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44 Articles found on Thursday, 4 January 2007
India's forgotten tribes gain rights * Rupam Jain Nair
04-01-2007
GIR SANCTUARY, India - Daya Rakha, 36, was born in the jungles of the Gir wildlife sanctuary in western India and knows little else except how to live off the forest's resources.Just as his ancestors
readHumans not blamed for drought
04-01-2007
SYDNEY - Australia's devastating drought is far more likely to be part of a natural cycle than a result of the man-made greenhouse effect, an Australian climate scientist said last week.Barrie Hunt, a
readAmazon turning into savanna
04-01-2007
RIO DE JANEIRO - Global warming could spell the end of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, transforming the Amazon into a grassy savanna before the end of the century, researchers said
readEU brings new hopes and fears for Romania's Danube Delta
04-01-2007
MAHMUDIA, Romania - Now that it belongs to the European Union, Romania has high hopes for the Danube Delta.This vast wetland is one of the richest wildlife havens in the world. Every spring millions
readEuro begins 2007 in record mood
04-01-2007
LONDON - The euro struck a near three-week high against the dollar and all-time peaks against the yen and Swiss franc in European trade on Tuesday.The Tokyo and Singapore markets remained closed for
readSouth Africa texts off the hook
04-01-2007
SOUTH Africans have become a nation of electronic greeters, with more than 1,5 billion cellphone text messages sent over the recent holiday season.MTN alone handled 1,17 billion SMS messages over
readBankrupted by Christmas
04-01-2007
LONDON - Almost 30 000 Britons are expected to become insolvent in the first three months of 2007 with a third getting in trouble because of excessive Christmas spending, accountants Grant Thornton
readNamibian Stock Exchange grows
04-01-2007
THE Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) performed very well last year.In fact, according to John Mandy, Chief Executive Officer of the NSX, 2006 was, "super - phenomenal, absolutely fantastic!" Mandy has
readBudget airlines have tough job convincing sceptics
04-01-2007
MUMBAI - The proliferation of budget airlines across Asia has made air travel affordable for millions, but this week's aircraft disaster in Indonesia has underlined the challenge for governments to
readMerkel seeks transatlantic partnership
04-01-2007
FRANKFURT - Germany wants to make a "transatlantic economic partnership" between the European Union and the United States top priority during its six-month presidency of the EU, Chancellor Angela
read'We were robbed of our land'
04-01-2007
THE Bondelswarts clan in the South, a branch of the Nama tribe who claim they were robbed of their ancestral land at Heriaxabes, measuring 180 000 hectares, now claim restoration of what was
readTransNamib to probe failure-to-act claims
04-01-2007
THE Board of TransNamib has decided to set up a high-level committee consisting of its members, the Ministry of Transport and the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Natau) to investigate
readSpeed claims another life
04-01-2007
SPEEDING apparently caused the death of Hendrik Jones in Windhoek on Tuesday afternoon when the car he was a passenger in crashed into a lamppost and a wall.Four young men were driving along Gevers
readPolice enlist the help of village chiefs
04-01-2007
THE Inspector General of the Namibian Police says his force will work more closely with village councillors and headmen this year to promote the idea of community policing.In his New Year's message,
readThree people missing in the North
04-01-2007
THE Police in the North are looking for three people who went missing from their villages in the Oshana and Oshikoto regions.Oshana Police Liaison Officer Constable Christina Fonsech told The Namibian
readDead baby found in garage
04-01-2007
POLICE in Windhoek are trying to trace the mother of a baby found dead at a house in Katutura on Tuesday afternoon.The child's body, wrapped in a black refuse bag, was found in the garage of a house
readHelp identify these bodies
04-01-2007
THE Police are appealing to the public to help in identifying and claiming five bodies that have been at the Police mortuary since last year.The first body is that of a baby boy that was found in a
readMix Camp squatters stay
04-01-2007
SQUATTERS at 'Mix Camp', a private plot at Brakwater, have decided to stay put until the owners evict them.They were given until the end of last year to vacate the land or face eviction when PF Koep
readNewest US Peace Corps volunteers to take oath
04-01-2007
ON Friday, the 26th group of US Peace Corps volunteers assigned to Namibia will take their oath of service.Joyce Barr, US Ambassador to Namibia, will administer their oath of service at 10h00 at the
readNo progress in Aminuis murder case
04-01-2007
NO one has yet been arrested in connection with the death of a young man who was shot during a tribal clash at Aminuis in the Omaheke Region in November last year."We are still investigating the
readGerman reconciliation drive finally starts
04-01-2007
THE N$200 million special initiative of the German government for Namibian communities who suffered under colonial rule a century ago is finally becoming a reality, as tenders for consultancy services
readA dhana Okrisimesa nevalo lye pamwe noluvalo naatekulu
04-01-2007
PONGENGA O MUKALIMO gwomOngenga mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena tatekulu Josua Paulus Ndjadila mu Desemba omvula ya zi ko okwa gwanitha omimvo omilongohetatu nambali (82) nometi 16 Desemba 2006
readYe li 68 ya sa pethimbo lyOkili
04-01-2007
A ANTU ye li 68 oya si miiponga yiihauto mu Namibia pethimbo lyefudho lyOkoli , Opolisi osho ya tseyitha.Omumvo gwa zi ko, iiponga yiihauto pethimbo lyefudho lyOkili oya li ashike ya faalele aantu ye
readAina, Josef na Ndapandula ya kana
04-01-2007
O POLISI mOshitopolwa sha Shana oya tseyitha kutya otaku kongwa aakwashigwana mbaka yatatu, Aina Stefanus gwomimvo 24 noshowo Josef Shivute gwoomvula 45 nokanona koomvula omulongo (10) Ndapandula
readNgoka i itsuwilwe a someya mOshakati natango ina dhimbululwa
04-01-2007
O MUNTU omukiintu ngoka i itsuwilwe a s'omeya pontopa yOpolisi mOshakati meti 28 Desemba 2006, natango ina dhimbululwa nOpolisi onkee tayi indile moshigwana, unene tuu ngoka wa kanitha
readOmakwatonkonga pefutho yOkrismesa
04-01-2007
O POLISI oya lopota omakwatonkonga ge li gahetatu, ga ningwa pokati kefutho lyOkili nolyomumvo omupe moshilongo ashihe.Gatatu gomomakwatonkonga ngaka oga ningwa mesiku lya Krismesa. Okakadhona
readGumwe a thigwa pomutenya mUupindi
04-01-2007
E GUMBO lya meme Victoria ya Nghifindaka mUupindi mOshakati ohela olya piti lya pya po thiluthilu komulilo ngoka taku tiwa kutya ogwa etwa kokalehite hoka ka thigwa moseti kaanona katema sho ya kalala
readNtini leads South Africa to win over India
04-01-2007
SOUTH Africa levelled their home series against India at 1-1 by winning the second Test in Durban by 174 runs yesterday.Makhaya Ntini led the way with 5-48 as the South African seamers ran through the
readSport Shorts Man United to SA
04-01-2007
MANCHESTER United will definitely come to South Africa during the off-season and will use the Chloorkop headquarters of South African defending league champions Mamelodi Sundowns for their training
readSuper Gunners crush Charlton
04-01-2007
LONDON - Arsenal captain Thierry Henry returned from his injury lay-off to inspire the Gunners to a win over 10-man Charlton.Henry slotted home the opener from the penalty spot after Osei Sankofa was
readLarsson set for Man Utd debut
04-01-2007
MANCHESTER United's new signing Henrik Larsson looks set to make his debut shortly but United chief executive David Gill said there were no major plans to recruit further in the winter transfer
readAll set for a blistering 2007
04-01-2007
FOOTBALL fans can look forward to a sensational 2007 as the Premier Soccer League's Castle Premiership looks set for four months of thrills and spills.With Mamelodi Sundowns' glittering league triumph
readMourinho taunts Man United over lead
04-01-2007
LONDON - Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho claims Manchester United have wasted a chance to open up an unassailable lead in the Premiership title race.United hold a six-point Premiership advantage after
readRobinson back for Six Nations
04-01-2007
FORMER rugby league star Robinson is back in the international fold 15 months after announcing his retirement from Test rugby.The 32-year-old Sale Sharks fullback won 39 caps before quitting the
readCzechs keep Hopman hopes alive
04-01-2007
CZECH Republic have kept their Hopman Cup hopes alive with a battling 2-1 win over number-two seeds Spain yesterday.After suffering a shock defeat to rank outsiders India in the opening round of the
readHamed loses MBE
04-01-2007
FORMER world boxing champion Naseem Hamed has been stripped of his MBE following his 15-month prison sentence for dangerous driving.The 32-year-old served four months before being freed from Moorland
readGrootfontein hosts u-15 tourney
04-01-2007
THE Omulunga Stadium at Grootfontein will host an under-15 youth development soccer tournament next weekend, the technical director of the Namibia Football Association, Seth Boois, told The Namibian
readBattle for Somalia nears Kenya border - residents
04-01-2007
MOGADISHU - Gunfire rattled near Somalia's border with Kenya early yesterday as Ethiopian warplanes backing the Somali government streaked overhead in pursuit of its fleeing Islamist rivals.The
readPhilippines court backs transfer of US marine rapist
04-01-2007
MANILA - Philippine international credibility was restored when Manila turned over a US marine convicted of rape to the American embassy, despite popular uproar at home, a senior Filipino official
readNew UN chief keeps distance from death penalty ban
04-01-2007
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon started his first day on the job on Tuesday by departing from the traditional UN opposition to the death penalty, saying nations can make their own
readFour killed in Cameroon prison rampage - officials
04-01-2007
YAOUNDE - Security forces shot dead four prisoners at a crowded Cameroon jail after detainees went on the rampage, raping female inmates and trying to escape during a strike by warders, security
readIran warns West of 'historic slap'
04-01-2007
TEHRAN - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday vowed Iran would deal a "historic slap" to Western nations if they launched any military action against the Islamic republic over its nuclear
readHindus throng Ganges for holy bath
04-01-2007
ALLAHABAD, India - Nearly half a million Hindus braved near-freezing temperatures to wash away their sins in the icy waters of the Ganges river in northern India yesterday, the first day of a six-week
readIraq PM hastened Saddam hanging
04-01-2007
BAGHDAD - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki was concerned that if Saddam Hussein was not hanged quickly he would somehow avoid the gallows, a senior US official in Baghdad was quoted as saying
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