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41 Articles found on Monday, 7 November 2005
Leviev sees diamond polishing in Africa's future
07-11-2005
LUANDA - Easier supply of Africa's rough diamonds may allow for 70 per cent of the continent's production to be polished at home rather than abroad, Israeli diamond businessman Lev Leviev
readGlobal trade pact in jeopardy?
07-11-2005
HONG KONG - The European Union's offer to cut agricultural import tariffs does not go far enough and puts prospects for a new global trade pact in jeopardy, New Zealand's trade minister said on
readSA to launch its big eye on the sky
07-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will launch the largest telescope in the southern hemisphere next week and aims to put itself on the map as a destination for star-gazing tourists, the country's science
readTeen prostitutes have few options
07-11-2005
WINDHOEK - It's 22h30 on a hot, humid Saturday night in the seedy area of Ausspannplatz in Windhoek. The streets appear deserted, but this changes when a vehicle appears. Boys in their teens and a few
readOvakwanyama King to be buried tomorrow
07-11-2005
THE King of the Ovakwanyama, Mwetupunga Kornelius Shelungu, is to be buried at the new Ovakwanyama royal house cemetery at Omhedi tomorrow.King Shelungu died in the Oshakati State Hospital on
readGovt to take aim at illegal fencing
07-11-2005
LAST week's Cabinet retreat at Swakopmund resulted in advice that Government use an old Bantustan law to clamp down on illegal fencing in communal areas.Land reform was one of four key areas
readGovt to take aim at illegal fencing
07-11-2005
LAST week's Cabinet retreat at Swakopmund resulted in advice that Government use an old Bantustan law to clamp down on illegal fencing in communal areas.Land reform was one of four key areas
readKanyeumbo laid to rest
07-11-2005
ENGELA - A number of business personalities, family members and friends packed the Lutheran Church here on Saturday to pay their last respect to well-known businessman Fillemon Zulu Kanyeumbo.After
readThree die in road accidents
07-11-2005
ONE person died and six others were injured when a car overturned in the Oshana region last week, the Police report.The deceased has been identified as Mwandina Matheus. * In the Omusati Region,
readCabinet retreat unique, says Geingob
07-11-2005
SWAKOPMUND - Swapo MP Hage Geingob has described the just-ended Cabinet retreat at the coast as a good beginning to ensuring the speedy and effective implementation of policies adopted by Cabinet.In
read4 cars stolen in Windhoek
07-11-2005
POLICE reported four cars stolen in Windhoek between Tuesday and Wednesday last week.On Tuesday at around 09h00, a Nissan double-cab bakkie was stolen from Pupkewitz, where it was parked.Then at
readSan man killed with arrow
07-11-2005
AN elderly Tsumkwe resident, G//kao Dui (78) died at the Mangetti Clinic last Monday after he was stabbed with an arrow during a fight.His wife was stabbed in the neck with a spear during the
readSSC man takes own life
07-11-2005
THE former deputy Chairman of the Social Security Commission's Board of Commissioners, Dirk Sobotta, committed suicide at his farm in the Okahandja district last week Monday, the Police
readSmuggled birds taste freedom again
07-11-2005
SIXTY-SIX of the Ruppel's Parrots confiscated by Namibian border police from a smuggler near Onhelewa at the Namibia-Angolan border in September have been released back into the wild.Hobatere, on the
readLawyers set to start testing treason witness's evidence
07-11-2005
THE tenth witness for the prosecution in the main Caprivi high treason trial is set to have his mettle in the witness box tried and tested from today.Deputy Prosecutor General Taswald July on Friday
readStarving Zim elephants might be relocated to Nam parks
07-11-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwean authorities are considering moving elephants from the country's overburdened national parks to Namibia after at least 50 pachyderms starved to death, a state daily reported last
readMajor drug bust in capital
07-11-2005
MEMBERS of the Drug Law Enforcement Unit and other Police units confiscated more than N$80 000 worth of illegal drugs from two houses in Windhoek between Thursday and Friday.After about six hours of
readState suggests massive sentences for Joneses
07-11-2005
X BROTHERS Ian and Chris Jones should each be sent to prison for 95 years for the armed robbery, kidnapping and murder that they committed in Windhoek in early 2002, the State prosecutor in their
readMurder, rape spree continues
07-11-2005
A 16-year-old boy is to appear in the Gobabis Magistrate's Court today in connection with the murder of Darius Rooi (16) on Friday night.Rooi died of a knife wound to the left shoulder. The stabbing
readOmugundjuka mOtaukondjele a dhipaga aniwa okanona ke
07-11-2005
O KAKADHONA koomvula 19 komomukunda Otaukondjele popepi nEenhana mOukwanyama moshitopolwa sha Hangwena, oka kwatwa po kOpolisi shi na sha nekuthomo lyela lya adhika lya koka nokudhipaga okahanona hoka
readOonkonga odha londa
07-11-2005
O MAKWATONKONGA gahamano oga lopotwa ishewe kOpolisi Oshiwike sha zi ko mEtitatu nomEtine, shoka sha eta omwaalu gwomakwatonkonga ngoka ga ningwa oshiwike shoka pomakwatokonga ge li 14.*Momaandaha
readNamholoh a pandula mboka ya tsika omiti
07-11-2005
O MINISTA yEtanga lyEgameno Charles Namoloh okwa pandula omikunda ndhoka dha kutha ombinga moshikonga shopashigwana shokutsika omiti moshilongo.Pethimbo ta popi poshigongi shoprograma yokutsika omiti
readYamwe ya mbendanga mEpangelo manga taya ningilwa omakonakono
07-11-2005
A ANAMBELEWA aakuluntu yaali oya mbendanga mUuministeli wIilonga nOmakwatathano sho ya lopotelwa uulunga omanga oshipotha shuulunga shomunambelewa omutitatu mUuministeli mbuka sha pwa
readOmukwaniilwa Shelungu a hulitha sho a ulike Meekulu Mwadinomho
07-11-2005
O NKUNDANA yoluhodhi ye tu zilile mElelo lyUukwanyama, otayi ti kutya Omukwaniilwa gUukwanyama tatekulu Mwetupunga Kornnelius Shelungu, okwa si mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati ongulohi yEtine lya
readSpringboks recover to beat Pumas
07-11-2005
BUENOS AIRES - A second half comeback saved South Africa from an upset defeat when they clawed their way to a 34-23 victory over Argentina in their first test of the November series on Saturday.The
readFrance wins sprint and feature races at Eastern Creek
07-11-2005
SYDNEY - France won both the sprint and feature races yesterday at Eastern Creek to give it a commanding overall championship lead in the inaugural season of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations open-wheel
readZimbabweans shine in Soweto
07-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - The Zimbabwean raiders delivered another wake-up call to South Africa's elite marathoners when Elijah Mutandiro won the Soweto Marathon yesterday, clocking 2:19:43.The Harare-based
readHenry double keeps Gunners revival on track
07-11-2005
LONDON - The Arsenal revival that has coincided with Thierry Henry's return from injury gathered pace on Saturday as the Gunners swept bottom club Sunderland aside to climb to third in the English
readSorenstam in historic golf Classic win
07-11-2005
OTSU - World number one Annika Sorenstam made history when she became the first-ever golfer to win the same tournament five consecutive times by winning the Mizuno Classic on Sunday.Starting the final
readMarquez stops Mabuza in IBF bantamweight title
07-11-2005
STATELINE - Mexico's Rafael Marquez retained his International Boxing Federation bantamweight title here Saturday, stopping previously unbeaten South African Silence Mabuza in the fourth
readHenry happy after Welsh rout
07-11-2005
CARDIFF - New Zealand coach Graham Henry was in upbeat mood after seeing his team begin their Grand Slam tour of the British Isles with a 41-3 thrashing of Wales but warned of a stern challenge when
readFrance down Wallabies
07-11-2005
MARSEILLES - Australia went down to their sixth successive defeat on Saturday as France eased home comfortable 26-16 victors in their one-off rugby test to extend the visitors' worst losing run since
readPirates aim for league title
07-11-2005
ORLANDO Pirates coach Brian Isaacs says winning the Namibia Premier League (NPL) will be their target this season after his team got a morale boost by capturing the Humphries Security Cup by ousting
readFootball Results Humphries Security Cup
07-11-2005
Played Friday, Nov 4 - Semi-finals Orlando Pirates 0-0 Ramblers (Pirates win 5-4 on penalties) Eleven Arrows 1-2 Blue Waters Played Saturday, Nov 5 Third and Fourth: Ramblers 2-4 Eleven Arrows
readOsama bin Laden publicly quiet for longest stretch since 9/11 attacks
07-11-2005
WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden has been publicly silent for the longest period since the attacks of September 11 2001.The question for US intelligence: What, if anything, does it mean? The terror leader
readBush staff ordered to review ethics rules
07-11-2005
WASHINGTON - President George W Bush, reacting to the indictment of a high-level White House aide in the CIA leak case, has ordered his staff to get a refresher on ethics rules.In a memo sent to all
readMyanmar junta heads for hills
07-11-2005
YANGON - Myanmar's military junta, which has been branded an "outpost of tyranny" by the United States, yesterday started to move key ministries to a secret location in the mountains and dense
readHouse-to-house battles in US-led offensive in Iraq
07-11-2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A major offensive by about 3 500 US and Iraqi troops on an insurgent stronghold near the Syrian border encountered militants fighting with Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled
readAt least 46 killed in Ethiopian riots
07-11-2005
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's religious leaders called for peace yesterday, after a week of bloody clashes between demonstrators and police left at least 46 people dead and thousands in police
readUnrest reaches Paris, takes on new intensity; 186 held
07-11-2005
PARIS - Spreading urban unrest - with arson attacks on vehicles, nursery schools and other targets in France from the Mediterranean to the German border - for the first time reached central Paris,
readUnrest reaches Paris, takes on new intensity; 186 held
07-11-2005
PARIS - Spreading urban unrest - with arson attacks on vehicles, nursery schools and other targets in France from the Mediterranean to the German border - for the first time reached central Paris,
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