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50 Articles found on Monday, 30 April 2007
Wolfowitz to meet with panel probing his handling case
30-04-2007
WASHINGTON - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz will get an opportunity today to address a panel that is probing whether he properly handled a promotion and pay package for his girlfriend.He hopes to
readFirm to invest US$1b in Africa
30-04-2007
LUSAKA - Egypt's El Sewedy Cables, one of the biggest cable manufacturers in the Middle East, plans to invest US$1 billion across Africa during the next three years, CEO Ahmed El Sewedy said in an
readCash boost for coastal projects
30-04-2007
SWAKOPMUND - The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare on Friday funded five income-generating projects in the region to the tune of N$57 000.Speaking at the handover, the Governor of the
readLions maul Aus diplomat in Zim
30-04-2007
SYDNEY - A young Australian diplomat was mauled by lions at a wildlife park in Zimbabwe but survived because her boyfriend scared the animals away, a report said yesterday.Gemma Huggins, 27, was
readFrench presidential race tight
30-04-2007
PARIS - France's presidential race headed into its final week yesterday with conservative former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy holding a narrow but enduring lead over Socialist Segolene
readBritons assess tremor damage
30-04-2007
LONDON - British emergency services were dealing yesterday with the aftermath of a small earthquake in Southeast England that brought down power lines and caused structural damage.Kent Fire Brigade
readBush predicts Castro demise
30-04-2007
MIAMI - President George W Bush took fresh aim on Saturday at Cuba's communist government, calling it a 'cruel dictatorship' and predicting that democratic change was near.The US president's comments
readMbok loses posh plot
30-04-2007
A FOREIGN entrepreneur accused of allegedly swindling money out of Namibians for a housing scheme, has been given a taste of the same medicine, when it comes to losing out.Antoine Mbok, also known as
readSentencing postponed in family killing case
30-04-2007
THE sentencing of a mother who has pleaded guilty to murdering her three children has been postponed to May 7.Saima Nghiholemote Hangula (30), from Eexwa/Ohehonge village in the Ohangwena Region,
readNot guilty, says cellphone shooter
30-04-2007
FORMER Katutura State Hospital nurse Jekonia Hamukoto, who is accused of shooting dead three people in a Windhoek shebeen in early February, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and three
readBusinessman's rape case to higher court
30-04-2007
A CASE in which controversial would-be property developer Antoine ('Tony') Mbok faces a charge of rape was transferred to the Windhoek Regional Court on Friday.The 33-year-old Mbok will have to make a
readMVA, Ongwediva Medipark shake on accident agreement
30-04-2007
THE Motor Vehicle Accident Fund has signed a memorandum of agreement with Ongwediva Medipark Hospital, which will allow car accident victims to receive medical treatment at the private health
readMount Sinai project in need of donations
30-04-2007
A GROUP of nurses working with HIV-positive children at the Katutura State Hospital's Antiretroviral Clinic founded the Mount Sinai Centre in 2004 out of concern for the children.Most of the children
readSwapo Party elects district officials for Rundu seat
30-04-2007
RUNDU - Candidates for a Swapo Party District election for Rundu Rural West in the Kavango were elected unopposed.A district conference was held at Sarukwe on Saturday a week ago to elect a district
readNDC winding down gets messy
30-04-2007
THE winding down of the defunct Namibia Development Corporation (NDC), which is expected to be finalised by the middle of next month, was more complicated than envisaged, a Parliamentary committee
readReasons for AA delays debated
30-04-2007
WHETHER Namibia's progress in implementing affirmative action is the result of employers' unwillingness to adhere to the law, or of a general skills shortage, was the topic of heated debate in
readRaped by her own son
30-04-2007
A 52-year-old woman from Blikkiesdorp township at Otavi was allegedly raped by her own son in the early morning hours of Friday.Lazarus Arageb, aged 29, apparently entered his mother's bedroom,
readLuxembourg comes to the aid of hungry children
30-04-2007
LUXEMBOURG has confirmed a second contribution of 100 000 Euros (N$9,5 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme in support of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare's assistance
readParliament approves Budget, takes leave till June
30-04-2007
AFTER nine very long days and nights discussing the National Budget, the National Assembly wrapped up its ten-week session on Thursday.Parliament opened in mid-February and Finance Minister Saara
readOVC aid not reaching all vulnerable
30-04-2007
ABOUT 75 000 orphans and vulnerable children registered with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare are not benefiting from grants offered by the Ministry, Minister Marlene Mungunda
readAagandji yootundi mOyunivesiti yEpangelo ya Masvingo oye li mekenka
30-04-2007
M ASVINGO - Ounivesiti yEpangelo moshitopolwa sha Masvingo mu Zimbabwe oya pata mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko na inaku tseyithwa kutya otayi ka patuluka uunake, konima sho aagandji yootundi yayi
readOmidhimba dhuunona dhi itsuwa miiyagaya mu Eastern Cape
30-04-2007
J OHANNESBURG - Opolisi ya Eastern Cape otayi konaakonwa kutya omidhimba dhuunona uushona odhe ya ngiini poehala lyokuumbilwa iiyagaya mu Mthatha.Inspekta gwOpolisi hoka Dineo Koena okwa li a popi
readShilongo a pewa oomvula 10 mondholongo molwonkonga yokanasikola okashona
30-04-2007
V ICTOR Nghilifevali Shilongo gwoomvula 21 gwomomukunda Etope mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena ngoka a kwatelwe po shi na sha nekwatonkonga lyokakadhona kokanasikola koomvula 8 komomukunda gwawo
readAakwiita ya Amerika ye li omugoyi ya dhipagwa mu Iraq
30-04-2007
B AGHDAD - Aalumentu ya homata ya li taya iningitha ya fa aakwiita ya Araq oya lugu omukunda gumwe gu li popepi noshilando sha Baqouba mEtiyali.Aalumentu mbaka oya dhipaga aantu ya hamano nokweehameka
readAakulukadhi yAaZimbabwe otaya ti oya dhengelwa mokakuma
30-04-2007
J OHANNESBURG - Ehangano limwe ekondjeli lyuuthemba waakiintu mu Zimbabwe mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko olya popi kutya Opolisi oya dhenga nayi iilyo yalyo yi li 56, mbyoka ya li ya ningi
readSouth Afrika a shunitha AaZimbabwe ya konda po 130 000
30-04-2007
H ARARE - Ehangano lyokuyakula aatembuki lyIigwanahangano nenge tutye International Organisation for Migration (IOM) olya yakula Aazimbabwe ya konda po 130 000 mboka ya shunithwa kegumbo okuza ku
readOmpangu ya pa Kaanyumbo oomvula 21 mondholongo moshipotha shekwatonkonga
30-04-2007
F ANUEL Kaanyumbo gwoomvula 23 gwomomukunda Onakamwandi momudhingoloko gwEenhana mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena mEtine lya zi ko (26 Apilili 2007) okwa monika ondjo moshipotha shekwatonkonga
readMozambique to meet Zimbabwe in group final
30-04-2007
MAPUTO - Hosts Mozambique and Zimbabwe laboured to victories over Seychelles and Madagascar respectively on Saturday to set up a final meeting in Group A of the Cosafa Castle Cup.Mozambique took 51
readCarvalho, Ballack out of Liverpool-Chelsea semi
30-04-2007
LONDON - Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack and defender Ricardo Carvalho will both miss tomorrow's Champions League semi-final second leg against Liverpool and could be out of action until next
readSuper 14 down to the wire
30-04-2007
WELLINGTON - New Zealand - In the manner of any good thriller, Super 14 rugby has managed to preserve its mystery until the last page.Weekend losses by the Canterbury Crusaders and Auckland Blues
readBarthez fights with supporter
30-04-2007
NANTES - Former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez was involved in a fight with a supporter after his Nantes side moved closer to relegation with a 2-0 home defeat by Stade Rennes on Saturday, witnesses
readLeeds head for third division
30-04-2007
LONDON - Leeds United were all but relegated to the third tier of English soccer for the first time in their 88-year-history when they drew 1-1 with Ipswich Town in astonishing circumstances at Elland
readCAF bans four players, kicks out two teams
30-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The Confederation of African Football has handed out one-year bans to four players and kicked out Angolan and Rwandan sides from continental club competition, a statement said on
readGoodbye Glenn!
30-04-2007
AUSTRALIAN bowler McGrath wound up a 14-year international career on Saturday, earning an unprecedented third straight World Cup winner's medal.McGrath (37) postponed his retirement plans by three
readWoolmer's body home
30-04-2007
CAPE TOWN - The remains of slain Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer returned home to South Africa yesterday, six weeks after he died at the World Cup in the Caribbean.The casket, sealed in a large
readPolitics not to blame for SA loss: Smith
30-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African cricket captain Graeme Smith said yesterday he would not use politics as an excuse for South Africa's performance in the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.A
readSympathy as Australia take Cup, weather wins the day
30-04-2007
SYDNEY - Australians celebrated their cricket team's third straight World Cup victory on Saturday tempered by sympathy for their Sri Lankan opponents who were forced to end the batting in the
readStars, Pirates through to Cup final African Stars and Orlando Pirates set up a dream
30-04-2007
MTC NFA Cup final after beating Mighty Gunners and Ramblers respectively in Saturday's semi-final matches at the Kuisebmond Stadium.The Otjiwarongo first-division team, Mighty Gunners' fairytale ride
readRostropovich: cellist and human rights crusader
30-04-2007
MOSCOW - Mstislav Rostropovich, the ebullient master cellist who fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall, has died.He
readIraq's shaky government feels rumblings from Washington
30-04-2007
BAGHDAD - With the US Congress demanding American troops come home, pressure is mounting on Iraq's prime minister to deliver on reforms or lose US support - a key pillar of his shaky government.In the
readGaddafi cautions West over Darfur
30-04-2007
TRIPOLI - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi cautioned the West on Saturday over involvement in the standoff in Sudan's western Darfur region and restated his opposition to international
readZim compensates white farmers
30-04-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe has compensated 800 white farmers for property seized during controversial land reforms launched by President Robert Mugabe's government, a state daily reported on Saturday."The
readSunday Times gagged
30-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The front page was hurriedly pulled off the early edition of the Sunday Times to comply with a court order barring its lead story, resulting in the newspaper being distributed without
readUN lifts ban on Liberian diamond sale
30-04-2007
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council voted unanimously to lift a ban on Liberian diamond exports imposed in 2001 when so-called 'blood diamonds' were being used to fuel civil wars in west
readPregnant woman raped
30-04-2007
KIMBERLEY - Two men and a 16-year-old boy have been arrested in connection with the rape of an 18-year-old pregnant woman, Northern Cape police said on Saturday.The three were arrested at Galeshewe
readR60m cocaine bust at OR Tambo
30-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Police found cocaine worth R60 million and arrested three men in two separate drug busts at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport over the weekend.On Saturday morning cocaine
readLions maul Aus diplomat in Zim
30-04-2007
SYDNEY - A young Australian diplomat was mauled by lions at a wildlife park in Zimbabwe but survived because her boyfriend scared the animals away, a report said yesterday.Gemma Huggins, 27, was
readFrench presidential race tight
30-04-2007
PARIS - France's presidential race headed into its final week yesterday with conservative former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy holding a narrow but enduring lead over Socialist Segolene
readBush predicts Castro demise
30-04-2007
MIAMI - President George W Bush took fresh aim on Saturday at Cuba's communist government, calling it a 'cruel dictatorship' and predicting that democratic change was near.The US president's comments
readBritons assess tremor damage
30-04-2007
LONDON - British emergency services were dealing yesterday with the aftermath of a small earthquake in Southeast England that brought down power lines and caused structural damage.Kent Fire Brigade
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