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45 Articles found on Monday, 15 January 2007
SADC could do better on AIDS
15-01-2007
ALTHOUGH almost all SADC countries are committed in principle to implementing a human rights based response to HIV and AIDS, half of them still have less than a 15 per cent coverage in their
readFilm puts West's blueprint for Africa on trial
15-01-2007
DAKAR - Africa's poorest are even worse off than they were a quarter of a century ago and despite years of debt relief, humanitarian aid and the goodwill of fund-raising rock stars, the West is to
readNigeria gets 5th mobile phone operator
15-01-2007
LAGOS - Nigeria has granted an United Arab Emirates (UAE) telecommunications firm a licence to operate digital mobile phone services in the west African country, an official said Friday.Mubadala
readNCCI targets Caprivi, Omaheke to boost business
15-01-2007
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) will this year target the Caprivi and Omaheke regions to improve businesses there.Shaanika said in an interview with Nampa last week that there is
readChina's growth at around 10,5%
15-01-2007
BEIJING - Preliminary estimates show China's economy grew 10,5 per cent last year and the country faces challenges in managing its rapid expansion, the government's top planning agency said Friday.The
readMboweni defends bank's independence
15-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's central bank does not and cannot suffer interference in its independence, despite being controlled by the government and private shareholders, Reserve Bank Governor Tito
readJSE sees slight earnings increase
15-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African stock market operator JSE Ltd expected full-year headline earnings per share and consolidated earnings to be marginally higher than the year-ago period, the group said on
readRussian financier arrested for murder
15-01-2007
MOSCOW - A top Russian financier faced an arrest order on Friday for allegedly ordering the contract murder of the deputy head of Russia's Central Bank, Russian news agencies reported.Alexei Frenkel
readWhither Doha? US talks trade, hurdles persist
15-01-2007
WASHINGTON - Back from the dead? Nascent hope that the Doha Round of trade talks, which collapsed in July in clashes over farm trade, could be resumed soon continued on Thursday as US officials talked
readMore uranium found
15-01-2007
NAMIBIA appears to have a radiant future in the mining sector with over 20 mining outfits doing uranium prospecting and exploration, mainly in the Erongo Region, and an Australian company announcing
readBondelswarts chief missing for a day
15-01-2007
CAPTAIN Anna Christiaans (67) of the Bondelswarts clan in the South is recuperating in hospital after she was found lying in the veld about 10 kilometres outside Keetmanshoop on Saturday
readTenth arrest for Khorixas stock theft
15-01-2007
THE Police at Khorixas on Thursday made their tenth arrest in a week in a crackdown on stock theft.Absalom Gariseb (38) was caught at a cattle auction in Kamanjab, allegedly just minutes after
readSolomon's wisdom needed in returning stolen livestock
15-01-2007
AUTHORITIES at Khorixas say they are bracing for a potentially explosive situation as far as the community's identification of more than 7 000 head of stolen livestock is concerned.With 10 suspected
readWorkshop for preschool teachers
15-01-2007
THE early-childhood development programme of the City of Windhoek last week presented a workshop for 36 preschool teachers from the city's informal settlements.They attended the workshop free of
readRainfall brings relief in some areas
15-01-2007
SOME parts of Namibia received welcome rains over the weekend, with the highest rainfall of 30,8 millimetres measured in the Windhoek city centre on Friday afternoon.Katutura received 16,8 mm,
readTwo children burn to death in hut
15-01-2007
TWO girls burnt to death at Omakango village in the Oshikoto Region when a hut they were sleeping in caught fire on Thursday evening.Regional Police spokesperson Christina Fonsech told The Namibian
readVillagers told to stop fishing in oshana
15-01-2007
PEOPLE from villages such as Otshuulo, Olupumbu and Uukwangula in the Oshana Region have been ordered to stop fishing at the Ontsaadhiya oshana at Olupumbu.The villagers, mainly women and young girls,
read4 more road deaths
15-01-2007
FOUR more people, including the head of Samsung Namibia, lost their lives on Namibian roads in two accidents on Thursday and Saturday.The commanding officer of the Namibian Police's public relations
readOmaruru gem dealer jailed for 15 years for rape
15-01-2007
THE year 2007 started on an off-key note for an Omaruru gemstone dealer, after he was convicted of rape and sentenced to a 15-year prison term last week.Magistrate Gert Retief found Benold Stanley
readSpitzkoppe camp's future at stake
15-01-2007
ILLEGAL decision-making, a lack of financial accountability and nepotism are alleged to be at the root of money problems faced by the Spitzkoppe Community Rest Camp.Various members of the Spitzkoppe
readApril date set for trial on treason suspect Mwilima's stock theft case
15-01-2007
A CASE in which stock theft charges dating back more than seven years are being levelled against two of the men being prosecuted in the main Caprivi high treason trial is now scheduled to go to trial
readSwitch is just fine: Nepru
15-01-2007
THE Switch mobile telephone service offered by Telecom Namibia is a welcome relief, is legal and introduces lower fees to Namibians.This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Namibian Economic
readZambezi's level rises
15-01-2007
THE Zambezi River is high for this time of the year - 1,37 metres at Katima Mulilo yesterday - up three centimetres from Saturday - and high water levels are expected to reach the Caprivi this
readUunona uyali wa pila mondunda
15-01-2007
U UNONA uukadhona uyali owa si uusiku wEtine lya zi ko sho wa pile mondunda yokutelekela megumbo lyaakuluntu wawo pOmakango moshitopolwa sha Shikoto.Omugandjimulombo gwOpolisi moshitopolwa sha Shana
readOtashi vulika ondando yomahooli ga gwe pavi, pehala lyokulonda
15-01-2007
O SHIKONDO shi na sha nomahooli otashi ulike kutya otashi vulika ondando yomahooli yi kale inayi lunduluka omwedhi nguka.Ashike otashi vulika aaniihauto ya ka nyanyukwe nokuuvithwa nawa omwedhi tagu
readGumwe a sila momeya gopOntopa mOshakati
15-01-2007
O MUDHIMBA gwomulumentu taku tegenekwa e na oomvula 40 nasha, ogwi itsuwa mOkanala konima yolukanda lwa Sky mOshakati mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Omugandjimulombo gwOpolisi moshitopolwa sha Shana
readOmukalelipo gwa SA kwali mu Namibia a hulitha
15-01-2007
O MUKALELIPO gwa South Afrika mu Namibia Tim Maseko okwa hulitha omasiku ga zi ko mOshipangelo shimwe mu Johannesburg kuuvu wedhengo lyomutima.Maseko, ngoka a li e na oomvula 71, okwa hulithile
readEkwato lyoohi lya indikwa pomukunda mOntsaadhiya
15-01-2007
AAKALIMO yomomikunda ngashi Otshuulo, Olupumbu nUukwangula moshitopolwa sha Shana, oshiwike sha zi ko oya li ya lombwelwa kutya naya hulithepo okuhuga oohi medhiya Ontsaadhiya li li pomukunda
readOkanona kakwatwa onkonga
15-01-2007
M omukunda Emono gu li momundhingoloko gwa Shakati, okakadhona koomvula 11 oka kwatwa koonkondo momasiku 1 ga Januali."Oshinima shika osha ningwa molyotango lya Januali, ihe opo ashike sha lopotwa
readOkamba yiiyamakuti pOgongo oyi na iiyamakuti ya pitilila
15-01-2007
O KAMBA yiiyamakuti pOkolindji yUunamapya pOgongo moshitopolwa sha Musati, omu na iiyamakuti oyindji noonkondo ya pitilila, shoka tashi vulika shi ete ompumbwe yuunapelo wiinamwenyo.Nghilai Evaristo,
readNadal fit to break Aussie duck
15-01-2007
MELBOURNE - Spanish tyro Rafael Nadal has dispelled any concerns about his leg injury and believes he is ready to claim his maiden Australian Open crown.The world number two, with a disappointing
readFederer seeks revenge at Open
15-01-2007
MELBOURNE - Roger Federer can rarely have started a grand slam on the back of losing his last match and playing a man with a winning record against him, but the Swiss kicks off his Australian Open in
readBecks still ready for England
15-01-2007
LONDON - Former captain David Beckham has not given up hope of resuming his England career despite agreeing to leave Real Madrid for Los Angeles Galaxy."I don't believe it is the end of my
readAustralia thrash New Zealand
15-01-2007
HOBART - Australia produced some brilliant fielding as they thrashed New Zealand by 105 runs to remain unbeaten in the triangular one-day series on Sunday.New Zealand were boosted by a Shane Bond
readFergie plays down title talk
15-01-2007
LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said it was critical the Premiership leaders did not become distracted by title talk after a 3-1 win against Aston Villa saw them stay six points
readCivics into top spot as City win twice
15-01-2007
CIVICS and Oshakati City were in emphatic form as they garnered maximum points in their premiership ties at the weekend, which also saw victories for Ramblers and Tigers.Civics have now moved into top
readIn Brief
15-01-2007
Saudi Arabia's first beheading in 2007 RIYADH - Saudi Arabia yesterday beheaded a Saudi man for murdering another Saudi national after an argument, in the first execution reported in the kingdom in
readBlack men in focus in US HIV drug trial
15-01-2007
ATLANTA - AIDS research in the United States has often focused on gay white men because the virus was identified early in that group and they developed an effective lobbying voice.But a clinical trial
readSomalian troops search for weapons
15-01-2007
MOGADISHU - Somali troops and allied Ethiopian soldiers expanded their house-to-house search for weapons yesterday as this country's fledgling government struggles to assert authority over a nation
readNo Plan B in Bush Iraq strategy
15-01-2007
WASHINGTON - Despite palpable frustration in Washington with the government in Baghdad, the under-fire Bush administration is refusing to contemplate a Plan B, should its long-odds new strategy fail
readMDC plans to roll out mass protests in three months' time
15-01-2007
HARARE - The main wing of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party on Friday resolved to call mass protests in the next 12 weeks to force the government to accept sweeping political
readJournalist from Al-Jazeera TV channel detained
15-01-2007
CAIRO - Egyptian authorities detained Saturday a journalist from the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera TV network for fabricating scenes of torture staged inside Egyptian police stations, an interior ministry
readMalaysia on alert for disease as floods return
15-01-2007
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian health officials are on alert for outbreaks of disease as a second wave of floods hits southern areas, forcing more than 90 000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at
readAbbas opposes temporary Palestinian state
15-01-2007
RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday he opposes the establishment of a provisional Palestinian state in temporary borders, a key part of
readSA's ANC celebrates 95th anniversary
15-01-2007
WITBANK - South African President Thabo Mbeki addressed the governing African National Congress on Saturday to mark its 95th anniversary, at the start of what is likely to be his last year as party
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