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41 Articles found on Thursday, 1 February 2007
Millions to go hungry, waterless: new report
01-02-2007
CANBERRA - Rising temperatures will leave millions more people hungry by 2080 and cause critical water shortages in China and Australia, as well as parts of Europe and the United States, according to
readBird ranges move, but is it climate change?
01-02-2007
DALLAS - Alice Hale remembers the day she first saw a northern cardinal, an unmistakable creature famed in bird-watching circles for its brilliant scarlet plumage."I saw a northern cardinal in a tree
readOpec must comply with agreed oil supply cut
01-02-2007
ABUJA - Opec oil exporters agree the group should fully implement agreed cuts in supply rather than announce new measures to shore up the price, Nigerian Energy Minister Edmund Daukoru said Tuesday.A
readOil prices drop ahead of US report
01-02-2007
SINGAPORE - Oil prices fell yesterday as the morning market adjusted after large gains the day before and awaited the weekly US inventories report, which was expected to show an increase of gasoline
readNew York diamond district struggles as industry evolves
01-02-2007
NEW YORK - On a recent afternoon at the venerable Diamond Dealers Club, many chairs remained empty on the vast trading floor as a few dozen men haggled over precious stones."I miss the activity that
readZimbabwe bank governor refuses to devalue dollar
01-02-2007
HARARE - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono has rejected devaluing the local dollar opting to repose greater faith in a social contract of labour, business, government and civic
readRegion misses out on energy investment
01-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Africa has missed out on booming investment in clean energy projects partly over worries that it is a tough destination to do business, a UN official said on Tuesday.The Kyoto Protocol
readObasanjo's Delta policy slammed
01-02-2007
LAGOS - Nigeria's Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of buying arms to suppress unrest in the oil-rich Niger delta rather than pacifying the region with development,
readUrgent action called for: Cracks found in Hardap dam
01-02-2007
CRACKS have been detected in the structure of the Hardap Dam and need to be repaired "as a matter of urgency", says an expert study.The study was conducted last year to determine the structural safety
readParents of addict sue medical fraternity
01-02-2007
A LEGAL showdown is looming after a group of medical doctors and pharmacists, sued for more than N$12,3 million by the father of a patient, indicated that they would fight the lawsuit.Friedrich Willy
readNo arrest in Dordabis child abuse case
01-02-2007
A DORDABIS resident whose 14-year-old cousin claims that he raped her at the town last year is still free, despite an order for his arrest by the Police's Woman and Child Protection Unit last
readPrincipal worried about watery way to school
01-02-2007
THE principal of Onamundindi Combined School in the Omusati Region fears that some pupils who have to cross the Endjeno floodplain on their way to school run the risk of getting water-borne
readGovt discusses road carnage
01-02-2007
THE top structure of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication yesterday met with its road-safety partners to discuss how to reduce the high death toll on Namibian roads.A brief statistical
readACC outgrows baby shoes
01-02-2007
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is to move for a second time in six months - its rented premises have become too small to accommodate its growing number of staff members, says ACC director Paulus
readRefugees to be fed for another year
01-02-2007
THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has extended its operation to provide food assistance to around 6 000 refugees and asylum seekers in the Osire refugee camp in central Namibia until the
readVandalism opens the gates for hyenas
01-02-2007
OPUWO - Farmers who have livestock in the Omutambowomawe quarantine camp in the North are faced with the problem of hyenas killing their cattle at the Government facility.Farmers claim that hyenas
readChinese president here on Monday
01-02-2007
THE state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao with First Lady Liu and their large delegation of 130 people to Namibia next week is meant to deepen the friendship between the two countries, says
readYoung prisoner jumps from van
01-02-2007
A JUVENILE offender escaped from Police custody in the Omusati Region on Tuesday morning.The 15-year-old made a break for it while being transferred from the Oshakati Police Cells to Onaanda, regional
readArrest warrant issued for missing murder suspect
01-02-2007
THE High Court's first criminal trial of the year had to be aborted in the starting blocks yesterday, after murder suspect Johannes Amunyela failed to turn up at court.Amunyela (35), a self-employed
readCourt rejects claim over suicide in Police office
01-02-2007
A LACK of evidence about the circumstances in which a murder suspect committed suicide while in Police custody three years ago prompted the High Court to this week dismiss a N$166 000 damages claim
readOkamatyona ka kwatwa kolwaadhi pEpoko
01-02-2007
O KAMATYONA kamwe koomvula 15 oka si sho ka kwatwa kolwaadhi komatango gOmaandaha goshiwike shika moshitopolwa sha Musati.Omugandjimulombo gwOpolisi moshitopolwa sha Musati Sergeant Lineekela Shikongo
readNHE gamena Hailulu
01-02-2007
E HANGANO etungimagumbo lya National Housing Enterprises (NHE) olya ekelahi kokule omapopyo gehangano lya Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) kutya Omukuluntuwiliki gwa NHE Vincent Hailulu,
readOmakwatonkonga gaali
01-02-2007
O NKUNDANA twa mono otayi ti kutya omunamimvo 21 okwa kwatwa koonkondo miihwa yimwe yi li popepi nolukanda lwa Mavuluma Extention No.2 poKatima Mulilo mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Omufekelwa gwomimvo
readRamatex ota ningi nayi omukalelipo gwa Nafau
01-02-2007
A ANIILONGA mOkampani yokuhondja oonguwo ya Ramatex mOvenduka nehangano lyaaniilonga lya Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) mEtitano lya zi ko oya gandja ombapila ontiyali yomanyenyeto
read'Kabufa' a pewa obooloha yoN$12 000
01-02-2007
K onima yoshiwike shimwe mondholongo, omuvenduka gumwe ngoka a li a dhitikwa kOpolisi konima sho a adhika niingangamithi yongushu yi vulithe poondola/N$41 000 okwa pewa obooloha mEtine lya zi
readEpangelo lya shaina euvathano kombinga yuumanya na De Beers
01-02-2007
E TSOKUMWEUVATHANO lyelanditho lyokawe pokati kEpangelo nehangano lyokufuta okawe lya De Beers olya manithwa nokushainwa sho lya tanuthwa sigo okomumvo 2013.Oshikondo shokulanditha uuwe mu Namibia
readLakers lose after Bryant suspended
01-02-2007
NEW YORK - Kobe Bryant was suspended and denied an expedited appeal by the National Basketball Association Tuesday, forcing the superstar guard to sit out the Los Angeles Lakers' 99-94 loss to New
read'Pistol Pete' set to make debut on senior tennis circuit
01-02-2007
NEW YORK - Pete Sampras, who won a record 14 Grand Slam singles titles, will play his first senior tennis event in Boston next May and might compete in other Champions Series events, the tour
readSoccer's tale of two Ronaldos
01-02-2007
LONDON - They share the same name and are famous for bamboozling defenders and scoring memorable goals.In one case, make that "was" famous. While the fast, sleek, free-scoring Cristiano Ronaldo is
readBecks can make it in US: Tiger
01-02-2007
DUBAI - David Beckham's quest for super-stardom in the United States has drawn support from current top draw Tiger Woods.The wealthiest and best-recognised sportsman in the world said that the former
readSA feeling bullish about Super 14
01-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Will this be the year that a South African team finally wins the Super rugby crown? New Zealand and Australian teams have dominated in the 11 years of Super 12 and Super 14 rugby, but
readSamaria, Kanalelo now A-licence coaches
01-02-2007
WINDHOEK - The German Embassy in Namibia yesterday presented two of the country's football coaches with A-licence coaching certificates.The two are under-20 national coach Bobby Samaria and Brave
readNotices
01-02-2007
Khomas calls for meeting THE Khomas Football Region's executive committee will hold an urgent meeting at its offices located at the CCN Head Office today.The meeting is scheduled for 18h00. Contact
readCloete for Rammies
01-02-2007
THE Namibia Premier League transfer season closed yesterday, with no major movements among the clubs, except former Orlando Pirates midfield maestro Riaan Cloete who has joined Ramblers.Cloete, who
readIn Brief
01-02-2007
German issues CIA arrest warrants BERLIN - Arrest warrants have been issued for 13 suspected CIA agents in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a German citizen, a Munich prosecutor said
readKagame to cooperate with inquiry into crash that sparked genocide
01-02-2007
LONDON - Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he would support an impartial investigation of the airplane crash that sparked genocide in the African country nearly 12 years ago, the British Broadcasting
readJintao in Africa
01-02-2007
YAOUNDE - Chinese President Hu Jintao was to meet with his Cameroonian counterpart Paul Biya yesterday on the first full day of his 12-day tour of Africa to forge stronger ties on the resource-rich
readAU fails to secure Somali force
01-02-2007
AFRICAN Union leaders have failed to secure full numbers for a planned peacekeeping force in Somalia, following a two-day summit in Ethiopia.Speaking at the closure, new AU chairman John Kufuor said
readAiling Castro appears healthier in TV video
01-02-2007
HAVANA - Emerging from months of seclusion, Cuban President Fidel Castro appeared on television Tuesday in apparent good spirits, telling his Venezuelan counterpart his recovery from surgery was "far
readFirst all-female peacekeepers reach Liberia
01-02-2007
MONROVIA - The United Nation's first women-only peacekeeping contingent - made up of about 100 Indian policewomen - has arrived in Liberia, officials said.The force will be stationed in the capital,
readUK arrests 8 in raids
01-02-2007
LONDON - British police carried out a major nationwide anti-terrorism operation yesterday, arresting eight people in a series of dawn raids which media reports said had thwarted a significant planned
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