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35 Articles found on Wednesday, 8 March 2006
Chevron pulls out of Nigerian project
08-03-2006
LAGOS - US energy giant Chevron has pulled out of a US$5 billion (N$31 billion) liquefied natural gas project in Nigeria because the government wants to use its gas for a competing project, oil
read'Huge majority' oppose Mittal Steel bid - Arcelor
08-03-2006
CHICAGO - The senior management of steel group Arcelor has discussed the unsolicited bid from Mittal Steel with 50 per cent of Arcelor shareholders and a "huge majority" of them oppose the offer, the
readGecko Awards back on the scene
08-03-2006
THE prestigious annual Gecko Awards for the local advertising industry are back after a year's absence and will be held at a gala event on Friday, where the best players in the industry will walk
readOpec oil output up 310 000 bpd
08-03-2006
LONDON - Opec oil output rose 310 000 barrels per day in February as higher exports from Iraq and the United Arab Emirates more than compensated for a cut in Nigerian production due to militant
readAWOL soldiers cost taxpayer
08-03-2006
NAMIBIA Defence Force soldiers going absent without leave (AWOL) cost Government N$1,6 million during 2003-04.Collectively, 433 soldiers were absent from duty for 13 793 days - an average of about a
readNepru Director resigns
08-03-2006
THE Director of the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (Nepru), Dirk Hansohm, has resigned following revelations of the organisation's financial crisis.Hansohm confirmed yesterday that he had
readHarry Simon accident could drain MVA coffers by N$31m
08-03-2006
THE Namibian taxpayer may have to fork out more than N$31 million for the fatal crash that saw former world boxing champion Harry Simon sentenced to two years in jail for culpable homicide.Three
readRapper arrested in record ecstasy bust
08-03-2006
TWO Nigerian citizens and two Namibians - including a well-known rap musician - appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Monday on a charge of dealing in a record quantity of Ecstasy.The four
readHurricane Katrina roars into NA: Govt slammed for flood response
08-03-2006
MONITOR Action Group MP Jurie Viljoen yesterday sparked uproar in the National Assembly when he alluded that Government was slow to respond to the plight of Mariental residents hit by the flood two
readMariental cleans up act
08-03-2006
RELIEF work at Mariental is continuing despite instances of disunity among those responsible for relief distribution, and scepticism over whether donated food and material is actually reaching the
readClouds offer no prospects of rain
08-03-2006
THE low clouds covering central, eastern and northern Namibia at present only hold the prospect of cooler weather, and not rain.Weatherman Odillo Kgobetsi said yesterday that the moisture is limited
readFather confesses to killing stepson
08-03-2006
THE stepfather of a baby whose body was found on the beach at Henties Bay has confessed that he was responsible for the murder of his stepson.The confession came early this week at Ewald Gawaseb's
readMixed feelings about new uranium mine
08-03-2006
HUNDREDS of Arandis residents flocked to the town hall on Monday evening to have their say on the possible repercussions that the proposed Trekkopje Uranium Project (TUP) holds for the community.If
readWomen reflect on progress
08-03-2006
TODAY is International Women's Day and Namibian women will mark the day with a mixed sense of achievement and concern.While strides have been made to include women in decision-making, violence
readFirst-time acting judges join High Court bench
08-03-2006
THE ranks of Namibia's High Court judiciary received a temporary infusion of new blood with the appointment last week of two first-time acting judges.A member of the Society of Advocates of Namibia,
readThree arrested for 2003 cop murder
08-03-2006
THREE men have been arrested in connection with the murder of an Otjiwarongo Police officer in November 2003, the Police announced yesterday.The three men, aged between 18 and 21, appeared in the
readEgandjo lyolusheno otali shongola
08-03-2006
E HANGANO lyolusheno lya NamPower olya londodha mOmaandaha kutya ngele Namibia okwa li a ndopa okumona olusheno okuza ko South Afrika, andola okwa thiminikwa okutopola olusheno - kutya powili
readZuma ota ti kutya ina kwata omukiintu ngoka koonkondo
08-03-2006
J OHANNESBURG - Ngoka a li nale Omupevipresidende gwa South Afrika Jacob Zuma, mOmaandaha goshiwike shika okwa lombwele Ompangu kutya omukiintu ngoka e na ombuto yo HIV-AIDS okwe mu lala pahalo lye,
readOmukalimo mOshakati ta mono aniwa iihuna
08-03-2006
M EME omugundjuka gwomOshakati Loiny Gideon, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina Nekulu gwoomvula 23, okwe ya kOshifo shetu oshiwike sha zi ko ta nyenyeta kutya oku li muudhigu uunene pamwe nuunona we utatu,
readHakaye a kondema NamWater
08-03-2006
J OHN Hakaye, oshilyo shongundu yoSwapo mOlaata yOpashigwana okwa kondema omapopyo gOmukuluntuwiliki gwOkampani ya NamWater Vaino Shivute kutya onkalo yombepo oyo yi na okutalwa omeho kombinga omeya
readGunners, Reds in test of mettle
08-03-2006
PARIS - European champions Liverpool and fellow Premiership giants Arsenal face a test of their mettle as they battle tonight for a place in the last eight of the Champions League.Both sides have
readNotices BA to hold urgent meeting
08-03-2006
BLACK Africa Sports Club is calling on all its members, supporters and players of both the football and netball teams to attend an urgent meeting at the Immanuel Shifidi Secondary School Hall on
readSquash schools' league planned for second term
08-03-2006
LOCAL squash coach John Lingashi is preparing about 28 boys and girls from the Elim Primary and the People's Primary schools in Katutura for the Legal Shield Schools' Squash League planned for the
readVolleyball look to excite in new season
08-03-2006
BEACH Volleyball enthusiasts can look forward to an exciting season scheduled to kick-start on March 25 at the DTS Sports Grounds in Olympia.The Namibia Health Plan (NHP) is the main sponsor for this
readBadminton in the spotlight
08-03-2006
THE Namibian Badminton Union (NBU) held its first tournament of the season at the weekend.The mixed-doubles round robin started on Friday evening and, due to the competitiveness of the games, it
readHunt for clerics behind Pakistan tribal clashes
08-03-2006
MIR ALI - Pakistani troops yesterday searched for two pro-Taliban clerics accused of instigating the worst fighting near the Afghan border since the start of the "war on terror", officials
readPhilippines leader defends use of emergency powers
08-03-2006
MANILA - Philippines President Gloria Arroyo yesterday defended her use of emergency powers to foil an alleged coup plot, as authorities detained another suspect in a widening crackdown.In her first
readZuma seeks to probe rape accuser's past
08-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's powder-keg rape trial which could end former deputy president Jacob Zuma's political career continued yesterday with the embattled leader's lawyers seeking leave to
readNATO rules out troops for Darfur
08-03-2006
INNSBRUCK, Austria - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has ruled out sending troops from the western military alliance to Sudan's strife-torn Darfur province.De Hoop Scheffer said he
readUganda judge clears opposition leader of rape
08-03-2006
KAMPALA - A Ugandan judge dismissed rape charges against the east African country's top opposition leader yesterday, saying prosecutors had "dismally" failed to prove he attacked a family friend nine
readHis lies led to Sept. 11 deaths
08-03-2006
ALEXANDRIA - Federal prosecutors argued on Monday that even though Sept.11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was in jail during the attacks he should be executed because his lies led to the deaths of 3
readBritain hopes to pull out most troops from Iraq by mid-2008
08-03-2006
LONDON - Britain will pull most of its troops from Iraq by the middle of 2008 under a phased withdrawal that could begin within months, Britain's top army officer said in an interview published
readWomen leaders get a handle on reins of power across the globe
08-03-2006
PARIS - From Germany to the Philippines and Liberia to Chile, a new generation of women is staking its hold on political power - and in the words of French presidential consort Bernadette Chirac, men
readIn Brief
08-03-2006
* NUKE ROW - The US government demanded that the international community act to prevent Iran from making nuclear weapons, with a senior official saying Tehran had already "crossed the international
readSA biker defies stereotypes
08-03-2006
SOWETO - Corrie Holloway is one of South Africa's increasing maverick pack of women challenging racial and gender stereotypes by being the only white biker in a motorcycle club in Soweto.With her
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