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51 Articles found on Thursday, 25 January 2007
2007 is crunch year on climate: enviro expert
25-01-2007
LONDON - This will be a crunch year for action on the climate crisis, a leading environmental lobbyist said yesterday.Never have the opportunities been better and the danger from failure greater,
readOmaruru Spar leads the way in fight against litter
25-01-2007
THE Spar supermarket at Omaruru, owned by Bobby Griebel and Otto Zapke, has come up with an excellent way to raise funds to help protect the environment.A questionnaire distributed by the shop found
readFood retailers carving out 'green' future
25-01-2007
LONDON - British food stores, including the nation's biggest retailer Tesco, are winning plaudits from environmental groups for their increasingly 'green' approach to business.However despite the
readZimbabwe power firm hamstrung
25-01-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe's state-run electricity provider is battling a serious financial crunch and a widening supply shortfall which has let to increasing power cuts, a state daily reported Wednesday.The
readOil majors in for a tough year
25-01-2007
LONDON - The major western oil companies will set new earnings records when they publish 2006 profits over the coming weeks, but they are also likely to indicate that profits have peaked and 2007 will
readApple under investigation
25-01-2007
NEW YORK - Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs has been questioned by US investigators about stock options backdating at the company, according to several reports citing unidentified lawyers.The
readSierra Leone rattled by 'Blood Diamond' film
25-01-2007
FREETOWN - The Hollywood diamond smuggling thriller 'Blood Diamond' has ruffled the feathers of authorities in Sierra Leone who fear it could hurt its recovering economy.The movie, which was being
readInternational oil price falls again
25-01-2007
SINGAPORE - Oil fell below US$55 yesterday on profit-taking, after jumping by 4,7 per cent a day earlier on news that the United States will build its emergency oil reserves and as cold weather took
readAngola to ship record 1,6m barrels
25-01-2007
LONDON - New Opec member Angola is set to export a record 1,6 million barrels per day in March, traders said on Tuesday, potentially frustrating Opec attempts to restrict global supplies.Crude oil
readWEF tempers upbeat business mood
25-01-2007
DAVOS - Business and political leaders were gathering in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting yesterday, brimming with confidence about business prospects
readRoads Authority axings declared 'null and void'
25-01-2007
THE Roads Authority's Board unlawfully dismissed three of its most senior employees, including its then Chief Executive Officer, in late 2004, the Labour Court has ruled.The Roads Authority (RA) could
readMinistry cracks down on hazing
25-01-2007
THE Ministry of Education has put an immediate stop to school outings and overnight camping trips arranged at State secondary schools to prevent hazing under the pretext of orientation for newly
read2 more bodies found on farm
25-01-2007
THE Police yesterday confirmed that they have found two more bodies on the farm Otjumue in the Omaruru district, where the body of a farmworker was discovered on Sunday.The body of Petrus Nghede (35)
readSan follow Botswana example
25-01-2007
THE Hai//om San tribe have requested landowners and the Government to give them at least two farms near Etosha to eke out a living.The 2 000-strong Hai//om tribe under chief David //Khamuxab want "a
readBuilding blocks of friendship
25-01-2007
TWO German organisations have joined hands to build a mini-clubhouse for children at Okahao, north of Oshakati.Germany's Pflaster eV organisation in Halle and Egumbo Okulonga Pamwe organisation in
readPrisoner dies at Ondangwa, baby dies at Omuntele
25-01-2007
A PRISONER in the Oluno Prison at Ondangwa died on Tuesday morning after he felt sick while playing soccer.Police spokesperson Christina Fonsech told The Namibian that Frans Kooper (26) died while he
readThe Fate of a Namibian People
25-01-2007
WHO are the richest people in Namibia? The !Aman community from Bethanie ought to be the answer, but it isn't.In August 1884, a young German entrepreneur named Heinrich Vogelsang paid a visit to
readSchools should go back to the 3 Rs
25-01-2007
THE Swapo regional co-ordinator for Kunene has urged Government to focus more on primary education.Opuwo-based Samtaca Katjizemo says English remains the main stumbling block for pupils in his region,
readEndimba Village goes it alone
25-01-2007
THE Oukwanyama Traditional Authority has given the go-ahead for the Edimba section of Ohaihana village in the Ohangwena Region to be separated from Ohaihana and become a village in its own
readDrug-dealing suspect wants to return to Telecom job
25-01-2007
THE Windhoek resident who faces charges of dealing in drugs to the value of more than N$41 000 after he was arrested at one of the city's top hotels late last week is a chief technician at Telecom
readLabour unions take grievances to President
25-01-2007
TOP brass of the labour unions have met President Hifikepunye Pohamba at State House to air their unhappiness about retrenchments and restructuring going on at different subsidiaries of one of the
readSwitch service could be pulled soon
25-01-2007
THE technical committee set up to look into the legality and controversy surrounding the Switch mobile phone service has presented its recommendations to Prime Minister Nahas Angula, who is expected
readEdimba nali ze ko kOhaihana, Elelo lyUukwanyama
25-01-2007
pODOBE E LELO lyOpamuthigulukwakalo lyoshilongo shUukwanyama olya zimina osheetwapo kutya Edimba nali tetwa ko komukunda Ohaihana, e tali kali omukunda gu li kugo gwene.Shika osha zimina poshigongi
readNakukwatwa niingangamithi a holoka mOmpangu
25-01-2007
O MUVENDUKA gumwe ngoka a li a dhitikwa kOpolisi pehulilo lyoshiwike sha zi ko sho a adhika niingangamithi pohotela yimwe mOvenduka okwa holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata moshilandopangelo
readNalitu otati po hwepo moshipangelo
25-01-2007
O MUNIILONGA omugundju lela mu kadhimamulilo gwa venduka ngoka a ehamekwa unene komulilo pethimbo lyokudhima omulilo ngoka gwa li tagu fike etungo lyopandjokonona mu Namibia, ano etungo lyaTurnhalle
readNakudhipaga ota ti ka li nawa momutse
25-01-2007
O MUFEKELWA moshipotha shedhipago Manuel Alberto da Silva okwa dhika oonyala mevi kutya omutse gwe ogwa li gwa za pehala ongulohi ndjoka a dhipaga omukadhona gwe mOvenduka omimvo ndatu dha pitipo
readOmuniilonga mofaalama iitsuwa a dhipagwa
25-01-2007
O MUDHIMBA gwomuniilonga pofaalama yimwe ogwa li gwi itsuwa pOfaalama yedhina Otjumue moshitopolwa sha Omaruru omutenya gwOsoondaha ya zi ko.Opolisi oya lopota mOmaandaha kutya omuniilonga nguka
readUusiku na Kamati taya ka pangulwa
25-01-2007
A APOLISI aakuluntu yaali mboka taya tamanekelwa oshipotha shokuyaka mEtanga lyOpolisi ya Namibia sha ningilwe mu Mei omumvo gwa zi ko, oya holoka oshikando oshititano mOmpangu ya Mengestrata
readPool not seen last of Thorpe
25-01-2007
LONDON - Bill Sweetenham, the Australian in charge of British swimming, believes his compatriot Ian Thorpe could yet reverse his decision to walk away from the sport at the age of 24.Thorpe announced
readCyclist admits to doping
25-01-2007
COURTRAI - Belgium's former world champion cyclist Johan Museeuw on Tuesday admitted to taking drugs in the final months of his career."In my last year of racing, I made an error, I didn't race
readMourinho to stay
25-01-2007
LONDON - Jose Mourinho has hinted he will stay at Chelsea after making his peace with striker Andriy Shevchenko.The English champions' Portuguese manager also said his desire to stay put had persuaded
readCuba worried as talent deserts
25-01-2007
HAVANA - For a tiny Caribbean nation, Cuba has a big reputation for its sporting prowess but that is increasingly coming under threat.The impoverished Communist country has long failed to halt the
readSharapova defends dad
25-01-2007
MELBOURNE - Top seed Maria Sharapova was again forced to defend her father's antics at the Australian Open yesterday when the umpire warned him to stop coaching her from the sidelines.Sharapova, who
readWatery eyes, pigeons for Haas
25-01-2007
MELBOURNE - Tommy Haas might have won his Australian Open quarter-final yesterday but he had to deal with much more than just Nikolay Davedynko.The cool breeze swirling around Rod Laver Arena made the
readNadal stunned, Kim to meet Sharapova
25-01-2007
MELBOURNE - A stunned Rafael Nadal was turfed out of the Australian Open yesterday by Fernando Gonzalez as Kim Clijsters ended the dreams of Martina Hingis to set up a semi-final showdown with Maria
readWarriors called to camp
25-01-2007
THE Namibia Football Association has called on Brave Warriors players to attend training camps from January 28 until February 8 in Windhoek.The team needs to prepare for an international friendly
readBA, Blue Waters meet in Cup
25-01-2007
BLACK Africa or Blue Waters can count themselves out to reach the final of the NFA MTC Cup when both are drawn together in the knockout competition, which starts towards the end of next month.Also,
readTough times await youths aging out of foster care
25-01-2007
NEW YORK - Articulate and engaging, 20-year-old Shakhina Bellamy appears - at first meeting - an unlikely fit in the ranks of New York City's homeless.Yet after hearing her story, told through tears
readDora McDonals, MLK's secretary
25-01-2007
DORA McDonald (81), secretary for Martin Luther King Jr, died just days before the national holiday last week that honours her former boss.King entrusted his family to McDonald's care when he was in
readDarlene Conley, veteran star of 'Bold & Beautiful'
25-01-2007
LOS ANGELES - Darlene Conley, a veteran stage and television actress who entertained daytime audiences for nearly two decades as the feisty fashion mogul Sally Spectra on 'The Bold and the Beautiful',
readBo Yibo, one of China's 'Eight Immortals'
25-01-2007
HONG KONG - Bo Yibo, one of China's last revolutionary elders who came to power with Mao Zedong in 1949 and backed the crackdown on democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square 40 years later, has died.Bo
readAugustin Diamacoune Senghor, rebel leader
25-01-2007
THE Reverend Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, a rebel leader who fought for an independent state in Senegal's southern Casamance region for decades, has died.He was 78. The Roman Catholic priest died on
readL'abbe Pierre, crusader for poor
25-01-2007
PARIS - Abbe Pierre, a French priest praised as a living legend for devoting his life to helping the homeless, died last Monday.He was 94. One of France's most beloved public figures, Abbe Pierre
read'Mama Alice', warrior priestess
25-01-2007
ALICE LAKWENA, a Ugandan warrior priestess who led an insurgency in the 1980s and claimed to have spiritual powers to protect her fighters from bullets by anointing them with oil, has died at a Kenyan
readShock over 'Tsotsi' star's arrest
25-01-2007
PRETORIA - The star of the Oscar-winning movie 'Tsotsi' was arrested in Pretoria on Tuesday night on a charge of fraud after being trapped with an allegedly false driver's licence.Presley Chweneyagae,
readCalm returns to Lebanon after deadly protests
25-01-2007
BEIRUT - Calm returned to Lebanon as roads were cleared and Beirut airport reopened Wednesday as the opposition called off a general strike that sparked deadly street fights ahead of a donor
readCalls grow for Katsav to resign over rape
25-01-2007
JERUSALEM - Israeli President Moshe Katsav faced widespread calls to resign yesterday after the attorney general announced he would indict him for rape and other charges, the most serious allegations
readGunman hijacks passenger plane
25-01-2007
KHARTOUM - A domestic Sudanese passenger plane has been hijacked after leaving the capital by an unknown gunman who diverted the plane to Chad's capital, N'Djamena, says an airline official.Ahmed
readUS launches new 'air strike' on Somalia
25-01-2007
MOGADISHU - A US Air Force AC-130 gunship has launched a second air strike against suspected al Qaeda operatives in southern Somalia, the Washington Post reported yesterday, citing unidentified US
readPig farmer said charges 'hogwash'
25-01-2007
A JURY in Canada has heard that pig farmer Robert Pickton dismissed murder allegations against him as "hogwash".The court heard how he denied any involvement in the disappearance of almost 50 women in
readDRC rocked by skirmishes
25-01-2007
KINSHASA - Skirmishes erupted Tuesday in eastern Congo between rival factions loyal to a renegade warlord, killing at least one civilian and wounding two others, the army and UN officials said.It was
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