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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Burundi responding to criticism on democracy
14-03-2007
NAIROBI - Marred by charges of democratic backsliding during its first year in power, Burundi's young government is seeking to win back some of its early plaudits for a home-grown African success
readFalling oil stocks could raise prices
14-03-2007
PARIS - The International Energy Agency warned yesterday about recent falls in stocks of oil in industrialised countries, saying declining inventories could push up prices in coming months."Tighter
readAngola says does not need IMF's 'restrictive' help
14-03-2007
LUANDA - Oil-rich Angola has told the International Monetary Fund (IMF) it can manage on its own without any package from the organisation conditional on fiscal transparency, a state newspaper
readPositive prospects for Nam economy
14-03-2007
THE Namibian economic outlook looks good, with positive growth expected from nearly all sectors of the economy, to lead to a projected economic growth of 4,8 per cent for 2007.This was the view given
readSierra Leone navy catches Chinese pirates
14-03-2007
FREETOWN - When Beijing donated a long-range patrol boat to Sierra Leone's navy, little did it realise the vessel's first catch would be Chinese fishermen poaching off the West African coast.Navy
readGlobal warming missing in Doha trade round
14-03-2007
WELLINGTON - The struggling Doha Round of world trade talks lacks the necessary measures to curb global warming, French Trade Minister Christine Lagarde warned yesterday.Lagarde has suggested putting
readMarine diamond mining still a challenge
14-03-2007
WITH diamonds on land depleting, De Beers Marine Namibia (DBMN) has proven that diamond mining in the country could still flourish with a historical achievement of over one million carats mined last
readNamibia silent on Zimbabwe violence
14-03-2007
THE Namibian Government yesterday held its silence over the violent anti-oposition crackdown in Zimbabwe.However, South Africa and Zambia addressed the issue, albeit in muted tones, as condemnation
readSex victims must share the blame: Nambinga
14-03-2007
A SWAPO backbencher and an opposition MP had a heated exchange in Parliament yesterday about sex between teenage schoolgirls and teachers.Watched by a large group of teenagers sitting in the public
readBlood on massacre brothers' clothes and shoes
14-03-2007
CLOTHING and shoes that are claimed to belong to farm massacre suspects Gavin and Sylvester Beukes were found to be stained with human blood when they were forensically examined after their arrests,
readTsvangirai attack: 'It was not assault, it was attempted murder'
14-03-2007
HARARE - A crack Commando unit based at the army's Cranborne Barracks in Harare was responsible for the brutal torture of Morgan Tsvangirai and other opposition leaders on Sunday, according to a
readA Matter of Fact
14-03-2007
IN yesterday's edition we reported in the article 'Namibian sheep farmers lose out' that the question was asked in Parliament by McHenry Venaani of the DTA.It was in fact Arnold Tjihuiko of the Nudo
readHospital computers stolen
14-03-2007
COMPUTER equipment valued at N$32 000 was stolen from the State Hospital Training Centre at Keetmanshoop last week, the Police reported.The centre at the hospital was burgled between 16h30 on
readRape charge dropped against Swakopmund businessman
14-03-2007
TWO years after she had allegedly been raped, a young woman from Swakopmund withdrew the charge last week.The day after she faced ruthless cross-examination behind the closed door of the Regional
readNam gets N$155 million FDI
14-03-2007
FOREIGN Direct Investment (FDI) to Namibia over the past 13 months amounted to N$155,3 million and created some 551 jobs, Trade and Industry Minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko has said in Parliament.The
readNew Labour Bill cautiously welcomed
14-03-2007
FIRST reactions on the new Labour Bill, which was tabled in Parliament last Tuesday, were "cautious optimism" and "much better than the 2004 Act", according to several institutions."It appears that
read2nd treason accused put on defence
14-03-2007
A BID from the 12 men in the dock in the second Caprivi high treason trial to be discharged at the close of the State's case against them was rejected in the High Court in Windhoek on Monday.The 12
readLocal dam levels low
14-03-2007
WITH the end of the rainy season already in sight, the levels of Namibia's main dams are much lower than they were at the same time last year, according to the latest NamWater dam bulletin.The Von
readMatricide suspect applies for bail
14-03-2007
WHAT was supposed to be an opportunity for Natangwe Iipinge Ngatjizeko to enter a plea on charges that he murdered his mother in December turned into the prelude to a bail application in the Katutura
readYouth arrested for his grandmother's murder
14-03-2007
A 19-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering his grandmother at a village near Rundu on Monday morning, the Police reported yesterday.Eveline Kashova (86) was slashed across the face with a
readOptician murdered at Ondangwa
14-03-2007
THE Police at Ondangwa are investigating a case of murder after Darell Adams (37) was found dead at his home on Monday night.The Police have arrested Adams's wife on a charge of murder. She will
readOtjihase accident victim named
14-03-2007
AN Ongopolo Mining Corporation employee who died in an accident at the Otjihase Mine on Saturday has been identified as 29-year-old Even Maria Sheehama.Four other miners were injured. Otjihase General
readMeme Nangula a fumvikwa pOtshikushashipya mOlyomakaya
14-03-2007
S HA longwa sha pwa, inda po nawa muholike gwetu meme gwetu, mulongi pamwe natse, mukadhona gwetu, mushiinda shetu kuume ketu, na itanu dhimbwa kukulila mukadhona gwetu nande esiku limwe.Ngaka gamwe
readMinista Ekandjo a lyata okanona
14-03-2007
O KANONA komimvo heyali oka si mOlyomakaya ga zi ko konima sho ka lyatwa kohauto yOminsta yOmavi nOmatulululo, Jerry Ekandjo.Oshinima shika osha ningilwa mondjila onene ya Western Bypass mOvenduka
readNakusila pontopa ya Shakati a dhimbululwa
14-03-2007
O POLISI mOshakati oya tseyitha kutya meme ngoka omudhimba gwe gwiitsuwilwe momeya momulonga gwopontopa yopooha dhOpolisi mOshakati Omaandaha ga zi ko, okwa dhimbululwa kutya oye Kavare Mondista
readAalongisikola yamwe mOkavango otaya ka za mo miilonga nuumvo
14-03-2007
R UNDU - Aalongisikola ye li 890 lwaampoka okwa tegelewa ya ka kanithe iilonga pehulilo lyomumvo nguka moshitopolwa sha Kavango.Shika osha lombwelwa Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba ku Ngoloneya
readOpolisi yAangola aniwa konyala yi dhipage Samakuva
14-03-2007
L UANDA - Onkundana okuzilila ku Luanda sha Angola otayi ti kutya ongundu onene yompilameno mu Angula ya Unita, oya popi kutya Aapolisi oya li ya hala okudhipaga omuleli gwawo omasiku ga zi ko.Unita
readOmbaanga ya yugwa omutenya gwaankala
14-03-2007
O SHITAYIMBAANGA shOmbaanga ya Standard Bank po Klein Windhoek mOvenduka, osha yugwa oshimaliwa oshindji omutenya gwEtitano lya zi ko.Shika osha ningwa aniwa lwopetata lyondatu yomutenya.
readTigers, African Stars in equal battle
14-03-2007
OLD foes African Stars and Tigers have everything to fight for when they meet in a mid-table clash that could swing either way, while Ramblers will hope to increase their tally when they meet SKW in
readCummins back after 15 years
14-03-2007
GROS ISLET - Paceman Anderson Cummins will become only the second man to play for two teams in the World Cup if he turns out for Canada against Kenya today.The 40-year-old Barbadian-born fast bowler
readCanada and Kenya aim for early lifeline
14-03-2007
GROS ISLET - Canada and Kenya may be the two minnows in a Group C featuring England and New Zealand, but they will both fancy their chances of beating the other in St Lucia's first match of the World
readAussies get World Cup defence on
14-03-2007
BASSETERRE - Australia intend to send a powerful message to their rivals when they open their World Cup defence against minnows Scotland today.Plagued by injuries to key players, the two-time
readBrave Gladiators 'harassed by officials'
14-03-2007
THE Brave Gladiators suffered harassment and biased refereeing against the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa on Saturday, says the NFA Women's Football co-ordinator, Jackey Gertze.The Namibians
readGolf day raises N$45 000
14-03-2007
WINDHOEK - The fourth annual Bank Windhoek Golf Day held in Walvis Bay on March 9 raised a cool N$45 000 which was shared among three welfare organisations at the coast.A press release by Bank
readHistory follows India, Sri Lanka
14-03-2007
RAHUL Dravid and Mahela Jayawardene hope to step out of history's shadow at the World Cup.India have not won the tournament since 1983 and this time round it is Dravid's turn as skipper to attempt to
readIn Brief
14-03-2007
'I can fly...' JOHANNESBURG - A man was seriously injured after he jumped off a moving taxi on the N3 west-bound near Berea Road in Durban, the SABC reported yesterday.The man - believed to have been
readLibya lifts travel ban on women
14-03-2007
TRIPOLI - Libya backtracked on Sunday on a decision to ban women under 40 years old from leaving the country unless they were accompanied by a close male relative.A brief statement posted on the
readNo room for war-displaced
14-03-2007
COLOMBO - There is no room for thousands of new war-displaced in crammed refugee camps in Sri Lanka's east, so many are sheltering under trees or in schools and churches, aid workers said
read700 more US soldiers in Diyala
14-03-2007
BAQOUBA - More than 700 additional US troops arrived in Iraq's increasingly volatile Diyala province yesterday, to try to quell burgeoning violence just northeast of Baghdad during a security
readUS should help Mexico
14-03-2007
MERIDA - Mexican President Felipe Calderon has a tough message for US President George W Bush: The United States must do more - 'much more' - to solve thorny issues of drug-trafficking and
readHunt for kidnapped BBC correspondent
14-03-2007
GAZA CITY - Palestinian security services were hunting yesterday for a BBC correspondent kidnapped at gunpoint by armed men in Gaza, the latest foreigner abducted in the increasingly lawless
readSwiss man admits Thai king insult
14-03-2007
A 57-year-old Swiss man has pleaded guilty in a court in Thailand to charges of insulting the king.Oliver Jufer was arrested last December after drunkenly spray-painting several portraits of the
readOpposition swells to judge's sacking
14-03-2007
ISLAMABAD - Opposition swelled yesterday to the Pakistani government's move to sack the country's top judge as a judicial council prepared to hear the case against him behind closed doors.Lawyers
readTsvangirai appears in court
14-03-2007
HARARE - The leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition party and about 50 other democracy activists - some of them bandaged and bruised - appeared in court yesterday, two days after they were arrested for
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