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35 Articles found on Thursday, 1 March 2007
Oscars for Gore could spur action on climate
01-03-2007
WASHINGTON - The double Oscar win for 'An Inconvenient Truth', former Vice President Al Gore's expanded slide-show on global warming, could spur grassroots support for the fight against climate
readSA mulls ideas to deal with jumbo 'explosion'
01-03-2007
ADDO ELEPHANT PARK - South Africa's environment minister yesterday proposed contraception and some culling - but no mass slaughter - to slow rampant elephant population growth.The elephant population
readCommunities reap benefits from conservancies
01-03-2007
APPROXIMATELY N$21 million was earned through Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) activities in 2005.The Ministry of Environment and Tourism's CBNRM programme, established
readNamPower millions for Zim
01-03-2007
NAMIBIA'S power utility, NamPower, yesterday revealed plans to pump up to US$40 million into the expansion and renovation of the Hwange power station in Zimbabwe.NamPower Managing Director Paulinus
readMugabe delays Air Nam flight
01-03-2007
AIR Namibia suffered a loss of close to N$50 000 after one of their incoming planes was ordered to circle in the air while the airport authorities awaited the arrival of visiting Zimbabwean President
readDemonstrators tell Mugabe to repent and retire
01-03-2007
DEMONSTRATORS yesterday gathered in front of the Zimbabwean High Commission in Windhoek to protest against visiting President Robert Mugabe.An estimated 70 people, mainly Namibians, were protesting
readJudgement day for Kandara inquest
01-03-2007
THE last official word on one of Namibia's most sensational deaths in years - that of Lazarus Kandara at the entrance to the Windhoek Police Station on the evening of August 24 2005 - may be spoken in
readPolice offer rewards for information
01-03-2007
THREE weeks after Windhoek taxi driver Isaskar Hango (38) was shot and killed by a patron at the intersection of the Daan Viljoen and Otjomuise roads, Police still have had no luck in finding his
readKaras registers San people for NYS
01-03-2007
KEETMANSHOOP - The Karas Regional Council has called on San inhabitants interested in joining the National Youth Service programme of the Youth Ministry to register at Keetmanshoop.The Council said
readLegal information for blind
01-03-2007
THE Gender Research and Advocacy Project of the Legal Assistance Centre has completed a Braille guide on rape and domestic violence legislation in a bid to address these problems among the disabled,
readNational Assembly finances scrutinised
01-03-2007
TWO official vehicles belonging to the National Assembly were damaged in accidents in 2005 and the repairs of one car alone cost N$600 000.This was revealed when the Parliamentary Standing Committee
readArrests for slot-machine, vehicle and cash theft
01-03-2007
POLICE on Monday arrested a 23-year-old man from Okahao for the theft of a gambling machine.The man, who apparently was accompanied by two others, had allegedly broken into the Yellow Bar in Okahao's
readCity murder suspect's mental state checked
01-03-2007
A WINDHOEK resident accused of murdering a childhood friend and drinking buddy in the capital in September 2004 was sent for observation this week.Murder suspect Edwin Herbert Feris (42) appeared
read56 soldiers dismissed
01-03-2007
THE Namibia Defence Force (NDF) dismissed 56 soldiers for contravening the military disciplinary code from 2005 to 2006.This was revealed by Defence Minister Charles Namoloh in Parliament. "Our
readFlood victims want N$450 m from Mariental council
01-03-2007
TWENTY-FIVE people who own property in the western part of Mariental are demanding compensation of N$450 million from the municipality for damages as a result of last year's floods.Hundreds of
readCity cops, firemen have a 'bad apple' experience
01-03-2007
WINDHOEK City Police and Fire Brigade employees are fuming after suspected fraudulent activities by some members caused their entire divisions to be punished.City Police and Emergency Services chief
readZim people living in comfort because of land grab: Mugabe
01-03-2007
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe says he has no regrets about his controversial land reform programme, describing it as a success which made him more enemies than friends.Speaking at a State banquet
readSchools in Caprivi flooded, evacuation of pupils starts
01-03-2007
THE level of the Zambezi River has risen to 7 metres, cutting off villages and schools in the Caprivi Region.It was established yesterday that the authorities are evacuating more than 1 400 pupils and
readArrows to hunt down Civics, says Shipanga
01-03-2007
ELEVEN Arrows coach Lucky Shipanga regards fear towards Civics as irrelevant when the two teams clash in the second round match of the MTC NFA Cup at Keetmanshoop on Saturday.Shipanga said his team
readFederer, Schumacher, Woods up for Laureus Award
01-03-2007
MADRID - Tennis world number one Roger Federer, seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher and top golfer Tiger Woods are all in the running for a third Laureus World Sportsman of the
readUnited goal spree best for Ferguson
01-03-2007
READING - Sir Alex Ferguson has seen virtually everything during his long and successful career but even the Manchester United manager was stunned by his side's early goal spree in their FA Cup win at
readEto'o seeks record fourth African title
01-03-2007
ACCRA - Barcelona star Samuel Eto'o hopes to be named African Footballer of the Year a record fourth consecutive time today.The other contenders for the most prestigious individual award on the
readVogts with his feet over pay dispute
01-03-2007
LAGOS - Former Germany and Scotland coach Berti Vogts cancelled his arrival in Nigeria on Wednesday until the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) pays him three months of his salary upfront, which was
readAussies will be tough: Ponting
01-03-2007
SYDNEY - Australia captain Ricky Ponting warned Wednesday that despite some recent poor form the world champions will be "extremely hard to beat" at the upcoming cricket World Cup.Speaking to
readGladiators coach in Barca
01-03-2007
WINDHOEK - Brave Gladiators coach Jacqui Shipanga is currently attending the Uefa-CAF Meridian Football Coaching Conference in Barcelona, Spain, which ends on Saturday.Shipanga, the director for
readUS challenger wants rematch
01-03-2007
PHILADELPHIA - US cruiserweight challenger Steve Cunningham wants his mandatory rematch against Poland's Krzysztof Wlodarczyk staged outside the champion's homeland after a controversial loss.The
readHolyfield makes comeback
01-03-2007
NEW YORK - Evander Holyfield, who continues his comeback next month at age 44, vows to claim the heavyweight boxing throne for a fifth time, saying here Tuesday he is a better fighter now than in his
readIn Brief
01-03-2007
Boy, 3, saves brother from pond GERMISTON - He is only three years old, but already he is a hero - especially in the eyes of his family after he saved his baby brother from a fishpond.Ekurhuleni
readStorm over 'Why I Hate Blacks'
01-03-2007
SAN FRANCISCO - Asian-American leaders are condemning a column titled 'Why I Hate Blacks', which was published in a weekly newspaper that calls itself The Voice of Asian America.In the piece, which
readCar bomb kills 10 near Baghdad market as US and Iraq patrols are stepped up
01-03-2007
BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded 21 near a vegetable market in Baghdad yesterday, Iraqi police said, as insurgents kept up a campaign of bombings despite a security crackdown backed
readCourt names Darfur war suspects
01-03-2007
PROSECUTORS at the International Criminal Court have named a minister and a militia leader who they suspect of war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region.Sudanese Humanitarian Affairs Minister Ahmed Haroun
readUgandan government and rebel ceasefire expires
01-03-2007
KAMPALA - Lord's Resistance Army rebels will not renew a landmark truce with the Ugandan government that expired yesterday, a top LRA official said, raising fears of a new chapter in the brutal
readUS officer guilty of raping men
01-03-2007
FLORIDA - An air force officer accused of drugging and kidnapping servicemen he met in bars was found guilty of raping four men and attempting to rape two others.A nine-member military jury
readNigeria VP siphoned public funds
01-03-2007
ABUJA - A Senate panel has ruled that Nigeria's vice president improperly diverted over US$100 million in public funds to private interests, and recommended prosecution that could end his presidential
readCastro speaks on radio
01-03-2007
PEARSON CARACAS - Cuban leader Fidel Castro spoke in a soft but steady voice about feeling "more energetic" and enjoying his convalescence in a surprise call to a radio broadcast in Venezuela, his
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