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29 Articles found on Wednesday, 23 August 2006
SADC steps closer to regional integration
23-08-2006
THE annual summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ended in Lesotho with an undertaking to improve the investment climate and a call for serious introspection by countries as a
readThemed cafes a hit in China
23-08-2006
BEIJING - A Chinese teahouse disguised as a jail, complete with cells, locks and wardens, has become the prisoner of its own success, as critics say it may corrupt young minds, state media said
readChina opens air routes
23-08-2006
BEIJING - China will open more international and domestic air corridors to ease growing aviation traffic problems ahead of the 2008 Olympics, state press reported yesterday.New air corridors are being
readFuel hikes may hit tourism
23-08-2006
THE recent steep increases in fuel prices might deter tourists from visiting Namibia and land the country in the expensive holiday destination category, despite more tourists flocking to Namibia last
readBaby reported stolen in the South
23-08-2006
TWO Zimbabwean nationals were arrested at Mariental after they allegedly stole a 14-month-old baby from its mother this past weekend, the Police reported in their daily crime bulletin yesterday.The
readLow turnout at polio points
23-08-2006
HEALTH authorities yesterday urged parents to take all children under the age of five for polio and measles vaccination.Day one of the third round of the national mass polio vaccination campaign
readAir Namibia takes leave of MD11 aircraft
23-08-2006
AIR NAMIBIA'S plan to switch to using Airbus aircraft on its flights between Namibia and Europe passed another milestone last week, when the airline said goodbye to its McDonnell Douglas MD11 jet.The
readNam strides towards cleaner production
23-08-2006
A NUMBER of industries in Namibia are applying Cleaner Production (CP), a senior official in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism said recently."Some of the larger Namibian industries have even
readMiss Namibia on her way to Miss World
23-08-2006
ANNA Nashandi, Miss Namibia 2006, will now be able to attend the Miss World pageant to be held in Poland on September 30.This was made possible through generous financial contributions from Petronam
readAquaculture, the answer to food security
23-08-2006
INCREASED pressure to feed a growing world population, coupled with depleted marine resources due to overfishing, leave no choice but to increase food production through aquaculture or fish farming,
readKeetmanshoop faces a hot, dry summer
23-08-2006
THE Keetmanshoop public swimming pool will not reopen this summer because the cost of maintaining it has become too high.The town's Chief Executive Officer, Jeremia Shangadhi, says there is no
readMerger rings in change for veteran law firm
23-08-2006
ONE of Namibia's oldest law firms, Dr Weder, Kruger & Hartmann, is set to witness the effects of the winds of change at the end of this month.The firm will merge with one of the country's most
read3 shot in bar hold-up
23-08-2006
A MAN was killed in a robbery at a bar at Walvis Bay on Monday night.Immanuel Fredrick (21) died after he was shot in the head by an unknown person who was in the process of robbing the Shasha Bar at
readCheaper AIDS drugs coming
23-08-2006
THE number of life-prolonging HIV-AIDS drugs on the Namibian market may increase by 75 per cent, giving patients more and cheaper options, the international AIDS conference was told at the end of last
readBakondja loses lawyer
23-08-2006
THE hiatus in the trial in which serial escapee Bakondja Katjiuongua faces 17 charges - including counts of kidnapping, robbery and attempted murder - is set to stretch to close to two years at least,
readEgwedhelo lyomahooli otali nyota
23-08-2006
O KWA tegelelwa aanafaalama oyendji ya ka dhengwe kegwedhelo lyomahooli ngoka ga londo pombanda noosenda omilongo ntano moliitela oshiwike sha zi ko.Oshinima shika osha ningitha ondilo iilonga
readOmukiintu a dhipagwa nekatana
23-08-2006
O POLISI pOmaruru otayi kongo omumati gwomukiintu gwoomvula 22 Elizabeth Naobes, ngoka a dhipagwa nekatana mEtitano.Opolisi oya lopota kutya Naobes okwa li a aniwa ta kongo iikuni naakiintu ooyakwawo
readOnde mu tsu ashike lu 6 nenge lu 7, nakuloptelwa edhipago ta ti
23-08-2006
O MULUMENTU gumwe omuhingi gwOtaxi mOshakati nosho wo ha landitha iihauti ngoka a lopotelwa edhipago lyomukadhona gwe oomvula mbali dha piti po sho e mu tsu lwomilongo mbali nalutatu, ota ka zimina
readAaniilonga ya Pamwe Trust ya tidhwa miilonga noya ningi ehololomadhilaadhilo
23-08-2006
A ANIILONGA yOoproyeka dha tseyika nawa dhokutunga Oosikola mOnooli ye li 40 lwaampoka, oya tidhwa miilonga komugandji gwiilonga gwawo Pamwe Trust molwashoka aniwa ke shi wete we nawa paiyemo nokwa
readRed Cross gwa Namibia okwa hala Aanamibia ya kwathele Aalibanon
23-08-2006
E HANGANO lyOmushigakano omutiligane mu Namibia/Namibia Red Cross Society olya ningi eindilo koshigwana kutya kehe ngoka a hala okugandja okamaliwa ka kwathele Aalibanona mboka ya monithwa iihuna
readWarriors to rely on good form in friendlies
23-08-2006
THE Brave Warriors will leave Namibia this morning for South Africa with high hopes of maintaining their recent good form in several friendly matches in that country, before taking on DRC in a Nations
readKnife-edge clashes set for inline hockey
23-08-2006
THERE'S everything to play for in the final tournament of the Namibian Ice and Inline Hockey Association (NIIHA) League, which takes place at the Coastal Pirates club in Swakopmund this
readGladiators draw in Cosafa
23-08-2006
THE Brave Gladiators, Namibia's women's football side, played to a two-all draw against hosts Zambia in the opening match of the Cosafa Cup for Women in Lusaka on Monday.Namibia took the lead in the
readTourist dies, dozens hospitalised
23-08-2006
KRIOPIGI- A German tourist was killed and dozens of people were hospitalised with breathing problems and burns yesterday, as a fire raged in northern Greece, forcing an overnight evacuation of hotels
readIn Brief
23-08-2006
PANTS DOWN - Israeli police have searched the official residence of Israel's president as part of a sexual harassment investigation, and will question him soon, Israel Radio reported
read11British terror plot suspects appear in court
23-08-2006
LONDON - Eleven people charged in the alleged plot to blow up US-bound airliners were taken from a secure police station yesterday to make their first appearance before a judge.The scheduled
readHeavy gunfire erupts in Kinshasa after election result
23-08-2006
KINSHASA- Heavy gunfire erupted yesterday morning around the home of Congo's top presidential challenger, a day after fighters trapped diplomats who had to be evacuated by UN peacekeepers.UN spokesman
readIran set to reject key demand
23-08-2006
TEHRAN- Iran, set to reply yesterday to an offer by world powers aimed at defusing a nuclear standoff, has insisted it would not stop enriching uranium as they demand by an August 31 deadline to avoid
readAnfal operation targeted Kurdish guerrillas
23-08-2006
BAGHDAD - Defendants in the new trial of Saddam Hussein insisted yesterday that the military was attacking only Iranian troops and Kurdish rebels when it launched the Anfal campaign in the 1980s in
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