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37 Articles found on Monday, 23 April 2007
UN urges poor nations to control booming cities
23-04-2007
NAIROBI - Poor nations must urgently plan sustainable growth for fast-growing cities, the United Nations said last week, as hundreds of delegates gathered to discuss urbanisation in Nairobi, home to
readQantas offer will not be extended
23-04-2007
SYDNEY - A buyout group including Macquarie Bank Ltd said on Sunday it would not extend its A$11 billion (around N$63 billion) bid for Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd beyond May 4, but would speed up
readZim gets Chinese farm machinery
23-04-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe received farm machinery worth US$25 million from China on Saturday in a deal to replace equipment damaged when President Robert Mugabe's government seized white-owned farms to
readCentral African Republic in debt deal
23-04-2007
PARIS - The Paris Club of creditor countries and the Central African Republic have reached agreement on restructuring US$36,1 million in debt, the Paris Club said on Friday.The group said the sum
readDecision on Wolfowitz this week
23-04-2007
WASHINGTON - The fate of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz will be determined this week when a bank committee reports on whether a promotion he approved for his girlfriend was properly handled,
read'American Idol' to flex power as charity fundraiser
23-04-2007
LOS ANGELES - 'American Idol,' the TV singing television talent show that turned into a US cultural phenomenon, flexes its muscles this week as a charity fund-raiser expected to bring in millions of
readMeatco to resume slaughtering
23-04-2007
SLAUGHTERING activities are set to resume tomorrow at Meatco's Windhoek plant, which was hit by a sudden workers' strike at the end of last week.The 119 workers who refused to perform their work at
readLaw firm promises not to 'f' around again
23-04-2007
A RISQUE, tongue-in-cheek advertisement by one of Namibia's gutsier legal firms that has raised a stink amongst some of its peers and the public had the firm issuing a public apology last week.The
readWanted in the US, setting up scholarship fund in Namibia
23-04-2007
BARELY 24 hours before the start of his extradition hearing in Namibia, US fugitive Kobi Alexander is to announce the launch of a scholarship fund for Namibian students.The N$150 000 fund is heralded
readUnesco project benefits San children
23-04-2007
NAMIBIA Dairies has donated 150 litres of milk to Unesco's Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme for San communities of the Ohangwena Region.This is the second donation of milk by the company.
readKamwi welcomes 319 new health workers
23-04-2007
A STAFF shortage is one of the main challenges facing the health sector in Namibia, Health Minister Dr Richard Kamwi said in Windhoek on Thursday."This shortage is a result of various factors, which
readRevamped Waterberg Camp open
23-04-2007
THE Waterberg Camp run by Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) was revamped to provide a whole new experience to visitors, Environment and Tourism Minister Willem Konjore said at the opening of the resort
read3 nabbed over cellphones
23-04-2007
THE discovery of 154 cellphones hidden in fruit juice containers in the luggage of passengers who arrived in Windhoek on a bus from Johannesburg led to the arrest of two Congolese citizens and an
readOkakarara Council faces VAT problems
23-04-2007
THE Okakarara Town Council failed to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) to the Receiver of Revenue for several years and did not even list payments of consumers for municipal services for two years between
readKaulinge gets 3-year jail term
23-04-2007
A YOUNG resident of an Ohangwena Region village on Thursday broke down in tears in the High Court at Oshakati when she received a three-year prison term for the role that she played in the death of
readJailhouse sex on the table in NA
23-04-2007
THE question of whether to distribute condoms in prisons or install surveillance cameras to prevent sodomy left Members of Parliament groping for a solution on Thursday night while discussing the
readChinese ingredient poisoned pet food
23-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Tests have confirmed that Vets Choice and Royal Canin pet-food products contained corn gluten contaminated with melamine, says the manufacturer.The contaminated corn gluten was
readMP says Govt needs to make radical changes at Air Namibia
23-04-2007
A MEMBER of the opposition has proposed that Air Namibia should scrap its international flights and concentrate on profitable local and regional routes, like Botswana and Zambia did with their
readOselula ya ponokelitha aapolisi
23-04-2007
O MUNAMBELEWA gwOpolisi ota kondjele omwenyo gwe moshipangelo shEpangelo mOvenduka omanga omuniilonga pamwe naye ta ti po hwepo moshipangelo pOtjiwarongo konima sho ya li ya ponokelwa mOsoondaha
readAahingi yamwe yOombesa ya tembukila kOkuryangava
23-04-2007
Y A GEYA koshimaliwa oshindji shoka haya futile ehala lyokulondekela pOngalashe yOmahooli ya Monte Christo mOvenduka, aahingi yOombesa ndhoka hadhi felefula pokati kOnooli nOvenduka, oya tembukila
readOokonga mbali mOnooli
23-04-2007
O kanona komimvo heyali oka kwatwa aniwa onkonga pOrundu mOlyomakaya ga zile ko.Omufekelwa inadhitikwa natango kwali. *Omukadhona gwomimvo 16 okwa kwatwa onkonga kongenga yaalumentu yane ongulohi
readOmpangu yOpombanda onkee tayi tsikile nokupulakena iipotha iinene mOshakati
23-04-2007
O MAPNGU yOpombanda ndjoka ya tamekele Omaandaha goshiwike sha zi ko mOshakati, tayi pulakene iipotha iinene ngashi mbyoka yomadhipago, yomakwatonkonga nokuholeka omapunda nomavalo guunona onkee tayi
readEsther Kaulinge a pewa oomvula ndatu mondholongo sho kwa kuthwa mbali
23-04-2007
M eme gwoomvula 23 gwomomukunda Onekwaya west mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, Esther Kaulinge mEtitatu lya zi ko okwa monika ondjo mOmpangu yOpombanda ya Shakati moshipotha shedhipago lyaashi
readCrusaders extend lead
23-04-2007
WELLINGTON - The Canterbury Crusaders were true to form in extending their Super 14 lead over the weekend, but the Blues, Bulls and Chiefs ensured the rest of the playoff picture was still to be
readNadal beats Federer in Monte Carlo title
23-04-2007
MONTE CARLO - Spaniard Rafael Nadal won his third Monte Carlo Masters Series in succession when he extended his record-winning streak on clay to 67 matches with a 6-4 6-4 defeat of world number one
readLara bids farewell
23-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - West Indies captain Brian Lara's farewell to international cricket was spoilt by a run out and a thrilling one-wicket defeat by England in the final World Cup Super Eights match on
readAussie record counts for nothing: Kallis
23-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - South Africa vice-captain Jacques Kallis has warned that Australia's unbeaten record in the World Cup will count for nothing when the sides meet in the semi-final in St Lucia on
readBob's inquest not ready
23-04-2007
KINGSTON - Jamaican police investigating the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer said the case would have been "severely compromised" had the coroner's inquest started as scheduled today."I
readOnambula takes Hansa Cup
23-04-2007
ONAMBULA United were crowned as the new champions of the Hansa Pilsener Cup after beating Eleven Brothers 2-1 at the Oshakati Independence Stadium on Saturday.The team walked away with N$90 000, while
readBirds fall, Friends win
23-04-2007
BLUE Waters survived continuous threats at goal from Civics on Saturday to salvage a goalless draw, while Friends collected maximum points in weekend matches of the MTC Namibia Premier League played
readBig turnout in French election
23-04-2007
PARIS - French voters packed polling stations yesterday to take part in one of the most unpredictable presidential elections in decades, with millions still agonising over which candidate to back.A
readEx-US military chiefs warn warming worsens security
23-04-2007
WASHINGTON - Global climate change acts as a "threat multiplier" in some of the world's most volatile areas, and raises tensions even in stable regions, 11 former US military leaders have warned.To
readCall for Nigerian election re-run
23-04-2007
LAGOS - The two main opposition parties yesterday denounced the conduct of Nigeria's presidential elections while an influential, homegrown observer group called for a cancellation of the vote meant
readMan set on fire over condoms
23-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Eastern Cape police on Sunday appealed for public help in finding a Dutywa woman whose boyfriend died after she allegedly set him alight following a quarrel over condoms.Lusindiso
readSuicide bombers kill 12 in Baghdad
23-04-2007
BAGHDAD - Two suicide car bombers rammed their vehicles into a Baghdad police station yesterday, killing 12 people in one of the worst attacks aimed at Iraq's security forces since a security
readSouth Korean Buddhists mourn shooting victims
23-04-2007
SEOUL - As a monk beat out a slow rhythm on a traditional wooden fish, South Korean Buddhists yesterday mourned the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre in the US at a memorial service that also
readGunbattles continue in Mogadishu 52 killled, 120 wounded: hospital
23-04-2007
MOGADISHU - Insurgents and Ethiopian troops backing Somali government forces fought gunbattles yesterday during a fifth day of fighting in the Somali capital that was less intense than the previous
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