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34 Articles found on Thursday, 8 December 2005
Green agenda
08-12-2005
MONTREAL - Environment ministers from around the world began a three-day meeting here yesterday on tackling the escalating peril of climate change.The conference gathers ministers or their stand-ins
readThree communal conservancies given game by Ombengu Farm
08-12-2005
ABOUT 180 head of game have been translocated to three communal-area conservancies and a national park from the Ombengu Game Farm in the Outjo District.The total value of the game, their capture and
readGold makes a comeback
08-12-2005
SINGAPORE - Gold hit a fresh 24-year high yesterday, supported by inflation concerns and robust investment demand in commodities, but dealers warned the market remained vulnerable to fund
readMicrosoft to invest US$1 billion in India
08-12-2005
NEW DELHI - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, plans to invest more than US$1 billion in India, a source close to the firm said yesterday, joining other multinationals expanding
readArmani to build in Dubai
08-12-2005
GIORGIO Armani, who started his fashion empire with an unlined jacket in 1975, is counting on a US$1 billion agreement to develop hotels with Dubai's Emaar Properties to help double sales at Armani
readOxfam wary of trade plans
08-12-2005
GENEVA - Plans pushed by major powers in the World Trade Organisation's Doha Round will bring little benefit to developing countries and could drive some deeper into poverty, Oxfam warned yesterday.In
readCredit rating to boost investment
08-12-2005
NAMIBIA has, for the first time, been awarded a credit rating - which have proved useful to governments seeking international market access and investment - the Minister of Finance, Saara
readN$1 million tender at heart of second NBC suspension
08-12-2005
THE alleged unprocedural awarding of a tender of just less than N$1 million is the reason for the immediate suspension on Tuesday of the NBC's General Manager for Technical Services, Ruben Prinz, The
readSwakop mall Xmas tree removed for not being 'European enough'
08-12-2005
TOO African, too American, not European enough.The Ghost of Christmas Past seems to be haunting Swakopmund with the disappearance this week of an African-themed Christmas tree.The tree was lit in The
readNamibia, Germany reparations talks off
08-12-2005
NAMIBIA and Germany have called off talks, which were scheduled for next week and at which the 20 million euro donation for war reparations was expected to feature prominently.German Ambassador
readState takes over two more farms Lands Tribunal dispute launched
08-12-2005
THE first Lands Tribunal claim has been filed to question Government's valuation of farms that are targeted for expropriation.The State officially took possession of two expropriated farms in the
readRoad madness, one suicide
08-12-2005
ONE person was seriously injured in a road accident that occurred about one kilometre from Kalkfeld on Tuesday, Police reported yesterday.An Iveco bus reportedly tried to overtake a Mercedes Benz
readFund fraud
08-12-2005
GOBABIS - A 21-year-old woman received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty on a charge of intending to fraudulently use someone else's medical aid fund card on April 16.Kalista Tjikundisa told
readBritish education minister keen on regional plan
08-12-2005
NAMIBIAN and South African universities are being encouraged to come up with a regional plan that will enable them to link up with British universities and also allow them access to funding.Speaking
readNabta urges members to improve customer care
08-12-2005
THE Namibian Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) has called on bus and taxi drivers to respect their customers because they are the lifeblood of the passenger-transport industry."Customers need to be
readWords of praise, words of caution for media
08-12-2005
IN a year characterised by political change, unprecedented corruption levels, violence and natural disaster, the Namibian media have done well in keeping the nation abreast of local and world
readProstitution findings raise hackles in National Council
08-12-2005
SEX was the order of the day in the National Council yesterday, as the findings of a report on legalising prostitution were unveiled to a rowdy reception.In October, the NC accepted a motion by Vice
readWanted: Woermann Brock robbers
08-12-2005
THE Police are requesting the public to help them in tracing two suspects in a robbery that took place at Woermann Brock in Katutura on Sunday evening.The men have been identified as Wilhelm Penodino
readTourists hijacked at Swakop
08-12-2005
POLICE at Swakopmund arrested four suspects on Tuesday, after the group allegedly robbed five German tourists at gunpoint in two separate incidents.The suspects first robbed three Germans who they
readOtto Schimming dies
08-12-2005
A PROMINENT Namibian figure, Otto Ferdinand Schimming, died peacefully in the arms of his daughter, CoD parliamentarian Nora Schimming-Chase, at her home yesterday afternoon.He was 97 years old.
readTaku kongwa Selma Johannes
08-12-2005
T ATE Wilhelm Iipinge gwOselefona yonomola 0812990191 ota kongo okakadhona kedhina Selma ya Johannes shi na sha neso lya tate gwako Jason Johannes ngoka a sile momasiku 22 Novemba 2001.Nakusa Jason
read'Otwa hala eumbo letu,' ounona wa nakusa Hilya Naholo tau ti
08-12-2005
O UNONA wa nakusa meme Hilya Naholo, hano Nangula Piyepiye weedula 22 nonghelo Kovambo Hamukwaya weedula 14, otava ti kutya ova taatawa meumbo la meme wavo mOngwediva.Meme wavo nakufya Hilya Naholo,
readOmatokolo gamwe gOkabinete
08-12-2005
O KABINETE oka zimina Isak Johannes (Sackkie) Engelbrecht a ninge oshilyo shEwilikongundu lyOkampani ya Road Authority.Engelbrecht okwa pingenapo Ben Kathindi, ngoka euliko lye kutya na ninge
readOmiyelo omipe koongamba
08-12-2005
O KABINETE oka ninga etokolo kutya naku totwe omiyele omipe mbali dhokoongamba pu Mata Mata na Sendlingsdrift popepi nokandoolopa ka Rosh Pinah, nelalakano okweeta ompito ombwaanawa yaatalelipo
readODC ta katukilwa pavetaku Silnam
08-12-2005
O KAMPANI ya Mauritian-Namibian yomauyelele gopautekenika, Silnam otayi thiminike Offshore Development Company (ODC) opo a galule oshimaliwa shayo shoomiliyuna heyali (N$7 million) shoka ya pungula
readWoods is player of the year
08-12-2005
NEW YORK - Tiger Woods was voted PGA Tour player of the year for the seventh time in nine years on Tuesday, capping off a comeback season that included major victories at the US Masters and British
readBeckham sits top of English pile
08-12-2005
LONDON - David Beckham has topped the latest English football rich list with an estimated fortune over twice that of his nearest rival Dennis Bergkamp.FourFourTwo magazine claims the England captain
readZone Six Gymnastics kicks off
08-12-2005
THE spotlight is about to fall on gymnastics when the Zone Six competition swings into action today and tomorrow at the Walvis Bay Indoor Sports Complex.Due to political unrest in Zimbabwe, Namibia
readFootball Fixtures
08-12-2005
MTC Namibia Premier League Friday, Dec 9 19h30: Tigers vs SKW - Independence Std.Saturday, Dec 10 15h00: Touch & Go vs African Stars - Otavi Std. 14h00: Blue Waters vs Oshakati City - Kuisebmond
readNamibia U-20s out of Cosafa
08-12-2005
NAMIBIA'S dream of reaching the knockout stages of the Vodacom Under-20 Youth Cup in South Africa were dashed after losing 2-0 to Angola in a crucial decider at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Durban
readANC suspends Zuma pending rape trial
08-12-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) suspended party deputy president Jacob Zuma yesterday pending his trial on a rape charge.Zuma, an ANC heavyweight once seen as the
readZim's crisis is deepening
08-12-2005
HARARE - UN humanitarian envoy Jan Egeland left Zimbabwe yesterday after a four-day tour and said its humanitarian crisis was deepening, with millions in need of aid."The humanitarian situation in
read'Osama alive, leading holy war'
08-12-2005
DUBAI - Fugitive al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri claimed in a new videotape aired Wednesday that the network's leader Osama bin Laden was still alive and leading the "jihad" or holy war against
readSaddam refuses to attend his trial
08-12-2005
* LUKE BAKER BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein refused to attend his trial for crimes against humanity yesterday, throwing the sometimes chaotic proceedings into further confusion.Defence lawyers spent the
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