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45 Articles found on Wednesday, 25 October 2006
Africa 'far off' its UN goals
25-10-2006
LONDON - Africa is far from meeting its United Nations' Millennium Development Goals but the boom in trade with China is some cause for optimism, the head of the continent's development bank told
read'Rabble-rouser' Tutu just can't shut up: biographer
25-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - He took on the apartheid government and was South Africa's first black bishop.He lambasts presidents and likes to party with the stars. And at 75, Desmond Tutu still can't keep quiet.
readOECD cautions BOJ on rates
25-10-2006
PARIS - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) chief Angel Gurria said yesterday he had urged the Bank of Japan around a month ago to avoid hasty interest rate rises because of
readAuditors find irregularities in EU budget
25-10-2006
STRASBOURG - The European Union's top audit watchdog yesterday criticised inadequate controls over the majority of EU expenditures, highlighting irregularities particularly in the spending of economic
readEenhana offers investment opportunities
25-10-2006
EENHANA - the Chief Executive Officer of Eenhana says his town, due to its strategic location on the Trans-Caprivi Highway, offers various business opportunities to local and existing businesses.Valde
readChina criticised over Africa lending
25-10-2006
LONDON - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz was quoted yesterday as saying China and its banks were ignoring human rights and environmental standards when lending to developing countries in
readWorld Bank says FDI agencies failing to respond
25-10-2006
WASHINGTON - Over 80 per cent of state agencies mandated with attracting foreign direct investment in the developing world either failed to reply or gave incomplete data to a consultant testing their
readMicro-finance improves lives of rural people
25-10-2006
AS efforts are being made to incorporate the poor - mainly those from rural areas - into the mainstream and formal banking sector, some of the country's disadvantaged are not sitting on their laurels
readFive missing after SA mine collapse
25-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Five people were missing yesterday after part of the ground collapsed nearly 3 000 metres below the surface at one of the world's deepest gold mines in South Africa, the company
readEnron's Skilling gets 24 years
25-10-2006
HOUSTON - Former Enron Corp.chief executive Jeff Skilling was sentenced on Monday to more than 24 years in prison for leading a financial fraud that destroyed the company and came to symbolise a dark
readNew railway 'not viable'
25-10-2006
A GRAND dream of former President Sam Nujoma to link Katima Mulilo by rail to a fog-covered rocky Cape Fria in the Skeleton Coast Park might evaporate into thin air.It is not viable, a preliminary
readAlexander hearing fixed for today
25-10-2006
A DATE for the start of a court hearing to determine whether the Israeli-born former Chief Executive Officer of a United States-based software company who has taken up residence in Windhoek should be
readThe naked city ...
25-10-2006
WITCHDOCTOR, mental patient or sleepwalker? Windhoek resident Lisa Beukes found herself asking this question early yesterday morning while trying to chase a semi-naked man from her backyard in
readHeavy prison terms for Oamites artist's killers
25-10-2006
THE two men convicted of murdering and robbing artist and geologist Uwe Kopetzky at his home at Oamites in May 2002 received prison terms totalling 152 years when they were sentenced in the High Court
readIndependence Day for Zambia
25-10-2006
NAMIBIA has been asked to buy maize from Zambia, as the country had a bumper maize harvest this year.The call was made by Zambian High Commissioner to Namibia Griffin Nyirongo at the 42nd anniversary
readChefs dish up fine fare for less privileged
25-10-2006
The Namibian Chefs Association on Friday participated for the first time in International Chefs Day, which is celebrated across the world.The main aim of this day is for chefs from all across the
readNamibia, Angola fight diseases
25-10-2006
OSHAKATI - Namibia and Angola have signed a Memorandum of Technical Agreement on prevention and control of communicable diseases along the two countries' common border.Health Director for the Oshana
readMan held for dropping baby
25-10-2006
POLICE in the Kavango Region have arrested a 26-year-old man for the murder of a two-month-old baby, after he allegedly threw the child on the ground last Wednesday.The baby's mother apparently asked
readOne of 3 Keetmans escapees rearrested
25-10-2006
POLICE and prison warders at Keetmanshoop yesterday rearrested one of the three escapees who had been on the run since breaking out of the town's prison on Monday morning.Keetmanshoop prison chief
readDeputy Sheriff in court
25-10-2006
KEETMANSHOOP Deputy Sheriff Pieter van Heerden (32) yesterday made a third appearance in the town's Magistrate's Court on charges of defeating the course of justice, possession of stolen livestock and
readPeeping Tom case before court
25-10-2006
FOUR schoolgirls took turns in the witness stand of the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court last week to tell Magistrate Vicky Nicolaides about their ordeal at a gymnasium in Swakopmund where they claim
readPolitician in court again
25-10-2006
THE Swapo district co-ordinator for the Berseba constituency, Willem Isaak (36), yesterday made another appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on a charge of malicious damage to
readFormer Caprivi Police chief testifies in high treason trial
25-10-2006
THE 12 men charged in the second Caprivi high treason trial remained absent from the dock when the Namibian Police's former regional commander in the Caprivi Region testified in their trial this
readStrike hits Roessing
25-10-2006
WORK has ground to a halt at Roessing Uranium mine's open pit after dissatisfied equipment operators refused to work.Approximately 100 open-pit operators showed up at their workplace on Monday, but
readNurses' union takes on Govt
25-10-2006
THE Namibia Nurses' Union (Nanu) has declared a dispute with Government after the Ministry of Health refused to reintroduce the old pay rates for work done on Sundays and public holidays.Nanu
readEkuma lyOkapale ka Shakati lya teka po ombinga yimwe
25-10-2006
E KUMA lyOkapale okanene kOmaudhano ka Shakati, ongula yohela olya piti lya teka po, lya tewa po kombepo onene yoshikungulu ndjoka yi iteyele mOshakati moka ongulohi yOmaandaha ngaka ga zi ko noya
readOshipotha sha Endjala sha tsilikwa
25-10-2006
O MULUMENTU omugundjuka ngoka yaha aakwanezimo lye ye li yanen ongulohi yEtitano lya zi ko, naye okwa li a hala okwiiyaha ihe oholo oye mu kulumuna ashike.Michael Endjala (gwoomvula 28) okwa holoka
readAmerika okwa hala Kobi a ka pangulwe kaandjawo
25-10-2006
E PANGELO lya Amerika olya ninga eindilo kEpangelo lya Namibia okupitila muuministeli wUuyuuki kutya omunangeshefa OmwAamerika Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander, na falwe ku Amerika a ka pangulwe.Eindilo ndika
readCheruiyot to make full recovery: doctor
25-10-2006
CHICAGO - Chicago Marathon winner Robert Cheruiyot was expected to be released from hospital Monday one day after tumbling inches from the finish line and slamming his head on the asphalt.The hard
readFA receives Chelsea letter
25-10-2006
LONDON - The Football Association confirmed Monday they had received Chelsea's letter addressing concerns over the treatment of fractured-skull victim Petr Cech.The goalkeeper was injured in a
readAlonso plays down chances of matching Schumacher
25-10-2006
SAO PAULO - Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso has played down his chances of matching the achievements of the retired Michael Schumacher.The 25-year-old Spaniard reclaimed his crown at the
readStars get awards from academy
25-10-2006
THE Mario Stars of Africa Football Academy awarded its best performers for the 2006 season at a ceremony held at Soccer House late last week.The awards are the first handed out by a football academy
readOshakati karateka win medals
25-10-2006
ONGWEDIVA - The Oshakati Karate Club took home several medals from the five-style Namibia National Karate Championship, which took place in Windhoek last Saturday.Three of the 12-member Oshakati
readCandidates for the NFA Congress
25-10-2006
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) will hold a historic extraordinary congress in Windhoek on Saturday that will see the election of the new president, a vice president as well as the entire
readZambia or Zim for Namibia
25-10-2006
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Football Association (NFA) national team coach, Ben Bamfuchile hopes to engage either Zambia or Zimbabwe in a international friendly match next month.No confirmation has been
readJohannes in line for top award
25-10-2006
WINDHOEK - Namibian long-distance runner Hilaria Johannes stands a good chance to be crowned the 2006 Sportswoman of Year because of her exceptional performance during the year.The awards function
readSandy West, Runaways drummer
25-10-2006
SAN DIMAS - Sandy West, whose ferocious drumming fuelled the influential all-female '70s rock band the Runaways, which she co-founded with Joan Jett, has died of lung cancer.She was 47. West died on
readIn Brief
25-10-2006
IN BAD TASTE - Democratic senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday said Republican challenger John Spencer was treading into "swampy territory" with his reported comments that she wasn't very
readUS jails 2 Egyptians for slavery
25-10-2006
SANTA ANA-Two Egyptians, who enslaved a 10-year-old girl as their domestic helper for two years were jailed by a court in California on Monday, said justice officials.Abdel Nasser Ibrahim, 57, was
readUS seeks missing soldier in Iraq
25-10-2006
BAGHDAD - US forces combed part of Baghdad for a missing soldier yesterday as rising US and Iraqi casualties piled pressure on US President George W Bush to change his policy.Military officials said
readMalawi father knew of Madonna adoption plan - govt
25-10-2006
LILONGWE-A senior Malawian government official on Monday dismissed as untrue remarks by an illiterate father who said he was misled into signing over his son for adoption by pop diva
readGabon president wants new term
25-10-2006
DAKAR-Africa's longest serving president, Gabon's Omar Bongo, said on Monday after already serving nearly 40 years in power he intended to run for re-election in 2012.The 70-year-old leader, who won
readRiots mar 1956 uprising commemoration
25-10-2006
BUDAPEST - Hungarian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of anti-government protesters on Monday, marring commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the country's 1956 uprising
readNew UN chief to resolve nuke issue
25-10-2006
SEOUL - South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon, the incoming UN chief, said Tuesday he would play an active part in finding a peaceful settlement to the crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons
readPalestinian gunmen kidnap journalist
25-10-2006
JERUSALEM - Palestinian gunmen kidnapped an Associated Press photographer in the Gaza Strip yesterday, grabbing him as he walked out of his apartment and whisking him away in their vehicle, a witness
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