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42 Articles found on Thursday, 18 August 2005
Action urged against culprits behind Asian fires
18-08-2005
KUALA LUMPUR - Asean officials yesterday pressed for tough action against those responsible for forest fires in Indonesia which have sent a choking haze over Malaysia and Thailand in recent
readGreen accolades for three Mexican forest defenders
18-08-2005
MEXICO CITY - A major US environmental group has honoured three Mexican forest defenders for risking their lives and liberty to battle rampant logging in the mountains of Guerrero state.The Sierra
readBright eyes: Owls keep nature's 'pests' in check
18-08-2005
ALTHOUGH many cultures associate owls with bad luck, the large-eyed nocturnal bird is useful to people.A booklet, 'The Owls Of Namibia - Identification and General Information', notes that owls are
readBarclays applies for waiver
18-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Britain's Barclays has applied to South African regulators to waive a mandatory offer rule because it already has effective control of the country's biggest retail bank Absa, it said
readChinese gvt squares off with state oil companies
18-08-2005
SHANGHAI - The Chinese government and its state-owned oil companies are locked in battle over artificially low petrol prices at the pump that have caused a massive shortage in the southern
read'Stop exporting live animals'
18-08-2005
OKAPYA - The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Agribank, Leonard Iipumbu, says the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry should see to it that the exporting of live animals to other countries is
readRule to have no impact
18-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African supermarket group Shoprite said yesterday a new accounting rule on the treatment of lease payments will have no material impact on its annual earnings.Bulk retailer
readOil flows out of Kenya refinery after dispute
18-08-2005
NAIROBI - Kenya's only oil refinery said it had resumed pumping products out, easing its storage problems after a fight between the oil marketers and the government threatened a fuel shortage.Last
readSMEs network with bank
18-08-2005
TWENTY-FOUR small business operators were afforded the opportunity to learn more of services available for them during a networking breakfast hosted by the First National Bank of Namibia (FNB) in the
readMahangu marketing on cards
18-08-2005
OKAPYA - The Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU), in conjunction with Mahangu Market Intelligence Unit (MMIU), Sorghum Task Team and Agronomic Board, has taken initiatives in supporting the
readSadc summit opens with urgent call for food aid
18-08-2005
GABORONE - A top-level summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) opened in Botswana yesterday with leaders appealing to the international community for emergency food
readTwo stabbing fatalities
18-08-2005
ANDRIES Obba (35) of Vergenoeg Resettlement at Gobabis was stabbed to death on Saturday night, the Police reported this week.* A second stabbing incident was reported in the north-east. Karusaza
readDonors asked to help Kunene bee farmers
18-08-2005
OPUWO - The Forestry Officer in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism at Opuwo, Ben Kahirimana, has called on donor agencies to assist bee farmers in the Kunene Region.Kahirimana told Nampa that 10
readBook by Namibian women gets funding
18-08-2005
THE co-operation between the Embassy of Finland and the Women's Leadership Centre (WLC) turned a new page when the embassy granted N$350 430 to the WLC on Tuesday.The new one-year agreement is a
readFarm fight benefits BEE group
18-08-2005
WINDHOEK - The co-owner of a farm in the Khomas Hochland is so angry with his partner that he has given away 20 per cent of his share in the farm.Mees Nederhof, who owns 50 per cent of the farm
readMinister advocates community service for the thousands of petty criminals
18-08-2005
KEETMANSHOOP - More than half of the close to 9 000 sentenced and trial-awaiting prisoners in Namibia are charged with or convicted of petty offences.This results in unnecessary overcrowding of
readNTB cracks down on pirate tour operators
18-08-2005
THE Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) has issued a stern warning to tourism establishments to pay their tourism levy to the board.So far 1 869 accommodation and tourism-related businesses have applied to
readUS aid to Namibia to focus on education, conservancies
18-08-2005
THE United States yesterday granted Namibia US$30 million (about N$200 million) in development aid for the next five years.An agreement on three new Strategic Objective Agreements were signed in the
readDes Radmore dies
18-08-2005
NAMIBIA'S foremost explosives expert, Des Radmore, died at the age of 71 at his home in Windhoek on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.Radmore served as Chief of Procurement, Research and
readWaterfront partners dismiss Circle connection
18-08-2005
THE developers of the Swakopmund Waterfront, Basil Smith's Desert Child and Festus Naholo of !Naras Investments, yesterday distanced themselves from Circle Investments (Pty).At a press conference
readRecovering the N$30 million
18-08-2005
AT the start of proceedings yesterday, the Social Security Commission's (SSC) legal counsel Andrew Corbett informed the court that the liquidators had managed to lay claim to cash in a number of
readAvid: If you want me to testify, subpoena me: Namfisa chief
18-08-2005
THE Chief Executive Officer of the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority, Frans van Rensburg, has refused to assist the High Court's inquiry into the Social Security Commission and Avid
readMystery money list found
18-08-2005
A LIST of people who may have been intended to benefit from clinching the Avid deal with the Social Security Commission has finally surfaced.A sheet of paper from a notepad embossed with the logo of
readAvid-SSC plot thickens
18-08-2005
THE wife of Avid Investment Corporation kingpin Lazarus Kandara, Christophine Kandara, yesterday dropped a second bombshell at the High Court's inquiry into a disastrous N$30 million investment by the
readOompilameno mu Ethiopia odha hala okuboikota omahogololo
18-08-2005
ADDIS ABABA - Oongundu ndatu dhopapolitika mu Ethiopia otadhi popi kutya otadhi ka boikota omahogololo gOpaparliamende moshitopolwa sha Somali State, molwashoka aniwa ongundu tayi pangele oya longa
readAantu ye li 160 ya sa moshiponga shondhila
18-08-2005
CARACAS - Ondhila yimwe yokuColombia ya li ya humbata aantu ye li 160 oya gu mo nokwiidhenga moondundu mu Venezuela ongula yEtiyali lyoshiwike shika, Ominista yIikwameni ya Venezuela, Jesse Chacon,
readTse hatse tatu tidha othigwa
18-08-2005
O MUTEKULU gwa nakusa Paulus Vatileni, tate Jackson Hangala okwa lombwela Oshifo shika kutya yo hayo nande taya tidha uunona wa nakusa Paulus Vatileni na meme Elizabeth Endjambi megumbo lyawo.Ashike
readOmudhi gwa dhipaga komimvo 7
18-08-2005
O kamatyona komimvo heyali oka si moshipangelo shEpangelo mOshakati konima sho ka ehamekwa noonkondo momutse noshikuti shuutati wa nangongo oshiwike sha zi ko.Otaku popiwa kutya Johanness Shiwovanhu
readOmunangeshefa ta nyenyeta eyakulo mOmbelewa yOmupanguli mOpuwo
18-08-2005
O MUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa mwene gwOongeshefa dha tseyika nawa dhedhina Champ Style, tate David Erastus oku li ta nyenyeta kombinga yeyakulo kali li nawa e li yakulwa aniwa mOmbelewa yOmupanguli
readKashuupulwa a yambidhidha Ehangano lyOmukithi gwOsuuka
18-08-2005
P ETHIMBO ta popitha engathithi enene lyaakwashigwana mboka ye yile kOshigongi shi na sha nomukithi gwOsuuka mOsaala onene yOshipangelo mOshakati Osoondaha ya zi ko, Gavena yOshitopolwa sha Shana
readEpangelo lya geyitha aalongi
18-08-2005
EPANGELO olya tseyitha kutya aalongisikola ye li 191 mboka opo ya kutwa miilonga nokupewa oondjambi dhi li pombanda yaamboka ya kala nale miilonga ethimbo ele, oondjambi dhawo nadhi shunitwe pevi
readKenyan sports minister berates feuding officials
18-08-2005
NAIROBI - Kenya's sports minister yesterday rebuked feuding football officials for hurting the sport after a dispute in the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) turned violent this week with an attack on
readNamibia still in position 159 on Fifa rankings
18-08-2005
NAMIBIA remained stuck in position 159 of the Fifa rankings that were released by the world football governing body yesterday.Namibia's national team last played in a Cosafa Castle Cup knock-out match
readStars coaches, management and supporters at loggerheads
18-08-2005
A RIFT has opened up between the Supporters' Club of African Stars Football Club and its executive management after two senior officials on the technical staff were shown the door at the end of last
readIsrael begins forced evacuation of settlers from the Gaza Strip
18-08-2005
NEVE DEKALIM - Israeli troops began the forced evacuation yesterday of thousands of Jewish settlers gripped by rage and anguish over their expulsion from the Gaza Strip after nearly four decades of
readPressure on London police grows over dead Brazilian
18-08-2005
LONDON - London's police chief faced acute embarrassment yesterday after a leaked report revealed how a series of blunders led to a Brazilian man being shot dead by officers who wrongly thought he
readOver 200 small bombs explode in Bangladesh
18-08-2005
DHAKA - More than 200 small bombs exploded almost simultaneously in towns and cities across Bangladesh yesterday, killing one person and injuring at least 38, police said.Six people have been arrested
readClinton backs Germany
18-08-2005
BERLIN - Former US president Bill Clinton said that he backed an expansion of the UN Security Council to include Japan and Germany as permanent members, in an interview published today.Asked about
readEngine failure caused Colombia plane crash
18-08-2005
CARACAS - A Colombian charter jet carrying tourists home from Panama to Martinique crashed in Venezuela on Tuesday after its engines failed, killing all 160 people aboard in one of the country's worst
readSADC marks 25 years, urges action on poverty
18-08-2005
GABORONE - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) marked its 25th birthday yesterday with a call for more action and not just words to tackle chronic problems like poverty and drought.SADC
readTriple bombing kills 43 in Baghdad
18-08-2005
BAGHDAD - Three car bombs killed more than 40 people in a co-ordinated attack on a Baghdad bus station in the morning rush hour yesterday, ending a lull in insurgent attacks as Iraqi leaders resumed
readKenya says permanent African seats on UN Security Council non-negotiable
18-08-2005
NAIROBI - Africa's demand for two permanent veto-wielding seats on an expanded UN Security Council is non-negotiable and must be met if the world is serious about improving conditions on the
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