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22 Articles found on Wednesday, 19 July 2006
Cabinet approves fuel price increase
19-07-2006
FUEL prices will go up by 35 cents a litre on Monday, a source in the Ministry of Mines and Energy confirmed yesterday. It is the fourth fuel price increase this year. The new pump prices at Walvis
readLow polio turnout worries health officials
19-07-2006
PEOPLE who received polio drops in the first round of the mass vaccination campaign but do not get a follow-up vaccination have only a 50 per cent chance of fighting off the disease, Health Permanent
readUmfolozi stolen from Walvis harbour
19-07-2006
THE container ship Umfolozi, which made headlines in September last year when it sank in the Walvis Bay harbour, disappeared from the port on Saturday afternoon - allegedly spirited away by its new
readAIDS impacts on elderly
19-07-2006
ELDERLY Namibians - those between the ages of 60 and 90 - bear the brunt of caring for orphans and vulnerable children in north-central Namibia, a new survey reveals. Namibia has about 100 000
read6 questioned over licence scam
19-07-2006
THE Namibian Police have questioned six people and released them on warning in connection with a suspected licence scam at the National Traffic Information System (NaTIS). Police confirmed that the
readKaribib residents help themselves
19-07-2006
THE residents of Karibib have decided to tackle some the town's problems through a private initiative and fund-raising events will be held to collect money for targeted projects like a new sewage pump
readStudent denied bail in cocaine-in-hair case
19-07-2006
THE Windhoek Magistrate's Court in Katutura yesterday turned down a bail application by an Angolan student who was arrested at Hosea Kutako International Airport two weeks ago on a charge that he had
readGovt says acting on shebeens
19-07-2006
WITH shebeen owners threatening to return to the Parliament buildings, the Ministry of Trade and Industry has issued a statement assuring them that it is doing everything in its power to address
readIfaw joins protest against Namibia seal culling
19-07-2006
THE International Fund for Animal Welfare has condemned Namibia's annual seal cull, which began this month, as cruel and unnecessary. "It is high time Namibia stopped culling Cape Fur Seals," said
readBank charges 'a rip-off'
19-07-2006
THE service rates charged by commercial banks in Namibia were far too high and customers were always at the losing end, especially ordinary people from a previously disadvantaged background, members
readNamcol branches out to the North
19-07-2006
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula says the Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol) has grown to become the largest educational institution in the country in terms of student intake. He was speaking at
readTeamwork key for Warriors
19-07-2006
BRAVE Warriors coach Ben Bamfuchile says he will require a lot of teamwork and proper co-ordination in all areas from his players in Saturday's Cosafa Castle Cup showdown against Seychelles. He said
readTiger back in competitive flow
19-07-2006
HOYLAKE - Twice champion Tiger Woods believes he is back in the competitive flow for this week's British Open, despite playing just two tournaments since the death of his father Earl on May 3. The
readIsrael pounds Lebanon, campaign to take weeks
19-07-2006
BEIRUT - Israeli warplanes battered Lebanon for the seventh day yesterday, killing 23 people, as the Israeli army said its offensive to crush Hizbollah could take a few more weeks. Nine members of a
readIn Brief
19-07-2006
* SOMALI CONFLICT - The international contact group on Somalia urged the United Nations Security Council to ease the arms embargo on the African country so it could develop its own security forces.*
readBush's Mideast anger caught on open mic
19-07-2006
SAINT PETERSBURG - US President George W. Bush confided on Monday to close ally Tony Blair that militants attacking Israel must "stop doing this shit", in an unguarded conversation caught on
readSuicide bomber in Iraq's Kufa kills 59
19-07-2006
KUFA - A suicide bomber pulled his minivan into a busy market yesterday, lured labourers onboard with the promise of jobs and then blew himself up, killing 59 people in one of the bloodiest attacks
readWorld powers press Sudan on Darfur force
19-07-2006
BRUSSELS - World powers pressed Sudan yesterday to accept a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur to replace an ill-equipped African Union force that has been unable to stem the violence that
readOver 330 people killed in Indonesia tsunami
19-07-2006
PANGANDARAN - Rescuers desperately sifted through wreckage yesterday for survivors of a tsunami that killed more than 330 people and left dozens missing when it slammed into Indonesia's Java coast.
readRailways prime terror targets
19-07-2006
SYDNEY - More Mumbai-style train attacks are inevitable, particularly in Asia and Africa, as terrorist groups target vulnerable rail networks because of heightened airport security, say analysts.
readWorld leaders look for ways to intervene in Middle East
19-07-2006
WASHINGTON - After days of hand-wringing, telephone diplomacy and criticism of both Hezbollah and Israel, world leaders are looking for ways to intercede in a deepening crisis of deadly rocket attacks
readSyd Barrett, Pink Floyd co-founder, influential artist
19-07-2006
NEW YORK - Pink Floyd co-founder Roger 'Syd' Barrett died on Friday at the age of 60, reportedly due to complications from diabetes. The artist, who left Pink Floyd in the late 1960s after his
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