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42 Articles found on Thursday, 10 May 2007
No laughing matter
10-05-2007
WASHINGTON - The case of the Hawaiian Haha is no laughing matter to environmentalists, who say the rare plant went extinct while waiting for US wildlife officials to put it on the Endangered Species
readBirds of prey keep Mother Nature healthy
10-05-2007
WHILE birds of prey (raptors) are very useful in keeping the environment healthy, they are facing a very serious risk of poisons used by farmers.Throughout the world, vultures are useful to people for
readUS qualifies defence of Wolfowitz
10-05-2007
WASHINGTON - The United States stood by World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, without rising to defend its appointee, who violated bank ethics rules in arranging a sweet pay deal for his companion.A
readZim to cut power to boost economy
10-05-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe will cut power supply to selected residential areas for up to 10 hours daily in the coming months to meet higher demand from wheat farmers and boost the economy, an official said
readSatellite group Gateway in US$37,5m African deal
10-05-2007
LONDON - UK-based Gateway Communications, an ambitious pan-African satellite and telecoms company, has secured a US$37,5 million (N$262,5 million) purchase to beef up its multinational customer base
readSA says consumer exuberance tamed
10-05-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Higher interest rates do not necessarily result in a rapid slowdown in spending, but some of the "exuberance" evident in consumer demand has been dampened, South African Finance
readOil rises after violence in Nigeria
10-05-2007
LONDON - Oil prices rose yesterday after the armed seizure of four American workers in Nigeria raised more concern about escalating violence in the southern petroleum-producing region.An upcoming US
read'West Bank can't grow with restrictions'
10-05-2007
JERUSALEM - The depressed Palestinian economy in the West Bank cannot rebound unless Israel lifts restrictions on movement that have stymied growth and investment, the World Bank said in a report
readDamara squabbles escalate
10-05-2007
KNIVES are out among the Damara followers of 'King' Justus //Garoeb and !Oe#Gan Chief Immanuel /Gaseb after a dispute over the ownership of the 'People's House' at Okombahe escalated at the
readNo swift end to drowning trial
10-05-2007
THE High Court trial of an Ohangwena Region resident who has admitted that she murdered her three children a year ago by drowning them in a well is set to continue in Windhoek in mid-September.The
readOld Mutual fraud suspect to know fate next month
10-05-2007
THE sentencing of a former employee of Old Mutual Namibia who has admitted that she defrauded the insurance company of over N$321 000 over a period of more than two years was postponed to June 19 in
readSurprise! Second petrol price shock in a month
10-05-2007
FUEL prices have been increased for the second time in a month, with the Ministry of Mines and Energy attributing the increase to high international oil prices and the depreciation of the South
readAstronomy becomes yet another Nam attraction
10-05-2007
NAMIBIA'S unpolluted skies are a stargazer's paradise - not only for large-scale projects such as the award-winning HESS Research Project at the Gamsberg, but also for the individual enthusiast.To
readEx-combatants to march again
10-05-2007
WINDHOEK - The National Committee on the Welfare of the Ex-freedom Fighters has announced that the former fighters will go ahead with a demonstration on the fourth of next month."The day is definite,
readSwakopmund gets tartan track
10-05-2007
THE most important addition to Swakopmund's new N$23 million sport stadium, the eight-lane tartan track, was recently completed.Chairman of the Swakopmund Sport Committee, Tony Britz, believes it is
readRosina //Hoabes gets re-elected
10-05-2007
ROSINA //Hoabes was re-elected as Swakopmund's Mayor and Council Chairperson at a special annual mayoral election meeting held yesterday morning.The Deputy Mayor (also vice chairperson of the Council)
readGender violence campaign goes multimedia
10-05-2007
THE Desert Soul project of the Namibian Red Cross Society has launched a booklet titled 'Stop The Abuse Against Women' and its second educational television series for children.The booklet is printed
readCuckolded killer gets 10-year prison term
10-05-2007
A FORMER Ondangwa-based motor mechanic, who was accused of murdering a younger man who was cuckolding him, was sentenced to an effective 10 years in jail last week.Mechanic Christoffel Coetzee stood
readKeetmans stone plant's pollution 'over the limit'
10-05-2007
AN expert survey on noise and dust pollution at the Super Sand stone-crushing plant at Keetmanshoop has found that its pollution levels exceed acceptable limits.The survey was conducted last week by
readCongress was hunky-dory, says CoD's Ben Ulenga
10-05-2007
THE war of words between opposing groups from Namibia's main opposition party ratcheted up yesterday, as its leader rejected accusations that there were any irregularities at all at the party congress
readOmpumbwe yomahala gokukwatela openzela mOkavango
10-05-2007
R UNDU - Aakalimo moshitopolwa sha Kavango oya ningi eindilo kEpangelo li gwedhele omahala gokukwatela openzela moshitopolwa shawo, unene tuu momahala gokomikunda.Oonakupenzela yomomahala gokomikunda
readOmuSouth Afrika a sila ishewe mondjila ya Solitaire
10-05-2007
O MULUMENTU gumwe OmuSouth Afrika okwa sile ishewe moshiponga shohauto mondjila yopokati ka Solitaire na Mbaye.Nguka oku li OmuSouth Afrika omutiyali ta sile mondjila ndjika muule ashike woshiwike.
readAanenentu ya talithwa ofilima ya Nujoma tango
10-05-2007
O MAULIKO gopaumwene gaali gofilima ya za membo lyondjokonona yOmupresidende omukulu gwa Namibia Sam Nujoma lyedhina "Where Others Wavered," oga ningwa po Ster Kinekor mOvenduka mehuliloshiwike lya zi
readNamibia oku li ompinge na Kenya na Mali
10-05-2007
N AMIBIA oku li ompinge neindilo lya Kenya na Mali kutya elanditho lyomayego goondjamba mu Afrika nali patwe uule woomvula omilongo mbali.Amushanga omukuluntu mUuministeli wOmatalelopo nEgameno
readOntsi oya tsima natango moCoD
10-05-2007
I ILYO iikuluntu yoCoD oya ulike okwaauva nawa kwayo mEtiyali: tayi shongo omupresidende gwoCoD Ben Ulenga kutya na ekelehi iizemo yomahogololo ga zi ko ngele oku na shili omalalakano gongundu
readOndhila ya Kenya ya gwa mo mombepo
10-05-2007
A aniilonga miikondo yi na sha niitikimbepo otaya popi kutya ondhila yehangano lya Kenya Airways yo Boeing 737 - 800 ya li ya humbata aantu ye li 114, oyi gumo mombepo nokwiidhenge mokuti kwa thita mu
readVeterans in medal haul
10-05-2007
THE Namibian veteran athletics team of four members performed excellently during their recent participation in the South African athletics championships for veterans in Bloemfontein.The best performer
readBrave Warthogs selected for B World Champs and AAG
10-05-2007
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Cycling Federation selectors have named seven riders for the national team for both the B World Championships and All-Africa Games.They are: Erik Hoffmann, Dan Craven, Jacques
readHenin strolls into Berlin's third round
10-05-2007
BERLIN - World number-one Justine Henin strolled into the third-round of Berlin's WTA tournament as she won her opening match yesterday with a straight sets win over teenage German wild-card Tatjana
readCrusaders relish Bulls challenge
10-05-2007
SYDNEY - Crusaders' Richie McCaw and Daniel Carter are relishing the huge challenge of playing their Super 14 semi-final against the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday.The All Blacks captain and flyhalf
readEriksson chases Newcastle job
10-05-2007
LONDON - Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has admitted to being bored after almost a year out of work, would be interested in talking to Newcastle about the vacant manager's job, his
readTennis players start competitive season
10-05-2007
WINDHOEK - First National Bank has been the financial backbone behind tennis development in the country since 1997, when the Namibia's Tennis Association started the School Tennis Initiative (STI)
readNo rice for Olympics
10-05-2007
BEIJING - Rice farmers have been told to stop growing China's staple crop in areas near Beijing to ensure the water supply for next year's Olympic Games, officials said yesterday.Rice growing requires
readNFA to hunt for new secretary general soon
10-05-2007
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) will advertise the position of secretary general as soon as possible, NFA president John Muinjo said yesterday.Barry Rukoro is currently the acting secretary
readFake reporter gets life for scam
10-05-2007
BEIJING - A man who posed as an editor for China's top newspaper and promised to do people favours in exchange for bribes totalling about half a million US dollars has been jailed for life, the paper
readZambia: New constitution begins
10-05-2007
LUSAKA - The Zambian government announced yesterday that preparations for a national referendum to pass a new democratic constitution had finally begun but warned that the process would be
readCheney makes surprise Iraq trip
10-05-2007
BAGHDAD - US Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit to Baghdad yesterday to tell top Iraqi leaders to redouble efforts to promote national reconciliation and warn them US patience is running
readAir raids kill 21 Afghan civilians
10-05-2007
KANDAHAR - Airstrikes called in by US Special Forces soldiers fighting insurgents in southern Afghanistan killed at least 21 civilians, officials said yesterday.One coalition soldier was also killed.
readHome Office split
10-05-2007
LONDON - Britain split its interior ministry into two yesterday to create a new Ministry of Justice - a move Prime Minister Tony Blair says will help the government fight terrorism.The Home Office
readGenital slashing was intended'
10-05-2007
PRETORIA - A former law student who bludgeoned his friend to death with a dumbbell and cut off his genitals had acted with the direct intent to kill and was guilty of murder, a Pretoria High Court
readUS team helps in plane crash inquiry
10-05-2007
DOUALA - US aviation experts conferred with their Kenyan and Cameroonian counterparts yesterday in an effort to determine what caused a Kenya Airways jet to crash into a central African swamp, killing
read4 arrested for UK bombs
10-05-2007
LONDON - British police arrested four people yesterday in connection with the suicide bombings that killed 52 bus and subway passengers in London in 2005.Two men and a woman were arrested in West
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