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46 Articles found on Thursday, 12 April 2007
Efforts to catalogue all living species top 1 million mark
12-04-2007
WASHINGTON - A worldwide scientific effort to catalogue every living species has topped the 1 million milestone.Six years into the programme the total has reached 1 009 000, researchers report. They
readNew report reveals Sperrgebiet secrets
12-04-2007
CLIMATE change is a threat to all types of vegetation found in Namibia's prime biodiversity hotspot - the Sperrgebiet area - as the Succulent Karoo plant kingdom is expected to be severely
readUAE is Arab's best economy
12-04-2007
DUBAI - Profiting from a flood of investment, the United Arab Emirates has become the most competitive economy in the Arab world, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday."The Emirates ranked first
readThousands of Brazilian peasants occupy farms
12-04-2007
SAO PAULO - Thousands of peasants have occupied four farms and demonstrated in six states as part of a wave of protests to push for land reform in Latin America's largest country, a spokesman for the
readBEE policies under fire in South Africa
12-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - An admission by South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel that Black Economic Empowerment needs an overhaul has handed fuel to critics who say the flagship policy has only benefited
readWorld trade powers bid to save Doha
12-04-2007
NEW DELHI - The four leading players in the Doha Round of global trade talks held bilateral meetings yesterday ahead of a new attempt to save the negotiations, but hopes for a breakthrough were
readControls on fisheries still insufficient
12-04-2007
BRUSSELS - Checks on fishermen and their catches remain insufficient, contributing to the depletion of fish stocks in European Union waters, the European Commission said yesterday."More effective
readAfrican energy ministers call for cooperation
12-04-2007
AFRICA is taking steps to strengthen co-operation in energy initiatives as generation capacity fails to keep pace with demand and unstable international oil prices cause havoc to economies.In many
readQuestions surround drowning of 14-year old boy in Keetmans
12-04-2007
THE body of a 14-year-old boy was found in the Keetmanshoop swimming pool on Sunday, but it is not clear whether he had drowned.The pool was on Saturday opened to the public for the first time since
readSOE fat cats face salary slash
12-04-2007
A LETTER from Government to various ministries and parastatals, ordering an investigation into how the salaries of people working for parastatals could be scaled down in line with those of the public
readZuma's N$15 000 birthday cake
12-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Hush-hush preparations are under way for a lavish birthday banquet this week for Jacob Zuma, the Daily News reported yesterday.It said more than 1 000 people had been invited to
readEsau sparks 'father of all debates'
12-04-2007
MEN should also get "maternity leave" a Deputy Minister pleaded in Parliament yesterday, but his 'dearest daddy desire' landed him in a corner, with other MPs asking what would happen if he had
readBirds wreak havoc in Omusati
12-04-2007
HUGE flocks of quelea birds have descended on mahangu fields in the Omusati Region, destroying crops and adding to fears of a poor harvest after a disappointing rainy season.The red-billed quelea is
readDragonflies sensitive to climate change
12-04-2007
DRAGONFLIES are of considerable value in studying climate change, but they are inadequately known in Namibia.Scientists have found that dragonflies are very useful indicators of environmental
readPohamba to address the nation
12-04-2007
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba will deliver his annual State of the Nation address in the National Assembly today.It will be his third address since he came to power in March 2005. In terms of the
read5-month break in massacre trial
12-04-2007
THE High Court trial of the four men accused of the murder of eight people at the Mariental district farm Kareeboomvloer two years ago is scheduled to continue from the middle of September.Judge
readSacu money 'not a windfall'
12-04-2007
THE annual revenue from the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) was not a windfall or a donation, Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said in her response to the Budget debate in the
readOshana given heroes' welcome
12-04-2007
THE Oshana regional team that won The Namibian Newspaper Cup at Keetmanshoop on Monday were given a heroes' welcome when they returned to the North.Sam Nekwaya, NFA co-ordinator for the Oshana
readTrading death for traffic tickets
12-04-2007
Key statistics *94 - road accidents countrywide compared to 169 last year * 86% - decline in Easter weekend fatalities compared to last year * 29% - increase in serious injuries compared to last year
read76 workers not at work
12-04-2007
RUNDU - Seventy-six employees of the Equator Construction Company, who downed tools about three weeks ago, have not yet returned to work.The workers downed tools demanding a wage increment and they
readMalaysian Prime Minister set to visit Namibia next week
12-04-2007
WINDHOEK - Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to arrive in Namibia next Thursday for a two-day official visit.Badawi will be accompanied by a 23-member business
readTeacher's murder goes to court
12-04-2007
BONIFATIUS Konstantinus (26), charged with the murder of a female teacher at Otshipya village in the Omusati Region, made another appearance in the Oshakati Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.Wilihelmina
readOnkalo oyi li nawa; Epangelo lya Zimbabwe
12-04-2007
H ARARE - Epangelo ya Zimbabwe okwa ekelehi kokule omapopyo kutya iinima itayi ende we nawa moshilongo shoka, ta popi kutya onkalo moshilongo shoka oyi li mokondolola.Ominista yOmauyelele mu Zimbabwe
readOmufekelewa medhipaga lya Nangula, a holoka ishewe mOmpangu mOshakati
12-04-2007
B onifatius Konstantinus gwoomvula 26 gwokOshikuku mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati ngoka a kwatelwe po kOpolisi meti 4 Maalitsa nuumvo shi na sha nedhipago lyOmulongisikola gwopOtshipya
readYatatu ya kwatwa po sho ya yaka omiti mOkavango
12-04-2007
R UNDU - Onkundana okuzilila ko Rundu moshitopolwa sha Kavango otayi ti kutya aanambelewa mOshikondo shEgameno lyIihwa oya kala taya longo nelelakano okukwata aantu mboka taya yaka omiti
readBemba okwa manguluka okuthiga po DRC
12-04-2007
K INSHASA - Jean-Pierre Bemba, ngoka a li nale omuwiliki gwongundu yOorebele mOrepublika yUundemokoli ya Congo (DRC), okwa manguluka okuya ku Portugal a ka konge omakwathelo gopaunamiti,
readOshana sha ya nEkopi lyoThe Namibian
12-04-2007
O SHITOPOLWA sha Shana osha ningi oshitopolwa shotango shokOnooli tashi sindana ekopi lyOshifo sha The Namibian, ndyoka hali kala ko pethimbo lyOpaasa omumvo kehe.Oshana osha sindana po Ekopi ndika
readClubs absent at course
12-04-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibia Premier League (NPL) clubs are notably absent from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) administration course currently underway at Soccer House.With invitations having been
readInline hockey squad spend Easter in camp
12-04-2007
AT the Badgers tournament during mid-March this year, the final squad for this year's Team Namibia was named and awarded official colours by Doc Naobeb from the Namibia Sports Commission.The core of
readGymnasts in Stellenbosch medal haul
12-04-2007
SEVEN rhythmic gymnasts of SKW Gymnastics Academy successfully participated in the International Inter-Club Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the end of last month.The
readFulham sack coach Coleman
12-04-2007
LONDON -Fulham have sacked manager Chris Coleman and appointed Northern Ireland's Lawrie Sanchez as his temporary replacement, the Premier League club said in a statement on their Web site late on
readLara set to retire
12-04-2007
ST GEORGE'S - West Indies captain Brian Lara has said he is likely to retire from the one-day game in the wake of his side's disappointing World Cup campaign.Lara on Tuesday apologised for the Windies
readSri Lanka set exam for NZ
12-04-2007
ST GEORGE'S - New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming believes his side can win the World Cup: their Super Eights match against fellow contenders Sri Lanka today will go a long way to seeing if he is
readWomen shine at Newspaper Cup
12-04-2007
WINDHOEK - Despite the visit of the men's and women's Northern Cape soccer sides falling through, Namibian women soccer players gave a good account of themselves during The Namibian Newspaper Cup in
readUnited, Chelsea reach semis
12-04-2007
LONDON - Manchester United and Chelsea advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday, putting at least two English teams into the last four of Europe's top club competition.United
readNicolas Sarkozy denies President Chirac deal
12-04-2007
PARIS - French right-wing presidential frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday denied a newspaper report that he had agreed to shield President Jacques Chirac from a corruption probe in exchange for his
readRelief turns to embarrassment as sailors cash in on hostage ordeal
12-04-2007
LONDON - The sailors detained by Iran returned home as celebrities - but quickly left many nostalgic for the glory days when Britannia ruled the waves.The undignified spectacle of military people
readFive killed in Nigerian political violence: police
12-04-2007
LAGOS - Five people were killed in clashes between political rivals in southwestern Nigerian town of Ibadan, police said yesterday."We were able to recover five bodies from Moniya, the scene of the
readAstronaut carried bondage pictures
12-04-2007
ORLANDO - A police search of former astronaut Lisa Nowak's car turned up bondage photos on a computer disk, British currency and pills, according to documents released on Tuesday by prosecutors.A
readSomalia fighting kills 1 000
12-04-2007
MOGADISHU - Recent fighting that pitted Somali troops and their Ethiopian allies against Islamic insurgents killed more than 1 000 civilians and wounded 4 300 in this ruined capital, according to a
read1 child raped every 24 minutes
12-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - A child is raped every 24 minutes and every eight minutes one is molested in South Africa, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday.Forty per cent of rapes reported were of children,
readAmerica's Catholic sex claims falling
12-04-2007
NEW YORK - America's Roman Catholic bishops and religious orders received 714 clergy sex abuse claims in 2006, the second consecutive year that the number of allegations has dropped, according to a
readBirkhead is the daddy
12-04-2007
NASSAU - The custody dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's baby enters its next round on Friday when a judge plans to discuss who will raise the infant after DNA tests showed Larry Birkhead is her
readCongo Senate says ex rebel can go to Portugal
12-04-2007
KINSHASA - Former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba may leave Democratic Republic of Congo within hours after receiving Senate permission to go to Portugal for medical treatment, a Senate official said
readCongo Senate says ex rebel can go to Portugal
12-04-2007
KINSHASA - Former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba may leave Democratic Republic of Congo within hours after receiving Senate permission to go to Portugal for medical treatment, a Senate official said
readIn Brief
12-04-2007
Hunt on for 10 suicide bombers CASABLANCA - Moroccan security forces yesterday hunted 10 possible suicide bombers in Casablanca, a day after three suspected militants blew themselves up as they were
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