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40 Articles found on Monday, 12 February 2007
India's first-time fliers unruly
12-02-2007
NEW DELHI - As first-time fliers take to India's skies, new budget airlines are reportedly dealing with all kinds of problems - like passengers trying to open the doors while the planes are moving.The
readOil prices breach US$60
12-02-2007
SINGAPORE - Oil prices broke through strong resistance at US$60 in Asian trade Friday, extending sharp overnight gains as very cold winter weather continued to blast the US northeast and stoke demand
readDe Beers diamond sales fall by 6%
12-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The world's top diamond producer De Beers posted six per cent weaker 2006 rough diamond sales on Friday due to reduced Russian supply and a sluggish market, warning that 2007 sales
readShining a new light on the oldest continent
12-02-2007
FOR Africa, after the lost decade of the 1980s and the start of a recovery in the 90s, the 21st century began with a lot of promise.Six years hence, we have not been disappointed. Look past the bad
readGetting into renewable energy
12-02-2007
AS electricity becomes more and more expensive, and with the threat of a power crunch, some local businessmen have teamed up with foreign investors to revive the renewable energy technology
readHu's charm offensive fails to quell critics
12-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Chinese President Hu Jintao swept through Africa on a charm offensive, showering bounty and portraying Beijing as a benefactor of the world's poorest region but the pitch has failed to
readLegal troubles have Simon on the ropes
12-02-2007
HARRY Simon is financially ruined, the High Court was told on Friday.Money-wise, Simon is against the canvas. What a string of opponents in the boxing ring could never do - land a knockout punch
readCoD wants gun ban
12-02-2007
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) has called on Government to ban private firearm ownership in an attempt to curb violent crime.In a statement issued last week, the CoD condemned the murder of three
readEnough is enough, say war veterans
12-02-2007
A GROUP of Swapo war veterans who last year had the nation's full attention when they demanded that Government compensate them for their sacrifices during the liberation struggle are back.At a meeting
readA Matter of Fact
12-02-2007
IN a front-page article, 'Ruling party infighting in Hardap continues', on Friday, we incorrectly reported that Justice Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana is the assigned Swapo political leader for the
readNew drive for disabled people
12-02-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibia has become the 91st country to start using a community-based rehabilitation programme, aimed at preventing avoidable disabilities and promoting the wellbeing of those living with
readHandicapped and abandoned
12-02-2007
THE Police are appealing to the public to help trace any relatives of Patrick Rooi (31), who arrived in Namibia from Upington, South Africa, on Saturday.Rooi, who is visually impaired, was travelling
readWalvis Bay wants its own city police
12-02-2007
THE majority of Walvis Bay residents have voted in favour of establishing a municipal police force and indicated that they are willing to foot the bill.Esther Haixwema of the Walvis Bay Municipality
readPohamba attends Franco-African summit
12-02-2007
AFRICAN foreign ministers, including Namibia's Minister Marco Hausiku, will gather in the French city of Cannes tomorrow to attend the Franco-African Summit organised by the French government under
readDe Beers looks to sea, new mines
12-02-2007
CAPE TOWN - Diamond giant De Beers is looking seawards and will step up the search for new mines this year as century-old deposits in its home base of South Africa run out of rich ore, says a senior
readGo-it-alone company under fire over no-frills conditions
12-02-2007
A SMALL company set up by previously disadvantaged Namibians some seven years ago has been accused of alleged unfair labour practices.Some employees complained that they don't receive a pension or a
readOfficers up on murder charges
12-02-2007
NINE members of the Police's Serious Crime Unit and Special Branch at Keetmanshoop appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on Friday on a charge of murder.They are Cyroll Serogwe, Daniel
readLetters in murder trial detail a fatal attraction
12-02-2007
A LETTER in which murder suspect Morris Mazila Sibitwani allegedly threatened to kill himself while expressing worry about the condition of a young woman he is alleged to have stabbed to death became
readConservation hit by limited funds
12-02-2007
OVER-EXPENDITURE of N$12,3 million at the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) this past financial year was caused by necessity rather than a lack of financial control, the Ministry says.Bush
read24 ya tidhwa mokatomeno pu Aranos
12-02-2007
O KATOMENO kamwe pu Aranos oka tidha miilonga aaniilonga ye li 24 molwashoka aniwa Ewilikongundu lyako itali vulu okulonga pamwe nayo.Okatomeno haka kedhina Natural Namibian Meat Producers, oke na
readYe li 60 ya sa miikolokosha mu Kenya
12-02-2007
N AIROBI - Iikolokosha ya etwa kekondjelo lyevi ewanawa ndyoka li li moshitopolwa sha Mount Elgon mu Kenya, oya faalele oomwenyo dhaantu ye li 60 omanga aantu omayuvi ya thigi po omagumbo gawo okuza
readKabila a hogolola Epangelo epe
12-02-2007
K INSHASA - Aaleli aape mEpangele epe lya DRC oya li ya tseyithwa mOmaandaha goshiwike sha zi ko, konyala konima yiiwike 12 sho Joseph Kabila a li a tseyithilwa oshigwana ashihe kutya oye a sindana
readGumwe gwomoonakudhipagwa ku Sestela a fumvikwa pOlufa mOmbalantu
12-02-2007
pOLUFA G UMWE gwomaalumentu aagundjuka yatatu mboka taku tiwa kutya ya yahelwe nokusa kOvenduka mEtitano lyeti 2 Februari 2007 gwedhina Festus Auhwe Aron Eita a zile komukunda Okakekete mOmbalantu
readUnited stay six ahead of Chelsea
12-02-2007
LONDON - Premier League leaders Manchester United beat Charlton Athletic 2-0 at Old Trafford to stay six points clear of Chelsea on Saturday after the champions beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at Stamford
readSWD too strong for Namibia
12-02-2007
SOUTH Western Districts comfortably won their second match against a Namibian invitation team 54-12 at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek on Friday night.After a young and inexperienced Namibian
readCivics' African campaign is over
12-02-2007
CIVICS' African Champions League campaign came to an abrupt end after they were held to a one-all draw by Angola's Petro Atletico at Windhoek's Independence Stadium on Saturday.The result sees Petro
readSharks and Blues remain unbeaten
12-02-2007
SYDNEY - South Africa's Coastal Sharks and New Zealand's Auckland Blues are the only unbeaten teams after two rounds of rugby's Super 14 southern hemisphere provincial series.The Sharks, edged out of
readWilkinson underlines value to England
12-02-2007
LONDON - The euphoria surrounding England's emphatic Six Nations first-day win over Scotland was tempered on Saturday by their struggle to break down Italy.The Scots meanwhile enjoyed a 21-9 victory
readCraven wins Nedbank Cycle Tour
12-02-2007
NAMIBIAN road race champion Dan Craven won the 2007 Nedbank Cycle Tour with his first try yesterday.Craven beat Raphael Bertschinger into second place, with Jacques Celliers coming third in the Elite
readSouth Africa thrash Pakistan
12-02-2007
CAPE TOWN - Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher took a record-equaling six catches yesterday and South Africa beat Pakistan by 10 wickets in the fourth one-day international.Pakistan was dismissed for 107 and
readEngland unlikely victors over Australia
12-02-2007
SYDNEY - England completed an upset two-match sweep of Australia in the limited-overs tri-series cricket tournament yesterday when the visitors won the rain-affected second final by 34 runs under the
readBrazilian pries grandson from anaconda death grip
12-02-2007
SAO PAULO - A 66-year-old Brazilian man wrestled with a 5-metre anaconda for nearly half an hour to free his grandson from the snake's crushing death grip, local media reported on Friday.Matheus
readIn Brief
12-02-2007
Abortion referendum LISBON - Portugal held a referendum yesterday to decide whether to legalise abortion, an emotive issue in the overwhelmingly Catholic country where there are worries not enough
readMedia watchdog paints grim image
12-02-2007
NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists painted a bleak image of press freedom in its annual report last week, accusing governments and guerrillas alike of controlling, intimidating and
readPolice die in Iraq suicide attack
12-02-2007
BAGHDAD - A suicide truck bomber slammed into a crowd of police lining up for duty yesterday near Tikrit, collapsing the station and killing at least 30 people and wounding 50, police said.Minutes
readMadiba calls for unity in ANC
12-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Former South African president Nelson Mandela used Saturday's funeral of his close friend and African National Congress stalwart Adelaide Tambo to call for unity in the ruling party and
readUN: Ivory Coast needs a cleanup
12-02-2007
UNITED NATIONS - The outgoing head of the United Nations mission in Ivory Coast said the war-divided nation had a "historic chance" for progress and urged the country to deal with its "toxic waste,
readRamon says young brother Fidel recovering
12-02-2007
HAVANA - Fidel Castro's older brother Ramon said his brother is recovering well from surgery six months ago, joining his other brother Raul in a growing number of upbeat assessments of the ailing
readCameron used marijuana: Report
12-02-2007
LONDON - David Cameron, Britain's main opposition leader, yesterday refused to deny newspaper reports claiming he had smoked marijuana as a teenager, saying that politicians are entitled to a private
readObama to transform US
12-02-2007
WATERLOO - Barack Obama yesterday took to the ice-bound campaign trail, a day after launching his 2008 White House bid with a vow to lead a generational drive to purge the cynicism from US
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