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41 Articles found on Monday, 22 January 2007
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22-01-2007
Raising bid price for PT unlikely LISBON - Sonaecom has no plans to raise the price it is offering in its 10,7-billion-euro hostile takeover bid for larger rival Portugal Telecom, the president of its
readEritrean steam dream of rail link with Sudan
22-01-2007
ASMARA - Tracing a finger on a faded map of Eritrea's former railway line, Amanuel Ghebreselassie is a man with a vision.Manager of the Eritrean Railways Rehabilitation Project, he plans to replace
readEU hopeful Montenegro joins IMF, World Bank
22-01-2007
WASHINGTON - Montenegro on Thursday became the 185th member of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, a move expected to help the former Yugoslav region in its bid for EU membership.Signing
readMTN buys Nigerian fixed-line phone co
22-01-2007
LAGOS - Africa's biggest cellular network, MTN Group, has acquired a privately-owned Nigerian fixed-line firm in a move to consolidate its market position, MTN said on Thursday.The Johannesburg-based
readTelecom in deal with SA firm
22-01-2007
TELECOM Namibia last week signed supply agreements with a Durban-based company, Pelican Investments Seven (Pty) Limited, for the printing and delivery of the Telecom Namibia Directory.Under the terms
readRepo rate seen to stay unchanged
22-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's central bank should keep its repo rate unchanged at 9,0 per cent when its policy committee meets again next month, Moody's Economy.com said on Friday.The latest forecast
readRCC chief quits
22-01-2007
SUSPENDED Roads Contractor Company CEO Kelly Nghixulifwa has "relinquished his position" - by mutual agreement - some four months after he was suspended in the wake of a forensic audit at the
readPlea to save power!
22-01-2007
NAMPOWER has appealed to all electricity users to help save power after electricity supplies in South Africa were suddenly reduced on Thursday as a result of a tripped turbine at the Koeberg nuclear
readDeputy Minister says 'taken to heaven in a vision'
22-01-2007
HEALTH Deputy Minister Petrina Haingura says she was taken to heaven in a vision on the night of January 12, and while there was given a message by an angel to tell people on earth.Haingura, who is
readKandara inquest returns to life ...
22-01-2007
THE Kandara inquest is back on track.Close to 10 months after a first inquest into the circumstances of the gunshot death of Lazarus Kandara was stopped after four days of proceedings in the Windhoek
readShouting match leads to demonstration
22-01-2007
EMPLOYEES at Commercial Investment Corporation (CIC) in Windhoek on Friday, protested alleged discrimination on the part of the company's management.Workers, led by the Namibian Food and Allied
readIllegal occupant evicted from Government house
22-01-2007
GOBABIS - A man booted from a Government house on Wednesday has described his eviction as humiliating.Charles Simataa said the Regional Representative of the Ministry of Works, Transport and
readStrike looms at Pescanova
22-01-2007
THE prospect of industrial action is looming at a Luederitz fishing company with frantic wage negotiations between Pescanova and the Namibia Seamen and Allied Workers' Union (Nasawu) deadlocked.Nasawu
readLutheran Churches of Namibia to unite
22-01-2007
THE Lutheran churches of Namibia have come closer to becoming one unified church by establishing a unified church council.The decision was taken at a meeting between the three Lutheran church groups
readThree die in accident
22-01-2007
Three people died on the Western Bypass on Friday night just after 23h00 when their small Nissan bakkie collided head-on with a Toyota 4x4 vehicle.The three deceased occupants of the Nissan are the
readTV cameraman testifies in Caprivi treason trial
22-01-2007
A NAMIBIAN Broadcasting Corporation television cameraman last week became the latest prosecution witness to testify in the marathon main Caprivi high treason trial.Simon Naeman on Tuesday entered the
readMan arrested for village arson
22-01-2007
OSHAKATI Police have arrested a 51-year-old man in connection with fires that destroyed two houses at Omeege village in the Oshana Region early Tuesday morning.Gottlieb Thomas Emvula was arrested at
readNamPower okays wind energy as option
22-01-2007
ELECTRICITY generated from wind power is seen as a possible option for Namibia and NamPower has asked investors to submit proposals for a joint venture to set up a wind park to generate 40 megawatt
readAfter theft comes jail, court warns
22-01-2007
A JAIL term remains the all but inevitable consequence that will befall people convicted of stealing from their employer in Namibia, is the warning contained in an appeal judgement handed down in the
readNovanam factory hit by a wage strike
22-01-2007
A WAGE strike at a Luederitz fishing company has entered a third day after management and the fishermen's union failed to reach agreement.Hundreds of fish factory workers at NovaNam, a member of the
readTheft charges against Keetmans council employee
22-01-2007
THE Keetmanshoop Municipality has laid a charge of theft against an employee who administered the town's Build-Together programme.The charge relates to building materials that allegedly went missing.
readBriefs
22-01-2007
* Frans Tuliameni Tobias was stabbed in the neck with a knife near the Uukwamatsi shebeen in the Africa Tongoshili area on the north-western outskirts of Windhoek on Saturday night.He died on the
readCops bust cocaine suspect
22-01-2007
POLICE arrested a 33-year-old man at a Windhoek hotel on Thursday night for allegedly being in possession of a large quantity of illegal drugs.According to the Police, the suspect was found in
readCops bust cocaine suspect
22-01-2007
POLICE arrested a 33-year-old man at a Windhoek hotel on Thursday night for allegedly being in possession of a large quantity of illegal drugs.According to the Police, the suspect was found in
readOndando yomahooli ya gwa pevi
22-01-2007
O NDANDO yomahooli oya shunwa pevi oshiwike sha zi ko okupendukila Etitano, omahooli gopetololi oga gu pevi noosendaq omilongo mbali (20c) moliitela omanga gondiisela ga gu noosenda omulongo (10c)
readOmapopyo kutya Castro oku li monkalo ombwiinayi ogiifundja
22-01-2007
M ADRID - Omunadiplomate gumwe gwa Cuba okwa ti omapopyo kutya omuleli ga Cuba Fidel Castro oku li monkalo ombwiinayi lela kage shi goshili.Oshiwike sha zi ko, oshifokundaneki shimwe sha Spain osha
readEtungo lyaTurnhalle olya pya unene
22-01-2007
L IMWE lyomomatungo omanene gopandjokonona mu Namiba, ano etungo lyaTurnhalle mOvenduka olya pi koongulasha dhokupendukila Etine lya zi ko.Omulumentu gumwe ngoka ha longele moshikondo shokudhima
readSports Shorts
22-01-2007
SYDNEY - Michael Clarke and Mike Hussey both benefited from missed chances to score half-centuries in Australia's two-wicket victory over New Zealand in the fifth tri-series one-day international
readAmelie crashes as Federer cruises
22-01-2007
MELBOURNE - A shell-shocked Amelie Mauresmo had the Australian Open trophy ripped from her grasp yesterday by a teenage upstart who had won only one grand slam match before arriving at Melbourne
readIndia survive Windies scare
22-01-2007
NAGPUR - West Indies opening batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul smashed a robust century, but failed to stop India from posting a thrilling 14-run win in the first one-day international yesterday.The
readLoeb starts bid for fourth rally title
22-01-2007
PARIS - Frenchman Sebastien Loeb began his quest for a record-equalling fourth consecutive world title in the best possible manner on Sunday, by driving his Citroën to a season-opening victory at the
readChelsea sunk by Reds
22-01-2007
LONDON - Liverpool scored twice in the opening 18 minutes to beat Chelsea 2-0 on Saturday and further dent the champions' aspirations to a third successive title.Liverpool, third on 46, moved within
readTigers, BA drop crucial points
22-01-2007
TIGERS dropped crucial points as they were humiliated 4-0 by a poorly performing Eleven Arrows outfit yesterday, a day before recording a last-gasp 1-0 victory over rivals Blue Waters in the MTC
readOscar magic brewing in grimy Chicago factory
22-01-2007
CHICAGO - A bit of Oscar magic is brewing in a grimy Chicago factory where the statues that starlets will raise above their heads are being forged in smoking vats of bubbling britannia.The pewter-like
readUS build-up in Gulf, sharper rhetoric take aim at Iran
22-01-2007
WASHINGTON - Provocative words by US President George W Bush and a fresh American military build-up in the Persian Gulf seem to mark a US new focus on Iran that could signal another Cold War or even a
readVatican pursuing diplomatic ties with Beijing
22-01-2007
VATICAN CITY-The Vatican has pledged to pursue dialogue with the Chinese communist government aimed at establishing diplomatic ties, while Pope Benedict XVI is preparing a message for his suffering
readKenya sends 30 Islamist suspects to Somalia
22-01-2007
MOGADISHU - Kenya has sent about 30 prisoners shackled hand-and-foot on a plane to Somalia after arresting them near the border on suspicion of belonging to an ousted Islamist movement, their
readSerbia elects new parliament
22-01-2007
PRISTINA - Kosovo's prime minister said yesterday that Serbian citizens have a chance to break with the past as they cast ballots in parliamentary elections."I believe that Serbian citizens have the
readNo new treason plot - police
22-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Police do not fear a renewed treason threat from the harbourers of fugitives Herman van Rooyen,33, and Rudi Gouws, 28, who were recaptured on Saturday."Although we have made no further
readCastro battling for his life: Chavez
22-01-2007
RIO DE JANEIRO - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is fighting for his life, his friend and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said."He's back in Sierra Maestra and locked in a battle for his life," said
readI'm in.And I'm in to win: Hillary Clinton
22-01-2007
WASHINGTON - The field of US Democratic presidential contenders was expected to grow even more yesterday after Senator Hillary Clinton dramatically reshaped the budding contest by entering the 2008
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