, Reinhard Tjitandi (23) was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in the
readPolice stop marchers at Brakwater
21-06-2010
FOR the second time this month, a group of people born in exile, stationed at the National Youth Service’s Berg Aukas Camp, have marched to Windhoek to seek a meeting with Government.However, they
readNamfisa ‘conceals’ probe
21-06-2010
THE board of the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) has been accused of concealing the outcome of a conflict of interest investigation. The board had contracted a private
readNotable Quotes
21-06-2010
If you sit for hours in the fear of death in a car you will never forget a face. – Elke Fellinger, widow of murdered German tourist Johannes Fellinger last Thursday dismissed a challenge to her
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