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28 Articles found on Tuesday, 27 June 2006
Mauritanians vote in favour of new constitution
27-06-2006
NOUAKCHOTT - Voters in a country that has known only coups have overwhelmingly approved a referendum that places constitutional term limits on future presidents and ensures power will change hands at
readAngola surges back as China's top crude supplier
27-06-2006
BEIJING - China's crude imports from Angola surged over 40 per cent in May, official data showed yesterday, allowing it to reclaim the title of Beijing's number one oil supplier after being overtaken
read'Loose cannons' Ghana seek first for Africa
27-06-2006
DORTMUND - Ghana will today bid to become the first African team to beat or even score against Brazil at the World Cup when they face the holders in a second round match. Ghana, where Brazil coach
read'Loose cannons' Ghana seek first for Africa
27-06-2006
DORTMUND - Ghana will today bid to become the first African team to beat or even score against Brazil at the World Cup when they face the holders in a second round match. Ghana, where Brazil coach
readTwo rhinos escape from Etosha
27-06-2006
TWO black rhinos that escaped from the Etosha National Park recently are being tracked by helicopter in an effort to chase the rare animals back to the park. Councillor Lazarus Kornelius yesterday
readRamatex and unions agree to meet
27-06-2006
AFTER persistent uncertainty about the continued existence of the Ramatex Textile Factory in Windhoek, management and workers' unions are once again set to return to the negotiating table. At the
readKandara inquest to start over
27-06-2006
THE inquest into the gunshot death of the late Lazarus Kandara was sent back to the starting blocks yesterday.Kandara is alleged to have shot himself in front of the Windhoek Police Station on the
readAIDS awareness at Grootfontein
27-06-2006
HEALTH and Social Services Minister Dr Richard Kamwi yesterday assured residents here that a rapid-testing service for HIV-AIDS would soon be introduced at the town. Speaking at the AIDS Awareness
readTelephones back in order at National Museum
27-06-2006
TELEPHONES at the National Museum of Namibia (NMN) are back in order after being cut off for two weeks. NMN Head Esther Mwoombolah-//Goagoses told The Namibian yesterday that their phones were
readBank Windhoek backs Media Awards
27-06-2006
BANK Windhoek has sponsored N$23 000 for the 2006 Namibia Media Awards. Speaking at a Media Institute in Southern Africa (Misa) press conference yesterday, Bank Windhoek's Marketing and Corporate
readCabinet approves amendments to BBE policy
27-06-2006
CABINET has approved the decision to amend and expand the Broad Based Economic Empowerment document to make it more relevant to Namibia. In the process, the draft BBEE was also renamed to
readGovt refuses to budge on shebeens
27-06-2006
CALLS to suspend the Liquor Act in the wake of protests over the closure of illegal shebeens "would only set a dangerous precedent and lead to anarchy", the Ministry of Trade and Industry has
readHealth officials plan for polio round two
27-06-2006
TOP health officials spent most of yesterday analysing the outcome of last week's first round of the mass polio immunisation campaign and planning for the next round. "We can't relax. There is no
readWeekend accidents claim 9 lives
27-06-2006
THE country's national roads proved fatal for nine people this past weekend, Police reported yesterday.The biggest loss of life in a single accident occurred about 30 kilometres from Otjiwarongo on
readOsasiona yOmashina pOndangwa otayi lukilwa Omukwaniilwa Nehale
27-06-2006
EHILATHANO ndjoka lya kala po li na sha naangoka ta lukilwa Osasiona yOmashina pOndangwa, ndjoka ya pu kutungwa omasiku ga zi ko noya tegelela ashike okuka egululwa pa mbelewa kOmupresidende
readOmulilo gwa zilila pEtoto lya Muni pOthingo gwa fika po epya
27-06-2006
POTHINGO O MULILO taku tiwa kutya ogwa zilila mEtoto lya Muni gwa Shakati pOthingo muuninginino wOshakati, omutenya gwOlyomakaya ga zi ko ogwa fika po oshipambu oshinene shepya lya meme Raina Erastus,
readYouth Games start despite registration hiccups
27-06-2006
THE Zone Six Under 20 Youth Championships started in the capital yesterday despite a chaotic registration process for some countries at the weekend. Prime Minister Nahas Angula officially opened the
readMutorwa awards Mamelodi
27-06-2006
WINDHOEK - The Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone Six Council of Ministers today presented the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) Secretary-General Ashford Mamelodi
readNakapunda gets Candidate Master chess title
27-06-2006
CHESS ace Otto Zandell Nakapunda became Namibia's second titled player when he got titled Candidate Master (CM) by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The other titled player is Swiss-based Leonhad
readWarriors squad in camp named
27-06-2006
THE Namibia Football Federation (NFA) last week announced the following players for a training camp that commenced at the weekend. The team is expected to do battle in the Cosafa Castle Cup against
readAU defends Darfur peace deal
27-06-2006
KHARTOUM - The African Union has defended a Darfur peace deal signed by the Sudanese government and one of three rebel groups in May against critics who had said the agreement contains "serious
readWild celebrations as East Timor's Premier resigns
27-06-2006
DILI - East Timor's embattled prime minister, Mari Alkatiri, resigned yesterday, saying he would share responsibility for a political crisis that has gripped Asia's newest nation for over two
readMugabe warns over mass protests
27-06-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said his security forces are ready to crush demonstrations by opponents threatening protests against his rule, the official Herald newspaper said on
readDRC militia threaten to execute UN peacekeepers
27-06-2006
KINSHASA - Congolese militia linked to gunmen holding seven Nepalese UN peacekeepers hostage threatened yesterday to order their execution after clashes last week. But some UN sources questioned
readBloody SA shootout fans new crime fears
27-06-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The deaths of eight alleged gang members and four policemen in a bloody South African shootout raised fresh fears of unbridled violence yesterday despite government vows to bring crime
readPalestinians want Israeli swapped for prisoners
27-06-2006
GAZA - Families of Palestinians jailed in Israel demonstrated in Gaza yesterday to demand that militants holding an Israeli soldier hostage trade him for the release of their relatives.The call could
readPatsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenet
27-06-2006
* ROBERT WELLER DENVER - Patsy Ramsey (49), who was thrust into the media spotlight by the unsolved 1996 slaying of her daughter, six-year-old beauty pageant contestant JonBenet, died on Saturday
readOsasiona yOmashina pOndangwa otayi lukilwa Omukwaniilwa Nehale
27-06-2006
EHILATHANO ndjoka lya kala po li na sha naangoka ta lukilwa Osasiona yOmashina pOndangwa, ndjoka ya pu kutungwa omasiku ga zi ko noya tegelela ashike okuka egululwa pa mbelewa kOmupresidende
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