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49 Articles found on Monday, 4 September 2006
Malaysia cuts '06 growth target
04-09-2006
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's trade-driven economy will expand 5,8 per cent this year, slightly slower than earlier official forecast, but growth will accelerate to six per cent next year, the Finance
readSouth African Airways and Singapore Airlines sign pact
04-09-2006
SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Friday it and South African Airways (SAA) have signed a code share agreement to boost travel between their countries.SIA said in a statement that its
readSouth Africans venture north in Africa travel boom
04-09-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African newlyweds Richard and Christine Wyngaard could have opted to honeymoon in the exotic Seychelles or romantic Italy. Instead, they chose Kenya - their first African trip
readTurkey says offers US$130b for energy investments
04-09-2006
ANKARA - Turkey will offer US$130 billion (N$910 billion) in energy projects, including nuclear, for the private sector over coming years, to reduce the EU-applicant country's reliance on imports,
readRussia enacts tough Internet piracy law
04-09-2006
MOSCOW - New legislation that threatens Internet pirates with jail terms of up to five years took effect Friday in Russia, local media reported, as Moscow presses its drive to join the World Trade
readEU unemployment stable at 8 per cent
04-09-2006
BRUSSELS - Unemployment in the European Union was unchanged at eight per cent in July despite economic growth of 0,9 per cent in the second quarter, according to data released Friday by the EU's
readGovt cracks down on UDP
04-09-2006
GOVERNMENT has declared a political party in the Caprivi Region "illegal" and has forbidden all its activities and meetings from September 1.Announcing the decision on the United Democratic Party
read'Operation Black September' keeps Police busy
04-09-2006
FIVE shebeens had to be shut down, and the Police seized pistols, pangas, pickaxe handles, knives and knobkieries during a Police operation in Windhoek in the early hours of Saturday.And that was just
readSenior Namfisa manager quits suddenly
04-09-2006
ONE of the top managers at the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority, Marcelina !Gaoses, has resigned at short notice and left the employ of Namfisa.!Gaoses resigned her position at
readJustice Ministry mulling college for magistrates
04-09-2006
OSHAKATI - The Justice Ministry is looking at the possibility of establishing a training college where magistrates, prosecutors and supporting staff could be trained, says Deputy Minister Uutoni
readTsumeb reconnects pensioners' water
04-09-2006
ONGWEDIVA - The Tsumeb Town Council, which last week suspended water provision to residents with outstanding debts, has decided to reconnect the water supply of pensioners only. Tsumeb Mayor Engel
readDeputy Sheriff in court at Keetmans
04-09-2006
KEETMANSHOOP Deputy Sheriff Pieter van Heerder (32) on Friday made a second appearance in the town's Magistrate Court on charges of defeating the course of justice, possession of stolen livestock and
readJoin up with Limpopo: Esau
04-09-2006
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Bernard Esau, has encouraged Namibians to use available opportunities to link up with their counterparts from South Africa's Limpopo province, who in his opinion
readTses village workers not paid
04-09-2006
EMPLOYEES of the Tses Village Council downed tools on Wednesday and Thursday in protest against the non-payment of their salaries for two consecutive months.The Namibian has it on good authority that
readNo one knows where the Michael S is
04-09-2006
MORE than a month after the cargo ship Michael S 'vanished' from the Walvis Bay harbour, all parties involved remain tight-lipped about possible progress in tracing the vessel.No confirmation could be
readPeta condemns Namibian seal cull
04-09-2006
NAMIBIA runs the risk of international markets boycotting its fish products if the current approach to seal harvesting continues, according to the world's largest animal rights organisation, People
readPlant oil might yet help fuel Namibia's future
04-09-2006
A HUMBLE shrub might provide a solution for some of Namibia's fuel price woes and earn income for rural people and commercial farmers alike.The oil extracted from the nuts of the Jatropha curcas bush
readDetectives search Islamic school
04-09-2006
LONDON - Detectives searched an Islamic school and addresses across London yesterday following raids to round up a gang alleged to have run terrorist training camps in Britain, police said.A
readAaniilonga ya Ramatex kaye na we einekelo mu Nafau
04-09-2006
A ANIILONGA yAanamibia moofabulika dhokulonga oonguwo dhOkampani ya Ramatex oye li po taya kanitha einekelo mehangano lyawo lyaaniilonga lya Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) Aaniilonga
readAatalelipo yaali ya yugwa omaliko gawo
04-09-2006
A ATALELIPO yaali yAandowishi yaali (omusamane nomukulukadhi gwe) efudho lyawo mu Namibia olya hulile muuwinayi, sho ya yugwa iinima yawo oyindji.Aatalelipo mbaka oya li ya pendulwa komuyugi a homata
readMeekulu Elizabeth Shiweva a hulitha mepipi lyomimvo 107
04-09-2006
O MUKALIMO gwomOutapi mOmbalantu moshitopolwa sha Musati meekulu Elizabeth Nashikalepo Shiweva, ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shAutapi mEtiyali ndika lya zi ko konima yuuwehame, okwa
readOmukulukadhi gwOmusita omukulu gwa Ntananga a hulitha
04-09-2006
K UKU Lahja Magano Nankelo ya Shongolo gwomomukunda Ontanaga mOndonga, okwa mana oondjenda meti: 18 lyomwedhi gwa zi ko mOshipangelo sha Nandjokwe.Kuku Lahja, ngoka a hulitha mepipi lyoomvula 82, okwa
readOshipotha shuulunga moshipangelo sha Shaanda sha galukila mOmpangu
04-09-2006
O SHIPOTHA shomunambelewa mOshipangelo shEpangelo pOshaanda, ngoka taku popiwa kutya okwa gandja oombumbo komuvu mOshipangelo shika, mEtine lya zi ko osha li shuundulilwa komeho opo natango ku ningwe
readOmwiihupuli a dhipaga aantu yaali mu Iraq
04-09-2006
O NKUNDANA okuzilila ku Baghdad sha Iraq otayi ti kutya omwiihupuli gumwe i imangele omboma kolutu, a li a hala okufika po ongalashe yomahooli okwa dhipaga aantu yaali mEtine lya zi ko, konima ashike
readOonakulwa aakulu otaya maashinga
04-09-2006
O NKAMBADHALA yEpangelo ya hugunina okukwata moshipala oonakulwa aakulu kaya maashinge nena (mOmaandahata) oya ponya.Omupopiliko gwOkakomitikye ke na sha nomauwanawa goonakulwa aakulu, Alex Kamwi okwa
readGumwe a mangwa shi na sha neso lyokanona
04-09-2006
O MUKIINTU gumwe gwoomvula 19 okwa kwatwa po kOpolisi pu Gobabis oshiwike sha z iko, konima sho kwi itsuwa omudhimba gwokanona koomvula mbali ka pondwa/nkenenwa - ka gonyenwa moplastika
readYaali ya lopotelwa eyako lyoshimaliwa shomahooli
04-09-2006
O POLISI po Keetmanshoop otayi konakona oshipotha shuulunga mu na aanambelewa aakuluntu yaali ye li mOmbelewa yOmupresidende mondoolopa ndjika, taya fekelwa kutya oya yaka po oshimaliwa shOondolaN$70
readChicco a yakelwa iimaliwa kaaniilonga ye
04-09-2006
O MUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa, e li omulandithi gwIitungitho, tate Erastus Shapumba a tseyika wo nawa nedhina Chicco, oku li a geela noonkondo aaniilonga ye yamwe, ye li omulongo lwaampoka, mboka ta
readRain at US Open delays play
04-09-2006
NEW YORK - Andre Agassi's third-round match with German Benjamin Becker had to wait until yesterday after rain forced the cancellation of all US Open matches on Saturday.Agassi, 36, playing the final
readPowell and Wariner blitz Golden League
04-09-2006
BERLIN - Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell and American 400m runners Jeremy Wariner and Sanya Richards blitzed their rivals yesterday to share the Golden League jackpot for a perfect six wins in the
readU-23s lose in Olympic qualifier
04-09-2006
NAMIBIA'S under-23 national football side lost 1-0 to South Africa in their Olympic qualifier played at the Olen Park Stadium in Potchefstroom yesterday.South Africa scored through Masilo Modubi just
readSpain are basketball champs
04-09-2006
SAITAMA - A Spanish team playing without injured scoring leader Pau Gasol overpowered Greece 70-47 yesterday in the final of the World Basketball Championship, capturing the crown for the first
readItaly and Netherlands handed European wake-up call
04-09-2006
PARIS - World Cup winners Italy and former European champions Holland suffered a double reality check on Saturday as they took their first stuttering steps on the long road to Euro 2008.Italy had to
readBoks pip All Blacks for victory
04-09-2006
RUSTENBURG - All Blacks coach Graham Henry said South Africa had shown the greater desire in edging to a 21-20 Tri-nations win on Saturday.A 76th-minute penalty by flyhalf Andre Pretorius handed the
readGuerrero stops Aikento in featherweights
04-09-2006
LOS ANGELES - Roberto Guerrero captured the International Boxing Federation featherweight world title here Saturday with an eighth-round technical knockout of Eric Aiken.Aiken was making his first
readPakistan beat England
04-09-2006
LONDON - A superb display of fast bowling from Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif guided Pakistan to a seven-wicket victory over England in the second one-day international at Lord's on Saturday.Pakistan
readAngola favoured to host Nations Cup
04-09-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Angola are regarded as slight favourites to win hosting rights for the 2010 African Nations Cup finals when the Confederation of African Football (CAF) convene to make their decision in
readNBA stars head home with plenty to ponder
04-09-2006
SAITAMA - US players are going to have to work harder than they wanted next year after finishing third at the World Basketball Championship, but the experience could pay golden dividends in 2008 at
readMbeki house queried in parliament
04-09-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance said yesterday it had submitted a detailed parliamentary question to the department of public works about the retirement house being built for President Thabo
readIn Brief
04-09-2006
TESTING - North Korea may be preparing for another missile test, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported yesterday, but a government official in Seoul discounted the report.Yonhap also reported
readNaguib Mahfouz, Arab Nobel Literature winner
04-09-2006
CAIRO - Naguib Mahfouz, the first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature, died on Wednesday at the age of 94, bringing tributes from literary figures and world leaders for an author who
readDetectives search Islamic school
04-09-2006
LONDON - Detectives searched an Islamic school and addresses across London yesterday following raids to round up a gang alleged to have run terrorist training camps in Britain, police said.A
readJailed Hong Kong journalist innocent: wife
04-09-2006
HONG KONG - The wife of Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong, who was jailed in China on Thursday for spying for Taiwan, said she had not given up hope of winning early release for her husband.Mary Lau
readIran reaffirms support for Lebanon truce resolution
04-09-2006
TEHRAN - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday reaffirmed support for a UN resolution on Lebanon and his determination to negotiate an end to Tehran's
readMerkel 'most powerful woman'
04-09-2006
NEW YORK - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has overtaken US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the world's most powerful woman, according to a Forbes Magazine list published on Thursday.This time
readAl Qaeda no 2 arrested in Iraq
04-09-2006
BAGHDAD - Iraqi and coalition forces have arrested the second most senior figure in Al Qaeda in Iraq, Iraq's national security adviser announced yesterday, saying the group now suffered from a
readRussian President heads to Africa
04-09-2006
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin, a vocal advocate of a "multipolar" world, will expand his diplomatic horizons this week with his first visits to South Africa and Morocco, looking to expand
readZim union plans mass protests
04-09-2006
HARARE - A series of mass protests will be held across Zimbabwe this month against the mounting economic hardships under the regime of President Robert Mugabe, the country's largest trade union said
readSpain intercepts 670 Africans
04-09-2006
MADRID, SPAIN - Spanish police caught more than 670 Africans trying to reach the Canary Islands - a record for a single day - after long, dangerous trips in overcrowded boats that set out from
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