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36 Articles found on Wednesday, 24 January 2007
Call for global tuna standards
24-01-2007
TOKYO - Australia, Japan and the United States yesterday proposed a global system to assess tuna conservation amid criticism that not enough is being done to prevent overfishing.The proposal was made
readRunway cracks may close Bangkok's new airport
24-01-2007
BANGKOK - Cracks in the runways at Bangkok's four-month-old international airport could force the government to shut it down at least temporarily, the transport minister said yesterday.Transport
readGold firmer but still below high
24-01-2007
SINGAPORE - Gold firmed yesterday but hovered below the highest level in nearly three week, suggesting that investors were cautious because of volatile currency and energy markets.Spot gold hit a high
readSA GMO crops soar by 180%
24-01-2007
PRETORIA - South Africa's genetically modified crop area (GMOs) soared by 180 per cent in the 2006/07 season to 1,4 million hectares, farm union Agri SA said yesterday.One million hectares of the
readWTO plans threaten sea life - Greenpeace
24-01-2007
NAIROBI - Pirates and licensed trawlers are pillaging the world's oceans, while proposals on the table for trade ministers meeting in Switzerland next week could prove the final blow to sea life,
read'SECRET' Nujoma-Muyongo document surfaces
24-01-2007
A POTENTIALLY explosive document related to the Caprivi, which the Swapo Party has persisted in saying does not exist, has suddenly surfaced in Namibia Compiled over 40 years ago and signed by former
readCharges brought against top cops
24-01-2007
TWO senior Namibian Police officers charged with stealing from the force in May last year made a fifth appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday.A long-awaited decision by the Prosecutor
readPetty theft suspect held in custody for 43 days
24-01-2007
WINDHOEK - David Johannes, who was arrested for shoplifting in December 2006, was kept locked up in the Windhoek Police Station holding cells for 43 days without charges being brought against
readPlane makes crash landing
24-01-2007
A CHARTERED aircraft carrying a group of lawyers on a flight from Oranjemund to Windhoek was forced to make a crash landing south of Luederitz yesterday.A Cessna 310, registration number V5-LUC, had
readNSHR rebukes WAD
24-01-2007
THE National Society for Human Rights believes there is credence to some of the allegations raised by the National Union of Namibian Workers against Women's Action for Development (WAD) and has called
readSmile for a cause
24-01-2007
TOMORROW, January 25, is the 'World's Greatest Smile' Day.The World's Greatest Smile is a movement that was initiated by Meike Duch and Andreas Lietzow from Hamburg, Germany in 2005. In the first
readDemo 'driven by personal vendetta'
24-01-2007
THE National Organisation for Small and Medium Enterprises of Namibia (Nosmena) has responded to a demonstration staged by workers at Commercial Investment Corporation (CIC) on Friday, charging that
readGovt prepares new development plan, public, private sector can participate
24-01-2007
THE National Planning Commission is co-ordinating the preparation of the Third National Development Plan (NDP3) spanning the period 2007 to 2012.This time the private sector, civil society and
readChaos over missing cement
24-01-2007
A MEETING between the Keetmanshoop Town Council and its management staff on Monday ended in chaos after a war of words erupted between a councillor and the Council's chief executive officer.The
readTop Otjiwarongo officials fingered in copper theft
24-01-2007
THE arrest of three low-ranked employees of the Otjiwarongo municipality last week seems to have thrown the spotlight on their superiors.Gotlieb Tsaeb (29), Ribard Utseb (38) and Simon Pinias (38), a
readPeace and stability crucial: President
24-01-2007
GOVERNMENT will not tolerate "mob rule" within the borders of Namibia, President Hifikepunye Pohamba warned yesterday.Addressing the first Cabinet meeting of the year, the Head of State said the death
readRoad hogs living on borrowed time
24-01-2007
TRAFFIC offenders should prepare for hefty fines for drunken driving and speeding, which are the main causes of accidents in Namibia.The death toll of more than 80 during the festive season was an
readPohamba stresses trust and partnership
24-01-2007
NAMIBIAN citizens deserve effective and dedicated civil servants to implement Government policies in order to rid the country of poverty, President Hifikepunye Pohamba said yesterday.This could only
readOmusita Rooi ishewe mOmpangu
24-01-2007
O MUSITA gwOngeleka ya Evangelical Lutheran Church mOrepublika ya Namibia pu Koes, tate Rooi okwa holoka ishewe mOmpangu ya Mengestrata mEtine lya zi ko, a lopotelwa natango eyako lyiimuna.Opolisi oya
readOcholera ya hoka moKunene
24-01-2007
A ANTU yatatu oya si komukithi gwokolela (cholera) moshitopolwa sha Kunene omanga kwa lopotwa iiponga yi na sha nomukithi gwoshimela yi li 200 lwaampoka okuza petameko lya Desemba, The Namibian osho a
readEpangelo lya shongwa koDTA
24-01-2007
D TA okwa hala Epangelo li lombwele oshigwana kutya omolwashike lyiipwililikila elombwelo lyOmpangu omimvo 5 DTA ya Namibia oya kankala nEpangelo mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko sho aniwa Epangelo lya
readTu fala kOmpangu, Epangelo tali tiE
24-01-2007
PANGELO olya lombwele ehangano lyaapangi nenge tutye Namibia Nurses Union (Nanu) kutya nali tamaneke okuyalulwa kwalyo papangelo nehangano lyaNamibia Public Workers' Union (Napwu) tashi ningilwa
readJohnson fined for toilet theft
24-01-2007
LONDON - Glen Johnson, a full-back from English football club Portsmouth, has been fined for attempted theft of a toilet, the Sun reported on Friday.The England international, who is on loan from
readSports Diary Squash calls for registrations
24-01-2007
INTERESTED parties and existing teams are invited to enter for the Windhoek Squash Business League of 2007.The league will start on June 8 and will be played over a duration of approximately 11 to 14
readMotorcyclist victim of crash
24-01-2007
BORDEAUX - French Dakar Rally motorbike rider Eric Aubijoux probably died in a crash and was not a victim of a heart attack as first thought, organisers of the rally said.In remarks to appear in
readCelebrity egos nothing for Serena
24-01-2007
MELBOURNE - Serena Williams is keeping her ego in check after making the Australian Open semi-finals, saying she doesn't want to be "like some of those celebrities walking around, just so full of
readSA's 2010 cities 'millions short'
24-01-2007
CAPE TOWN - South African cities due to host the 2010 football World Cup complained yesterday of funding shortfalls of millions of rand to build stadiums for the continent's biggest sporting
readSKW coach Starke optimistic
24-01-2007
SKW coach Richard Starke is upbeat about his team's chances when they engage Friends in a basement battle in an MTC Namibia Premier League (NPL) match at the SKW Field tonight.Starke also revealed his
readNamibia host Easterns
24-01-2007
THE MTC Namibian cricket team will host Easterns from South Africa in the South African Airways (SAA) Challenge in Windhoek, with matches starting tomorrow.Namibia will be playing a three-day game
readIn Brief
24-01-2007
SA dentist 'not al Qaeda backer' A South African dentist and his cousin, a Muslim cleric, have denied having any links to al Qaeda or the Taleban.They were put on a UN Security Council terror list
readEthiopian troops quit Somalia
24-01-2007
MOGADISHU - Ethiopian troops who helped Somalia's government drive out a radical Islamic militia last month began withdrawing from this Horn of Africa nation yesterday, said a government
read24 kidnapped from cargo ship in Nigeria
24-01-2007
MANILA - Gunmen have started negotiating for the release of 24 Filipino cargo ship crewmen taken hostage aboard a German cargo ship in Nigerian waters, a Philippine official said yesterday.The ship
readCrackdown 'nets 600 Sadr forces'
24-01-2007
ABOUT 600 fighters and 16 leaders of the radical Shia militia, the Mehdi Army, have been captured by security forces in Iraq, the US military says.The statement said 52 operations had been conducted
readBurning barricades paralyse normal life in Lebanon
24-01-2007
BEIRUT - Thousands of Lebanese protesters blocked main roads around the country with rubble and burning tyres yesterday at the start of a general strike called by the opposition to try to topple the
readSA's Madiba tops political hero list
24-01-2007
LONDON - Anti-apartheid campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Nelson Mandela was named as the most popular political hero in a survey of British MPs published in The Independent yesterday.Mandela
readAl Qaeda deputy mocks Bush
24-01-2007
DUBAI - Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, yesterday defiantly mocked US President George W Bush's plan to send extra troops to Iraq, saying he should send his entire army to be
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