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45 Articles found on Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Agri Briefs Use of Marula and baobab to increase
18-12-2007
AS food and drink manufacturers look for new ways to enhance products and appeal to increasingly health-conscious consumers, analysts at the British-based Innova Database say that flavours and health
readTribalism helps shape Kenya's election
18-12-2007
MWAURA NAIROBI - Hang out with Kenyans for a while, and you will soon start hearing tribal jokes.Luos drive expensive cars, but live in the backseat. Kikuyus own junk cars, then drive home to posh
readTribalism helps shape Kenya's election
18-12-2007
MWAURA NAIROBI - Hang out with Kenyans for a while, and you will soon start hearing tribal jokes.Luos drive expensive cars, but live in the backseat. Kikuyus own junk cars, then drive home to posh
readMinistry of Education responds
18-12-2007
THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian:PLEASE, Ministry of Education must pay the study
readSMSes of the Day : Tuesday
18-12-2007
* THE Government must take good care of the Polices financial status, especially the constables. These people work too hard. Just look, most of the people are going for long holiday to their
readGlobal economy beset by credit crisis, oil prices
18-12-2007
NEW YORK - The world economy, buffeted by the credit crisis gripping financial markets, is expected to keep expanding in 2008 - albeit at a slower pace - with little fear of recession.But unlike past
readRising paper price ups book prices in China
18-12-2007
BEIJING - For Chinese fans, the latest Harry Potter book is not so affordable.Neither are the latest Dan Brown novels and classic Chinese fiction. Voracious demand for books and a crackdown on small,
readInflation fears weigh on stocks; c.banks eyed
18-12-2007
LONDON - Asian and European stocks tumbled yesterday while the dollar hit two-month peaks as last week's strong US inflation data reduced expectations the Federal Reserve would deliver further
readZimbabwe strikes oil deal
18-12-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe has struck a deal to import crude oil from Equatorial Guinea and is planning to reopen a refinery to process fuel and ease acute shortages, state media reported yesterday.Crunch
readArgentina butts into liquor dustup
18-12-2007
SANTIAGO - Chilean producers of a grape brandy known as Pisco petitioned their government on Friday to stop an Argentine producer from selling the product in Europe under the same name, which Peru
readKfW could face huge losses
18-12-2007
FRANKFURT - Exposure to the US market for more risky home loans at troubled German lender IKB could cost its main, state-run owner more than five billion euros (N$49,5 billion), reports said
readRamatex workers call in court's help to fight 'deportation'
18-12-2007
NINETEEN Filipino workers of a subsidiary company of the Ramatex garment factory in Windhoek yesterday won a court order to prevent their employer from carrying out a plan to send them back to the
readNigerian teachers 'won't steal jobs'
18-12-2007
GOVERNMENT has confirmed that it has entered into an agreement with Nigeria to recruit 160 volunteer teachers from that country.The agreement was reached during negotiations between the two countries
readNDF man held over wedding shooting
18-12-2007
THE Police have arrested a member of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) in connection with a shooting during a wedding party in the Omusati Region on Saturday in which nine people were wounded.Omusati
readVeld fires, drought pose challenge
18-12-2007
RUNDU - Veld fires, drought and the HIV-AIDS pandemic have been singled as the biggest challenges hindering progress and development in the Kavango Region.Addressing staff of the Kavango Regional
read10 injured in accident
18-12-2007
Police at Tsumeb have opened a case of reckless or negligent driving after 10 people were involved in an accident on the road between Oshivelo and Tsumeb on Thursday.Apparently the tyre of a Toyota
readInspector General warns against harbouring criminals
18-12-2007
THE Inspector General of the Namibian Police has expressed disappointment some people who are helping criminals to hide from the law, rather than co-operating in the Police's fight against
readNamas, Hereros sign compensation deal
18-12-2007
NAMA and Herero traditional leaders have agreed on a compensation package for the suffering inflicted by German colonial forces during 1904 to 1908 war.It is estimated that 80 per cent of the
readUnam, Poly still waiting for payment of student loans
18-12-2007
AFTER successfully fighting for the opportunity to sit for their final exams just a few months ago, Polytechnic of Namibia students with Government bursaries have been dealt yet another blow thanks to
readBail for Zim kidnap trio
18-12-2007
THREE Zimbabwean nationals who were arrested in October last year after they allegedly kidnapped a Chinese man in Windhoek and demanded N$1 million in ransom for his release have been granted bail of
readQuad muscle for Erongo Police
18-12-2007
THE Erongo Police's manoeuvrability at the coast was increased when Trustco donated four quad bikes to them on Friday.The four Honda 400CC quad bikes, valued at N$200 000, will be used to monitor
readNUNW wary of EU trade deal
18-12-2007
THE slashing of import tariffs for goods from Europe under the new duty-free and quota-free trade to start on January 1 between 78 developing countries and the European Union could have an adverse
readNAU praises Govt on EU deal
18-12-2007
THE Namibia Agricultural Union says it is grateful and relieved that Government signed an interim trade deal with the European Union (EU) last week."The NAU would like to express its joy and gratitude
readOmudhimba gwomukiintu a sa gwa dhimbululwa
18-12-2007
O MUDHIMBA gwomukiintu ngoka gwa li gwi itsuwa pofaalama ya Leeupos omwedhi gwa piti po gwa dhimbululwa, Opolisi osho ya lopota mOsoondaha.Omukiintu nguka otaku popiwa kutya oye Ester Hambeleleni
readNdjayi Nkunda ta ti okwa hala oonkundathana dhombili
18-12-2007
O MUWILIKI gwongundu yOorebele ndjoka tayi lwitha aakwiita yEpangelo lya DRC Ndjayi Laurent Nkunda, okwa ti ye okwi ilongekidha okukuutumba nEpangelo opo ku adhike monike ombili.Ndjayi Nkunda shika
readOshitenya sha dhenga nokutetagula yinamweno nekatana
18-12-2007
O POLISI mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena oya kwata po omulumentu gwedhina Paulus Mbishi taku tiwa kutya okwa dhenge nayi nokuteta yinamweno Martha Rymundu gwoomvula 78 nekatana meti 1 Desemba 2007, sha
readOmugoyi ya toolwa kooholo metanto lyohango noondjembo pOmbundamuti
18-12-2007
O POLISI yUutapi mOshitopolwa sha Musati otayi konaakona oshipotha moka aantu ye li omugoyi ya toolwa kooholo noku ehamekwa komukwashigwana nenge kaakwashigwana mboka ya li taya tanta ohango
readShixwameni naayambidhidhi ye ye li 21 ya thiga po CoD
18-12-2007
I GNATIUS Shixwameni ngoka e li omunapolitika a simana gwongundu yompilameno mu Namibia yoCongress of Democrats (CoD), okwa thigi po ongundu yawo pamwe naalanduli ye ye li 21 - nokutota po ongundu ye
readEden Park to get facelift for World Cup
18-12-2007
AUCKLAND - Seating at Eden Park will be increased to 60 000 from 47 500 as part of a refurbishment of the stadium for the Rugby World Cup final in 2011.The renovations at New Zealand's largest sports
readDeans is new Aussie coach
18-12-2007
SYDNEY - New Wallabies coach Robbie Deans says he arrives in the job with no "historical baggage" to revive Australian rugby's declining fortunes.The 48-year-old New Zealander, appointed on Friday for
readSpringboks rule the rugby world
18-12-2007
LONDON - South Africa, England and Argentina might beg to differ but the rugby story of 2007 was New Zealand's all-too-familiar but still shocking World Cup implosion.The ruthlessly efficient
readTiger caps year with Target win
18-12-2007
THOUSAND OAKS - Tiger Woods ended his 2007 campaign at the Target World Challenge on Sunday just as it began, with a victory.He won the Buick Invitational in January in his first start and weathered a
readChelsea, Liverpool drop back
18-12-2007
LONDON - Avram Grant is confident Chelsea has not been left behind in the English Premier League race.It's looking a lot harder for Liverpool to be so optimistic. Both sides lost to fellow 'Big Four'
readShowjumping, dressage to jumpstart new year
18-12-2007
NAMIBIA'S most prestigious equestrian event, the Swakopmund Reiterverein Showjumping and Dressage Tournament, will take place for the 51st time at the coastal town early next year.The event will be
readWindies win vs SA
18-12-2007
PORT ELIZABETH - Jerome Taylor's hostile bowling earned West Indies a five-wicket win over South Africa in a rain-hit Twenty20 match on Sunday.Fast bowler Taylor took three wickets for six runs
readNo word on BA/Stars match
18-12-2007
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) cannot yet make a decision on the abandoned match between African Stars and Black Africa last Wednesday, as they have not yet received a detailed report from the match
readDan Fogelberg dies of cancer
18-12-2007
NEW YORK - Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits 'Leader of the Band' and 'Same Old Lang Syne' helped define the soft-rock era, died on Sunday at his home in Maine after battling
read'Legend' Will Smith alone atop the US box office
18-12-2007
LOS ANGELES - Will Smith's apocalyptic thriller 'I Am Legend' took the top spot at the North American box office over the weekend, bagging US$76,5 million in ticket sales, preliminary figures showed
readGucci-clad official spouts socialism
18-12-2007
A VIDEO of a Gucci- and Louis Vuitton-clad politician attacking capitalism then struggling to explain how his luxurious clothes square with his socialist beliefs has become an instant YouTube hit in
readBoys hold knife to baby's throat
18-12-2007
London - Two boys, believed to be aged between 12 and 14, held a knife to the throat of a four-week-old baby as they demanded money from the mother, police said last Monday.The youths, armed with
readSarkozy steps out with ex-top model Bruni
18-12-2007
PARIS - French newspapers yesterday splashed photos of President Nicolas Sarkozy with singer and former supermodel Carla Bruni, fuelling speculation of romance just two months after the president's
readZim amends media, security laws after talks
18-12-2007
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe's government, responding to opposition demands, has published amendments to tough security and media laws that critics say have helped him entrench his rule.The
readBooing, singing as ANC vote enters final stretch
18-12-2007
POLOKWANE - African National Congress officials huddled behind closed doors yesterday to try to resolve an unusually public and bitter contest over who will take over leadership of the party - and
readMideast peace meeting 'treachery'
18-12-2007
DUBA - Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Al-Zawahiri lashed out at last month's US-hosted Middle East peace conference, calling it a betrayal of the Palestinians, in an audiotape broacast on an Islamist
readSnow storm hits US and Canada
18-12-2007
DETROIT - A pre-winter blend of snow, sleet and freezing rain cut visibility and iced over highways from the Great Lakes to New England, dumping more than 25 centimetres of snow in parts of Michigan
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