International Business News - NAM http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Police wielding guns and riot sticks skirmished with unarmed soldiers in Zimbabwe's capital Monday, after frustration over unpaid wages touched off a riot. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/186930-zimbabwe-chaos.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/zimbabwes-government-defies-court-on-land-reform.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/zimbabwes-government-defies-court-on-land-reform.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:38:34 EST A southern African regional court ruled Friday that 78 white Zimbabweans could keep their farms, saying the government's land grab policy was racially motivated. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/white-farmers-win-case-against-zimbabwe-land-grabs.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:54:47 EST The closest 9-year-old Ruan Gamibeb has come to war is the fighting he sees on the news at night, when his family gathers around the television to watch Congo's latest horrors. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178783-namibia-african-children.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/african-countries-ranked-for-child-friendliness.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/african-countries-ranked-for-child-friendliness.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:17:55 EST A German medical museum will return the skulls of 18 Australian Aborigines that were taken from the continent more than a century ago. The skulls--part of a sprawling and poorly documented anthropological collection--have been at the Medical History Museum at Berlin's Charite hospital and medical school. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/germany-to-return-18-aborigine-skulls-to-australia.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:49:42 EST First there was "Obamamania," punctured in places by naysayers crying "Nobama!" Now, as President-elect Barack Obama prepares for the White House, his message of change, resounding both at home and abroad, seems to have unleashed a barrage of Barackisms. Or maybe they should be called Obamanyms. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/170378-obama.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/obamatrons-sing-obamalujah-over-barackisms.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/obamatrons-sing-obamalujah-over-barackisms.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:09:35 EST The world's first legal ivory auctions in nearly a decade ended Thursday with four African nations selling more than 100 tons of tusks to Chinese and Japanese traders for nearly $15 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/169405-south-africa-ivory-sales.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/legal-ivory-auctions-raise-15-million-in-africa.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/legal-ivory-auctions-raise-15-million-in-africa.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:45:38 EST Electronics manufacturing services provider Nam Tai Electronics Inc. said Monday its third-quarter profit dropped sharply as revenue fell, due mainly to a decline in the company's telecommunication component assembly segment. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/nam-tai-posts-lower-3q-profit-sales.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:47:03 EST Zimbabwe's sale of almost 4 tons of ivory Monday raised $450,000 for conservation in a country whose economic crisis has left authorities battling to maintain vast reserves and protect elephants, rhinos and other game. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/166190-zimbabwe-ivory.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/zimbabwe-sells-stockpiled-ivory-for-450-000.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/zimbabwe-sells-stockpiled-ivory-for-450-000.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:15:33 EST Nelson Mdlovu strides out of the small clinic with a spring in his step and a smile on his lips just minutes after being circumcised. Mdlovu swallowed his fears to line up with nine other equally nervous men for the 30-minute operation. They joined the ranks of hundreds of Swazi men who have opted for circumcision, after the U.N. said last year that it could cut the risk of contracting the HIV virus by as much as 60 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081102/aids-hit-swaziland-promotes-circumcision.htm Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:49:40 EST The first ivory auction in a decade sold over 7 tons of tusks to Chinese and Japanese bidders Tuesday, raising more than $1 million for elephant conservation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/161381-namibia-ivory-sales.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/1st-auction-of-ivory-in-decade-held-in-namibia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/1st-auction-of-ivory-in-decade-held-in-namibia.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:17:54 EDT Martti Ahtisaari was a primary school teacher who became a peacemaker. For his efforts, Ahtisaari, 71, was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148874-norway-nobel-peace-ahtisaari.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/a-thumbnail-sketch-of-nobel-winner-ahtisaari.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/a-thumbnail-sketch-of-nobel-winner-ahtisaari.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:51:15 EDT Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148780-norway-nobel-peace-ahtisaari.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/ex-finnish-president-wins-2008-nobel-peace-prize.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/ex-finnish-president-wins-2008-nobel-peace-prize.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:53:28 EDT The South African government will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/south-africa-will-sell-ivory-to-japan-china.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:21:03 EDT Areva SA agreed Tuesday to sell nearly half of its UraMin uranium mining subsidiary to Chinese partners in a deal aimed at strengthening the French nuclear engineering firm's strategic partnership in China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/areva-signs-nuclear-deals-with-chinas-cgnpc.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:51:14 EDT Independent oil and gas producers Circle Oil and Premier Oil announced Friday they had struck oil in their onshore North West Gemsa Concession in Egypt, with initial sustained production at over 3,000 barrels per day of crude and 4 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/premier-circle-announce-egypt-oil-discovery.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:36:40 EDT Nam Tai Electronics Inc. said Friday it has named Chan Sze Chung acting chief financial officer, effective immediately. Chan joined Nam Tai as a financial controller of a company subsidiary in 2000 and was later promoted to financial controller of the parent company in April 2001. He replaces John Farina, who has resigned due to personal reasons. Farina was named to the post in May 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/nam-tai-electronics-names-chan-sze-chung-cfo.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:31:29 EDT Chinese contract electronics manufacturer Nam Tai Electronics Inc. on Monday reported a 26 percent drop in sales, saying its handset manufacturing business was suffering in a "difficult and extremely competitive" market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/nam-tai-revenue-falls-26-percent-stock-hit.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:28:08 EDT White farmers asked a regional court Thursday to hold the Zimbabwean government in contempt, saying government supporters were beating and harassing plaintiffs in a suit challenging Zimbabwe's farm evictions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/white-farmers-want-zimbabwe-govt-held-in-contempt.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:48:22 EDT White farmers asked a regional court Thursday to hold the Zimbabwean government in contempt, saying government supporters were beating and harassing plaintiffs in a suit challenging Zimbabwe's farm evictions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/white-farmers-want-zimbabwe-govt-held-in-contempt.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:11:45 EDT A U.N. panel granted China permission Tuesday to import elephant ivory from African government stockpiles despite opposition from some countries and environmental groups. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91820-south-africa-un-selling-ivory.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/un-body-allows-china-to-import-african-ivory.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/un-body-allows-china-to-import-african-ivory.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:49:07 EDT