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42 Articles found on Thursday, 16 March 2006
Dying toads may indicate extinction crisis
16-03-2006
OSLO - Exotic frogs and toads are dying out in the jungles of Latin America, apparent victims of global warming in what might be a harbinger of one of the worst waves of extinction since the
readMetropolitan year profit surges, shares jump
16-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African insurer Metropolitan Ltd increased annual core headline earnings per share 41 per cent and said yesterday it expected to carry into 2006 operational improvements made
readNamibia says not after Zim mining licence
16-03-2006
MINES and Energy Minister Errki Nghimtina has denied reports that the Namibian government is interested in obtaining a special licence to mine uranium in neighbouring Zimbabwe.He told Nampa on
readOil retreats after two-day rally
16-03-2006
SYDNEY - Oil dipped below US$63 a barrel yesterday as traders paused from a two-day rally that added 5 per cent to prices on mounting concerns about US petrol supplies ahead of the summer driving
readArgentina president urges beef boycott over prices
16-03-2006
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner on Tuesday resorted to an old trick in his battle against inflation, calling on consumers to stop buying beef, a dietary staple, if prices do not
readInvestor rush turns to Africa
16-03-2006
WASHINGTON - Africa is attracting unprecedented private-sector interest, especially in commodity producing countries and those benefiting from recent debt relief, Standard Chartered Bank's Africa
readJo'burg bourse to go public
16-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African stock exchange operator JSE Ltd. plans to list on its own bourse on June 5 to boost its liquidity and open additional avenues for raising capital, the company said
readBrazil wants GMO food labelling rules
16-03-2006
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil has proposed a compromise over genetically modified foods that would protect commercial interests while requiring them to be labelled on foods as potentially dangerous.At a
readSony to delay PlayStation 3 launch
16-03-2006
TOKYO - Sony will delay the launch of the PlayStation 3 by half a year until November, a report said yesterday, boosting Microsoft's efforts to win a bigger share of the multi-billion-dollar video
readCabinet rejects NamPower Board proposal on CEO
16-03-2006
CABINET is reported to have rejected a recommendation by the Board of NamPower on the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer to replace CEO Leake Hangala, and has questioned the integrity of
readBudget surplus a pipe dream, economists predict
16-03-2006
A TIGHT Budget holding little joy for taxpayers. This is the general view among economists ahead of today's unveiling of the National Budget for 2006-07.In general, few surprises are expected in
readAgricultural Bank needs cheap funds to lend
16-03-2006
THE Agricultural Bank of Namibia is struggling to find cheap funds to allow it to grant more loans despite posting a profit for the 2004-05 financial year, "The situation that the Bank had to borrow
readCabinet rejects NamPower Board proposal on CEO
16-03-2006
CABINET is reported to have rejected a recommendation by the Board of NamPower on the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer to replace CEO Leake Hangala, and has questioned the integrity of
readAgricultural Bank needs cheap funds to lend
16-03-2006
THE Agricultural Bank of Namibia is struggling to find cheap funds to allow it to grant more loans despite posting a profit for the 2004-05 financial year, "The situation that the Bank had to borrow
readBudget surplus a pipe dream, economists predict
16-03-2006
A TIGHT Budget holding little joy for taxpayers. This is the general view among economists ahead of today's unveiling of the National Budget for 2006-07.In general, few surprises are expected in
readNurses refusing to go to rural areas
16-03-2006
HEALTH Minister Richard Kamwi has described the refusal by newly qualified nurses to work in rural areas as shameful.To counter that, Namibia has decided to bring in 103 registered nurses from Kenya
readMinistry of Transport bailed out the Police
16-03-2006
AN urgent instruction from the Office of the Prime Minister rescued the operations of the Namibian Police this past week, The Namibian has established.Following a request for help by Minister of
readLawyers' withdrawal on the cards in second treason trial
16-03-2006
THE two defence lawyers representing the 12 men charged in the second Caprivi high treason trial came within a whisker of withdrawing from the trial yesterday.Defence lawyers Nate Ndauendapo and
readMVA Fund ordered to pay paralysed woman N$4,7 m
16-03-2006
THE High Court has ordered the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund of Namibia to pay more than N$4,7 million to a Windhoek woman to compensate her for injuries sustained in a car crash that left her
readMore efficiency in utility services urged
16-03-2006
THE proper regulation of utility services would invite more investment to the continent to expand existing infrastructure and services, which currently reach very few.This was the consensus at the
readCoaching councils
16-03-2006
AFTER 16 years of Independence, Namibians can no longer hide behind the excuse that their mistakes are based on ignorance and the country's history under colonialism.Making this remark yesterday at
readFaulty fence worsens conflict
16-03-2006
CONFLICT between human beings and wild animals in areas along the northern border of the Etosha National Park is being accelerated by the poor condition of the fence, a recent study has found.The
readNew approach to healthcare on way
16-03-2006
A NEW concept in affordable healthcare and secure retirement has been introduced to Namibia.The Eros Manor Retirement Village and Paramount Healthcare Centre (PHCC) at the foot of the Eros Hills in
readAgricultural Bank needs cheap funds to lend
16-03-2006
THE Agricultural Bank of Namibia is struggling to find cheap funds to allow it to grant more loans despite posting a profit for the 2004-05 financial year, "The situation that the Bank had to borrow
readBudget surplus a pipe dream, economists predict
16-03-2006
A TIGHT Budget holding little joy for taxpayers. This is the general view among economists ahead of today's unveiling of the National Budget for 2006-07.In general, few surprises are expected in
readOmpumbwe yolusheno otashi vulika yi gume wo egandjo lyomeya; NamWater
16-03-2006
E HANGANO egandjilyomeya lya NamWater olya londodha ookastoma dhalyo mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika kutya okwaapo nawa kwolusheno moshilongo, otashi vulika wo ku ka gume egandjo lyomeya.Omukuluntuwiliki
readTate Lamek Amadhila a hulitha
16-03-2006
O SHIFO shika osha kundana kutya omusamane Lamek Amwele 'Kasou' Amadhila gwomomukunda Ogongo mUukwambi moshitopolwa sha Musati, okwa mana oondjenda mEtitano lya zi ko.Nakusa okwa li ha longele
readAalongisikola taya ka mona oomiliyuna odhindji
16-03-2006
E PANGELO pamwe nehangano lyaalongisikola lya Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) oya shaina etsokumweuvathano ndyoka tali kwashilipaleke egwedhelo lyoondjambi dhaalongisikola muule woomimvo
readOmuniilonga mOshikunino a dhitikwa sho a kwata onkonga
16-03-2006
O kanona komimvo ndatu oka kwatwa onkonga paandjawo lwopokapale kOondhila ka Hosea Kutako mEtitatu olya zi ko, Opolisi tayi lopota.Omunamimvo omilongo mbali nantano (25) Usiel Katjiwane ngoka a li ha
readManwu onkee ta kondjele iilyo ye mu Cymot
16-03-2006
E HANGANO lyaaniilonga lya Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu) natango onkee ngaa tali kondjo lya hala aaniilonga 76 mboka ya tidhwa mOkampani ya Cymot omumvo gwa zi ko ya shunwe
readNewspaper Cup comes to the fore
16-03-2006
THE Namibian Newspaper Cup will this year make its biggest investment in the development of football, when a sponsorship of over half a million is announced at its launch today at Soccer House.The
readTop Ten Club Athletics Champs held next week
16-03-2006
THE Coca Cola Top Ten Club Championships will be held at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek on March 24.The announcement came after Namibia Beverages announced a sponsorship of N$15 000 for the
readIndependence race in city
16-03-2006
SUNSHINE Athletics Club will host the Metropolitan Namibia Independence Race for the fifth consecutive year on Tuesday to coincide with Namibia's 16th Independence celebrations.About 300 athletes
readSouth Africa get feet back on ground for Test series
16-03-2006
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's euphoria after their victory in what has been hailed as the greatest one-day game of all time was officially declared over by coach Mickey Arthur ahead of the first Test
readMideast on edge after Israeli prison siege
16-03-2006
JERICHO, West Bank - The Palestinian Authority was braced for further unrest yesterday after a day-long Israeli siege of a West Bank jail prompted an unprecedented wave of abductions and threats of
readKabila vows to keep unrest from 'derailing' historic vote
16-03-2006
PARIS - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila vowed that watershed elections planned for June would not be derailed by ongoing violence in the east of the country, in an
readUN to resume repatriation of Angolans from Zambia
16-03-2006
GENEVA - The United Nations said on Tuesday it would resume repatriating Angolan refugees from Zambia after tens of thousands missed a year-end deadline for receiving UN resettlement
readUN Council powers still at odds on Iran crisis
16-03-2006
UNITED NATIONS - The five veto-holding UN Security Council powers faced another struggle yesterday to come up with a text aimed at reining in Iraq's nuclear ambitions without threatening sanctions or
readBelgrade funeral for Milosevic
16-03-2006
BELGRADE - Slobodan Milosevic will be buried in the Serbian capital Belgrade later this week in a funeral befitting a former head of state, aides announced, saying his body was being flown home
readThai polls in doubt after scores banned
16-03-2006
BANGKOK - Next month's general election in Thailand was thrown into doubt after hundreds of candidates were banned yesterday and the country's embattled premier said he would consider stepping aside
readIn Brief
16-03-2006
* SADDAM TRIAL - Saddam Hussein's half-brother, former intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim, denied he took part in crackdown against Shi'ites in the 1980s as he testified yesterday for the first time
readBush foreign policy 'vision' may not survive Bush
16-03-2006
WASHINGTON - After three difficult years in Iraq, many Republicans have grown weary of US President George W Bush's idealistic foreign policy doctrine and long for a return to a more pragmatic,
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