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24 Articles found on Thursday, 29 June 2006
Myanmar minorities fear being dammed and damned
29-06-2006
THE SALWEEN RIVER, Myanmar-Thai border - From the ice fields of the Himalayas to the azure waters of the Andaman Sea, the Salween flows undisturbed through some of the most outwardly tranquil
readNew Sanlam CEO named
29-06-2006
TERTIUS Stears has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Consolidated Financial Services Holdings Ltd (CFS) and Sanlam Namibia Ltd, with effect from July 1 2006.Stears started his
readKaras promotes small-scale agric production
29-06-2006
KEETMANSHOOP -The Karas Regional Council is geared towards promoting small-scale agricultural farming in the southern region for socio-economic development. However, the regional authority is of the
readJoubert suspect pleads guilty
29-06-2006
ONE of the two men accused of killing a former spokesperson of Namibia's then Ministry of Wildlife, Conservation and Tourism in a remote part of the Omaheke Region, pleaded guilty to all charges
readRotten food cases edge forward
29-06-2006
TWO of the four disciplinary hearings of four Caprivi Regional Council officials accused of negligence for their alleged role in allowing 230 tonnes of food aid to rot in a Katima Mulilo warehouse,
readSasol welcomes ACC probe
29-06-2006
SOUTH African synthetic oil giant Sasol says it welcomes an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation into the circumstances surrounding the controversial Namibia Liquid Fuels deal. However,
readDoctors in the North attend urological seminar
29-06-2006
THE Governor of Oshana has called upon medical practitioners from South Africa and Namibia to share experiences for the betterment of knowledge and expertise. Officially opening a seminar on
readDefence Force man drunk driving case postponed to mid-September
29-06-2006
WINDHOEK - The drink driving case of an Namibian Defence Force Officer, Lieutenant Colonel John Kashihakumwe, who earlier this year crashed into a wall at State House with an NDF vehicle, has been
readKaras to build toilets for poor
29-06-2006
KEETMANSHOOP - The Karas Regional Council is planning to construct 4 828 ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrines and 60 public flush toilets in the region. These facilities are expected to cater for
readOmaruru Council in bid to settle resignation row
29-06-2006
THE Town Council of Omaruru is set to debate whether it acted correctly when a councillor, who resigned earlier, was elected to serve in the management committee. Swapo Councillor Gruzi Goseb
readProsecutor in the dock for corruption
29-06-2006
THE corruption trial of a former Public Prosecutor of the Outapi Magistrate's Court and two court officials started in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday with not guilty pleas all around.Former
readGovt in bid to clarify Katali land remarks
29-06-2006
GOVERNMENT has made it clear that no drastic changes in Namibia's land policy are envisaged.In a press release, Information Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said while Namibia's Deputy Minister of
readOompanda mbali dhi iyaka moshikunino shEtosha
29-06-2006
KANSELA gwOshikandjohogololo sha Ruacana tate Lazarus Kornelius okwa lombwela The Namibian oshiwike shika kutya oompanda mbali odhiiyaka mo mOshikunino shIinamwenyo shEtosha notadhi piyaganeke
readSA basketball teams quit Youth Games
29-06-2006
WINDHOEK - South Africa have withdrawn both its basketball teams from the under-20 Youth Games that started in the capital on Monday. The Games technical manager Gabriel Freyer confirmed this
readIsrael raids Gaza Strip
29-06-2006
GAZA CITY - Israel sent troops and tanks into the Gaza Strip before dawn yesterday and attacked key targets from the air in a major offensive aimed at freeing a teenage soldier captured by Palestinian
readUnited Nations closer to ending impasse over budget, reforms
29-06-2006
UNITED NATIONS - Rich and poor nations moved closer toward ending an impasse over UN management reforms that threatened to leave the world body without a budget at the end of the month, diplomats
readBuildings torched in East Timor as protesters leave
29-06-2006
DILI - Thousands of supporters of ousted East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri turned back from a march on the capital yesterday, but several buildings were torched as feuding gangs clashed in
readNepal parliament sworn in, king sidelined
29-06-2006
KATHMANDU - Nepal's parliament and ministers were sworn in yesterday at a ceremony which for the first time did not include the king but ill-health forced the prime minister to skip the
readSaddam to go on trial in August for Kurdish genocide
29-06-2006
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein and his former top army commanders will go on trial on August 21 on charges of killing tens of thousands of Iraq's Kurds in 1988 in a military operation to force them from
readCash-strapped African Union peacekeepers to quit Darfur
29-06-2006
BANJUL - The poorly equipped African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur is set to quit the troubled western Sudanese region by end of September due to a lack of funds, the AU's security organ said on
readIn Brief
29-06-2006
* IRAN WARNED - The European Union warned Iran on against delaying a response to a proposal on resolving the international standoff over the country's controversial nuclear programme.* TALIBAN
readSA says 'making progress' in land redistribution
29-06-2006
DUNDEE - South Africa is making progress redistributing land to blacks and still hopes to achieve its target of putting 30 per cent of commercial farmland in black hands by 2014, a senior official
readSilica song: Where science, art and the spirit meet
29-06-2006
PARIS - A strange sound rises from the cinnamon-coloured sand: a deep, almost hypnotic rhythm.It could almost be the chanting of Tibetan monks, a song beyond time, yet the setting is rigorous and
readQuitting politics Timor-style - via SMS
29-06-2006
DILI - When East Timor's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta resigned his government posts, he did so via a mobile phone text message. Ramos-Horta told a news briefing that he had sent an
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