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43 Articles found on Monday, 16 July 2007
Tullow finds gas in Uganda, size unknown
16-07-2007
KAMPALA - UK-based Tullow Oil has found a natural gas field in one of its exploration blocks in western Uganda, but its size is unknown, a Ugandan government energy official said on Friday.The company
readAlexForbes to delist from JSE
16-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African financial services group Alexander Forbes will delist from the JSE Securities Exchange on July 27 after a court approved its 8,2 billion rand buyout by a private equity
readIran president meets economic critics
16-07-2007
TEHRAN - Iran's president has met some 50 economists to defend his economic management after they publicly criticised his policies for failing to hit growth targets and fuelling inflation, Iranian
readMoz eyes biofuels to cut costs
16-07-2007
MAPUTO - Mozambique is considering investing in a massive bio-fuels programme to cut oil imports and supply its growing manufacturing and tourism sectors with low-cost energy, one of its ministers
readBenin suspends cellphone networks, including MTN
16-07-2007
COTONOU - Benin suspended the networks of two of its four mobile phone operators late on Thursday, cutting off nearly one million subscribers in a dispute over contracts, the West African country's
readAbramovich buys Russian gold deposit
16-07-2007
MOSCOW - Russia's richest man, Roman Abramovich, has acquired a gold deposit in the remote far-eastern Chukotka region, of which he is the governor, his investment vehicle said on Friday."We have
readZim eyes inflation data black-out
16-07-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe may stop publishing inflation data for one year, an effort economists say is aimed at shielding the government from embarrassment over its failure to rein in soaring prices in the
readOil high above US$77
16-07-2007
LONDON - Oil leapt to a fresh 11-month high above US$77 a barrel on Friday, lifted by lingering supply concerns and a rush of speculative money into the commodity.Also supporting the market, the
readN$7 m face-lift for Swakop State Hospital operating theatre
16-07-2007
THE Swakopmund State Hospital will soon boast with a newly renovated operating theatre, which was described by hospital officials and those involved in the design and construction, as a
readMissing teacher sought by family and Oshana Police
16-07-2007
JACOB Kefas Kapangeli (39), a teacher from Uukwiyuushona village in Oshana Region has been missing since February 2001.His whereabouts are still not known and both the Oshana Police and his family are
readNew Bishop for Keetmans Diocese
16-07-2007
NEWLY elected Bishop of Diocese of Keetmanshoop, Phillip Poellitzer, was officially instated during a religious ceremony on Saturday at the OLPH Roman Catholic Church in Keetmanhoop.Poellitzer
readPG to decide whether to prosecute Policeman
16-07-2007
POLICE at Okongo and Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region are investigating a case in which a Policeman at Okongo killed a man, probably during the night of June 9 2007.Ohangwena Police Liaison Officer
readHospital 4 to appear
16-07-2007
FOUR people, arrested and charged with defrauding the Windhoek Central Hospital, will plead in the Windhoek Magistrate court today.The four, business owner Susan Mangani, Brian Collin Mootsang,
readParliament scraps REDs from new draft Electricity Bill
16-07-2007
THE National Assembly (NA) passed the new draft Electricity Bill before the House went into recess on Thursday.The new bill was passed when the majority of the house agreed to the new amendments
read3 seriously burnt in Walvis Bay fire
16-07-2007
THREE residents of Walvis Bay's Kuisebmond suburb who sustained severe burns in a fire last week, have beeb transferred to the Katutura State Hospital.The Police reported that one-month-old Lucas
readWe can't allow Namibia to drown in alcohol: President
16-07-2007
YOUNG Namibian entrepreneurs should steer clear of the liquor business, President Hifikepunye Pohamba has cautioned, saying he has no wish to be viewed as a leader of drunks.Speaking at the launch of
readNTB condemns tourist killing
16-07-2007
THE Namibia Tourisam Board (NTB) has condemned the recent killing of a German tourist.NTB's Acting Chief Executive Officer Digu Naobeb said NTB learned "with shock and dismay" of the death of 56
readGerman tourist slaying: Erongo residents asked to co-operate
16-07-2007
POLICE were still searching yesterday for suspects in the murder of German tourist Johannes Fellinger who was shot dead on the Daan Viljoen road outside of Windhoek a week ago.The 56-year old
readMurder suspect's excuse: 'I was angry'
16-07-2007
ANGER and retaliation were the only reasons murder accused Ronny Naobeb could offer in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday for the deadly stabbing of his girlfriend at Gobabis almost three years
readNo plans to repair Calueque wall
16-07-2007
THE damage caused by a Cuban air force attack on a dam wall in south-western Angola 19 years ago has not been repaired, and there are no plans to do so in the near future.The dam wall on the Kunene
readNamibia primed for puppets: CC
16-07-2007
A RECENT expose published by human rights activist Phil ya Nangoloh on Swapo President Sam Nujoma's links to colonisers are part of a massive and fraudulent campaign to unseat the ruling party and
readB1 Butcher victim identified
16-07-2007
THE B1 Butcher's victim has been identified: she was Kalkrand resident Sanna Helena //Garoes.//Garoes's 66-year-old mother, Lena Engelbrecht, had to carry out the grim task of identifying her
readUnfair dismissal costs TransNamib
16-07-2007
TRANSNAMIB on Friday paid one of its fired senior managers N$644 000 in an out-of-court settlement.It is in addition to N$95 000 the transport parastatal paid to Erenfried 'Tjivi' Ndjoonduezu
readAmadhila to be tried in High Court for rape
16-07-2007
PROMINENT northern Namibia businessman Onesmus Tobias Amadhila is set to stand trial in the High Court on three charges related to allegations that he raped a female relative.The 44-year-old Amadhila
readTona ta ka pangulilwa onkonga mOmpangu yOpombanda
16-07-2007
O munangeshefa a simana mOnooli Onesmus Tobias Amadhila (nedhina lya tseyika nawa Tona) na pangulilwe iipotha itatu yekwatonkonga mOmpangu yOpombanda sho a kwata aniwa koonkondo omupambele gwe,
readBritain ina hala Mugabe a ye ku Portugal
16-07-2007
H ARARE - Epangelo lya Britain olya popi kutya otali ka ninga shoka tali vulu okuninga opo li keelele Omupresidende gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe kaa ye koshigongi shehangano lyUukumwe wAaEuropa naaleli
readEpangelo lya Australia li ikwata onkalo mu Zim
16-07-2007
H ARARE - Epangelo lya Zimbabwe olya ningi eindilo kAaustralia kutya inaa ya ku Zimbabwe, molwashoka aniwa elombwelo lyOmupresidende Robert Mugabe kutya oongeshefa nadhi shunithepevi oondando dhadho
readGumwe i idhipaga e ta dhipaga wo omukulukadhi gwe
16-07-2007
D IYONA - Omulumentu gwomimvo 42 okwi iyaha okusa e ta yaha wo natango okusa omukulukadhi gwe moshitopolwa sha Kavango mOmaandaha goshiwike sha zi ko.Shika osha ningilwa pomukunda Shipango, gu li
readOmeya otaga matuka ishewe pu Bethanie
16-07-2007
N GASHIINGEYI omeya otaga matuka ishewe mokandoolopamukunda kedhina Bethanie ke li muumbugantu woshilongo - shoka osha ningwa konima sho Olaata ya tseyitha kutya engambeko lyomeya ndyoka lya kala po
readOkabinete ya gandja oomiliyuna 20 koshikukuta
16-07-2007
O KABINETE oyi ikalekela okapandi koondola oomiliyuna omilongo mbali (N$20 million) shoka tashi ka longithwa mokukwathela aafanaalama nosho wo oshigwana shokomikunda pethimbo lyeteyo lya nkundipala
readSwimmers struggle
16-07-2007
NAMIBIAN swimmers failed to reach any finals on the second day of swimming at the All Africa Games in Algeria on Friday.Jonay Briedenhann and Corinna Wahl both competed in Heat 2 of the women's 50m
readWeekend Sports Briefs Mexico take third spot
16-07-2007
CARACAS - Uruguay defender Diego Lugano, whose missed penalty led to the semi-final defeat against Brazil, was sent off and gave away a penalty as his side lost 3-1 to Mexico in the Copa America
readSpain's Pedrosa back to winning ways
16-07-2007
SACHSENRING - Spaniard Dani Pedrosa got back to winning ways for Honda yesterday when he cruised to victory in the MotoGP category at the German Grand Prix.Pedrosa overtook pole sitter Casey Stoner
readMurali claims 700th test wicket
16-07-2007
KANDY - Sri Lanka off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the second man in history to claim 700 test wickets in the third and final match of the series against Bangladesh on Saturday.The 35-year-old
readSpringboks blame ref after loss
16-07-2007
CHRISTCHURCH - The disappointed Springboks said leniency by Australian referee Stuart Dickinson towards All Blacks captain Richie McCaw may have cost them Saturday's Tri-Nations rugby Test.The score
readBoxer Naindjala through first hurdle
16-07-2007
NAMIBIAN boxer Immanuel Naidjala gave a great all-round display to convincingly beat Antebicha Duguma of Ethiopia 29-12 on points in a bantamweight bout at the All Africa Games on Saturday.Moving
readDisaster strikes cyclists in Algeria
16-07-2007
IT was a disastrous day for Namibia at the cycling road race during the All Africa Games in Algeria on Saturday.Only Ananias Ananias managed to complete the race, way down the field. Namibia's main
readNato regrets Russia's decision
16-07-2007
BRUSSELS - Nato has expressed regret over Russia's decision to suspend a key arms control treaty in Europe, describing it as 'a step in the wrong direction'."The allies consider this treaty to be an
readSA farmer sues Mbeki over Zim
16-07-2007
PRETORIA - A well-known Free State farmer is suing the South African government for about SAR80m in damages he suffered from the collapse of his farming interests in Zimbabwe.Crawford von Abo of
readMogae to stand down
16-07-2007
GABORONE - Botswana's President Festus Mogae has announced that he is to stand down next year after a decade at the helm.Mogae, 67, told members of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party that he would
readDarfur rebel groups agree to unite
16-07-2007
ASMARA - Five Darfur rebel groups agreed on Saturday to unite ahead of possible peace talks to end a four-year conflict in the region which so far has defied resolution, in part because of fractious
readOsama praises martyrdom
16-07-2007
CAIRO - Osama bin Laden praised martyrdom in a new videotape posted on a militant Website yesterday by al Qaeda's media production wing.The bin Laden clip, which lasted less than a minute, was
readLA church in $660 m payout over sexual abuse claims
16-07-2007
LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of people who claim they were abused by clergy affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles can expect to be paid more than $1 million each in a $660 million
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