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46 Articles found on Wednesday, 20 September 2006
Africa key to US anti-terror plan
20-09-2006
WASHINGTON - Africa has emerged as a leading front in the US military campaign against al Qaeda, which Washington believes would like to create a new safe haven in the continent's vast, hard-to-govern
readNobel laureates cite poverty among top hurdles to peace
20-09-2006
DENVER - Nobel Peace Prize laureates at a conference dedicated to promoting peace unveiled a list of 10 "core barriers to global peace" and called on youth to take action.The nine laureates, who
readStumbling blocks in Somalia
20-09-2006
NAIROBI -- These days, no one in Mogadishu seems to see the planes and drones suspected of flying US surveillance runs over the Somali city.Once reported regularly in a city synonymous with anarchy,
readAfrica-Asia trade triples in 5 yrs
20-09-2006
CHINESE and Indian firms are increasingly doing business in sub-Saharan Africa and their interest in the continent extends well beyond a hunt for natural resources, a new World Bank study says.Exports
readZim shoppers struggle
20-09-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's citizens struggled to pay sharply higher prices for basic foodstuffs on Monday after official data showed inflation hit a new record in August. Prices surged further over the
readMTC to build 3G service network
20-09-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Namibia's main mobile phone operator, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC), 34-per cent owned by Portugal Telecom, plans to launch third-generation services and Siemens will build
readTravel and tourism to boost economy
20-09-2006
NAMIBIA is one of the fastest growing countries in terms of travel and tourism and the sector is expected to generate a total revenue of N$9,1 billion for 2006, a recent report has said.A research
readHundreds poisoned by steroid pork
20-09-2006
SHANGHAI - Over 330 Shanghai residents have been poisoned by pork tainted with a weight-loss steroid popular among bodybuilders, state media said yesterday.Clenbuterol, a product normally marketed to
readGlobal growth may be cresting
20-09-2006
SINGAPORE - World economic growth may be cresting after the strongest showing in three decades, making it imperative that countries revive global, market-opening talks to tap the benefit of expanded
readWorld Bank graft fight stirs debate on Africa aid
20-09-2006
NAIROBI - President Mobutu Sese Seko was said to have sipped pink champagne daily, hired Concorde to fly his family to New York to shop and bought numerous friends in high places - much of it with the
readI bribed cops: Treason witness
20-09-2006
THE latest witness to testify in the main Caprivi high treason trial claimed yesterday that he had to bribe two Police officers - the one holding a senior rank as Chief Inspector - in order to be
readMilitary in Thailand seizes power
20-09-2006
BANGKOK - The Thai military launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday, circling his offices with tanks, seizing control of television stations and declaring a provisional
readDate set for power project close to Epupa
20-09-2006
THE controversial Baynes hydropower project on the Kunene River west of the scenic Epupa Falls will go ahead, and a new feasibility study will start before the end of the year, an official of
readBurglars assault guard
20-09-2006
A SECURITY guard at Gobabis was beaten up by a group of thugs who allegedly tried to break into the shop he was guarding.According to a Police report issued yesterday, the suspects held the man at
readGibeon back on line but woes continue
20-09-2006
NAMPOWER reconnected the electricity supply to Gibeon on Monday afternoon, but the village council's woes are far from over.Power was restored after the council paid the minimum amount demanded by
readHouses galore in North
20-09-2006
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) yesterday ensured that the National Housing Enterprises (NHE) will be able to build 2 000 new houses in Oshakati over the next four years.DBN's Chief Executive
readTwo murders in Omaheke
20-09-2006
A 20-year-old man, Gottlob Kasjinina, lost his life at a Leonardville shebeen on Friday night when he was stabbed with a knife.The incident happened at 21h30 at the Saukdrop Shebeen. The suspect was
readSwakop beach murder trial delayed
20-09-2006
THE start of the High Court trial of three men being prosecuted over the killing of a Swakopmund goldsmith while she was taking a stroll along one of the town's beaches two years ago was pushed back
readElection officials off to Zambia
20-09-2006
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is expected to travel to Zambia today ahead of the national and presidential elections taking place in that country on September 28.The ECN will observe the
readBethanie ratepayers want answers
20-09-2006
THE Bethanie Taxpayers Association has demanded a public explanation why the Bethanie Village Council had failed to honour an agreement with NamPower after last week's two-day blackout at the
readTsumeb doctor killing case set for next year
20-09-2006
THE High Court trial of a farmworker accused of murdering a Tsumeb doctor at his farm close to the Etosha National Park early last year failed to get out of the starting blocks as planned this
readCity has been overcharging residents by 7 per cent
20-09-2006
THE Windhoek Municipality has overcharged virtually every electricity consumer in the capital by seven per cent since July 1, when new tariffs were introduced, allegedly without the approval of the
readReparations motion makes history
20-09-2006
HISTORY was made in the National Assembly yesterday when Herero Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako, as the representative of the Herero people, called on fellow parliamentarians to support their demand
readSA specialist to examine conjoined twins
20-09-2006
CONJOINED twins born at the Oshakati State Hospital last Monday will be transferred to Windhoek this morning, the Director of Health in the North, Dr Naftali Hamata, said yesterday.Dr Hamata said
readNakuhumbata ococaine mela a pewa ompito yokwiifutila mo noN$20 000
20-09-2006
O MUFEKELWA moshipotha shokuhumbata iingangamithi Bruno da Silva Paiva okwe shi pondola moonkambadhala dhe okupewa obooloha mOmaandaha goshiwike shika, ashike oshipotha she otashi kala shi li ngaashi
readEenhana otadhi pula komeho lela nehumokomeho; Meya Shikongo ta ti
20-09-2006
E ENHANA ndhoka momumvo 1992 kwa tokolwa kutya nadhi ninge ondoolopa nokupewa oongamba dhondoolopa ongondoolopa meti 15 Apilili 1999 ndele tadhi pewa uuthemba wokwiilela mwene ongondoolopa meti 1 Juli
readUukwana womOshakati otau yi kOvenduka
20-09-2006
U UKWANA mboka wa valwa wu li kumwe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati konima yoshiwike shimwe otwa kundana tau yi kOvenduka ongula yonena opo Oondohotola mboka ye na uunongo monkalo yawo ndjika ya
readOndoolopa yEenhana ya mona Omunambelewa Omukuluntu
20-09-2006
O NDOOLOPA yEenhana ndjoka ya kala ethimbo kaayi na Omunambelewa Omukuluntu konima sho Omunambelewa gwayo Omukuluntuwiliki Lameck Uyepa a thigi po ehala ndika, ya mona ishewe Omunambelewa
readFistball league goes into final rounds
20-09-2006
THIS weekend will bring the closure to this years National Fistball leagues, with the deciding matches to be played at the SKW sport fields on Saturday (September 23) as from 08h30.In the national A
readIndustrial netball league to hold first championships
20-09-2006
THE Industrial Netball League will hold its first netball championships in Vineta, Swakopmund, on the weekend of October 13 and 14.Organisers this week announced that any company from any region may
readTurkish Formula One fined
20-09-2006
PARIS - The organisers of the Turkish Grand Prix were yesterday fined five million US dollars over their controversial decision to allow the leader of an unrecognised country to present the trophy at
readBig Issue team leaves for Homeless World Cup
20-09-2006
THE Big Issue Namibia street-soccer team is leaving for Cape Town tonight to participate in the fourth Homeless World Cup, which kicks off on Saturday.Football teams from 48 countries and 500 players
readGolden Bees case still pending
20-09-2006
THE Namibia Football Association Disciplinary Committee will only pronounce itself on Saturday on the case of Golden Bees Football Club, which claims to have won the Northern Stream First Division.The
readLocal Sport Briefs Ohangwena best football region
20-09-2006
EENHANA - The Ohangwena Second Division Football League received a trophy and N$5 000 from the Namibia Football Association (NFA) as this year's best-administered second-division league in the
readYizhar Smilansky, noted Israeli author
20-09-2006
JERUSALEM - Israeli author Yizhar Smilansky, whose works on the 1948 War of Independence sparked debate and soul-searching in the Jewish state, has died.He was 89. Considered one of Israel's greatest
readOriana Fallaci, combative journalist
20-09-2006
ROME - Oriana Fallaci, a bold and abrasive journalist who used merciless grilling to make some of the world's movers and shakers, from Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to Henry Kissinger, lower their
readIn Brief
20-09-2006
FACE-OFF - US President George W.Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were expected to face off at a distance over Middle East democracy and nuclear weapons when both addressed the United
readParents kidnap teen for abortion
20-09-2006
BOSTON - Police charged a Maine couple on Monday for kidnapping their pregnant 19-year-old daughter, who was bound with rope and duct tape and bundled into her parents' car to force her to have an
readUN won't disarm Hezbollah
20-09-2006
BEIRUT - The French general commanding UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon said on Monday his troops would not intervene to disarm Hezbollah, even as French President Jacques Chirac said the militant
readJourno jailed for criticising cops
20-09-2006
BUJUMBURA - A reporter for the government's official news agency has been sentenced to five months in jail for criticising police - not in print, but in conversation during a night out at a bar in
readZambians urged to reject Sata
20-09-2006
LUSAKA - Zambia's largest newspaper, The Post, has urged voters to reject controversial opposition leader Michael Sata who is the main challenger to President Levy Mwanawasa in next week's
readIraq puts off federal debate as civil war fears grow
20-09-2006
BAGHDAD - Iraqi lawmakers again put off a divisive debate on federalism that was set for Tuesday after a fresh wave of violence killed 50 people and prompted a warning from the United Nations that
readNato credibility at stake in Afghanistan after Taliban surprise: Britain
20-09-2006
LONDON - Britain said yesterday that the credibility of Nato was at stake in Afghanistan after it was surprised by the tenacity of the Taliban resistance.In a speech to the Royal United Services
readWitness bares attack scars in Saddam trial
20-09-2006
BAGHDAD - A former Kurdish guerrilla fighter removed his shirt in a marbled Baghdad courtroom yesterday to show what he said were scars caused by a chemical attack ordered by Saddam Hussein in the
readPope could use Turkey trip to calm anger in Islamic world
20-09-2006
ANKARA - Pope Benedict XVI's visit to predominantly Muslim Turkey in late November could strengthen dialogue and friendship between religions and people and help defuse the anger in the Islamic world
readPM urges calm after riots
20-09-2006
BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany defied opposition pressure to quit yesterday after anti-government riots he called "the longest and darkest night of the republic".The worst riots
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