| WINDHOEK - Another 19 skulls belonging to Nama and Ovaherero victims of the German genocide are to be repatriated to Namibia in the near future. |
| WINDHOEK - The first-ever Wages Commission for Domestic Workers was inaugurated at a lodge outside the capital on Monday. Domestic workers include housekeepers, child-minders, elderly caregivers, drivers and gardeners, as well as general workers ... |
| Daily Mail - 6 minutes ago By Tom Leonard Hugging a hoodie has always been a risky business, but never before have the stakes been so high. Tomorrow, Wall Street will invite the world to buy shares in Facebook and take what is expected to be a $104 billion gamble on its guiding ... |
| Reuters India - 12 minutes ago By James Saft REUTERS - A spreading bank run could hasten Greece's exit from the euro zone but it certainly doesn't have to end that way. |
| Independent Online - 36 minutes ago By SOLLY MAPHUMULO An explosive court document in a Freedom Under Law (FUL) interdict application seems to indicate that officers who were investigating controversial top cop Richard Mdluli had been threatened. |
| BEIRUT - In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad has insisted his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising. |
| KATIMA MULILO - A joint venture between the Caprivi Regional Council and the Katima Mulilo Town Council will see the upgrading of Malena Street and other streets around town to bitumen standards. |
| AllAfrica.com - May 16, 2012 By Catherine Sasman, 16 May 2012 GENERAL Secretary of the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union (Natau), John Kwedhi, yesterday confirmed that plans to strike by Namibia Airports Company (NAC) workers were put on hold pending a labour dispute ... |
| NewsDay - 29 minutes ago The United States will not remove sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and some of the Zanu PF officials until reforms towards democratisation are met, an official said yesterday. |
| Vanguard - 39 minutes ago By OKEY NDIRIBE ABUJA - Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Profesor Attahiru Jega, has invited Edo State Governor, Mr. |
| Times LIVE - 57 minutes ago Cosatu members said during Tuesday's DA protest in Johannesburg over a youth wage subsidy that they wanted to "strip Zille naked". |
| Philadelphia Inquirer - 38 minutes ago By Toby Sterling AP Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, convicted of war crimes, at a sentencing hearing near the Hague. LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - Convicted war criminal and former Liberian President Charles Taylor said during his sentencing ... |
| Peace FM Online - 43 minutes ago The Upper West Regional branch of the June Four Movement has waded into the NDC emblem saga and said Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings must see the logo, which she claims to be her intellectual property, as her contribution to the party. |
| Independent Online - 8 minutes ago By Jan Hennop AP In this 1993 file photo evacuees from the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica pass through Tojsici. More than 2 300 evacuees left Srebrenica on UN trucks for Tuzla. |
| News24 - 37 minutes ago Khartoum - A UN deadline for Sudan and South Sudan to resume talks on oil and other critical issues passed without action on Wednesday, as South Sudan accused Khartoum of stalling. |
| Deutsche Welle - 22 minutes ago Welcome news for Afghans in difficult times: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has signed a deal on long-term cooperation with Germany before heading to the US for a crucial NATO summit. |
| Philadelphia Inquirer - 37 minutes ago CAIRO, Egypt - In this presidential campaign headquarters, in a second-floor apartment in the Cairo neighborhood of Garden City, young female volunteers in full veil work alongside women in colorful headscarfs and those with flowing, uncovered hair. |
AllAfrica.com - 18 hours ago Windhoek - Standard Bank Namibia's total assets have increased from N$14 billion to N$16 billion, representing an increase of 13 per cent. |
| Chinese demand for gold hit a record in the first quarter of 2012, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). Chinese demand for jewellery and gold as an investment hit 255.2 tonnes in the period, helped by purchases during the Chinese New Year holiday ... |
| Detroit Free Press - 9 minutes ago A key House Republican said Wednesday that the $2-billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase raises... Forbes magazine has declared Jennifer Lopez the most powerful celebrity on the planet. |
| Fox Business - 18 minutes ago JOHANNESBURG - Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) Thursday posted a rise in first-quarter net earnings and stable production from a year ago and said it expects to produce roughly the same amount of gold this year as last. |
| Fox Business - 29 minutes ago LONDON - National Grid PLC (NG.LN) Thursday posted a 3% decrease in full-year operating profit, due to severe weather that had hit its US businesses, but maintained its positive outlook for 2012-2013. |
| Times LIVE - 9 hours ago Until three years ago, there was only one undersea cable that brought internet connectivity to South Africa. There was enormous excitement when Seacom landed in June 2009. |
| Bloomberg - May 14, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL) is preparing a new lineup of thinner MacBook laptops running on more powerful chips made by Intel Corp. (INTC), people with knowledge of the plans said. |
| Mmegi Online - 16 hours ago Ex-Big Brother Africa housemate Miss P (Peo Sebotho) believes that good looks could work to the advantage of Botswana's epresentatives, in this year's Big Brother reality show adventure. |
Our Amazing Planet - May 15, 2012 From far away, this tableau may look like something hanging on the walls of a modern art museum, but it's actually a photograph taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station of the area around Etosha Pan, a great dry, salt like in Africa ... |
| Stuff.co.nz - 10 hours ago The Intercontinental Cup match between Kenya and Namibia in Nairobi was postponed by cricket's governing body because of security concerns. |
| The Press Association - 44 minutes ago Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez appears to have no intention of apologising to Sir Alex Ferguson for holding a banner mocking the Manchester United manager. |
| There are rugby cities and rugby villages, and this classification has nothing to do with size. Durban days in May: fine, warm with a slight cooling breeze, low humidity, the faint scent of tropical vegetation. |
| Yahoo! Sports - 5 hours ago By Jeff Musall By Jeff Musall | Yahoo! Contributor Network - 4 hours ago The United States Olympic Committee wrapped up their media summit May 15, and talk about total medal count began to dominate some of the talk. |
| Economic Times - 8 hours ago NEW DELHI: On the second day of the Bonn climate change negotiations, the US, the EU and other developed countries tried to stall discussions on whether the rich countries had met their obligations on reducing emissions and financing the poor countries ... |
| About 520 people, including two South Africans, have committed to taking a space flight with Virgin Galactic. It's a company owned by Richard Branson's Virgin Group which plans to take tourists into space for US$200000/person. |
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