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39 Articles found on Thursday, 26 January 2006
Records shatter as big freeze sets in
26-01-2006
VIENNA, Austria - Vienna's subway tracks cracked, German authorities shut a key canal to ships after it iced up and a zoo moved its penguins indoors as a deadly deep freeze tightened its arctic grip
read2005 is warmest year on record, says Nasa
26-01-2006
WASHINGTON - Last year was the warmest recorded on Earth's surface, and it was unusually hot in the Arctic, US space agency Nasa said on Tuesday.All five of the hottest years since modern
readDStv to face competition
26-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's communications regulator will invite bids for pay-TV licences by the end of the month, paving the way for competition to Naspers Ltd's DStv monopoly in Africa.The
readZim to introduce new bills
26-01-2006
HARARE - ZIMBABWE is introducing a new range of bills that will more than double the value of the largest banknote to help reduce the piles of money needed in routine cash transactions in the
readWorld growth seen at over 3%
26-01-2006
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations forecast world economic growth of just over three per cent in 2006 and called on global policy makers to jointly tame imbalances like the US trade deficit.The
readGang endorses attack on oil office
26-01-2006
LAGOS - A Nigerian militant group claiming responsibility for kidnapping foreign oil workers and for a string of attacks on oil plants yesterday welcomed a robbery that left nine people dead.A
readDe Beers, Botswana hold talks on 'landmark' deal
26-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The world's biggest diamond producer, De Beers, said it held more high-level talks last week with Botswana over a "landmark" deal to boost the local jewellery sector and launch a
readMultinationals can do more
26-01-2006
INVESTING in Namibia should involve locals so that they can benefit from developments done by huge multinational corporations conducting business across the developing world.This was a view expressed
readWarning of heavy rain in the west
26-01-2006
PEOPLE living in the western parts of Namibia have been urged to take the necessary precautions, as heavy rains have been forecast there today.Weatherman Victor Kaurimuje told The Namibian yesterday
read12th treason suspect dies in custody
26-01-2006
DEATH has released one of the 120 Caprivi high treason suspects on trial in the High Court in Windhoek, Flannan Ntelamo, from more than six years of Police custody.Ntelamo died in the Windhoek Central
readPremier in bid to settle Ramatex wage dispute
26-01-2006
THE protracted wage dispute at the Ramatex Textile Factory is now enjoying the attention of Prime Minister Nahas Angula.Nearly six months of negotiations and meetings between the Namibian Food and
readTigers end Sri Lanka peace deadlock
26-01-2006
KILINOCHCHI - Tamil Tiger rebels yesterday agreed to hold talks with the Sri Lankan government in Geneva in mid-February, a top Norwegian peace broker said here after hectic closed-door
readBusiness as usual at retail union: Mabuku
26-01-2006
A RUMOUR that the offices of the Namibia Wholesale and Retail Workers' Union (NWRWU) are closing for three months was flatly dismissed by the union yesterday.At a press conference in Windhoek, NWRWU
readLong wait for IDs 'could be over soon'
26-01-2006
WINDHOEK - At present, it takes up to three months to process a single passport at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, while the waiting period for identity documents (IDs) can be as long as
readAirport parastatal mum on vehicle scam allegations
26-01-2006
THE Namibia Airports Company (NAC) is remaining tight-lipped on allegations that three of the parastatal's managers are unfairly benefiting from a "twin vehicle scheme", as reported in a local
readSecond incest case in less than 14 days
26-01-2006
A 47-year-old man was arrested at a farm in the Okahandja area on Sunday, after it was discovered that he had impregnated his 13-year-old daughter.The Police reported yesterday that family members
readCourt tells the NBC to pay up
26-01-2006
AN attempt by the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation to weasel out of paying 22 retrenched employees for the years of service that they gave to the NBC's pre-Independence forerunner was thrown out of
readNamibia joins dry dock elite
26-01-2006
A MASSIVE dry dock arrived in the Walvis Bay harbour yesterday - the first of its kind along the western coastline of Africa.The floating dock represents an alternative to Cape Town and Durban as the
readMohangwena onkee ngaa tamu lopotwa oombila dhaantu oyendji natango
26-01-2006
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otayi ti kutya oolopota tadhi zi koombinga noombinga dhoombila dha fumvikwa aantu ye vulithe pugumwe onkee ngaa tadhi adha ombelewa ya Gavena
readA yahwa okusa pethimbo lyuukongo
26-01-2006
O MULUMENTU gumwe gwoomvul 24 okwa yahwa okusa pethimbo lyuukongo wiiyamakuti po Hetaku Game Lodge moshitopolwa sha Maheke mEtitatu lya zi ko.Omulumentu nguka Jorge Seefeld okwa li aniwa athikama
readIizemo yo IGCSE otayi piti ngula
26-01-2006
I IZEMO yomakonakono gOndondo ontimulongo nontiyali (Grade 12) mbyoka hayi ithanwa International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) otayi piti ngula mEtitano, uuministeli wElongo osho
readMeme Justina Shihepo ota fumvikwa mOlyomakaya
26-01-2006
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila kOministeli yEgameno lyoshilongo Gabes Shihepo moAkweenyanga popepi nOngwediva mOshitopolwa sha Shana otayi ti kutya omukulukadhi gwe, meme Justina Shihepo ngoka a manene
readODC okwa zimina okufuta Silnam
26-01-2006
A MUSHANGA omukuluntu mUuministeli wIilonga nIikwafaabulika Andrew Ndishishi okwa lombwele Ompangu iinima itayi tsu kumwe, moonkambadhala dhe okukwathela Okampani ya Off-shore Development Company
readJoe to play for millions
26-01-2006
NAMIBIAN professional golfer Joe Nawanga qualified for the N$1 million Dimension Data Pro-Am tournament at the Kempton Park Golf Club in South Africa on Monday.Nawanga ended in joint first place with
readCross Country Champs
26-01-2006
TOP long-distance runners will participate at the Cross Country Championships scheduled to take place in Windhoek on February 4.Among the participants will be Reinhold Iita, Willem Rooi, Tomas David,
readTwo apply for Warriors coaching job
26-01-2006
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) has so far received two applications for the coaching job for the Brave Warriors, its technical director Seth Boois confirmed yesterday.Boois told The Namibian
readBenfica Football Club to hold AGM
26-01-2006
ALL supporters, players, sympathisers and interested sponsors are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Benfica Football Club, which takes place on Saturday, January 28.The meeting will be held at
readCoke donates goalposts
26-01-2006
THE Ongwediva Soccer Development Academy received a donation in the form of goalposts from Coca-Cola at Oshakati recently.Coca-cola regional manager Jean-Francois Gahutu handed over the goalposts to
readAli stays true to Namibia
26-01-2006
UNITED Kingdom-based Namibian boxer Ali Nuumbembe recently refused to change his nationality to become a British citizen.He is reported to have had a lot of pressure for the past six months to become
readHansa Cup targets lower divisions
26-01-2006
THE Namibia Football Association's First and Second Division teams will for the first time contest the Hansa Pilsener Cup, which was launched at Soccer House this week.Namibia Breweries Limited
readIt's make or break for Bafana
26-01-2006
ALEXANDRIA - South Africa will be hard pressed to get a result today against defending champions Tunisia if they are to go beyond the first round of the 2006 African Nations Cup.Ted Dumitru, who was
readFixtures
26-01-2006
MTC Namibia Premier League Friday, January 27 19h00: Ramblers vs Orlando Pirates - Sam Nujoma Stadium Saturday, January 28 16h00: Tigers vs Orlando Pirates - Sam Nujoma Stadium 15h00: Touch &
readKenya rescuers lose contact with buried victims of building collapse
26-01-2006
NAIROBI - Rescue workers in Kenya have lost contact with two people buried alive under a building that collapsed in central Nairobi three days ago, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 100,
readCanada's new Conservative rulers get down to business
26-01-2006
OTTAWA - Canada's next leader Stephen Harper confronted the task of ramming change through a fractious parliament after ending the country's 12-year love affair with the scandal-laced
readUN extends mandate of Ivory Coast force
26-01-2006
UNITED NATIONS - The Security Council on Tuesday extended until December 15 the mandate of UN peacekeepers in Ivory Coast and of the French forces backing them, but made no decision on a request for
readIn Brief
26-01-2006
* NUCLEAR - Iran expressed qualified support for a plan to enrich its uranium on Russian territory to defuse an international row over the Islamic state's nuclear power programme, but warned that
readLibya urged to improve rights record
26-01-2006
CAIRO - Human Rights Watch released a rare report yesterday on the situation in Libya, acknowledging that some steps have been taken towards improving freedoms but saying there was little political
readUNHCR head pleads for UN action to avert Darfur disaster
26-01-2006
UNITED - The head of the UN refugee agency on Tuesday appealed to the Security Council to act forcefully to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan's troubled Darfur region and in neighbouring
readImpoverished Gazans vote for change
26-01-2006
GAZA CITY - Armed police patrolled rooftops of polling centres yesterday as activists waving the green flags of Islamist party Hamas and the yellow banners of rival Fatah mingled with Palestinian
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