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38 Articles found on Wednesday, 21 February 2007
'Slum tourism' sparks controversy in Kenya
21-02-2007
NAIROBI - It's the de rigeur stop off for caring foreign dignitaries.It reached a worldwide audience as a backdrop to the British blockbuster 'The Constant Gardener'. Any journalist wanting a quick
readStrong beer sales help Australia's Foster's
21-02-2007
MELBOURNE - Brewer and winemaker Foster's Group Ltd.reported a 90 per cent rise in fiscal first-half net profit to 553,5 million Australian dollars (US$435 million) from A$291 million a year
readNissan Diesel accepts Volvo buyout
21-02-2007
TOKYO - Japanese truck maker Nissan Diesel yesterday accepted a billion-dollar buyout from largest shareholder Volvo, bracing for growing competition in heavy vehicles as global environmental rules
readSouth Africa and Russia in talks on uranium processing
21-02-2007
CAPE TOWN - Major producers South Africa and Russia are in talks about cooperating to process uranium for sale on the international market, South Africa's mining minister told Reuters
readPick 'n Pay scotches Fruit & Veg deal
21-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African supermarket chain Pick 'n Pay will axe its planned takeover of grocer Fruit & Veg City after a watchdog ruling against the deal, the two companies said yesterday.The firms
readIran's words slow oil prices
21-02-2007
LONDON - Oil prices fell yesterday after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would halt its uranium enrichment program and return to negotiations, but only if other Western nations
readOverfishing imperils fish in deep waters
21-02-2007
SAN FRANCISCO - With declining catches close to shore, commercial fishing is turning to deeper waters, threatening species that live in the cold and gloom of the deep oceans, according to
readPolice cells 'hell on earth'
21-02-2007
POLICE facilities at Rosh Pinah are so limited that keeping trial-awaiting prisoners there for more than a day might qualify as inhumane treatment and a health hazard.This was just one of the
readNBC's 'man on the ground' at Katima attacks testifies
21-02-2007
NAMIBIAN Broadcasting Corporation television presenter Moses Kandjoze got his turn in the witness box in the main Caprivi high treason trial in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.Seven and a half
readHealth Minister blasts officials
21-02-2007
HEALTH Minister Dr Richard Kamwi has hit out at senior managers who deliberately keep information from him to embarrass him.Addressing senior managers at the Ministry yesterday, Kamwi said he had
readSlight drop in Zambezi River
21-02-2007
THE level of the Zambezi River dropped slightly this week - down by one centimetre to 4,69 metres.About a dozen schools in the Caprivi Region are surrounded by water, but children are reaching them by
readFor The Record
21-02-2007
THE driver of a car, registration number N20000SH, which hit a boy outside Oshivelo on the main road to Ondangwa at around 10h00 on Friday did not flee the scene, as reported by the Police on
readFarmers, Police fighting stock theft
21-02-2007
POLICE in the Omaheke Region have described as "successful" a one-day stock theft meeting between farmers, regional councillors and Police on Friday.The aim was to draw up strategies on how to fight
readBrother against brother in Omaheke
21-02-2007
GOBABIS - A 23-year-old man stabbed to death his 30-year-old brother with a broken bottle at Farm Koudpan near Aminuis on Sunday afternoon.The Police spokesperson in the Omaheke Region, Segeant
readWater crisis closes Orumana school
21-02-2007
OPUWO - More than 500 pupils at Orumana Combined School, about 20 kilometres south of Opuwo, started boycotting classes yesterday morning, demanding a lasting solution to the water problem that has
readGovt supports Herero reparation demands
21-02-2007
ANY Namibian who feels wronged has a right to seek justice, Prime Minister Nahas Angula told a high-level meeting of Hereros and Mbanderus at Okakarara this past weekend."The question of reparations
readNow you can learn Chinese at Unam
21-02-2007
WINDHOEK - The University of Namibia (Unam) is considering introducing Mandarin language courses.According to the university, this was not only to help create better understanding of the language but
readMagistrates taken to task
21-02-2007
SOME magistrates embarrass and tarnish the reputation of the judiciary, says Chairperson of the Magistrates' Commission, Judge Sylvester Mainga.Speaking at a week-long workshop for magistrates from
readRe-registration tests pensioners
21-02-2007
THE re-registration of pensioners and other recipients of State grants is still hobbling along very slowly.One of the two computers used at the only remaining registration point in Windhoek - at the
readNC accepts drug committee report
21-02-2007
THE National Council (NC) yesterday accepted recommendations made by a committee assigned to scrutinise the controversial Combating of the Abuse of Drugs bill.After three days of deliberations in the
readEpangelo otali ti oshimela, ihe kashi shi okolela
21-02-2007
E PANGELO olya shunitha pevi omatilitho kombinga yomukithi gwokolela (cholera) ngoka kwa lopotwa kutya ogwa ndwafuka moshitopolwa shomOnooli-uninginino, tali popi owala kutya iiponga owala yi li itano
readNonuumvo ya dhimbulukwa Omboma mOmbaanga ya Shakati
21-02-2007
N GASHI shito nomvula ndjika oshigwana sha Namibia shoka sha dhengwa pevi koshiponga shOmboma yomOmbaanga ya Shakati eti 19 Febulali 1988 shoka sha faalele oomwenyo dhaantu 30 lwaampoka, onkee tashi
readOmupresidende Mugabe ote ya a talelopo Namibia
21-02-2007
O MUPRESIDENDE gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe okwa tegelelwa e ke ye metalelopo lyopambelewa ku Naminia oshiwike tashi ya.Oonzo dhi shi okwiinekelwa odha yakele ko The Namibian kutya Mugabe ota ka kala mu
readNZ beat Aussies by a wicket
21-02-2007
HAMILTON - New Zealand beat Australia by one wicket in the third and final match of the Chappell-Hadlee one-day cricket series yesterday.Australia made 346 for five and New Zealand reached their
readShootings, arrests spoil post-NBA All-Star party
21-02-2007
LAS VEGAS - Violence marred post-NBA All-Star Game partying Monday as shootings left three people in critical condition and stamped an ugly footnote on what should have been a time of
readBoxer 'Hitman' to defend title
21-02-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibian boxing sensation and World Boxing Association (WBA) Intercontinental Pan African Lightweight champion Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses is to defend his hard-won title in March during the
readLibya clash crucial: Bamfuchile
21-02-2007
WINDHOEK - The forthcoming African Nations Cup qualifier against Libya on March 24 is crucial, as it will make their path easier to get to the next round, Brave Warriors coach Ben Bamfuchile said
readBelle scores hat-trick as Monitronic go past Unam
21-02-2007
MAN of the moment Belle Mbahuurua of Monitronic College scored a hat-trick to sent Unam crashing to a 4-0 defeat in a one-sided Khomas Region second-division league match at the Sam Nujoma B field on
readChief Santos FC call for urgent meeting
21-02-2007
ALL former players and supporters of Chief Santos Football Club, now based in Windhoek, are urgently requested to attend a meeting on Saturday (Feb 24) at Club Fountain.Chief Santos will this weekend
readMutorwa insists on AN congress
21-02-2007
MINISTER of Sport John Mutorwa yesterday urged Athletics Namibia's bosses to hold the body's elective congress on March 28 as promised.Mutorwa, who was launching a new book on the history of
readIn Brief
21-02-2007
She's Truly A Miracle' MIAMI - A tiny tot has stunned doctors by surviving being born at just 21 weeks and six days.Amillia Taylor is no longer than a fountain pen and weighs just ten ounces. She is
readCondoleezza Rice pushes Mideast peace plan
21-02-2007
JERUSALEM - US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice will push her big power counterparts today in Berlin to provide more support for her latest bid to salvage the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.Rice
readZim court wants torture proof
21-02-2007
HARARE - A Zimbabwe court on Friday adjourned an extradition case against a British man accused of a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea to give his lawyer time to prove charges the West African state
readMcCain attacks Rumsfeld
21-02-2007
BLUFFTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday the war in Iraq has been mismanaged for years and former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be remembered as one of the worst
readA green paste, a bitter drink, and a banana: Gambia president claims AIDS cure
21-02-2007
BANJUL - Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh, approaches the patient's bedside with a plastic tub of green herbal paste, a key ingredient in what he says is a foolproof cure for the HIV virus.In a
readCyclone threatens flood-hit Mozambique
21-02-2007
MAPUTO - A tropical cyclone was moving on Monday toward Mozambique, where about 40 people have already died in flooding caused by heavy rains and 18 000 people have fled to emergency shelters.Cyclone
readHeavy shelling in Somalia's capital
21-02-2007
MOGADISHU - Mortar rounds and rockets hit Somalia's capital early yesterday in a series of attacks that killed 12 people, including a four-year-old boy, and wounded more than 40 others, doctors and
readUS 'Iran attack plans' revealed
21-02-2007
US contingency plans for air strikes on Iran extend beyond nuclear sites and include most of the country's military infrastructure, the BBC has learned.It is understood that any such attack - if
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