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48 Articles found on Monday, 16 April 2007
Nigerian vote stirs hopes for reviving oil output
16-04-2007
LONDON - Nigerian elections that started this weekend are rousing some optimism in the oil industry of a rare chance to cool unrest in the main producing region and eventually bring back lost
readBrussels airport closed by strike
16-04-2007
BRUSSELS - Brussels Airport was officially closed on Friday following a wildcat strike by fire fighters and security officers, an airport spokesman said.The action began at 6:00 am (0400 GMT) and
readKenya to change telecoms shareholding rules
16-04-2007
NAIROBI - Kenya plans to modify rules compelling foreign telecoms firms to take a 30 percent local shareholding, a move sparked by the country's repeated failure to secure a second national operator.A
readIndia can make or break world trade talks
16-04-2007
NEW DELHI - India can "make or break" the Doha global trade talks, the United States said on Friday, as it urged cooperation among all nations to clinch a deal."India is in a profoundly important
read'Africa can do business'
16-04-2007
NAMIBIA on Friday became the second country in the region to launch a product meant to boost SME development, which is to be launched and rolled out in al 13 SADC countries by year-end.The toolkit is
readMarket price for goats satisfactory
16-04-2007
KEETMANSHOOP - The Namibia Livestock Agency (NLA) has expressed satisfaction with the supply and condition of goats at its auctions given the lack of adequate rain.The NLA Area Manager for Karas,
readPM warns of 'third force'
16-04-2007
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula says the writers of anonymous letters, circulated via e-mail under the pseudonym 'Ananias Nghifitikeko from Eenhana', are a third force at work to destroy the ruling
readJury still out on Vets Choice
16-04-2007
THERE is still no clarity on whether it's safe to feed dogs Vets Choice dry food, which was recalled by the manufacturer on Thursday.The results of lab tests on the food were expected by Friday, but
readCholera alert in Orange River area
16-04-2007
TRACES of cholera, which is potentially fatal, have been found in a river system in South Africa close to the Orange River, which forms the border between South Africa and Namibia.Laboratory tests on
readMbanderu Chief loses court case
16-04-2007
A DECISION through which Ovambanderu Paramount Chief Munjuku Nguvauva II removed 11 traditional councillors from their posts in the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority last year was on Friday declared
readA Matter of Fact
16-04-2007
AN unintentional error crept into the story 'Lost millions haunt NDC' in Friday's edition of The Namibian.It was stated that the Managing Director of the Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) was Issy
readUN foresees lean year for region
16-04-2007
THIS year's total maize production in southern Africa has been estimated at 14,8 million tonnes, according to preliminary forecasts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United
readMore rapes reported
16-04-2007
POLICE at Opuwo are searching for a 30-year-old man who is alleged to have raped a four-year-old girl at the town last Wednesday.* At Tsumeb, a 22-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly raped a
readElection co-ordinator commits suicide
16-04-2007
OSHANA regional elections co-ordinator Anna Kuwa-Ashikoto (47) hanged herself with a wire in her bedroom at Ongwediva Wednesday morning.Police Deputy Commissioner Josef Anghuwo, who confirmed the
readNo relief for ailing treason accused
16-04-2007
AN attempt to get a court order that would have directed the Police and prison authorities to transfer seriously ill high treason accused Fabian Samiyasa to Katima Mulilo because of his state of
readNHE back to the drawing board
16-04-2007
NEGOTIATIONS between the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) and a group of former employees laid off last year continue this week, despite both parties' wish to have settled the matter on Friday.During
readMissing pilot found in Botswana
16-04-2007
SOUTH African pilot Charles Wooler has been found and is back in South Africa.A search operation traced his light aircraft's disappearance between Keetmanshoop and Upington last Sunday. Wooler was
readNBC staffers protest working conditions
16-04-2007
EMPLOYEES of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on Friday made public their frustrations with their employer, staging a peaceful demonstration outside the broadcaster's administration block
readWe were ripped off, poor people say
16-04-2007
A GROUP of poor Katutura residents, who parted ways with N$5 000 each after they were promised houses, say they feel cheated by a high-flying developer.Tony Mbok launched the Dignity Housing
readOmakonaakona oge li metifa meso lyomufekelwa pOkaiti
16-04-2007
N OEL Thompson gwomimvo 42, ngoka a si konima owala yoowili dhontumba sho a mangululwa mondholongo yOpolisi poKeetmanshoop oshiwike sha zi ko, okwa monika e na iituntila iheyali moombati, a ehamekwa
readOmishigakano dhokoombila momawendo ga Haushombo dha dhikulwa ko koombila
16-04-2007
POHAUSHOMBO O SHINIMA oshikumithi noshitilithi osha ningwa momukunda Ohaushombo popepi nOngwediva mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Shana sho momawendo gomomukunda moka mwiiyakele omukolokoshi gwontumba
readLibya a patulula Ombelewa mu Namibia
16-04-2007
W INDHOEK - Epangelo lya Libya ngashiingeyi oli na Ombelewa yOmukalelipo gwalyo mu Namibia.Oomvula adhihe dha piti po okuza pemanguluko, Libya okwa kala ashike e na Omunambelewakalelipo mu Namibia.
readChicco ota kala ta kwathele Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses
16-04-2007
O MUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa gwomOshakati tate Erastus Chicco Shapumba, mwene gwOositola dhIitungitho dha tseyika nawa nedhina Chicco Building Materials Supplies (CBMS), okwa kutha etokolo a kale ha
readOmuIndia gumwe a fumvikwa nohauto ye
16-04-2007
N EW DELHI - Omunafaalama gumwe moshitopolwa sha Tamil Nadu mu India, okwa li e hole ohauto ye noonkondo na shika osha eta nee mpoka opo a fumvikwe nayo.Narayan Swami, ngoka a li mwene gwomukunda gwa
readOpu na okuningwa sha shomupondo kombinga yonkalo yombepo opo ku yandwe uupyaka monakuyiwa
16-04-2007
O KU KA thika momumvo 2100, efuta lya Namibia okwa tegelela li ka ye pombanda okuza poosentimeta 30 sigo 100, tashi ka etwa kelunduluko yonkalo yompembo.Shika otashi ka eta iitopolwa yimwe mOmbeya yi
readOmuprimaminista gwa Malaysia ote ye metalelopo ku Namibia
16-04-2007
O MUPRIMAMINISTA gwa Malaysia Dato'Seri Abdullah Ahamda Badawi ote ke ya metalelopo lyomasiku gaali mu Namibia mEtine lyoshiwike shika.Badawi ota ke ya pamwe naanangeshefa yokoshilongo shaandjawo ye
readAamati yomOshana osho ya thiki nokuhambelewa
16-04-2007
A AMATI aagundjuka aadhanitanga mboka ya li ya ka kalela po Oshitopolwa sha Shana methigathanopo lyUudhano wEkopi lyOshifo sho The Namibian kOkaiti mOshitopolwa sha Karas osho ya thiki kOshitopolwa
readBrazilian toasts massive success
16-04-2007
SAKHIR - Brazil's Felipe Massa driving a Ferrari won the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix here yesterday to record his third career victory.Englishman Lewis Hamilton was second in a McClaren - becoming
readCrusaders in top spot
16-04-2007
WELLINGTON - Normal order was restored in the Super 14 rugby competition over the weekend as perennial favourites the Canterbury Crusaders muscled their way to the head of the table.The Crusaders took
readWorld Cup In Brief
16-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - West Indies coach Bennett King hopes his team can win the last two matches of their lacklustre World Cup campaign to recover some lost pride.The hosts won all three games in their
readNew Zealand, Sri Lanka join Australia in semis
16-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - New Zealand and Sri Lanka joined Australia in the World Cup semi-finals after a five-wicket victory for the Kiwis against South Africa that was a lot easier than expected.South Africa and
readProteas' destiny in own hands
16-04-2007
ST GEORGE'S - South Africa can still reach the World Cup semi-finals, but only if they improve their fielding, said vice-captain Jacques Kallis.South Africa meet England in their last Super Eights
readFerguson on an FA Cup mission
16-04-2007
BIRMINGHAM - Alex Ferguson is on a mission to lift the sixth FA Cup of his glittering managerial career at Old Trafford after Manchester United comfortably secured their place in the final to complete
readSouth Africa's Vries beat Kaanjuka in 100m dash at Frank's Meet
16-04-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibian sprinter Hitjivirue Kaanjuka showed that the Olympic Solidarity scholarship is paying off when he nearly won the 100m sprint during the 11th Coca-Cola Frank Fredericks Invitational
readBA, Tigers drop points
16-04-2007
MID-table dwellers Black Africa and Tigers were both in unconvincing form when they dropped all six points in their respective matches at the weekend.Black Africa suffered a shameful 5-3 defeat at the
readThompson quits rugby
16-04-2007
LONDON - England's World Cup-winning hooker Steve Thompson has quit rugby after a life-threatening neck injury, he said in an interview published yesterday."That's it. I'm never playing rugby again,"
readBounty up on sniffer dogs
16-04-2007
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian piracy syndicates have raised the bounty on the heads of two dogs after they helped find millions of dollars' worth of fake DVDs and CDs, reports said Saturday.Anti-piracy
readRevolutions in ex-Soviet nations haven't failed - or really succeeded
16-04-2007
MOSCOW - The scenes from Kiev and Bishkek are unsettlingly familiar: thousands of demonstrators crowding the central squares of the capitals of Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, waving banners and shouting
read'Onion Field' killer
16-04-2007
JIMMY Lee Smith, the lifelong criminal whose role in the 1963 kidnapping and killing of a police officer inspired Joseph Wambaugh's true-life crime novel 'The Onion Field', has died in jail at age 76,
readKurt Vonnegut, influential author
16-04-2007
NEW YORK - In books such as 'Slaughterhouse-Five', 'Cat's Cradle', and 'Hocus Pocus', Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funny with a touch of the profound.Vonnegut, regarded by many critics as a key
readGerman army in 'racist' video row
16-04-2007
BERLIN - A video has been posted on the Internet showing a German army instructor ordering recruits to shout insults against African-Americans during a shooting exercise, a news magazine said on
read18 die in Baghdad market bomb blast
16-04-2007
BAGHDAD - Two car bombs exploded minutes apart in a busy Baghdad market in a mainly Shi'ite district yesterday, killing at least 18 people, police said.North of the capital, two British helicopters
readMadonna goes back to Malawi
16-04-2007
LONDON - A spokeswoman for pop star Madonna confirmed on Friday that the pop star was going to Malawi over the weekend, but denied a newspaper report that it was to adopt another child from the
readZim men charged with terrorism
16-04-2007
HARARE - A Zimbabwean opposition lawmaker and 12 activists arrested in a crackdown last month appeared in court charged with terrorism, banditry and sabotage, their lawyer said on Saturday.Lawyer Alec
readPresident Mbeki 'too short'
16-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg inner city streets were yesterday lined with frenzied residents clamouring to see President Thabo Mbeki as he made his way through Hillbrow.Some cheered out of windows,
readBritain's royal break-up: Media reports
16-04-2007
LONDON - Was it his age? Her family? His army career? Or was it simply that the relationship between Prince William and Kate Middleton had - like plenty of non-royal romances - run its course?
readAnxious Nigerians await poll results amid tight security
16-04-2007
LAGOS - At least 21 people were killed during Saturday's state governorship and parliamentary polls across Nigeria, a senior police officer said yesterday."We have about 21 persons killed including
readPolice beat anti-Putin protesters
16-04-2007
ST PETERSBURG - Russian riot police beat anti-Kremlin demonstrators with batons in the tourist heart of St Petersburg yesterday, a day after authorities snuffed out a similar protest in Moscow.The
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