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42 Articles found on Tuesday, 10 January 2006
The lake where it's easier to catch HIV than fish
10-01-2006
THIRTY years ago, Lake Mweru in the far north of Zambia had so many fish it was said a man could catch a tonne a day with just two small nets.But few people lived near the great inland sea then, so
readBotswana adopts new approach to AIDS tests
10-01-2006
GABORONE - When Botswana first offered free AIDS treatment, health authorities in one of the world's most infected countries braced for a rush.It didn't come. Most people were still too afraid to get
readThanks To Good Samaritans
10-01-2006
On 19 December 2004 my daughter was involved in a car accident 50 km north of Noordoewer.She was kindly taken to Springbok Hospital by a couple named Van Rooyen from Walvis Bay.This is my first visit
readSchool Failure Rate Is A Time Bomb
10-01-2006
ALLOW me a space in your paper to express my concern about the way the examinations statistics for Grade 10 and 12 appear to be manipulated for political gain.I have observed that the way in which
readCall To Eradicate Eyesores
10-01-2006
WHICH Ministry is responsible for the three houses BM 122 938 and BM 122 938A etc.located in Hoogenhout Street, Nr. 8,10 and 12 next to Sam Nujoma Drive and surrounding houses in such a prime
readMusicians Should Lead And Not Just Follow
10-01-2006
ALLOW me to make my contribution to the discussion steered by the Gazza-Dogg article in December 2005.The writer of the article touched some very important and valuable points which should be
readOil steadies above US$64
10-01-2006
SINGAPORE - Oil steadied above US$64 (N$390,40) yesterday, holding near a three-month high on dollar weakness and renewed fears of political instability in the Middle East.US February light crude was
readChina revises up over a decade of GDP growth
10-01-2006
BEIJING - China revised up more than a decade of economic growth yesterday, confirming analysts' long-held suspicion that output had been advancing even faster than the torrid pace it had previously
readGold glitters to 25-year high
10-01-2006
SINGAPORE - Gold rose yesterday to its highest level in almost 25 years, gaining one per cent on the day as fund managers poured money into the market driven by expectations US interest rates have
readSA reserves rise through key level
10-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's gold and foreign exchange reserves jumped in December, with the overall level breaching the psychologically important US$20 billion mark for the first time, central bank
readTax Talk Intention determines tax treatment
10-01-2006
LAST time I indicated that your intention regarding the assets that you hold determines the taxability of amounts that you receive when selling them.So what does this mean? The tax courts, which we
readNBC in bid to recover N$48 000 loan from Ras Sheehama
10-01-2006
VETERAN musician Ras Sheehama returned to the country from Europe on Sunday, to the news that the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has taken legal steps against him. In December 2003, Sheehama
readState forced to withdraw sex charges against Concordia head
10-01-2006
A CASE of indecent assault against the suspended principal of Concordia College, Ben Awoseb, was provisionally withdrawn in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Friday.Making his fourth appearance
readScramble for school places
10-01-2006
WITH the school year starting tomorrow, hundreds of Namibian children countrywide will not get placements. Dozens of Windhoek residents were turned away at schools in and around the capital yesterday
readRobbers assault elderly farmer
10-01-2006
A 70-year-old man living on the farm Corrigenda in the Osire District fell victim to robbers yesterday when three men tied him up, beat him, and stole his car, five pistols, a rifle and household
readSecurity firm boss charged with shooting employee
10-01-2006
THE owner of a security company operating throughout the country is awaiting trial for attempted murder after an employee claimed he was forced to flee when his employer shot at him in a public
readHomebrew possible cause of woman's death
10-01-2006
A 70-year-old woman from the Caprivi Region is suspected to have died from poisoning last Monday, the Police have reported.The woman, Alfonsina Masene, had been complaining of feeling sick after
readNamibia is world's 3rd worst TB-hit country
10-01-2006
TUBERCULOSIS has reached alarming proportions in Namibia, as the country is now among the world's top three worst affected countries.The other two countries are Lesotho and Swaziland. In a document
readRain prospects remain good
10-01-2006
WINDHOEK has received much more rain so far this month than during the whole of January last year.Weatherman Simon Dirkse says from January 1 to 7, the city received 183,8 millimetres of rain.Last
readCity probes Dolam situation
10-01-2006
THE City of Windhoek says it cannot accept responsibility for losses suffered by the 14 families at Dolam location in Katutura whose homes were flooded last week until it is proven that construction
readShack fires plague Swakopmund
10-01-2006
SEVERAL shacks were reduced to ashes after fires broke out on two separate occasions in Mondesa, Swakopmund, last week.The latest incident occurred on Wednesday around 03h00 when a burning candle
readWindhoek flooding not exceptional
10-01-2006
DESPITE widespread damage to many homes in Windhoek as the Arebbusch River came down in a flash flood on Friday, the flood was in fact much smaller than the one that caused similar havoc two years
readTwo men shot dead in shopping complex
10-01-2006
TWO young men, an Angolan and a Namibian, were shot and killed by a security guard at the Game shopping centre at Oshakati on Saturday morning.According to the Oshana Police Commander, Deputy
readAalongwa ye vulithe 1 436 mOhangwena nomOshikoto kaye na osikola manga
10-01-2006
O OSIKOLA otadhi tameke nee ngula nomOhangwena nOshikoto omwa tegelelwa omuyalu gwaanasikola ye li 1 436 ya ka kale kaye na manga Osikola omanga uupyakadhi wa fa mboka wa tegelelwa wo mIitopolwa
readOonakugumwa kefundja pu Dolam ya pewa omulalo pokapale ka Sam Nujoma
10-01-2006
M UNI gwa Venduka okwa gandja omulalo kaantu ye li 139 mboka omagumbo gawa mwa li mwa tondokele omeya ogendji gefundja pu Dolam mu Katutura mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Omagumbo ngaka ge li 14, oge
readEfundja lya dhipaga 21 mu Mozambique
10-01-2006
A ANTU omayovi miitopolwa yopondingandika ya Mozambique oya taalelwa komaupyakadhi ngoka ge etwa kefundja, ndyoka lya faalele oomwenyo dhaantu yeli 21.Okuniwe uumbanda kutya efundja ndika otali ka
readOmvula ya eta uupyakadhi mOvenduka
10-01-2006
O MANGA oyendji unene tuu komavi giimpungu taya popi nokuyitanga kutya; oondjoka tiingumu tayi tsu omuthindo mOmbwela, niiloke omapongo twaakayake oondjendi twaakagume shomuntu, oyamwe otaya lili
readThai fishermen confess to slaying of UK tourist
10-01-2006
BANGKOK - Two Thai fisherman have confessed to the murder of a British tourist on New Year's Day at a resort island in Thailand, and DNA tests indicate the suspects raped the victim, police said
readWhat's next for Sharon
10-01-2006
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being gradually awakened by his doctors after suffering a massive stroke January 4.Here's what's next. Medically Doctors began trying to bring Sharon out of
readDick Cheney hospitalised
10-01-2006
WASHINGTON - US Vice President Dick Cheney was taken to a Washington hospital early yesterday, suffering from shortness of breath, according to a statement from the vice president's office.The vice
readFiring at Afghan border kills 8
10-01-2006
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has protested to the US military in Afghanistan over firing at a Pakistani village near the Afghan border that killed eight people, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.Ministry
readSuicide bombers kill 14 at Iraqi ministry
10-01-2006
BAGHDAD - At least 14 people were killed and 20 wounded in an apparent suicide bomb attack on Iraq's Interior Ministry on Monday as the country marked National Police Day, police said.Police said
readWalkout shuts key London subway stations
10-01-2006
LONDON - Morning rush-hour commuters found some of London's biggest subway stations closed yesterday as a 24-hour strike by Underground staff continued.Thirty-nine of the system's 275 stations were
read12 suspected bird flu patients admitted to hospital
10-01-2006
TURKEY - Hospitals admitted a dozen new suspected bird flu patients yesterday as the disease appeared to be spreading in Turkey with three people in the capital Ankara testing positive for the deadly
readCold snap kills more than 180 people across South Asia
10-01-2006
LUCKNOW - Schools across northern India's Uttar Pradesh state were ordered shut yesterday, as the death toll from a spell of icy winds and bitter cold since November rose to more than 180 across
readDozens die from water in Zimbabwe
10-01-2006
HARARE - Last week, a cholera and thpoid epidemic raged through Harare and Chitungwiza claiming lives and left dozens of people hospitalised. Confusion reigned supreme as residents panicked following
readFormer Australia rugby league-captain Steve Rogers dead
10-01-2006
SYDNEY - Former Australia rugby league international Steve Rogers has died aged 51, Cronulla Sharks manager Greg Pierce said.Pierce said Rogers, whose son Mat plays for the Australian rugby union
readLegendary Chicago columnist Mabley
10-01-2006
CHICAGO - Chicago lost two noted journalists from two different newspaper eras over the weekend, with the death late on Friday of Chicago Tribune critic Allan Johnson, 46, followed by the death on
readEmir of Dubai, prime minister of UAE and a thoroughbred racing enthusiast
10-01-2006
DUBAI - Sheik Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum - the emir of Dubai, prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and an avid thoroughbred racing enthusiast - died on Wednesday in Australia where he was
readLast member of China's Gang of 4 dies
10-01-2006
BEIJING - Yao Wenyuan, the final surviving member of the Gang of Four that terrorised China during the violent 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, persecuting thousands of people, has died at age 74, the
readIraqi widows feel lost in land that cannot provide
10-01-2006
MOSUL - Three sewing machines in a dingy apartment were all Munna Abdul Adeem Ahmed could scrape together when she set up a tailoring co-op for poor widows.She soon realised it was not enough. More
readBerlin relives assassination of top Nazi
10-01-2006
BERLIN - More than 60 years ago, a group of Czech and Slovak exiles parachuted into their Nazi-occupied homeland and assassinated SS-Obergruppenfuehrer Reinhard Heydrich, the man known as the
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