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49 Articles found on Monday, 4 June 2007
CITES agrees to sale of ivory to Japan, but China ruled out
04-06-2007
THE HAGUE - The oversight body on international wildlife trade agreed on Saturday to a one-time sale of 60 tons of banned ivory from southern Africa to Japan, which critics feared would lead to
readElephants, rare lions face extinction in Ethiopia
04-06-2007
A THOUSAND rare black-mane lions - an Ethiopian national symbol - and some 300 elephants are in danger after a swathe of forest that was part of their sanctuary was cut down, a wildlife expert said on
readAnglo to spin off Mondi division
04-06-2007
LONDON - Global mining giant Anglo American said Friday that it would de-merge and list Mondi, its paper and packaging arm, in London and Johannesburg next month.Anglo American, which is registered in
readSA petrol rises again
04-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's petrol prices will rise by 23 cents a litre across all grades from Wednesday, the government said on Friday.A statement from the minerals and energy department said the
readMauritius tuna sector must adapt to survive
04-06-2007
PORT LOUIS - The Mauritius tuna processing industry must evolve to producing higher value-added products and process more of the area's catch if its two companies are to survive increasing global
readSA announces new airport security measures
04-06-2007
AIRPORTS Company South Africa (ACSA) last week announced new rules restricting the amount of liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) that passengers may take on board in their hand luggage on international
readProtesters expelled from oil pipeline hub
04-06-2007
K-DERE - Community elders expelled protesters occupying a major oil export pipeline in Nigeria on Friday and reopened valves to allow crude oil to flow, a traditional chief told Reuters from the
readPresident opens tarred Aus-Rosh Pinah road
04-06-2007
THE newly tarred road from Aus to Rosh Pinah in the south was officially opened on Wednesday.President Hifikepunye Pohamba inaugurated the N$335 million, 169-km road connecting the two southern mining
readRundu to have a cotton ginnery
04-06-2007
RUNDU - The town council here has announced plans to establish a cotton ginnery at this northern town next month.Acting Chief Executive Officer of Rundu Town Council, Tony Scholtz, told Nampa in an
readGeldof remakes daily into plea for Africa
04-06-2007
BERLIN - Germany's best-selling newspaper Bild took its daily diet of sex, crime and topless women off of page one on Friday and replaced it with a full-page image of a starving African child writhing
readCuban saga takes new twist
04-06-2007
THE American Embassy has expressed surprise that a Namibian Government official has questioned the validity of special travel documents issued to 11 fugitive Cuban doctors in Namibia.It says Namibia
readElderly couple tie the knot
04-06-2007
A 68-year-old man has married a 78-year-old woman to become one of the oldest couples ever to tie the knot in the Immanuel Lutheran Congregation at Keetmanshoop.Gert Coetzee and Sara Dawids were
readFreezing weather on way
04-06-2007
ANOTHER cold front is heading Namibia's way and people in the southern and south-western areas are warned of bitterly cold weather from this morning.Rain is expected to accompany the cold in the far
readSchool in mourning after horror crash
04-06-2007
THREE teachers at Ekulo Senior Secondary School in the Oshikoto Region and a domestic worker died instantly when their small Opel Corsa bakkie collided head-on with a truck on the main road between
readErongo Council member in fistfight
04-06-2007
A FISTFIGHT broke out between a senior official of the Erongo Regional Council and a businessman at Walvis Bay on Friday - in full view of various VIPs who had gathered for a ribbon-cutting
readTop apple chefs announced
04-06-2007
THE winner of the first Bank Windhoek Cancer Apple Project recipe competition is Marcel Koekemoer from Windhoek, with a 'honeyed apple and almond surprise'.Ansie le Roux from Mariental won second
readConservancy in Kunene is a success story
04-06-2007
THE #Khoadi //Hoas communal conservancy in the Kunene Region is funding soup kitchens for local pensioners as well as providing funds for two schools in the conservancy area.One of Namibia's most
readBucket toilets have to go: MP
04-06-2007
IT is unbelievable that after 17 years of independence many Namibians are still using the "inhumane" bucket-toilet system, a Swapo MP from the Hardap Region has told the National Council.Theo
readGermans to debate Herero genocide
04-06-2007
THE German parliament is to debate the genocide and war atrocities committed against the Herero and Nama communities during the German colonial period between 1904 and 1908.The secretariat of the
readZim nationals charged over Klein Windhoek bank heist
04-06-2007
THREE Zimbabwean nationals who appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate's Court last week in connection with an alleged armed robbery at the town's branch of Standard Bank Namibia are now being accused of
readUnam theft case sent to Regional Court
04-06-2007
THE Prosecutor General has decided to continue with the prosecution of two former senior University of Namibia staff members on a charge that they allegedly stole computer equipment worth close to
readMix squatters face eviction, want plot to be expropriated
04-06-2007
THE 3 000 residents of the Mix squatter camp at Brakwater have asked Government to expropriate a privately owned plot after the High Court granted its owners permission on Friday to evict them.They
readKunene Police chief takes over in Erongo
04-06-2007
WHILE the fate of Erongo's suspended Deputy Commissioner Andrew Iyambo remains uncertain, a new Police commander for the region was appointed on Friday.Deputy Commissioner Festus Shilongo, who had
readWar veterans to march today
04-06-2007
DISGRUNTLED war veterans claiming compensation from Government are set to march from Katutura to the city centre this morning to hand over a petition to the Justice Ministry."We are definitely going
readMeatco fires 21 over strike
04-06-2007
MEATCO has dismissed 21 workers for going on an illegal strike in April.Meatco's Manager: Corporate Communications, Uschi Ramakhutla, told The Namibian that a disciplinary hearing held on Tuesday last
readOmukiintu a dhipaga kuume ke po Swakop
04-06-2007
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilile kOmunkulofuta otayi hokolola ngeyi kutya Opolisi po Swakopmund oya kwata po omukiintu gwoomvula 41 sho aniwa a tsu okusa kuume ke pegumbo limwe molukanda lwa Jabulani.Sussana
readAantu yamwe oya fa taya li po oshimaliwa shoothigwa
04-06-2007
B ARTHOLOMEUS Shangheta, oshilyo shOpaati yoSwapo mOlaata yOpashigwana okwa hala Uuministeli wUuthikepamwe nAanona u tule po omukalo gwokutala ngele oshimaliwa shoka hau gandja kaanona yoothigwa
readOmbauto ya Lamo ya pandekwa pOmbaye
04-06-2007
O MBAUTO yedhina Lamo, ndjoka ya kwatelwa mefuta lya Namibia mu Apilili nuumvo, ngashiingeyi oya pandekwa pondje yetulilosikepa lya Mbaye, ihe mboka ya li mo inaya monika natango.Omupevikuluntu
readOokomanda heyali dhOpolisi dha lundululwa pomahala gadho omakulu
04-06-2007
O POLISI ya Namibia oya ninga omalundululo mokati kOokomanda dhayo dhOpolisi mIitopolwa yi li iheyali ngoka ga yi miilonga petameko lyOmwedhi nguka.Kakukutu kOpevi kOpolisi ya Namibia, Ndjayi
readTatekulu Iiyambo ota ulike shoka sha etitha egumbo lye li pye
04-06-2007
O MUKALIMO gwomOshikango mUupindi mOshakati tate Markus Iiyambo ngoka egumbo lye lya pipo mOlyomakaya geti 5 Mei 2007, ota monika mpaka ta ulike ohaasa ndjoka ta popi kutya oyo ya eta uupyakadhi
readAalongisikola yatatu yokEkulo nombendinde ya sa moshiponga shohauto pOkapya
04-06-2007
pOKAPYA A ALONGISIKOLA ye li yatatu yokOsekundosikola ya Ekulo popepi nOmuthiya mOndonga nombendinde oya si eso li nyanyaleka sho ohauto yawo, yokaCorsa, moka ya li, yi idhenge mumwe nOloli
readSport in Brief
04-06-2007
Rossi makes it six in a row MUGELLO - Valentino Rossi's dominance of his home race continued when he racked up his sixth win in six years at the Italian MotoGP yesterday.The seven-times world
readBoks hammer England - again
04-06-2007
PRETORIA - South Africa ran in eight tries - six in the second half - to hammer a virtual second-string England 55-22 in the second Test here on Saturday.The home side battled to find their rhythm in
readBeckham talks to Galaxy
04-06-2007
LONDON - David Beckham has told LA Galaxy they must do everything they can to help him continue his unexpected England revival.Beckham is determined to keep his place in Steve McClaren's team after
readZuma scores twice in Bafana's record win
04-06-2007
DURBAN - Sibusiso Zuma scored twice as South Africa overwhelmed Chad with a record 4-0 victory in their African Nations Cup qualifier in Durban on Saturday.German-based Zuma got both his goals in the
readFederer and Robredo into last eight
04-06-2007
PARIS - Roger Federer moved a step closer to an elusive French Open title with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 6-4 victory over battling Russian Mikhail Youzhny on Sunday.But it was a far from vintage Federer on
read12 killed in Zambian stadium stampede
04-06-2007
LUSAKA - Twelve supporters were killed and 46 others were wounded in a stampede at a stadium in northern Zambia following an international football match, police said on Sunday."Twelve people died
readWarriors produce the goods
04-06-2007
THE experience of Namibian international Collin Benjamin clearly came to the fore as he slotted the only and winning goal for the Brave Warriors against Libya in an African Nations Cup qualifier at
readMan snoozes during gang-rape
04-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG - A Butterworth man remained 'fast asleep' while three men took turns raping his girlfriend in his bedroom early on Saturday morning, Eastern Cape police said.The 22-year-old woman
readWildlife in Internet sales
04-06-2007
WASHINGTON - The wildlife poacher has a new ally: the Internet, say activists who plan to tame this illegal trade in live animals and the remains of their slaughter, such as ivory, skins and
readBenzekri, detainee and seeker of truth
04-06-2007
Driss Benzekri (57), a former political prisoner who later headed a truth commission in Morocco, has died.Benzekri was president of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission, founded in 2004 by
readPierre-Gilles de Gennes, Nobel Prize winner
04-06-2007
NOBEL Prize-winning scientist Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, who was dubbed the 'Isaac Newton of our time' for his pioneering research on liquid crystals, has died.He was 74. De Gennes was awarded the Nobel
readWilliam E Peters, journalist who covered civil rights
04-06-2007
William E Peters, a journalist who wrote one of the first national articles on Martin Luther King Jr, has died.Peters (85) died of pneumonia on May 20. "The world lost a good man, I lost a valued
readPlan to blow up New York airport exposed
04-06-2007
NEW YORK - US federal authorities said a plot by a suspected Muslim terrorist cell to blow up New York's John F Kennedy International Airport, its fuel tanks and a jet fuel artery could have caused
read'Healthier' Castro shown on Cuban television
04-06-2007
HAVANA- Fidel Castro looked stronger yesterday in the first images the Cuban government has released of him in months, showing him in a brief videotape and photographs meeting with the visiting
readBattles engulf Lebanon camp
04-06-2007
NAHR AL-BARED - Lebanese troops unleashed artillery and tank barrages at al Qaeda-inspired militants dug-in at a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday, the third day of a military assault to crush the
readKenyan religious sect beheads bus driver and conductor
04-06-2007
NAIROBI - Two people were beheaded and more than a dozen passengers robbed on Saturday in central Kenya in a surge of violent crime blamed on members a banned pseudo-religious sect, police said.Police
readLibby's sentencing tomorrow
04-06-2007
WASHINGTON - At his sentencing tomorrow, former White House aide, Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, will learn whether he will go to prison and, if so, whether it will be right away for his conviction in the CIA
readBritain to quit Iraq 'within a year'
04-06-2007
LONDON - British military chiefs are preparing to withdraw troops from Iraq within 12 months in order to concentrate on Afghanistan, The Sunday Telegraph said citing a senior military official.A new
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