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37 Articles found on Wednesday, 18 January 2006
Oil prices surge on Nigeria militant threat
18-01-2006
LONDON - World oil prices hit a three-and-a-half-month high yesterday after militants said they would broaden attacks on Nigeria's oil industry, threatening to cut deeper into supplies from the
readEU warns of 'minimalist' WTO deal
18-01-2006
STRASBOURG - Europe's trade chief said on Monday there was a risk of "minimalist outcome" from five years of negotiations for a deal to free up global commerce and that it was up to other countries
readSA seeks its millions
18-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African investigators were yesterday preparing to seize millions of dollars in assets from the financial adviser of ex-deputy president Jacob Zuma, who was sacked for graft and
readNova Vita Rehabilitation Centre grabs gold
18-01-2006
THE Nova Vita Rehabilitation Centre in Windhoek has been awarded a gold medal for excellence in business practice by the Foundation for Excellence in Business Practice of Switzerland.According to
readDidata sells Bots stake
18-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's biggest IT company, Dimension Data, has sold 49 per cent of its Botswana unit to local investors to profit from their links with business and the government there.The
readGold hits 25-yr high, platinum all-time high
18-01-2006
SINGAPORE - Gold rose to its highest level in 25 years yesterday and platinum hit a record high due to fund buying triggered by the dollar's weak outlook plus concern over threats to Nigerian oil
readWeatherman sounds a wet warning
18-01-2006
HEAVY rain is expected countrywide from today until Monday, and people are urged to take necessary precautions."The rains are seriously coming," said weatherman Victor Kaurimuje yesterday. Kaurimuje
readPohamba unhappy with inefficiency
18-01-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday criticised low efficiency levels, slow policy implementation, a lack of follow-up action, duplication of duties and lack of co-ordination in the civil
readCity pensioner corners ODC 'con man' Fourie
18-01-2006
THE key man in fleecing the Offshore Development Company (ODC) of N$100 million - Philip Fourie of Great Triangle Investments - was yesterday declared bankrupt by the Cape Town High Court.Fourie's
readCancer-screening clinics resume
18-01-2006
THE Cancer Association of Namibia will start its annual Sanlam Pap smear and breast examination clinics throughout the country on January 23.While visiting towns, the association visits schools to
readCancer-screening clinics resume
18-01-2006
THE Cancer Association of Namibia will start its annual Sanlam Pap smear and breast examination clinics throughout the country on January 23.While visiting towns, the association visits schools to
readGet on your bikes and ride
18-01-2006
A CONTAINER with 350 donated bicycles from Britain was unloaded at the Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BEN) last week.The organisation has distributed about 400 bicycles in Namibia so far and
readOshakati clamps down on squatters, vandals
18-01-2006
THE Oshakati Town Council has issued a stern warning to squatters that action will be taken against them if they don't stop erecting illegal structures in the town.Town Council spokesman Loth Nehemia
readWindhoek Central Hospital cleaners want higher pay
18-01-2006
CLEANERS at the Windhoek Central Hospital are angry with their union - the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) - for not giving attention to their problems.The union has dismissed the
readAngolan man shot by security guard
18-01-2006
THE Police at Oshakati are investigating a case in which an 18-year-old man was shot and wounded in the leg while allegedly breaking into a shop on Monday night The Police Commander for Oshana
readEtosha lions terrorising villagers
18-01-2006
FARMERS in Uuvudhiya Constituency, in the Oshana Region, have complained about lions that they say are killing their livestock.The farmers say the boundary fence of the Etosha National Park is so
readNo word yet on taxi fares
18-01-2006
THE Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) has not yet decided whether to increase transport fares following the fuel price hike that came into effect at midnight.The Ministry of Mines and Energy
readMain Caprivi treason trial resumes
18-01-2006
THE main Caprivi high treason trial got back into gear after an almost six-week adjournment yesterday.The trial, which started in the High Court at Grootfontein in August 2004 and has since been
readNanso wants shortcomings in education addressed
18-01-2006
THE biggest obstacle in the way of developing Namibia's education sector is the country's inability to "state problems as they are", the Namibia National Student's Organisation (Nanso) said
readRoessing, MUN strike wage deal
18-01-2006
EXTENSIVE negotiations between Roessing Uranium and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) concluded yesterday with the signing of the 2006 salary agreement.Basic salaries of employees in the
readCar caper case postponed
18-01-2006
A FORGERY case which began late in 2004, and has yet to see the first witness take the stand, was postponed - yet again - in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday.Businessman Peter Lernhord Shimi
readAalongi haya lala naanasikola pOkahenge ya tidhwa kaavali
18-01-2006
A AVALI yomomukunda Omundaungilo muuzilo wUukwanyama oya geyithwa nayi kaalongisikola yatatu yopOsikola ya Kahenge Combined mOmundaungilo, mboka aniwa haya lala naanasikola yopOsikola yawo mpoka noku
readOmunandholongo ngoka i iyaka nayakwawo yane mEenhana, a yahelwa mu Angola
18-01-2006
G UMWE gwomaanandholongo yane mboka yi iyakele mondholongo yOpolisi pEenhana ongulohi yOsoondaha ya zile ko (8 Januali 2006) e taya taaguluka mbala oongamba dha Namibia na Angola nokuya mo Angola,
readYaali dhitikwa kOpolisi pOutapi
18-01-2006
A amentu yaali pOutapi, gumwe gwomimvo 24 nomukwawo gwomimvo 19 oya dhitikwa kOpolisi konima sho ya dhenge nokuyuga omulumentu gumwe mondoolopa ndjoka mOsoondaha ya zile ko.Otaku hokololwa ngeyi kutya
readOmahooli ga londa ishewe
18-01-2006
N AMIBIA a dhengwa ishewe kondando yomahooli ndjoka ya londo okuza mokati kuusiku wonena, shoka shi li oshikando oshitine omahooli taga gwedhwa muule wethimbo li vulithe owala pomumvo.Uuministeli
readFederer leads top seeds into Open
18-01-2006
MELBOURNE - Tournament favourites Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters powered into the second round of the Australian Open yesterday on a day that saw Martina Hingis made a successful comeback to Grand
readKing pulls out of rugby investigation
18-01-2006
CAPE TOWN - Judge Edwin King has withdrawn from leading an investigation into alleged mismanagement by South African Rugby Union (SARU) president Brian van Rooyen.King, who led the 2000 investigation
readCycle Tour aims for 2000 mark
18-01-2006
ORGANISERS of the annual Nedbank Cycle Tour are aiming to have at least 2000 entrants when the race starts in Windhoek on the morning of February 12.The race, which primarily serves as a fun event for
readBandara bowls Sri Lanka to win
18-01-2006
MELBOURNE - Super sub Malinga Bandara took three wickets for 31 runs off 8.2 overs to help bowl Sri Lanka to a 94-run victory over South Africa in a triangular one-day match in Brisbane yesterday.Man
readNo medical services at MTC Cup in Tsumeb
18-01-2006
THE Organising and Competitions Committee (OCC) of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) failed to provide for medical services during the first -round matches of the MTC Cup played at Tsumeb at the
readCowboys, crooners grab awards
18-01-2006
LOS ANGELES - The thwarted romance of 'Brokeback Mountain' seduced the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which awarded the movie four trophies on Monday at the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards,
readIn Brief
18-01-2006
* SUPPORT - China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said his country backs Africa's campaign for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.Speaking during a flying visit to Abuja, where he
readRwandan court delays ruling on former president's appeal
18-01-2006
KIGALI - Rwanda's Supreme Court yesterday postponed by one month a ruling in the case of the country's first post-genocide president Pasteur Bizimungu, saying it needed more time to consider his
readZim police launch hunt for fugitive judge
18-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwean police have launched a manhunt for High Court Judge Benjamin Paradza who was convicted of corruption last week, that country's Herald newspaper reported yesterday.Its website
readShiite to preside over Saddam trial
18-01-2006
BAGHDAD - Said al-Hammashi, a member of the five-judge Iraqi panel trying Saddam Hussein, will replace the chief judge who has resigned when the trial resumes, the main prosecutor in the case said
readIvorian youths block streets
18-01-2006
ABIDJAN - Pro-government demonstrators in Ivory Coast blocked streets for a second day in Abidjan yesterday to press their protest against a recommendation by foreign mediators that the country's
readIran vows tough reprisals in nuke row
18-01-2006
TEHRAN - Iran yesterday vowed to put an end to tough UN inspections of its atomic programme and fully resume sensitive nuclear fuel work if its case is referred to the Security Council.Iran's
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