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28 Articles found on Monday, 19 June 2006
Proud of our deserts while combating desertification
19-06-2006
THE term "desertification" refers to the irreversible degradation of land in dry climates, resulting in the loss of the land's biological productivity. It is a worldwide problem directly affecting
readKey facts about desertification
19-06-2006
Deserts cover about a quarter of the world's land surface from the Sahara in Africa to the Atacama in Chile and degradation of soil in dryland areas, due mainly to a rising human population, is making
readChina to fill cars with cassava ethanol
19-06-2006
BEIJING - China, trying to cut dependence on imported oil, will use cassava-based ethanol fuel for cars in the southern region Guangxi in 2007, state media said on Friday. The region will build
readPanga murderer put behind bars for 35 years
19-06-2006
KAMANJAB panga killer Stanley Danster has been sent to jail for 35 years. Judge Sylvester Mainga sentenced Danster (25) in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday. He had convicted Danster on charges of
readNew land loans put on hold
19-06-2006
AGRIBANK says it will not grant new loans for the purchase of agricultural land until it has cleared a backlog of N$17,2 million in loans.These loans were already approved in 2004 but still have to be
readPrisons chief sentenced for drink-driving
19-06-2006
A MAN who should know the inside of Namibia's jails well, Prisons Commissioner Evalistus Shikongo, was arrested and charged as a suspected offender after being caught driving an official Prisons
readUNHCR in Namibia faces cash crunch
19-06-2006
AS refugees around the world prepare to commemorate a day in their honour tomorrow, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Namibia (UNHCR) says it faces a financial crisis in supporting
readFour killed in accident
19-06-2006
FOUR people, including two children, died and two others were seriously injured after a vehicle in which they were travelling overturned on the B1 road between Keetmanshoop and Luederitz on Friday.
readWoman stabs boyfriend to death
19-06-2006
A 28-year-old woman will appear in the Katutura Magistrate's Court today on charges that she murdered her boyfriend during the early hours of Saturday. The deceased has been identified as
readCalm returns to school terrorised by 'demons'
19-06-2006
CALM has returned to the Mumbwenge Combined School in the Ohangwena Region in the wake of claims that demons have terrorised the school for nearly a year. Ohangwena Director of Education, Josia
readTrekkopje mine potential investigated
19-06-2006
STUDIES into the economic viability of Namibia's third uranium mine, to be situated at Trekkopje in Erongo Region, have begun. UraMin, which holds a mineral licence for the area about 30 kilometres
readDon't insult President - Nujoma
19-06-2006
SWAPO President Sam Nujoma has taken issue with demonstrating shebeen owners who he says have been shouting dangerously unpatriotic slogans against President Hifikepunye Pohamba. Nujoma, who was a
readShebeen protesters camp outside Parliament
19-06-2006
ABOUT 50 shebeen and cuca-shop owners have camped outside Parliament in Windhoek since Thursday to protest the closure of their businesses in terms of the Liquor Act. On Saturday morning a
readHealth ready to tackle polio
19-06-2006
MEMBERS of the Cabinet special task force returned from regions yesterday afternoon after conducting polio information and awareness campaigns.Among those to visit the regions were Deputy Prime
readIllegal detention costs Govt N$65 000
19-06-2006
A HIGH Court case in which an immigration officer committed perjury during his testimony in court resulted in N$65 000 being awarded to an Ethiopian resident of Namibia last week for the three months
readPolio: Regional contacts
19-06-2006
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services has released the names of regional contacts in connection with the polio outbreak so that people in the regions can contact their health officials if they
readIn Brief
19-06-2006
AGREED - The Burundian government and the central African country's last active rebel group agreed to "stop hostilities" and negotiate a permanent ceasefire over the next two weeks. * CONFLICT - The
readElelo lyOndonga tali yelitha shoka sha popilwe kOmukwaniilwa gwOndonga
19-06-2006
E LELO lyOndonga olya shangela kOshifo shika omukanda moka tali yelitha oshinima sha popilwe kOmukwaniilwa gwOndonga tatekulu Immanuel Kauluma Elifas omasiku ga zi ko shi na sha nOveta yOmalovu
readAanuumbashu ya ninga omaashinga onene mOvenduka oshiwike sha zi ko
19-06-2006
O POLISI ya Namibia pamwe naandjoka ya Muni gwa Venduka, omutenya gwEtine lya zi ko oya li ya boloka ongundu onene yaanuumbashu ye li 3 000 ya li taya maashinga yu uka kOmatungo gOparliamende, hoka
readPresident XI beat Agosto
19-06-2006
GOALS by Rudi Louw, Rudolph Bester and Meraai Swartbooi gave the President's Eleven a 3-2 win over the visiting Premeiro de Agosto side from Angola at the Independence Stadium on Saturday. The match
readJapan warns N. Korea over any missile 'attack'
19-06-2006
TOKYO - Japan warned North Korea yesterday it would regard any test-fired missile that landed on Japanese soil as an attack, after reports the secretive nation was preparing to jangle international
readIn Brief
19-06-2006
* AGREED - The Burundian government and the central African country's last active rebel group agreed to "stop hostilities" and negotiate a permanent ceasefire over the next two weeks. * CONFLICT -
readKabila ties the knot ahead of polls
19-06-2006
KINSHASA - Congo's President Joseph Kabila married his long-term girlfriend on Saturday in the gardens of his riverside palace, a move seen by many Congolese as a bid to win hearts ahead of historic
readIran rejects conditions for nuclear negotiations
19-06-2006
* TEHRAN - Iran said yesterday it would not accept any "preconditions" for fresh international talks over its disputed nuclear programme, implicitly rejecting demands that the Islamic republic
readTaylor's trial soon be moved to The Hague
19-06-2006
FREETOWN - Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor could soon be moved to the Hague for trial now that Britain has agreed to jail the ex-warlord if he is found guilty of war crimes, a British diplomat
readAt least 6 killed in clashes in south eastern Nigeria
19-06-2006
ONITSHA - At least six people were killed in southeastern Nigeria as a feud between a separatist group and a transport union degenerated into street battles, residents said on Saturday. One witness
readDarfur rebels threaten to quit peace accord
19-06-2006
EL FASHER - The only rebel leader to have endorsed the Darfur Peace Agreement threatened to pull out of the deal geared at ending three years of war if the international community does not move to
readAl Qaeda-linked group claims Iraq bombs
19-06-2006
BAGHDAD - A militant umbrella body affiliated to al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Sunday for some of the bombings that killed 43 people in and near Baghdad on Saturday in defiance of a security
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