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39 Articles found on Monday, 18 September 2006
Cheap HIV drugs for Russia
18-09-2006
LONDON - British pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline said on Friday that it had agreed to supply the Russian government with HIV drugs at discounted prices.GSK said in a statement that the move would
readWB chief defends graft plan
18-09-2006
SINGAPORE - Playing down a funding row with Britain, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz defended his controversial anti-corruption campaign on Friday, saying the bank could not tolerate misuse of its
readRolls-Royce wins US$500m deal
18-09-2006
LONDON - The British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce announced on Friday a deal potentially worth more than US$500 million from Chinese regional carrier Hainan Airlines to supply engines for its
readZim inflation at record 1 204,6%
18-09-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate accelerated to 1 204,6 per cent in August - a new record - from 993,6 per cent in July, suggesting the country was losing the battle against soaring prices,
readOil weakens towards US$63
18-09-2006
SINGAPORE - Oil stayed near US$63 a barrel on Friday, weighed down by bulging natural gas and heating oil inventories in the United States and the suspension of an oil workers' strike in Nigeria.US
readEconet to launch 3G next year
18-09-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's largest mobile network operator Econet said on Friday it would launch third generation (3G) cellular services next year, becoming only the third country in Africa to offer the
readPelts sold out at auction
18-09-2006
AGRA managed to make 100 per cent sales and raked in N$25,7 million when it sold all of its 52 187 Swakara pelts on offer at an auction held in Copenhagen, Denmark last week.Besides Agra
readNamugongo arrested over fake licences for gambling
18-09-2006
A WELL-KNOWN television commentator and senior employee in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Sackey Namugongo, is behind bars after he was arrested on fraud-related charges.Anti-Corruption
readGovt eyes plan that will force Namibians to save
18-09-2006
MOST Namibians do not put away money for their retirement, placing the burden on Government to look after them with State pensions, a challenge the State cannot handle alone, says a financial
readShe's doing 'a wheelie' on me, claims alleged car conman
18-09-2006
SLY conman, or too trusting a friend? Depending on who you listen to, either one of these descriptions could apply to Fadi Ayoub, a Lebanese national being sought by the Namibian Police on a charge of
read18 years for young man who killed Ipula Akwenye
18-09-2006
A JAM-PACKED public gallery in the largest courtroom available in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday witnessed the final act in one of Namibia's most high-profile murder trials of the year so far,
readKatjavivi hands over credentials
18-09-2006
NAMIBIA'S new Ambassador to Germany, Dr Peter Katjavivi, handed over his letters of credence to German Federal President Horst Koehler in the Palace of Bellevue in Berlin on Wednesday.Katjavivi
readSSC opens office at Luederitz
18-09-2006
THE Social Security Commission has paid out N$26,3 million in benefits over the past five months, SSC Chairman Sackey Akweenda said at Luederitz on Friday.Akweenda was speaking at the opening of the
readNWR lodge to create 56 jobs
18-09-2006
ABOUT 56 people will be employed at a new lodge that Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) is building in the Namib-Naukluft Park.This was announced on Friday by NWR Managing Director Tobie Aupindi at the
readPublic park planned for Ondangwa
18-09-2006
THE Ondangwa Town Council has decided to establish a public park at a cost of more than N$300 000.Chairman of the council's management committee, Ronny Negonga, told a press conference on Friday that
readPolice strike a blow against crime
18-09-2006
A HOST of stolen items have been recovered during Police operations at Walvis Bay and the rightful owners are urged to identify and claim their belongings at the Police station.A special operation was
readThree-year-old's body found in canal
18-09-2006
POLICE at Noordoewer in the Karas Region last week recovered the body of a three-year-old child, Don Carols Owes, from a canal.The Police reported that it is suspected that Owes fell into the canal
readSwakop couple win big in lottery
18-09-2006
SWAKOPMUND resident Beresford Steenkamp and his wife Jo-Anne had more than enough reason to celebrate on Saturday night after hearing that they'd won a six-digit cash prize in the last Winna Mariba
readFive arrested at Walvis for 'illegal' net phone service
18-09-2006
FIVE foreign nationals were arrested at Walvis Bay on Saturday for allegedly operating illegal Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services .Officials from Telecom Namibia's Fraud Monitoring Unit,
readRainy season 'won't set records'
18-09-2006
MUCH of Namibia is expected to receive normal to above-normal rainfall during the first part of the rainy season from October to December this year, the Meteorological Service Division in the Ministry
readNamibia slips on business index
18-09-2006
NAMIBIA has slipped down the rankings of a business report published by the World Bank, which investigates the ease of doing business in 175 countries.In the provisional summary published on the
readOmaliko goopenzela ga thika koobiliyuna 35
18-09-2006
O SHIKETHA shokupungula openzela mu Namibia osha kolo sigo opoondola oobiliyuna 35 - shoka shithike konyala poopelesenda 83,6 dhiiyemo ayihe yomeni lyoshilongo mbyoka hayi fupipikwa GDP.Oshinima shika
readOmupangi Ashipala a hulitha
18-09-2006
J EREMIA Lyuuvika Ashipala, omvalele ya Ntananga mOndonga okwa mana oondjenda dhe mOshipangeloshOngeleki ya Elcin mOnandjokwe mOsoondaha ya zile ko.Nakusa Jeremia okwa li e na oomvula 49 na okwa li
readShangitheni omagumbo nomapya geni meendelelo, Minista Ekandjo ta ti
18-09-2006
P ETHIMBO ta egulula pambelewa Oombelewa oompe dhUuministeli wOmavi nOmatulululo pOutapi mOmbalantu ongula yEtine lya zi ko, Oministeli yOmavi Jerry Ekandjo okwa ninga eindilo lyomeendelelo kutya
readEwawa lyoomeme moSwapo oli na okongresa mu Desemba
18-09-2006
E WAWA lyOomeme moSwapo (Women Council) olya ningi etokolo okuninga okongresa yalyo mu Desemba nuumvo opo ya ka hogolole aawili yawo aape.Amushanga gwOpevi mEwawa lyOomeme moSwapo Linea Shaetonhodi
readUlenga a pula kombinga yedhipago lya Shevanyenga
18-09-2006
O MAPULO kombinga yedhipago lya fa lya longekidhwa lya Bernhad Nakale Shevanyenga, ngoka a li a hala oongamba dha Namibia na Angola dhi tendululwe, oga holoka mOmutumba gwOpashigwana oshiwike sha zi
readItaly's Melandri wins rain-hit Australian Moto Grand Prix
18-09-2006
PHILLIP ISLAND - Italy's Marco Melandri won a rain-hit Australian MotoGP Grand Prix at Phillip Island yesterday.The Honda rider won the 26-lap race in a time of 44 minutes 15.62, 9.69 seconds ahead of
readJaguars one step away from premiership status
18-09-2006
JAGUARS Rugby Club are one hurdle away from entering the Namibia Rugby Union's (NRU) premier division after winning their semi-final match in the first division 11-8 against Harlequins from
readVan Wyk to lead NPL
18-09-2006
NAMIBIA Premier League teams re-elected Anton van Wyk as their chairman ahead of Pieter van Wyk during a rather chaotic extraordinary general assembly of the body held at SKW on Saturday.Anton Van Wyk
readSA, Zimbabwe cricket match postponed
18-09-2006
EAST LONDON - The second one-day international between South Africa and Zimbabwe scheduled yesterday will be played as a day-night game today due to persistent rain.Cricket South Africa and the
readBarrera keeps crown
18-09-2006
LAS VEGAS - Mexico's Marco Antonio Barrera kept his World Boxing Council super featherweight title here Saturday with a unanimous 12-round decision over US challenger Rocky Juarez.Judges awarded
readChelsea go past Liverpool
18-09-2006
LONDON - English champions Chelsea hung on for a fiery 1-0 win over Liverpool in the Premier League yesterday despite the second-half sending off of Germany captain Michael Ballack.The high-profile
readInternational Briefs
18-09-2006
* WILD WEATHER - Powerful Hurricane Lane slammed into a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast south of the city of Culiacan after its winds and rain flooded streets and knocked out
readSeries of bomb attacks strike city in Iraq
18-09-2006
KIRKUK- A series of five bomb attacks - including two suicide car bombings - in the northern city of Kirkuk yesterday left more than 20 people dead and nearly 80 wounded, police said.A suicide truck
readBlair appeals to EU to stop slaughter in Darfur region
18-09-2006
LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair appealed yesterday to his EU counterparts to apply heavy pressure on the Sudanese government and rebels to stop the civil war in Sudan's western Darfur
readTorture in Zimbabwe widespread
18-09-2006
HARARE - An alliance of independent human rights groups yesterday demanded the immediate prosecution of police and soldiers who allegedly assaulted and injured labour leaders attempting to stage
readPope says sorry about Islam furore
18-09-2006
CASTEL GANDOLFO - Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday he was "deeply sorry" about the angry reaction sparked by his speech about Islam and holy war and said the text did not reflect his personal
readAbbas's office, Hamas row over unity government
18-09-2006
RAMALLAH - The ruling Hamas movement and President Mahmoud Abbas's office accused each other yesterday of trying to derail a planned Palestinian unity government that officials hope will lift Western
readNon-aligned nations condemn terrorism, Israel
18-09-2006
HAVANA - Representatives of 118 nations agreed on Saturday to condemn Israel's attacks on Lebanon, support a peaceful resolution to the US-Iran nuclear dispute and defend the right of Venezuela and
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