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45 Articles found on Monday, 18 June 2007
Fraud ring busted at Brasilia development bank
18-06-2007
BRASILIA - Brazilian police have arrested 19 suspects on charges of laundering and embezzling US$25 million from city-owned Banco de Brasilia, the prosectors' office said on Friday.The suspects
readNiger plans audit of foreign, local mining firms
18-06-2007
NIAMEY - Niger's government is planning its first audit of mining and energy firms as foreign explorers flock to its expanses of mineral-rich desert, the West African country's government said.The
readIranians rush to buy fuel ahead of rationing
18-06-2007
TEHRAN - Some Iranians are stocking up on petrol amid uncertainty over when a delayed rationing scheme will take effect, an official from a body representing pump stations was quoted as saying on
readCymot invests N$20 million in Walvis Bay
18-06-2007
THE site of Cymot's new retail warehouse in Walvis Bay was officially handed over last week for construction work to start.The N$20 million development is believed to be one of the biggest local
readNamibia needs shift in economic sector
18-06-2007
NAMIBIA'S natural resources like fish, beef and minerals have not contributed to the wealth of the nation and is left in the hands of a few, which requires a shift towards a "new economic thinking",
readSouth Africa sees spike in power costs
18-06-2007
CAPE TOWN - South African electricity tariffs are likely to keep rising steeply as the country tries to fund a massive spending programme to upgrade its power network, Public Enterprises Minister Alec
readHorror human torso find
18-06-2007
THE killer responsible for murdering and beheading Windhoek resident Juanita Mabula in late September 2005 may have claimed another victim over the weekend.This time, the killer subjected his victim's
readSheehama faces diamond deal charge
18-06-2007
TWO Windhoek residents who were arrested on a charge of illegal diamond dealing late last week were granted bail of N$4 000 when they made a first appearance in court on Friday. Rudolf Shipingama
readA rare visitor to the beach
18-06-2007
A LARGE leatherback sea turtle (dermochelys coriacea) washed up at Langstrand between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund on Saturday.It happened only days after the release of the By-Catch Report compiled by
readHereros say not out for revenge against Germans
18-06-2007
THE Hereros are not out to seek revenge against German citizens or German-speaking Namibians, but the atrocities committed against them during German colonial rule a century ago have to be addressed
readArtists complain about foreign films
18-06-2007
SOME Namibian artists claim they are treated badly by foreign film companies, and don't benefit from productions made in Namibia.A demonstration was held at Walvis Bay on Friday, with protesters
readTwo vanish without a trace
18-06-2007
POLICE have asked for assistance in tracing two people who went missing over the past month.Sakeus Uukongo (30) vanished from Blackway Plot 185 in the Swakop River on May 17. He had been working at
readSADC moves closer to regional integration
18-06-2007
TARIFFS and trade barriers at borders in southern Africa will fall away as regional integration gathers momentum, with a free trade area (FTA) being introduced from January next year.Government
readFive held
18-06-2007
WINDHOEK - Five people were arrested on Friday after they attempted to break into Monte Carlo Bar at Tsandi in the Omusati Region.Namibian Police Public Relations Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu said
readKaras lagging on Vision
18-06-2007
THE Karas Regional Council is not ready to submit its Third National Development Plan (NDP 3) goals to the National Planning Commission (NPC).This was revealed at the Council's ordinary meeting on
readUnion condemns 'jobs for comrades'
18-06-2007
THE slogan "jobs for comrades", which has even been echoed by some trade unionists, is to blame for the mess some parastatals find themselves in, the Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN) claims.The
readBring on the extra leave days, we're happy: union
18-06-2007
THE Public Service Union of Namibia says it is happy with the new Labour Bill and claims that the Namibian Employers' Federation (NEF) is making a big fuss about nothing.Victor Kazonyati, Secretary
readMPs have a beef with Meatco
18-06-2007
COMMUNAL cattle farmers are severely disadvantaged by the veterinary cordon fence stretching from the coast to the Botswana border, says a Cabinent Minister.They cannot sell their cattle under the
readAazaizai ye li 1 400 lwaampoka ya shunwa kiilongo yaandjawo
18-06-2007
U UMINISTELI wIikwameni nOmatembu owa shunitha aazaizai kiilongo yawo ye li 1 394 - shoka sha kutha po okapandi koondola/N$350 000 pethimbo lyomulekeneno gwoshimaliwa shomumvo gwa zi ko ngoka gwa
readA hokolola nkene ohole ondulu ya eta eso lyomukiintu gwe
18-06-2007
"O NDA kwata monkandja etandi umbu, pethimbo nee tagu, onda tameke okuumba unene."Ndhika odha li dha shangwa ku Manuel Alberto da Silva (30) neke lye mwene sho a kala ta holoka mOmpangu yOpombanda
readAgribank a indilwa a kaleke omutungilo gwe omupe
18-06-2007
E TUNGULULO lyokampani ya Agribank olya kalekwa oshiwike sha zi ko konima sho ehangano lya Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) lya tseyitha oontamanana naye mombelewa yaKomufala
readOmakonakono gIiyenditho noonakuhinga mOshana ga ya momake gElelo lyaNgwediva
18-06-2007
E KONAKONO lyIihauto nosho wo ndjoka lyoonakuhinga iihauto, mOshitopolwa sha Shana, sha Musati, sha Hangwena, sha Shikoto ombinga yimwe nosho wo sha Kunene ombinga yimwe, sha za ko kOpolisi nokuya
readRugby Shorts
18-06-2007
Junior All Blacks clinch Pacific Nations Cup SYDNEY - New Zealand's Junior All Blacks thrashed Australia A 50-0 at Dunedin on Saturday to clinch the Pacific Nations Cup title with a week to spare.The
readSteyn drop-kicks Boks to victory
18-06-2007
CAPE TOWN - Replacement wing Frans Steyn dropped two late goals to seal a 22-19 win for South Africa over Australia in the opening Tri-Nations match at Newlands on Saturday.The 20-year-old, who came
readSport Shorts
18-06-2007
HALLE - Tomas Berdych went one better than last year when he beat Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-4 in the final of the Halle Open yesterday.Berdych, the fourth seed from the Czech Republic, was too consistent
readRoddick crowned king of Queen's
18-06-2007
LONDON - Andy Roddick won a record equalling fourth Queen's title with a hard-fought three-set victory over unseeded Nicolas Mahut yesterday.Roddick, the second seed, will never have worked harder to
readRussian wins Comrades marathon
18-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Russian Leonid Shvetsov won South Africa's toughest ultra-marathon in record time yesterday, shattering the 21-year record of South African Bruce Fordyce.The 38-year-old finished the
readArbitration to decide on Sheffield United claim
18-06-2007
LONDON - Sheffield United's hopes of playing in the Premier League next season will come before an arbitration panel today with the relegated club pointing the finger of blame at the league and West
readPowell sends out world warning
18-06-2007
OSLO - Jamaican world record holder Asafa Powell has sent out a warning to his rivals over the 100m, saying he is targeting world gold after another blistering run over the blue-ribbon event.At the
readBoxers in medal haul at SA tournament
18-06-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibia scooped six gold medals and a silver to win an international friendly boxing tournament held in Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday.Most southern African countries participated at
readWarriors draw against DRC
18-06-2007
POOR finishing from the Brave Warriors now put them in a difficult situation to make it to the African Nations Cup finals, after they settled for a one-all draw against the Democratic Republic of
readCorruption, petty quarrels, lack of leadership hamstring Fatah
18-06-2007
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Fatah's old demons - lack of leadership, petty quarrelling, corruption - have contributed to its dismal showing in the fight against Hamas in Gaza.While the disciplined Hamas
readOusmane, a legend of African cinema
18-06-2007
SEMBENE Ousmane (84), the father of Senegalese cinema and one of the pioneers of the art in Africa, died last weekend.Ousmane was born in 1923 in the Casamance region of this former French colony.
readBaron Guy de Rothschild, head of banking empire
18-06-2007
PARIS - Baron Guy de Rothschild, patriarch of a French banking empire with a taste for society balls and a passion for thoroughbred race horses, died last week.He was 98. Rothschild saw the family's
readRuth, evangelist Billy Graham's wife
18-06-2007
MONTREAT, North Carolina - Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, died on Thursday.She was 87. "Ruth was my
readKurt Waldheim, former UN leader
18-06-2007
VIENNA - Kurt Waldheim, the former UN Secretary General whose reputation was hurt when his Nazi past was revealed, asked for understanding in a "last word" released on Friday, the day after his
readUN talks aid elephants to avert extinction
18-06-2007
THE HAGUE - Elephants and eels may find life slightly easier after trade curbs imposed by UN talks ending on Friday that are a pinprick to slow what may be the worst wave of extinctions since the
readIn Brief
18-06-2007
UN team in Khartoum KHARTOUM - A UN Security Council team held talks in Khartoum yesterday to thrash out the details of a beefed-up peacekeeping force for Darfur after the Sudan government finally
readMan held over Chinese slavery
18-06-2007
BEIJING - Chinese police have captured a man accused of holding workers in virtual slavery, state media reported yesterday amid a national uproar over teenagers and men forced to work in brutal,
readReputed Ku Klux Klansman convicted of kidnapping
18-06-2007
PETTUS JACKSON - A jury convicted a reputed member of the white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan of kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 deaths of two black teenagers in southwest Mississippi,
readReputed Ku Klux Klansman convicted of kidnapping
18-06-2007
PETTUS JACKSON - A jury convicted a reputed member of the white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan of kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 deaths of two black teenagers in southwest Mississippi,
readIran condemns Rushdie title
18-06-2007
TEHRAN - Iran accused Britain yesterday of insulting Islam by awarding a knighthood to Salman Rushdie, whose novel 'The Satanic Verses' prompted the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a
readAbbas swears in new Cabinet
18-06-2007
RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in an emergency Cabinet yesterday and outlawed the militia forces of the Islamic Hamas movement, deepening the violent rupture in Palestinian
readHamas official says BBC reporter to be freed
18-06-2007
TEHRAN - A Hamas official said yesterday BBC reporter Alan Johnston, abducted in Gaza three months ago, would be released within hours, but as the clock ticked by another senior member of the Islamist
read35 killed in bomb attack
18-06-2007
KABUL - An enormous bomb ripped through a police academy bus at Kabul's busiest transportation hub yesterday, killing at least 35 people in the deadliest insurgent attack in Afghanistan since the
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