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34 Articles found on Monday, 19 February 2007
BHP to sell Optimum to BEE group
19-02-2007
LONDON - BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa hopes to conclude the sale of its 13 million tonnes a year Optimum coal mine by the end of the second quarter to a black economic empowerment (BEE)
readGoogle e-mail service opens to all
19-02-2007
SAN FRANCISCO - In a Valentine's Day gift to the world, Google has dropped the invitation-only policy for Gmail and made the free e-mail service available to anyone."Gmail sign-ups are now open
readUS threatens to revive WTO piracy suit against China
19-02-2007
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday threatened to revive a bid to drag China to the WTO over copyright piracy if bilateral talks sought by Beijing to fend off the action do not achieve a
readZim hikes maize price in inflation risk
19-02-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe has drastically hiked prices for the staple maize, adding a new potential inflation risk for consumers already battling the fastest rate of price rises in the world.President Robert
readFNB sees growth
19-02-2007
FNB Namibia has become the first bank operating in Namibia to pass the N$10 billion mark in total assets.This was revealed in the FNB Namibia Holdings interim financial results - for the six months
readCouncillors 'flee' criticism
19-02-2007
OSHANA regional councillors boycotted a training workshop arranged by the Office of the Prime Minister because it was to be presented by wellknown political analyst Dr Joseph Diescho.Regional Governor
readYear of Pig predicted to be a rough ride ...
19-02-2007
YESTERDAY marked the start of the Chinese New Year and it's a lucky one for those starting out in life.But the rest of us are in for a rough ride. Expect epidemics, disasters and violence in much of
readBoy snatched by croc in Kavango River
19-02-2007
AN afternoon out on the Kavango River ended tragically for a 16-year-old boy on Thursday.Katjotjo Mbuyu was bathing in the river when a crocodile pounced on him at Mupapama village, Police Warrant
readPitt-Jolie donations in the bag
19-02-2007
THE Namibian Red Cross Society has shot down claims that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may have reneged on their promise to assist two hospitals when they visited Namibia last year.The allegations were
readWhite farmers should help San: Swapo
19-02-2007
SWAPO has supported a call by the Hai//om San that they be given land but said such land must come from those commercial farmers who "grabbed" it from them.The ruling party's co-ordinator in the
readKeetmans up in arms over electricity
19-02-2007
KEETMANSHOOP residents have called for an inquiry into the death of a child who was recently electrocuted in the Tseiblaagte residential area.Mathias Keister (8) was killed after he touched a live
readConstruction boss denies allegations
19-02-2007
THE Chairman of the Namibia National Construction Association (Nanca), Michael Heita, has denied allegations by former members that the organisation is corrupt.Addressing a press conference at
readGoraseb moves to NamWater
19-02-2007
ONE of Namibia's long-serving senior Police officers has resigned from the force to join a parastatal.Chief Inspector Hieronymus Goraseb, who has been attached to the Police Public Relations
readRuling pending for second treason trial discharge bid
19-02-2007
THE 12 men in the dock in the second Caprivi high treason trial will hear in two weeks whether they have succeeded in winning a discharge on all six charges.Acting Judge John Manyarara is set to give
readDordabis rape suspect granted bail
19-02-2007
JOHANNES Arie (37), who was arrested at Dordabis close to two weeks ago and charged with the rape of his 14-year-old cousin, was granted bail in the Katutura Magistrate's Court last week.The girl laid
readShowers in the North
19-02-2007
THE showers that fell in some parts of Namibia over the weekend were caused by incoming moisture from the tropics, the Windhoek Weather Bureau said yesterday.Weatherman Simon Dirkse said Saturday's
readSchools to pull up their socks
19-02-2007
THE percentage of schoolchildren who have to repeat a grade is unacceptable and shows that some State schools perform so poorly that they might have to be closed, Education Minister Nangolo Mbumba
readEvidence wrapped up in trial of ex-Prosecutor
19-02-2007
THE last testimony in the corruption trial of former Outapi Magistrate's Court Public Prosecutor Stanley Nakale and two of his ex-colleagues was heard in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday.With the
readAakwiita ya Uganda ya dhipaga aapiyaganeki ye li 45
19-02-2007
KAMPALA - Onkundana okuzilila ku Kampala sha Uganda otayi ti kutya aakwiita yEpangelo oya dhipaga aanamikunda yamwe ya homata yomuhoko gwAaKaramojong ye li 45 moshitopolwa sha Karamoja mEtitatu lya zi
readNalisa ina hala aniwa okugandja ohauto ya RCC
19-02-2007
B RAIN Nalisa, ngoka a li nale Menindjela gwa kwalukehe mOkampani ya Road Contractor Company (RCC) ina hala okushunitha ohauto yo Mashete ya RCC ndjoka e na, ya kosha oshimaliwa shOondola/N$512
readAawiliki yo CoD yopaitopolwa kaye uvitile nawa ongundu yawo
19-02-2007
A AKWATAKANITHI yongundu yo Congress of Democrats (CoD) miitopolwa ine yokOnooli, oya hala okufala ongundu yo kOmpangu ngele oya ningi nOkongresa yo CoD ya gwedhwapo ngashi sha tokolwa.Omathimbo ga zi
readAwene ota ti ke na ondjo mu shoka a lopotelwa
19-02-2007
O MULUMENTU ngoka taku fekelwa kutya oye a li omutse omunene moshinima sheyugo enene kwa homatiwa, oshiwike sha zi ko okwa lombwele Ompangu ya Mengestrata mOvenduka kutya ke na ondjo.Jason Awene, a
readKashuupulwa a yeleka sho ya tinda okuya kOshigongiilonga sha Dr Diescho
19-02-2007
G AVENA yoshitopolwa sha Shana omusamane Klemens Kashuuyulwa ota ti kutya Elelo lye lyoshitopolwa sha Shana kalya li lya lombwelekeka nawa shi na sha noshigongiilonga shoka sha li sha longikidhwa
readSharks in unbeaten run
19-02-2007
SYDNEY - South Africa's Natal Sharks opened a two-point break at the top of rugby's Super 14 to continue their unbeaten run at the expense of New Zealand's Otago Highlanders this weekend.The Sharks
readTop one-day ranking for Proteas
19-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Veteran all-rounder Shaun Pollock expressed confidence that South Africa could bring home the World Cup as the Proteas took over from Australia yesterday at the top of the one-day
readAnderson stunned by Ali
19-02-2007
KEVIN Anderson sensationally lost his Commonwealth welterweight title on a split decision against Ali Nuumbembe at the Fife Ice Arena, Kirkcaldy.Anderson had been on top until the seventh round but,
readBA on top of Pirates
19-02-2007
THOUSANDS of Orlando Pirates supporters swallowed a bitter pill after a lone goal by Black Africa striker Jerome Louis saw them losing 1-0 in an electrifying derby which unfolded at the Independence
readBrave Gladiators, DRC draw 3-all
19-02-2007
NAMIBIA'S Brave Gladiators fought their way back to draw 3-all against the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a laid-back 2008 Olympic Games qualifier at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday.Namibian
readIsrael, US agree boycott plan
19-02-2007
JERUSALEM - The US and Israel have agreed ahead of a three-way meeting with the Palestinians to shun any new Palestinian government that does not renounce violence, recognise Israel and accept
readIn Brief
19-02-2007
Zim armed police halt rally *HARARE - Zimbabwe riot squads fired water cannon to drive people off the streets of a troubled township in the capital Harare yesterday after a major opposition rally was
readItalian judge indicts 26 'CIA' agents
19-02-2007
MILAN - An Italian judge indicted 25 suspected CIA agents and a US Air Force lieutenant colonel in the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric who had been under investigation for recruiting Islamist
readBulgarian nurses appeal in Libya HIV case
19-02-2007
TRIPOLI - Five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the virus that causes AIDS appealed on Saturday against their conviction, their lawyer said.Othman
readMarine gets 8 years for murder
19-02-2007
CAMP PENDLETON - A US military judge on Saturday sentenced a US Marine to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to murdering an Iraqi in the city of Hamdania last year, military officials
readUnions shun talks in Guinea
19-02-2007
CONAKRY- Union leaders failed to show up at planned talks with Guinean officials, again delaying any solution to an impasse over demands that the West African nation's long-ruling president relinquish
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