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45 Articles found on Wednesday, 11 January 2006
UN's Kofi Annan due in Zimbabwe in March
11-01-2006
HARARE - United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is due in Zimbabwe in March to see for himself the effects of the government's controversial shack clearance campaign, the state-controlled Herald
readAfrica wants to see words put to action in 2006
11-01-2006
NAIROBI - Promises of aid to Africa must be kept in 2006 or millions of people will die needlessly, the top United Nations adviser on poverty said on Monday, while insisting that every penny must be
readRand eyes 6/US$ level
11-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand was near an eight-month peak yesterday as gold rocketed to its highest in 25 years, with traders predicting a break of the 6/US dollar level amid mounting demand
readMTC Nam sets holiday record
11-01-2006
NAMIBIA'S sole cellphone service provider, MTC Namibia, has announced a significant increase in its text message (SMS) traffic over the past calendar year and especially during the peak holiday
readWB freezes Chad loans
11-01-2006
N'DJAMENA - Oil-producing Chad is urging the World Bank to rethink its decision to suspend all loans - a move that came after parliament scrapped a ground-breaking scheme where a chunk of
readChina's race for energy heating up
11-01-2006
SHANGHAI - China's US$2,3 billion Nigerian oil venture is a major step forward for the energy-ravenous country as it seeks to power its fast-growing economy but analysts said yesterday the race was
readSouth African new car sales up
11-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African car manufacturers sold a record number of vehicles in 2005, with overall sales leaping by 25,7 per cent versus the previous year, when they grew by 22 per cent, an
readIraq war could cost US$2 trillion
11-01-2006
WASHINGTON - The Iraq war will likely cost the United States anywhere between one and two trillion dollars, despite earlier assurances by the White House that these expenses would be manageable,
readStranded commuters in the North point finger at Nabta
11-01-2006
HUNDREDS of people who went to the North to celebrate Christmas and New Year with their relatives and friends are struggling to get transport back to the regions where they are working or
readGovt warns schools against turning away poor children
11-01-2006
AS hundreds of children feel the classroom squeeze this morning, the Ministry of Education has warned schools not to turn away pupils who can't afford school fees or uniforms.Education Permanent
readDemo shuts Roessing Workers demand higher salary hikes
11-01-2006
OPERATIONS at Roessing's open-pit uranium mine were brought to a halt yesterday when some 450 mineworkers downed tools in protest against salary increases offered by the company.Roessing Managing
readDemo shuts Roessing
11-01-2006
OPERATIONS at Roessing's open-pit uranium mine were brought to a halt yesterday when some 450 mineworkers downed tools in protest against salary increases offered by the company.Roessing Managing
read3 more suicides by hanging
11-01-2006
POLICE have reported three more suicides which occurred last week, all three being men who hanged themselves.On Sunday, 27-year-old Jonas Hamupembe from Walvis Bay was found hanging from a rope in
readPolice arrest fourth Okahao jailbreaker
11-01-2006
THE fourth of six trial-awaiting prisoners who escaped from the Police cells in Okahao on New Year's Eve has been rearrested.Police caught up with 22-year-old Ankonga Malakia at a village in the
readAngolan national murdered
11-01-2006
POLICE in the Caprivi Region are trying to trace a Zambian man who is being sought for the murder of an Angolan national last Wednesday.The two had been involved in a fight at the Makanga village,
readLivestock die after heavy rains
11-01-2006
OPUWO - The State Veterinarian of Kunene North, Douglas Mudimba, says livestock in the region are dying after the heavy rains of the past week.The animals are in poor condition because the rains came
readFour alleged farm robbers in court
11-01-2006
FOUR men arrested over the weekend for assaulting an elderly farmer at Farm Corrigenda in the Osire District briefly appeared in the Otjiwarongo Magistrate's Court yesterday morning.The four are
readJob creation crucial in battle against poverty
11-01-2006
DECENT employment should be at the heart of the poverty battle in Africa, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in a recent publication 'Meeting the Challenges of
readTsumeb cop in soup over N$300
11-01-2006
A POLICE officer from Tsumeb may find himself in a world of trouble once his colleagues trace the prime witness in a theft charge being investigated against him.The officer in question reportedly
readDolam flood victims want compensation
11-01-2006
OCCUPANTS of homes that were heavily flooded at Dolam location in Katutura last week have dismissed the City of Windhoek's statement that it cannot be held responsible for losses suffered by them
readStill no leads in Rundu child murder case, family unhappy
11-01-2006
THE Police have made no headway in tracking down the killers of an 11-year-old Rundu boy, who was kidnapped near his school and sodomised before his body was left in the veld near the town's military
readNanso disappointed with Grade 10 results
11-01-2006
THE Namibia National Students' Organisation (Nanso) has expressed disappointment over last year's Junior Secondary Certificate results.Neville Andre, Nanso's Secretary General, said there was no way
readNamWater says dam levels soaring
11-01-2006
NAMIBIA'S main storage dams have recorded good inflows after the good rains received since the beginning of the month.NamWater's latest dam bulletin states that the Von Bach Dam near Okahandja is now
readUupyakadhi woongombe dhAawambo mOkavango onkee ngaa tau tsimike
11-01-2006
U UPYAKADHI wokukala mo koongombe dhaanafaalama yAawambo muuninginino wOkavango onkee tau pula komeho sho Elelo lyUukwangali noshigwana shalyo meti 15 Desemba 2005 ya ningi ehololomadhilaadhilo
readYaali mOmpangu medhipago lya Kohnke
11-01-2006
A ALUMENTU yaali oya holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata mOvenduka moshipotha shedhipago lyomukwashigwana gwa Ndowishi gwedhina Ralph Kohnke gwomimvo 34.Aalumentu mboka yaali Da Costa Zuzee gwomimvo 35 na
readAaihupuli ya dhipaga aantu ye li 14 mu Iraq
11-01-2006
B AGHDAD - Onkundana okuzilila ku Baghdad sha Iraq otayi ti kutya aantu ye li 14 oya si omanga ye li 20 ya ehamekwa moshiponga shetopo lyoomboma pOombelewa dhUuministeli wIikwameni, manga oshilongo
readOtashi vulika Ben ita ka galukila kOsikola mbala
11-01-2006
O SHIPOTHA shopaihulo shoka sha ningilwa Omukuluntusikola pOsikola yaanona ya Concordia College, Ben Awoseb, osha kalekwa pakathimbo mOmpangu ya Mengestrata mOvenduka mEtitano lya zi ko.Sho a holoka
readNakunyekula okampunda a yahelwa pOmatala mOshakati
11-01-2006
O MUMATI gumwe okwa yahwa nondjembo nokwehamekwa noonkondo pethimbo a nyangula omusamane gumwe okandjato ke kiimaliwa pOmatala ga Shakati noku kambadhala e ka holeke po ye ngeno a fadhuke po
readFans face penalty prices at World Cup hotels
11-01-2006
Looking for a cheap room in Germany during the soccer World Cup? Think again.Organisers of the month-long tournament and the German tourist industry had promised reasonable rates but fans looking for
readNotice:
11-01-2006
THE Central Football League will hold its first meeting of the year with members on Saturday, January 14.Chairman Peter Ndjulu announced that the meeting will take place at Mandume Primary School at
readFederer over the ankle pain, expecting big things in Melbourne
11-01-2006
MELBOURNE - Roger Federer claims he's 100 percent healthy and has no concerns that the ankle problem that curtailed his last season will flare up before the Australian Open.Top-ranked Federer is a
readNational team boxers shine at Swakop
11-01-2006
THE New Year Champ of Champs boxing tournament, which was staged by the Namibia National Amateur Boxing Federation at Swakopmund over the weekend, was as a resounding success.That was the view of
readAgnes Samaria ready for Commonwealth Games
11-01-2006
AGNES Samaria has been hard at work over the past two months and is quietly confident of her medal chances at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in March."I've been training for two months with my
readMauresmo ousted from Australian Open warm-up
11-01-2006
SYDNEY - Amelie Mauresmo's Australian Open preparation was thrown into disarray yesterday when the world number three failed in her first match at the Sydney International warm-up event.Unfancied
readBilbao bullish about Cup prospects
11-01-2006
ATHLETIC Bilbao striker Ismael Urzaiz is confident the 23-times Cup winners can overturn their 1-0 first-leg deficit in the Bernabeu on Thursday, when they take on Real Madrid in the last 16 of the
readMorocco thump Congo to hand coach Fakhir debut win
11-01-2006
MOROCCO delivered coach Mohamed Fakhir a 3-0 debut win over the Democratic Republic of Congo in a friendly in Rabat on Monday night.Fakhir was appointed to the post at the start of the month after
readFear, poverty haunt Iraq's Gypsies
11-01-2006
HADID - Among the millions of impoverished Iraqis, Jameel Mahmoud Hassan has the dubious distinction of being among the poorest of all.One of a group of Iraqi Gypsies who have squatted for years on
readMecca pilgrims stone devil at start of Muslim feast
11-01-2006
MUSLIM pilgrims yesterday poured into the valley of Mina east of the holy city of Mecca to affirm their allegiance to God by stoning symbols of Satan, in the riskiest ritual of the hajj.As the rays
readZim bans meat vending to curb cholera spread
11-01-2006
HARARE - The Zimbabwe government has banned public sales of meat to curb the spread of cholera that has claimed 14 lives and left dozens hospitalised, the official Herald newspaper reported on
readJapan in bid to rescue snowed-in villagers
11-01-2006
TOKYO - Soldiers battled through snow yesterday to reach nearly 200 households cut off for two days in the mountains of central Japan in a record cold snap that has left 72 people dead.The army
readGerman cannibal returns to court
11-01-2006
BERLIN - A self-confessed cannibal will face a new trial in Germany from Thursday, as prosecutors seek a murder conviction for the man who killed and ate an apparently willing victim he met on the
readTurkish bird flu outbreak worsens
11-01-2006
DOGUBAYAZIT - Turkey said on Monday 14 people had been confirmed with bird flu infections, but UN health experts said there was no evidence the virus had changed to become more dangerous to people.The
readTwin suicide bombing kills 28 policemen
11-01-2006
BAGHDAD - At least 28 policemen were killed and 25 injured Monday when twin suicide bombers attacked Iraq's interior ministry where ministers and the US ambassador were attending a parade to mark
readBritish PM Blair unveils new crackdown on yobs
11-01-2006
LONDON - British police could be given powers to evict nuisance neighbours from their homes and problem parents will get lessons on raising children under a new government drive to crack down on
readControversy over world's first cloned dog
11-01-2006
SEOUL - A team led by a once heralded and now disgraced South Korean scientist faked two landmark papers on embryonic stem cells but did produce the world's first cloned dog, an investigation panel
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