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42 Articles found on Thursday, 19 October 2006
Judge posthumously annuls conviction of Enron's Lay
19-10-2006
CHICAGO - A judge on Tuesday dismissed the conviction of Enron founder Kenneth Lay, who became a symbol of corporate malfeasance in the US, because he died before he had a chance to appeal.The
readEU seeks to fine Greece for Olympic Air aid
19-10-2006
BRUSSELS - The European Commission escalated its battle with Greece over illegal aid to loss-making Olympic Airways yesterday, asking the EU's top court to impose daily fines on Athens until it
readOil to push Angola GDP to 31%
19-10-2006
DAKAR - Fresh oil flows from new offshore fields will more than double Angola's economic growth to 31,4 per cent in 2007, an International Monetary Fund Africa economist said on Tuesday.Huge oil
readVietnam sells 200 000 tonnes rice to Africa
19-10-2006
HO CHI MINH CITY - Vietnam, the world's second-largest rice exporter, has signed an agreement to export 200 000 tonnes of rice to Africa for delivery in 2007, traders said yesterday."The agreement has
readOil prices ease as traders mull Opec
19-10-2006
LONDON - World oil prices fell slightly yesterday, the eve of a special output meeting of Opec cartel members in Qatar, and ahead of the weekly update on US energy stockpiles, dealers said.New York's
readIndia is ready to do business with Namibia
19-10-2006
A 15-member delegation of Indian businessmen was in Windhoek yesterday to showcase their products and services and forge alliances with local businesses.The business people from the Engineering Export
readNam student slain in SA
19-10-2006
THE South African Police are investigating a case of murder after a Namibian veterinary student was found dead in her Pretoria townhouse on Tuesday night.The body of 25-year-old Anneke Moisel was
readWindhoek's Heroes' Acre running up unheroic costs
19-10-2006
THE running costs of Heroes' Acre outside Windhoek far outstrip the revenue from visitors to the monument, the latest report of the National Heritage Council (NHC) reveals.The report said that the
readActor Snipes wanted for tax fraud in US
19-10-2006
TAMPA, Florida - Actor Wesley Snipes, who is in Namibia working on a film, was charged with tax fraud on Tuesday in an indictment that alleges he illegally claimed refunds of almost US$12 million
readTough new law on drug abuse tabled in parliament
19-10-2006
A NEW bill aimed at combating the abuse of drugs lays down stiff jail sentences of between 20 and 40 years, and fines of between N$300 000 and N$500 000, or both.The legislation was tabled in the
readDiamond thief arrested
19-10-2006
A Namdeb employee was arrested at Oranjemund on Tuesday for allegedly trying to smuggle 14 uncut diamonds from the company's Uubvlei Site.The value of the diamonds has not been disclosed.
readTime to take care of your skin
19-10-2006
THE Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN), Standard Bank and Fabupharm have joined hands in the 'Save Your Skin' campaign against skin cancer.The incidence of skin cancer has increased by 400 per cent
readPatient uses IV tube to hang herself
19-10-2006
A 67-year-old woman who was being treated in the Onandjokwe Lutheran hospital in the North hanged herself with her IV tube on Sunday afternoon.Police have identified her as Ndina Johannes. No further
readPressure mounts for reparations
19-10-2006
THE debate on reparations in the Namibian Parliament has increased pressure on the German government to start the dialogue on this burning issue.This view was expressed by Hueseyin Aydin of the Left
readLuederitz remains 'not new'
19-10-2006
HUMAN skeletons recently discovered some 20 kilometres outside Luederitz, as reported by the New Era newspaper, are not new, says Karas Regional Crime Investigation Co-ordinator Chris Tjehiue.Tjehiue
readTransNamib's Mbai still waiting for work
19-10-2006
A SENIOR manager, reinstated at TransNamib by a court order, has yet to resume his duties.Two weeks ago, the Windhoek District Labour Court ordered TransNamib to reinstate Moses Mbai after it found
readGender policy to be changed, says Govt
19-10-2006
THE National Gender Policy will undergo changes and a reform process that will be spearheaded by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare.The Policy was only drawn up and completed in 1997,
readOamites artist's two killers convicted
19-10-2006
TWO men convicted of robbing and murdering painter and retired geologist Uwe Kopetzky in his home at the hamlet of Oamites in May 2002 will be sentenced in the High Court in Windhoek on Tuesday next
readAttacks on tourists need to be addressed
19-10-2006
SENIOR Police officers yesterday met with representatives of the tourism sector to discuss crime prevention aimed at reducing attacks on tourists in Windhoek and the Khomas Region in particular.No
readAfrican politicians meet
19-10-2006
ABOUT 50 African policymakers, parliamentarians, politicians, and researchers will start meeting in Windhoek today to discuss strategies for strengthening political parties on the continent.It is a
readDeath of conjoined twins mourned in North
19-10-2006
THE grandparents of the conjoined twins Monika Ndinomuwa and Taimi Talohole, who died in the Katutura State Hospital on Friday, still do not know when the funeral will take place.Johannes Taliiko
readAanamagumbo mOshakati taya pula ya gwedhelwe ko natango omasiku
19-10-2006
A AKALIMO yomOshakati mboka taya tidhwa momagumbo ngele inaya futa ko oondjo dhawo okuthika ngula mEtitano, otaya indile Elelo lyawo lya Shakati li gwedhele ko natango ethimbo lyuule wontumba, ngeno
readEopaleko lyOndangwa mOlyomakaya
19-10-2006
E LELO lyOndoolopa ya Ndangwa mu Apilili 2001, olya panga uukahewa nElelo nlyoshilando sha Winduka opo ya kale tayi nikwathele miinima yi ili noyi ili ya pamba ehumokomeho nonkalonawa yOondoolopa
readOmidhimba dhUukwana natango inadhi za ko kOvenduka.
19-10-2006
O MIDHIMBA dhUukwana, Monika Ndinomuwa na Taimi Talohole, mboka wa monikile wu li kumwe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati meti 11 Septemba 2006 ndele tau ka sila kOvenduka mEtitano lya zi ko hoka wa
readOshipotha shuulunga sha tsilikwa
19-10-2006
O SHIPOTHA shuulunga shomukiintu gumwe a loptelwa eyako lyoshimaliwa mOombelewa dhElelo lyoshitopolwa sha Khomas moka a li ha longo, oshuundulilwa ku Maalitsa gwomumvo tagu ya.Omukiintu nguka
readElelo lyUukwambi lya kutha ko oongaku kombinga yaateyipo yuuntshitwe
19-10-2006
E TOPE - Onkundana okuzilila komukunda Etope otayi ti kutya Elelo lyoshilongo shUukwambi, olya popi kutya itali ka idhidhimikila nande aantu mboka taya tete po omiti, shoka hashi eta embugapalo
readOshinima sha Nyamu ina shi tokolwa natango
19-10-2006
E NYENYETO lya Jesaya Nyamu kutya mongundu yo Swapo okwa tidhwa mo kashi li pauyuuki, olya undulilwa kOngundumutima yOpaati ndjika.Kongundumutima yo Swapo oshuundulilwako koshigongi shOkangundu
readAakwiita ya DRC otaya ningi nayi aakwashigwana
19-10-2006
K INSHASA - Aakwiita yEpangelo lya DRC otaya kwatwa po ombambyona aakwashigwana ya ka longe iilonga koonkondo moshitopolwa shokuumbangalantu-zilo, ehangano limwe egameni lyuuthemba womuntu
readGreen ota ka lwitha Nujoma mOmpangu
19-10-2006
A VRIL Green, a li nale Menindjela gwIinewe mOkampani ya Social Security Commission (SSC), ngoka ta pulwa kOmupresidene omukulu gwa Namibia Sam Nujoma e mu fute oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna ndatu,
readKhomas boxers to raise funds for facilities
19-10-2006
THE Khomas Amateur Boxing Region will hold a fundraising day on November 25 in order to have better training facilities for the boxers.There will be a boxing tournament after the fundraiser on the
readS Africa bill for 2010 World Cup soars to $1.5 billion
19-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's projected bill for hosting the 2010 World Cup has ballooned to more than 12 billion rand.Figures released by the organising committee on Wednesday put the cost of
readHindjou in Malaysia to attend trials
19-10-2006
WINDHOEK - Former Brave Warriors midfield dynamo Johannes 'Congo' Hindjou is in Malaysia to attend trials with a club in Kuala Lumpur.Hindjou, who departed last week, did not get his contract with
readWinners eye knockout phase
19-10-2006
LONDON - Olympique Lyon, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Celtic, CSKA Moscow and AC Milan all won on Tuesday to move a step nearer the knockout phase of the Champions League as the group phase reached
readFootball course for coaches
19-10-2006
WINDHOEK - A coaching course for youth development coaches will take place from Monday to Friday next week at Soccer House in Katutura.The course will be conducted by German football expert Lars
readMixed bag in sports awards
19-10-2006
THE annual Namibia Sports awards, which are about a week away, are set to produce a mixed bag of winners, as the country had a quiet year on the international scene.Some of the codes that generally
readIn Brief
19-10-2006
* FIRED - The chief editor of a key Chinese Communist Party newspaper has been dismissed as the central government further tightened its control of the media, staff at the paper said Tuesday.* CAUGHT
readSaddam's genocide trial resumes
19-10-2006
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein's trial for genocide against the Kurds resumed yesterday, a day after the deposed president accused witnesses of sowing discord for Israel's benefit in their testimonies about
readMadonna defends her adoption
19-10-2006
LONDON - Madonna has defended her adoption of 1-year-old Malawian baby David Banda, rejecting a swirl of protest over her decision to offer the infant a home and insisting she had acted according to
read236 hurt in metro crash
19-10-2006
ROME - A train on Rome's underground metro system rammed into the back of another on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring 236 others, five seriously, authorities said."About one quarter
read'Oust Mugabe', says Tsvangirai
19-10-2006
BULAWAYO - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday urged Zimbabweans to seize the opportunity and oust President Robert Mugabe during street protests being planned by his
readRice pledges defence support to Japan
19-10-2006
TOKYO - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the swift and effective implementation of sanctions against North Korea yesterday, arguing that the United States had no desire to escalate the
readNew US detainees' bill 'one of worst ever'
19-10-2006
WASHINGTON - Some of the best-known terror suspects in US custody are headed toward prosecution after President George W Bush signed a bill intended to put US treatment of detainees in compliance with
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