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42 Articles found on Wednesday, 17 January 2007
One year on, Sirleaf shines in bid to get Liberia off knees
17-01-2007
MONROVIA - One year after taking the helm of a country torn by 14 years of war, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is winning praise for her efforts to restore the rule of law in Liberia, and
readTanzania's Migiro ensures African voice at UN helm
17-01-2007
DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzanian diplomat Asha-Rose Migiro, who takes up her post this week as deputy head of the United Nations, is a former academic who has enjoyed a meteoric rise in a brief political
readIn Brief Who's the best boss?
17-01-2007
WINDHOEK - The Agricultural Employers' Association (AEA) has announced that an award for the Agricultural Employer of the Year will be handed out this year.The award ceremony will take place in June
readZambia sugar firm plans major expansion
17-01-2007
LUSAKA - Zambia Sugar Plc plans to raise sugar output by almost 70 per cent to 440 000 tonnes by 2011 to meet rising local demand and also for export, the company said yesterday.Zambia Sugar said in
readOpec should await Feb cuts before new moves
17-01-2007
NEW DELHI - Opec should see the effects of its February crude oil supply cut before deciding on any deeper reductions, Nigerian oil minister Edmund Daukoru said on Tuesday, although he reiterated his
readIMF labour proposals spell disaster for Namibia: Researcher
17-01-2007
DA'OUD VRIES The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been blasted by a local researcher for continuing to propose the "same disastrous" policies that have led to unemployment, desperation and
readNam economy to grow
17-01-2007
THE short-term outlook for the Namibian economy for 2007 and 2008 looks positive, despite the expected slowdown in the global economy, a leading economist has said.Martin Mwinga, who is the Portfolio
readTreason suspect wants Presidents 'in the dock'
17-01-2007
FORMER President Sam Nujoma, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, and exiled alleged secessionist leader Mishake Muyongo must be summoned to testify in the main
readSpitzkoppe meeting disbands in chaos
17-01-2007
CHAOS erupted and a meeting, called to discuss the future of the Spitzkoppe Community Project, had to be abandoned after things got out of hand even before it started yesterday.John Ramakhutla,
readToe the line, or else, Minister tells nurses
17-01-2007
GOVERNMENT would respond swiftly, efficiently and accordingly, if nurses go on strike, Health and Social Services Minister Richard Kamwi said yesterday, warning of "grave" consequences.The Minister,
readRed triangles compulsory
17-01-2007
A CHANGE in the Traffic Act from the first of January has made it compulsory for every vehicle to carry at least one double-sided reflective warning triangle.Asked about the reasons for the new
readRobbers assault 81-year-old man, Tsandi woman conceals birth
17-01-2007
AN 81-year-old man from Otavi was hospitalised after he was assaulted with a tyre lever during a robbery on Saturday.Two neatly dressed men are said to have just walked into the home of the elderly
readGovt to reinstate preschool education from next year
17-01-2007
WITH one in five first-graders having to repeat the year, implementing pre-primary education in a limited way from next year is "very necessary", Education Minister Nangolo Mbumba said at Okahandja
readKalahari San make successful return
17-01-2007
ABOUT 40 Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana managed to return to their homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) last weekend, despite a heavy police presence and attempts to persuade them to stay
readMoney missing at Aus
17-01-2007
THE Ministry of Local Government says it has uncovered embezzlement at the Aus settlement office in the South.A recent investigation found that staff based at the settlement office embezzled money
readRestructuring puts union and O&L at odds over job cuts
17-01-2007
WORKERS yesterday lashed out at a plan to restructure Windhoek Schlachterei.Ohlthaver & List, mother company of the butchery, gave notice of its intentions late on Monday. Suspicion is rife among
readCriminal review system in collapse, Judge warns
17-01-2007
A CRUCIAL part of Namibia's criminal justice system that was designed to help ensure that justice is done in the country's Magistrates' Courts has fallen apart.The criminal review system, which is
readOmukiintu a sa sho iitomeke omulilo
17-01-2007
O NKUNDANA yetuzilile kOliindili otayi ti kutya omukiintu gumwe okwa si mEtine lya zi ko konima sho iitomeke omulilo mwene ongulohi yEtitatu lyoshiwike tuu shoka sha zi ko.Otaku hokololwa ngeyi kutya
readAayambidhidhi ya Saddam ya dhipagwa
17-01-2007
B AGHDAD - Yaali yomaakwatheli ya Saddam Hussein oya mangelekwa mOmaandaha, Epangelo lya Iraq olya koleke wo kutya omumwayinagona gwa Saddam gwedhina Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti naye okwa tetwa wo
readKapu na engwangwano moosikola nuumvo; Minista
17-01-2007
O OSIKOLA dhEpangelo odhi ilongekidha okutaamba aanasikola pethimbo lyokutameka ootundi ndhoka tadhi tameke nena moshilongo ashihe, Ominista yElongo Nangolo Mbumba ta popi ngaaka.Kumwe ayehe
readOothigwa itadhi ka kala dhi na iikulya sigo Febuluali
17-01-2007
A ANONA yoothigwa naamboka taya nana nondatu ye li 90 000 lwaampoka mu Namibia otaya ka ya kOsikola nomapunda taga gono miiwike iyali yopetameko yoshikako shotango shOsikola, konima sho ehangano lya
readOmapulapulo meso lya Kandara natango oge tuu li metsitsiya
17-01-2007
O MAPULAPULO kombinga yeso lya ngoka ali nale menindjela gwehangano epunguli lya Avid Investment Corporation, Lazarus Kandara, natango oge li metsitsiya.Ngashiingeyi opwa piti omumvo noomwedhi ntano
readTennis Briefs
17-01-2007
Nadal comfortable to face Federer MELBOURNE - Clay-court king Rafael Nadal says he can win on all playing surfaces after he successfully launched his Australian Open campaign in straight sets
readSania thrives on being role model
17-01-2007
MELBOURNE - Glamour girl Sania Mirza is thriving on being a role model and says she is seeing a boom in tennis in cricket-mad India.Adored by millions in her home country, Mirza fought her way into
readSharapova struggles, Hingis cruises
17-01-2007
MELBOURNE - Top seed Maria Sharapova's Australian Open dream almost evaporated in the furnace of Melbourne's centre court Tuesday as Kim Clijsters showed the form that has made her a favourite for the
readDakar Rally helps out desert aid mission
17-01-2007
ATAR, Mauritania - The Vatican may condemn the Dakar Rally as bloody, irresponsible and violent, but a group of hungry youngsters, as well as a woman dubbed the Mother Theresa of Atar, are glad to see
readSport Shorts Unam hockey in training
17-01-2007
UNAM Hockey Club started with preparations for the new indoor season last week at the UN Plaza in Katutura.Training is taking place from Mondays to Thursdays between 18h00 and 19h30 and all current
readGibbs to appeal
17-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African Herschelle Gibbs is to lodge an appeal against a two-match ban imposed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for making derogatory comments about Pakistanis during
readFlintoff steers England to win
17-01-2007
SYDNEY - Andrew Flintoff scored a brilliant half-century to steer England to a morale-boosting three-wicket victory over New Zealand in the third tri-series one-day international in Hobart
readIsaacs leaves Pirates, Akan in
17-01-2007
ORLANDO Pirates Football Club yesterday announced that it has appointed Ali Akan as its new head coach, replacing Brian Isaacs, who was mentor for the Windhoek-based premiership side since
readIn Brief
17-01-2007
Judge shot with crossbow SEOUL - A former South Korean professor shot a judge in the stomach with a crossbow in an apparent protest against one of his rulings, police investigators said yesterday.Kim
readCarlo Ponti, film producer, husband of Sophia Loren
17-01-2007
ITALIAN producer Carlo Ponti (94), whose movies include 'Doctor Zhivago' and 'La Strada', and who discovered Sophia Loren, launched the movie icon's career and married her despite threats of bigamy
read'Dreamgirls' and 'Babel' top Globes
17-01-2007
BEVERLY HILLS - The Oscars got their front-runners on Monday: 'Dreamgirls' and "Babel" are likely to duke it out for best film while Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker take the lead in the fight for
readSmall Chilean town leads WiFi revolution
17-01-2007
SALAMANCA - Seated on a bench outside his home in a small town in central Chile, 16-year-old Juan Barraza clicks on a Web browser and watches as an Internet page appears on the screen of his laptop.No
readBulgarians campaign for release of jailed nurses in Libya AIDS case
17-01-2007
SOFIA - Bulgarians around the country are showing their support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya after they were convicted of infecting children with AIDS, pollsters said Monday.A
readBurundi ex-president walks free from jail
17-01-2007
BUJUMBURA - Former Burundi President Domitien Ndayizeye walked free from jail yesterday after he and four others were acquitted of plotting a coup in the central African nation."My release is a
readNo jury for Diana inquest: Judge
17-01-2007
LONDON - A judge in Britain ruled Monday that she alone would determine what caused the deaths of Princess Diana and her boyfriend, rejecting arguments that a jury was the best way to ensure that
readUN: 34 000 Iraqis killed in 2006
17-01-2007
MORE than 34 000 civilians were killed in violence in Iraq during 2006, a UN human rights official has said.The envoy to Iraq, Gianni Magazzeni, said 34 452 civilians were killed and more than 36 000
readThe Somalian government launches media crackdown
17-01-2007
MOGADISHU - Somalia's government, with new emergency powers in hand to tame the chaotic country, ordered four major media outlets to shut on Monday as the president named a team to take charge of the
readChapati flour used to make bombs in London attacks
17-01-2007
LONDON - Hydrogen peroxide and chapati flour were the easily available ingredients of a plot to kill London commuters, a prosecutor said Monday at the trial of six men accused of planning to bomb the
readCriticisms over hangings mount
17-01-2007
UNITED Nations and European Union leaders have condemned the executions in Baghdad of two of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's top aides.UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he regretted the move, while a
readCastro in grave condition: El Pais operations
17-01-2007
MADRID - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in "very grave" condition after three failed operations and complications from the intestinal infection diverticulitis, a Spanish newspaper reported
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