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39 Articles found on Monday, 23 October 2006
African mobile firms should adapt before slowdown
23-10-2006
CAPE TOWN - African mobile phone operators can expect up to three more years of rampant growth but after that must find new sources of revenue and ways of cutting costs to keep profits rising,
readOpec surprises with deeper oil cut
23-10-2006
DOHA - Opec agreed on Friday to curb its output by 1,2 million barrels per day, its first cut for more than two years, to halt a precipitous fall in prices.The reduction, amounting to 4,3 per cent of
readCongo mining appetite not dimmed by chaos
23-10-2006
KINSHASA - Foreign mining companies are hungry for a share of Congo's vast mineral wealth and this appetite will remain undimmed whoever wins this month's decisive presidential election run-off,
readACP wary of EU development deals
23-10-2006
BRUSSELS - Developing countries fear the EU is too focused on opening up their economies in new deals between Brussels and Europe's former colonies that are intended to ease poverty, Jamaica's foreign
read4 shot in family drama
23-10-2006
A 16-month-old baby, an eight-year-old boy and two women are in hospital after a man allegedly tried to kill his family on Friday night.Residents of the Vaalhoek neighbourhood in Khomasdal, Windhoek,
readNDF to stay in Liberia until '09
23-10-2006
THE United Nations has requested Namibia to continue participating in the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia for another three years until 2009, Defence Minister Charles Namoloh has
readShalli new NDF chief
23-10-2006
IN A major move, President Hifikepun-ye Pohamba on Friday appointed the country's High Commissioner to Zambia, Lieutenant General Martin Shalli, as the new chief of the Namibia Defence Force
readSnipes tax issue 'a boost for film'
23-10-2006
IT has been "three weeks of hell" but neither the arrest warrant for Wesley Snipes, nor serious financial problems will disrupt the filming of 'Gallow Walker' in the Namib Desert, says the
readNamcor should expand its work to the rest of Africa
23-10-2006
GOVERNMENT wants to see the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) apply for exploration licences in Africa and outside the continent in the next 50 years."Once you have established
readSADC leaders converge in SA for special summit
23-10-2006
SOUTHERN African leaders converge in South Africa today for an extraordinary summit called to discuss economic integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).According to the South
readCash heist eyewitness testifies
23-10-2006
THE driver of a cash-in-transit vehicle that was the target of an alleged heist in which more than N$1,5 million was stolen on the Oshikango-Ondangwa road almost four years ago gave the High Court in
readTourists robbed at Keetmanshoop
23-10-2006
TWO German tourists were robbed at the Quivertree rest camp at Keetmanshoop on Saturday night.Four suspects apparently held them at knifepoint and stole a Sony camera, a Global Positioning System
readHerero genocide debate wraps up
23-10-2006
THE debate on the Herero genocide a century ago ended in the National Assembly on Thursday with altogether 13 contributors having taken part.Herero Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako tabled the motion
readWorkers at a top Windhoek hotel to strike
23-10-2006
EMPLOYEES at the Windhoek Country Club and Resort are set to down tools tomorrow after the company and the Namibia Food and Allied Workers' Union failed to reach a wage agreement.Nafau's General
readMTC deal leads to record dividend
23-10-2006
NAMIBIA Post and Telecom Holdings Ltd (NPTH) made history by handing over a staggering dividend of N$648 million to Government on Friday.The dividend, said to be the largest ever paid to the State by
readBroken bottle used to gouge at eyes of young woman
23-10-2006
A 20-year-old woman from Gobabis has been left scarred and possibly blinded for life after a horrific attack in which an 18-year-old man allegedly used a broken bottle to stab her in the face.The man
readGovt adopts cautious line on fishing quotas
23-10-2006
CABINET has approved a provisional total allowable catch (TAC) of 360 000 tonnes for horse mackerel, but has decided to allocate only 300 000 tonnes.A decision on the remaining 60 000 tonnes will be
readYamwe ya matukithwa keyoka lyontoka
23-10-2006
A ANIILONGA yamwe ya li taya longo pehala lyiikwandowa pu Heidelberg mu South Afrika oshiwike sha zi ko, oya li ya halukithwa nokumatukithwa keyoka lyontoka lya li lya igonyena momutse gwohauto ya
readShoka sha zi mepeko lyOpolisi
23-10-2006
O MAYUGO kwa homatiwa ge li gaali oga lopotelwa Opolisi mOvenduka mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Lwopotundi onti: 10h00, omukiintu gwoomvula 32 ha zi momundhingoloko gwa Babilon, okwa li a thikamwa
readOshipango shEpangelo po Keetmanshoop ina shi fendela iihauto yasho
23-10-2006
I IHAUTO ayihe yOshipangelo shEpangelo po Keetmanshoop aya paakingwa okuza mEtitano lya zi ko, molwashoka Uuministeli wUundjolowele nOnkalonawa ina u fendela iiyenditho mbika, mbyoka oombapila dhayo
readEgeelo lyeso otali vulu okukundathwa, Minista Ithana ta ti
23-10-2006
E GANDJO lyegeelo kaantu mboka ya longa iikulumuna yi nyanyalitha, shoka shi indikwa mu Namibia konima sho oshilongo sha manguluka, oshinima tashi vulu okukundathanwa ku talike ngele otashi vulu
readOmonamati gwa Letenanda Hangula a lopotelwa ekwatonkonga
23-10-2006
O MONAMATI gwOmukuluntuwiliki gwOshikondo shAakonakoni yOmonanguwi/National Central Intelligence Service (NCIS), Letenanda-Ndjayi Lucas Hangula, ota ka holoka mOmpangu omwedhi tagu ya moshipotha
readThambapilai ota ti ye ke na ondjo
23-10-2006
O MUNAVETAKALELIPO gumwe gwokOndangwa Arumugam Thambapilai mEtine lya zi ko okwa lombwele Ompangu kutya ye ina mona oshimaliwa shOondola/N$ 75 000 muulunga mehangano hali futu aantu mboka ya monena
readClassy Martyn sets up Australia victory
23-10-2006
JAIPUR - Damien Martyn stroked 78 to spur world champions Australia to a six-wicket victory over England in their must-win Champions Trophy Group A tie on Saturday.Martyn, who turned 35 on Saturday,
readShevchenko on target for Chelsea
23-10-2006
LONDON - Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko ended his Chelsea goal drought with the opener in a 2-1 victory over Portsmouth in the English Premiership on Saturday.Shevchenko's first goal in 10 games
readZambia wins Cosafa Cup
23-10-2006
LUSAKA - Zambia dominated World Cup finalists Angola to win Saturday's Cosafa Castle Cup final in Lusaka, but were made to wait for their 2-0 victory.After squandering several good chances and also
readCool-headed Haig scoops MTC Namibia PGA title
23-10-2006
WINDHOEK - A cool and collected Anton Haig staved off the momentum of a challenging pack to claim his second Sunshine Tour title in impressive wire-to-wire style at the N$600 000 MTC Namibia PGA
readFootball fan shoots friend
23-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - An argument over the soccer Supa8 final between two friends left one of them dead, Limpopo police said yesterday.Superintendent Patty Khumalo said a 23-year-old man was shot in the
readIita in first marathon win
23-10-2006
REINHOLD Iita laboured to his first marathon win in his career as a long-distance runner when he grabbed the Lucky Star Pilchard race ahead of closest rival Robert Kaxuxwena at the coast on
readBriefs
23-10-2006
MOB JUSTICE - A 26-year-old man was hacked to death and his body burnt by an angry mob in Mfongofongo, northern KwaZulu-Natal, police said on Saturday.*NEW PLAN - The former chief of the British
readAnna Politkovskaya, journalist
23-10-2006
Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya was murdered on October 7 2006.Samuel Rachlin - a long-time foreign correspondent - shares a letter written post-mortem to his friend and colleague. He presents a
readGive back, urges Oprah
23-10-2006
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Oprah Winfrey headlined a fundraiser at a private college for black women, encouraging about 300 guests to support education and give back to their community."You can't continue to
readIron Mike no more, now it's Nice Mike
23-10-2006
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - He kicked off his sneakers, stepped on the scale in his white socks and smiled.Seconds later, the man once labelled the baddest man on the planet, the one who could petrify an
readCourts, troops clash in Somalia
23-10-2006
Mogadishu - Somali government troops fought with a local militia loyal to the country's newly powerful Islamic Courts on Saturday."Heavy fighting took place early this morning between government
readFarmer plants four bombs
23-10-2006
Nairobi - Kenyan police have detained a man for planting four bombs in protest at the failure of Kenya and Britain to clear military debris strewn throughout his farmland, officials said.They said
readUS denies SA Muslim man entry
23-10-2006
San Francisco - An Islamic scholar from South Africa was denied entry into the United States, prompting questions from Muslims in the San Francisco Bay Area who had invited him to participate in
readRebels snub Ugandan president
23-10-2006
Juba - Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels on Saturday snubbed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who called for the speedy resolution of outstanding issues at faltering peace talks aimed at ending
readPoll puts Democrats ahead in upcoming elections
23-10-2006
Washington - More than half of Americans, 55%, would like to see Democrats take control of Congress, according to a poll by Newsweek magazine released on Saturday.The poll of 1 000 likely voters found
readUS 'arrogant and stupid' in Iraq
23-10-2006
BAGHDAD - A senior US diplomat said the United States had shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq but was now ready to talk with any group except al Qaeda in Iraq to facilitate national
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