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48 Articles found on Monday, 8 January 2007
Leadership school opens doors to a 'whole new world'
08-01-2007
HENLEY-ON-KLIP - Oprah Winfrey headed a celebrity line-up that included Tina Turner and Spike Lee at the opening of the talk show queen's new school for poor South African girls.The true stars on
readWinfrey takes AIDS test
08-01-2007
CAPE TOWN - US talk show host Oprah Winfrey on Saturday promised to give free AIDS testing, counselling and - if necessary - treatment to the 152 girls chosen for her new school.Hoping to encourage
readZimbabwe probed on "blood diamond" rules
08-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Industry body The World Diamond Council is worried that gems from Zimbabwe may be finding their way onto the black market, a violation of rules established to curb so-called conflict
readWith gifts of parliaments, dams and hospitals, China woos Africa
08-01-2007
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau - China paid for the marble and tile parliament building soaring above the crumbling homes of this former Portuguese colony, and is also promising a dam and a military hospital -
readZambia opens tenders for oil
08-01-2007
Lusaka - Zambia has drawn up areas for oil exploration and will launch tenders for international firms to explore, a minister said on Friday.Mines and Minerals Development Minister Kalombo Mwansa said
readChina gives CAR debt relief
08-01-2007
BANGUI - China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing has signed debt relief and aid agreements worth some $15 million with Central African Republic, the fifth African country to receive such aid over the
readEU hopes Washington talks will revive negotiations on global agreement
08-01-2007
BRUSSELS - US-EU talks this week could give new impetus to stalled world trade negotiations by pointing the way toward resolving deep differences over farm subsidies, which have long held up progress,
readMotorola warning signals tough 2007
08-01-2007
Sinead Carew NEW YORK - A profit warning by Motorola Inc. could signal a tough 2007 for cell phone makers who increasingly depend on competitive emerging markets as growth in the rest of the world
readNurses set strike deadline
08-01-2007
THE Namibia Nurses' Union (Nanu) says a national strike by nurses will be unavoidable if Government fails to meet their demands.Nanu Secretary General Abner Shopati told The Namibian that they have
readMore offshore diamonds discovered
08-01-2007
MORE diamonds have been discovered off the coast near Luederitz, Diamond Fields International has announced.An independent consulting company, SRK Consulting, estimated an indicated resource of 63 000
readIsrael planning a nuclear strike on Iran: newspaper
08-01-2007
LONDON - Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper said yesterday.Citing what it said were
readCold front drives away rain
08-01-2007
A COLD front from the Antarctic brushed over Namibia this weekend, driving away rain clouds over the central highlands to the eastern border, the local weather bureau reports.An Atlantic high-pressure
readUS Peace Corps volunteers sworn in
08-01-2007
WINDHOEK - The 26th group of US Peace Corps volunteers assigned to Namibia were sworn in by US Ambassador to Namibia Joyce Barr at the National Institute for Educational Development (NIED) at
readCity Police launch community policing
08-01-2007
TWELVE members of the City Police, under the watchful eye of Assistant Superintendent Siegfried Geiseb and Sergeant Johannes Eichab, took to the suburbs on Saturday and Sunday to talk to the
read2006 'a good year' for Ongwediva
08-01-2007
THE year 2006 in Ongwediva was marked by activities on the political, economic and social fronts that again endorsed Ongwediva as one of the fastest growing towns in Namibia, says the Mayor of
readMemorial service for SA High Commissioner
08-01-2007
THE South African High Commission in Windhoek said on Friday that a public memorial service will be held on Wednesday for the late High Commissioner to Namibia, Tim Maseko.Maseko, aged 71, succumbed
readNored changes electric meters
08-01-2007
ONGWEDIVA - The Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (Nored) has embarked on a project aimed at replacing prepaid magnetic meters with new Standard Transfer Specification (STS) prepaid meters in
readDrowning victim identified
08-01-2007
THE Police have reported that the young woman who drowned in the Cuvelai River at Oshakati on December 28 has been identified.The Namibian on Friday published a photograph of the woman with an appeal
readPetrol theft at Usakos
08-01-2007
An Usakos resident on an early-morning run came across a group of men who had siphoned petrol from drums on a stationary train on Friday morning.The train is usually parked on a siding overnight while
readEight-year old run over and killed by truck
08-01-2007
AN eight-year old boy was run over by a truck on Wednesday, when the driver reversed the vehicle without spotting the child standing behind it.The incident took place at Casa Blanca in the Oshivelo
readYoung in Erongo hit hard by HIV
08-01-2007
SWAKOPMUND - Young people between the ages of 20 and 24 in the Erongo Region recorded the highest number of HIV infections during October last year, according to the New Start Centre here.During the
readRoads claim another life
08-01-2007
ANOTHER life was lost on the roads this past weekend, when a Nissan bakkie overturned between Rehoboth and Windhoek on Saturday morning.Benny Bajers (40), a Khomasdal resident, had been driving back
readOmudhimba gwiitsuwa momeya gwopontopa mOshakati gwa dhmbululwa
08-01-2007
O MUDHIMBA gwomukiintu ngoka gwiitsuwilwe momulonga gwopontopa yOpolisi mOshakati ongula yeti 28 Desemba 2006 e tagu kala mOkila yOpolisi ethimbo ele inagu dhimbululwa osho gwa dhimbululwa mEtitano
readOmusamane gwomOkankuzi a tidhwa megumbo nokuningilwa okagumbo komukulukadhi gwe
08-01-2007
POKANKUZI O MUSAMANE gwomomukunda Okankuzi popepi nOshigambo mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto tate Simon Kakili omasiku ngaka okwa tidhwaatidhwa mo megumbo lyawo komukulukadhi gwe nokuningilwa
readOmumbiishofi Shivute gwaElcin i ikonakonitha ombuto yo HIV
08-01-2007
M OLWA-SHOKA opu na eindilo enene tali zilile mAawiliki moshilongo mwa kwatelwa wo naamboka yOongeleka kutya aakwashigwana naye kiikonaakonithe kombinga yombuto yomukithi gwoHIV-AIDS, Omumbiishofi
readOpolisi otayi ka longelakumwe nooyene yomikunda
08-01-2007
I NSPEKTA-NDJAYI gwOpolisi ya Namibia okwa popi kutya Etanga lye lyOpolisi otali ka longa unene mekwatathano nookansola yokomikunda, Omalenga nosho wo ooyene yomikunda opo ku nkondopekwe uupolisi
readMongwediva omwa pumbwa Osasiona yuudha yOpolisi; Mayola Uutoni ta ti
08-01-2007
P ETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi shAatoolinkundana mOngwediva pehulilo lyomvula ya zi ko, Meya gwOndoolopa ya Ngwediva Erastus Uutoni okwa ti konyala mOngwediva omu na omayakulo agehe ga pumbiwa
readProteas seal series victory
08-01-2007
CAPE TOWN - South Africa completed a come-from-behind series victory when they beat India by five wickets on the fifth day of the third and final Test at Newlands on Saturday.Captain Graeme Smith and
readSports and doping control
08-01-2007
This is the first part of a two-part series contributed by NNOC Secretary General Abner Axel Xoagub on the issue of doping in sports.THE Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) supports all the
readSuperlative SuperSport again mesmerise sorry Amakhosi
08-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - SuperSport United again mesmerised Kaizer Chiefs in a PSL showpiece at Loftus in Pretoria on Saturday night, beating Amakhosi 2-0 on the eve of the club's 37th birthday.The result was
readStones tipped for Saru job
08-01-2007
CAPE TOWN - Jonathan Stones, a former executive at Goodyear, is expected to be named as the new managing director of South Africa Rugby this week."We have offered the position to Jonathan," South
readGunners storm fortress Liverpool
08-01-2007
LONDON - Two spectacular first-half goals from Tomas Rosicky cost the FA Cup holders their grip on the famous old competition at Anfield on Saturday as Arsenal came away with a 3-1 third round
readThree greats bow out in triumph
08-01-2007
SYDNEY - Australia completed the most-crushing Ashes series victory in 86 years on Friday, sending bowling greats Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath into Test retirement with a 5-0 sweep of England.Opening
readEssien Africa's best
08-01-2007
LONDON - Chelsea's Ghana international Michael Essien was on Friday named the BBC's African Footballer of the year, carrying off the title with a massive 66 per cent of the vote.The 24-year-old
readNdjadila gets top CAF post
08-01-2007
THE Namibia Football Association's (NFA) Referees' Coordinator, Boy-Boy Ndjadila, achieved a first for Namibia when he was recently appointed as the Confederation of African Football's (CAF) Education
readJapanese scientists identify anti-TB compound
08-01-2007
HONG KONG - Scientists in Japan say they have identified a compound that appears to stop the tuberculosis bacteria from multiplying, offering new hope in the fight against the increasingly
readSA hospital struggles with deadly TB
08-01-2007
TUGELA FERRY, South Africa - In a country where AIDS kills 900 people each day, full hospitals and beleaguered doctors are nothing new.But at one hospital in rural KwaZulu-Natal province, what could
readLife story of first black US Catholic priest
08-01-2007
CHICAGO - Few Americans know the story of Augustine Tolton, a slave who grew up to become the first acknowledged black Catholic priest in the United States.Some Chicago buildings, including a home for
read2008 overtones are obvious as new Congress convenes
08-01-2007
WASHINGTON - For all the talk about the here and now in Congress, the buzz of the 2008 presidential race was loud.With star-powered names like Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain
readIn Brief
08-01-2007
Never too late NEW YORK - Even after age 60, people can significantly reduce their risk of heart disease and diabetes by adopting healthier habits, a new study from the UK shows."The present findings
readSomali troops patrol city
08-01-2007
MOGADISHU - Hundreds of Somali government soldiers, some in pick-ups outfitted with heavy weapons, deployed in Mogadishu yesterday to prevent further unrest after anti-Ethiopian protests rocked the
readJudge in drunk driving crash
08-01-2007
JOHHANESBURG - A Pretoria High Court judge was arrested for drunk driving on Friday after he drove into a wall north of Johannesburg, said Sunday Times.Judge Nkola Motata allegedly resisted arrest and
readBangladesh police fire rubber bullets at opposition supporters
08-01-2007
DHAKA - Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of protesters in the Bangladesh capital yesterday as opposition parties began a transport blockade to force the cancellation of January 22
readPrison riot in El Salvador leaves at least 17 inmates dead
08-01-2007
SAN SALVADOR - A riot at a maximum-security prison in western El Salvador left at least 17 inmates dead on Saturday, officials said.Deputy police director Luis Tobar Prieto said officials had regained
readICD probes McBride crash saga
08-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The Independent Complaints Directorate is investigating charges of defeating the ends of justice after claims of a cover-up in the Robert McBride car crash investigation, SABC news
readANC heavyweights back Sexwale
08-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Businessman Tokyo Sexwale has been approached by senior cabinet ministers to run for the position of ANC president later this year, a move which would pave the way for him to become the
readUN urges stay of further Iraq executions
08-01-2007
NEW UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Iraq to postpone the execution of two former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's co-defendants.His appeal comes amid growing international criticism of the
readColorado avalanche buries cars
08-01-2007
DENVER - A huge avalanche knocked two cars off a mountain pass on the main highway to one of the state's largest ski areas, shortly after crowds headed through on the way to the lifts, authorities
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