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33 Articles found on Wednesday, 9 August 2006
Silenced democracy remembered in silence
09-08-2006
Hundreds of former student activists yesterday quietly commemorated the 18th anniversary of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar, which propelled Aung San Suu Kyi into the political limelight and cost
readAfrica 'benefits from links with China'
09-08-2006
AFRICA stands to benefit from its deepening ties with China but the continent has its work cut out in terms of building capacities to match the Chinese economic juggernaut, according a recent study on
readNamibia still committed to WTO
09-08-2006
THE Ministry of Trade and Industry says despite the suspension of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Doha Round of trade talks, Namibia will continue to work with other member states with the view
readBHP sees signs of Angola diamond find
09-08-2006
KALGOORLIE - BHP Billiton said yesterday it was finding tell-tale signs of a big diamond find in Angola, where it prospecting in partnership with the government."We now have found 50 kimberlite pipes
readBotswana's Debswana plans to sparkle this year
09-08-2006
Botswana's leading diamond miner Debswana hopes a state-of-the-art Zeppelin can help it push production to a record 33 million carats this year, which would hand the economy of the African country a
readVirgin mulls South African airline
09-08-2006
British entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin group may launch a South African-based low-cost airline and hopes to open Virgin Megastores in Africa's biggest economy, the head of Virgin Mobile South
readUP, UP, UPgoes petrol
09-08-2006
FUEL prices will go up - again - before the end of this month.And more increases cannot be ruled out. However, the Ministry of Mines and Energy, which announced the increase yesterday, did not say
readMariental crash victims named
09-08-2006
A MEMORIAL service is planned at the spot where 12 people died in a horrific head-on collision on Sunday, while the names of the victims were released by the Hardap Regional Council and the Namibian
readFires wreak destruction at Dordabis
09-08-2006
ABOUT 600 sheep and goats have been killed in a huge veld fire that started on the farm Autabib in the Dordabis area east of Windhoek on Monday.The livestock belonged to Kobus Visagie, the owner of
readMiracle baby winning fight for life
09-08-2006
Only two hours old, Baby Raad fought for his life in an ambulance that screamed along a treacherous, bombed-out stretch of road out of the heart of southern Lebanon's war zone.His shock of black hair
readLegal costs of Aussenkehr battle revealed
09-08-2006
ONE of Namibia's most bitterly fought and drawn-out civil court cases since Independence made brief a return to the High Court last week - this time in the form of a dispute about who should pay part
readHardap's top cop replaced
09-08-2006
FORMER Regional Police Commander Bollen Sankwasa made a second appearance in the Mariental Magistrate's Court yesterday.Sankwasa was charged with theft on May 24. He is suspected of stealing petrol
readBoxing brothers help educate San children
09-08-2006
THE plight of the marginalised San people in Namibia and efforts to enable them to receive an education are set to receive international attention.A five-day visit by world-famous boxing brothers,
readBody found in riverbed
09-08-2006
THE body of an unidentified woman was found in a riverbed between Hosea Kutako Street and the railway tracks in Windhoek West on Monday afternoon, the Police reported yesterday.Police say they suspect
readRobbery blamed for young man's suicide
09-08-2006
LOSING his wages in a robbery apparently left a young man so depressed that he decided to end his own life on Monday.Jonas Shuuveni (25), a resident of Windhoek's Ombili township in Katutura,
readMiracle baby winning fight for life
09-08-2006
Only two hours old, Baby Raad fought for his life in an ambulance that screamed along a treacherous, bombed-out stretch of road out of the heart of southern Lebanon's war zone.His shock of black hair
readFires wreak destruction at Dordabis
09-08-2006
ABOUT 600 sheep and goats have been killed in a huge veld fire that started on the farm Autabib in the Dordabis area east of Windhoek on Monday.The livestock belonged to Kobus Visagie, the owner of
readMariental crash victims named
09-08-2006
A MEMORIAL service is planned at the spot where 12 people died in a horrific head-on collision on Sunday, while the names of the victims were released by the Hardap Regional Council and the Namibian
readAantu omulongo nayaali ya sila moshiponga shiihauto
09-08-2006
A ANTU ye li omulongo nayaali mwakwatelwa uunona une oya si moshiponga shohauto shoka sha ningilwa muuninginino wa Rehoboth mOsoondaha ya zi ko.Omuntu gumwe okwa pyapo na ita vulu we nokuli
readNgame hangame nda hulitha, ngoka a hulitha ombushandje, Junias Andjamba ta ti
09-08-2006
O MUTUNGI omugundjuka a tseyika nawa mOnooli, ha tungu unene Oongeleka moshilongo, gwedhina Junias Andjamba, ota tseyithile oshigwana mpaka kutya haye a hulitha ngashi oyendji ya fa ye shi uvu ko, ihe
readPata Hubert Knuff, Sheetekela a hulitha ombaadhilila mOkatana
09-08-2006
POKATANA O MUHONGI gwOngeleka ya Katoolika ka Roma moNamibia, Pata Hubert Knuff, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina Sheetekela, gwoomvula 74 kwali, okwa mana oondjenda dhe ombaadhilila ongulohi yOsoondaha
readCricket pundit Jones sacked
09-08-2006
COLOMBO - Australian cricket pundit Dean Jones was sacked by his TV employers and sent home on Tuesday after calling South Africa's Muslim player Hashim Amla a "terrorist" during the second Test
readAgnes off to Mauritius
09-08-2006
NAMIBIAN 800-metre specialist Agnes Samaria yesterday confirmed that she will leave for Mauritius later today to compete at the Senior African Senior Athletics Championships at the weekend.She is
readDuathlon ends on a high note
09-08-2006
THE C & G Motors Duathlon, held at Mariental last weekend, ended on a high note after it attracted 43 athletes competing on a perfect winter's day.Leon Koehne and Elke Jagau proved their dominance in
readJayawardene hails Sri Lanka
09-08-2006
COLOMBO - Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawerdene paid tribute to his team's superb work culture after sweeping the two-Test series against South Africa yesterday."When you work hard, you are bound to
readOttey leads athletics old-timers
09-08-2006
GOTHENBURG - Merlene Ottey rolled back the years to qualify for the semi-finals of the women's 100 metres as the 'old-timers' showed age was no barrier to success yesterday.In the women's discus,
readBattle not yet won: South Africa's women marchers
09-08-2006
Fifty years ago, Sophia Williams-De Bruyn helped lead 20 000 women in a march on white-ruled South Africa's capital in one of the first major demonstrations against the tightening of apartheid laws.
readIsrael cautious on Lebanon proposal, expands offensive
09-08-2006
Israel yesterday cautiously welcomed a Lebanese proposal to deploy 15 000 troops north of their border under a UN ceasefire resolution, but ordered its army to prepare for an expanded ground offensive
readKabila leading in DRC eastern cities
09-08-2006
President Joseph Kabila overwhelmingly won a main eastern city, according to the first citywide results to be compiled from the vast Central African nation's July 30 vote.Kabila was the choice of 126
readSri Lanka car bomb kills 2
09-08-2006
A car bomb exploded in Colombo yesterday, killing two people, including a three-year-old boy, as fighting continued in Sri Lanka's northeast and the government vowed to probe the execution-style
read4 held over Spanish forest fires
09-08-2006
Police have arrested four men suspected of deliberately starting forest fires raging across northwestern Spain that have killed three people, authorities said yesterday.Regional prosecutor Alvaro
readHopes fade for hundreds missing after Ethiopian floods
09-08-2006
Hopes faded yesterday for finding survivors from hundreds of people missing after murderous weekend flash floods devastated a town in eastern Ethiopia, officials and residents said.With the death toll
readInsurance Tycoon told to pay record UK divorce settlement
09-08-2006
LONDON - A British judge has awarded the ex-wife of an insurance magnate 48 million pounds in what is believed to be the biggest contested divorce award in British legal history. The case of John and
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