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41 Articles found on Monday, 7 May 2007
EU criticises German plans for new coal power plants
07-05-2007
BERLIN - Germany is unwise to choose to build new brown coal power plants, which are the most harmful to the environment, European Union Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas was quoted as saying on
readADB told to keep cutting poverty as it eyes future
07-05-2007
KYOTO - The governors of the Asian Development Bank challenged the agency yesterday to keep its focus on reducing still pervasive poverty even while praising efforts to make strong regional growth
readTunisia raises petrol prices to trim budget gap
07-05-2007
TUNIS - Tunisia has increased domestic petrol prices by 4,5 per cent to reduce an energy budget deficit that has widened due to soaring world prices, the government said yesterday.The prices of
readQantas takeover blocked by mergers panel
07-05-2007
SYDNEY - Australia's mergers panel on Sunday rejected a private equity consortium's last-ditch attempt to revive a chaotic A$11,1 billion (US$9,2 billion) bid for national carrier Qantas.The Airline
readMozambican govt seeks investors to help cut debt
07-05-2007
MAPUTO - Mozambique will look to encourage new investments in its growing economy to help it extend its success in cutting foreign debt to US$3,3 billion, its Finance Minister Manuel Chang said on
readW/Bank staff air concern at Wolfowitz controversy
07-05-2007
WASHINGTON - More than 700 World Bank staff have signed a letter expressing concern and calling for a resolution of a crisis involving bank President Paul Wolfowitz as a decision over his leadership
readCarnage at CoD congress 100 delegates stage walkout
07-05-2007
HIGH drama, culminating in a mass walkout, marked the Congress of Democrats (CoD) extraordinary congress at Keetmanshoop this weekend.Tensions spilled over after party leader Ben Ulenga's supporters
readGamsberg telescope shares global prize
07-05-2007
THE High Energy Stereoscopic System at Gamsberg, better known as the HESS telescope, was chosen recently in Brussels as one of the three research projects that would share the international
readVIPs get first view of Nujoma film
07-05-2007
TWO private screenings of the film adaptation of former President Sam Nujoma's autobiography, 'Nujoma - Where Others Wavered' were held at the Ster-Kinekor theatre in Windhoek over the weekend.The
readLovers' tiff ends in tragedy
07-05-2007
DOMINIKUS Klaaste (36) killed himself and his four-year-old son, Elvin Vries, after he allegedly set his lover's corrugated-iron shack on fire after a lovers' tiff.Their bodies were burnt to ashes.
readGerman tree buffs inspect Namibian forests
07-05-2007
TWENTY-SIX members of the German Forestry Society are in Namibia for two weeks to learn about forestry.The delegation arrived in the country on Friday and was welcomed by German Ambassador Arne
readCycle marathon passes through Nam
07-05-2007
THE annual Tour d'Afrique Bicycle Race from Cairo to Cape Town has once again passed through Namibia.The 12 000-kilometre ride is billed as the world's longest and most gruelling bicycle race. The
readRoessing's big 'cat' crawls to its workplace
07-05-2007
THE biggest 'Cat' of them all might not be the fastest mover on land, but is expected to boost the Roessing mine's production levels in a big way.The very first CAT 994F large wheel loader, weighing
readNTB to tackle defaulters
07-05-2007
ACTION will be taken against accommodation facilities that are refusing to pay bed levies, the acting Chief Executive Of?cer of the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) warned yesterday.Digu //Naobeb said
readNamibia to sit out next round of AIDS funding
07-05-2007
NAMIBIA will not apply for funding under the new round of grants from the Global Fund on AIDS, TB and Malaria.The Under Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr Norbert Forster, told The Namibian at
readCassinga remembered
07-05-2007
THE amphitheatre at the UN Plaza in Katutura was packed to capacity with people who attended the Cassinga Day commemoration on Friday.About 20 survivors of the Cassinga massacre held a candlelight
readMinister lays into the media on Press Day
07-05-2007
AS the world commemorated the bloodiest year ever for journalists across the globe, the Namibian media received a stern warning from Information Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah not to "abuse" the
readTwo re-charged after Supreme Court win
07-05-2007
SENTENCED prisoners the one moment; the next, their convictions and 12-year jail terms set aside by the country's highest court - but then rearrested and charged afresh before they could get their
readOmuprima a indila uukumwe mokati kAanamibia
07-05-2007
N GASHI shito nonuumvo Esiku lya Cassinga olya dhimbulukilwe wo pOndeshifiilwa mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, mpoka aakwiita yOPLANA yOSWAPO ye li 21 lwaampoka ya dhipagelelwe kiilyo yomatanga
readOongundu dhompilameno otadhi dheula aapiyaganeki: Epangelo lya Zim tali ti
07-05-2007
B ULAWAYO - Oshikondo oshikonakoni shomonanguwi shEpangelo lya Zimbabwe osha popi kutya ongundu yompilameno yo Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) otayi tsu omaninimi aakwiita mboka ye na oombandi
readOmikweyo omile dhaantu ya hala okupewa epungu dha tameka ishwe mu Zimbabwe
07-05-2007
M ASVINGO - Omikweyo omile dhaantu ya hala okupewa ooshako dhuusila wepungu dha tameka ishewe mu Zimbabwe na aantu yamwe mboka ye li miitopolwa ya dhengwa koshikukuta otaya popi kutya oshikando sha
readAatoolinkundana taya ningwa nayi mu Zim
07-05-2007
H ARARE - Zimbabwe oshi oshilongo moka omutoolinkundana ita vulu okulonga iilonga ye a managuluka, ehangano egameni lyuuthemba womuntu lyopaigwana osho lya popi.Molopota ya pitithwa mOmaandaha ga zi
readAanadholongo 23 ya sa komukithi gwo Pellagra mu Zimbabwe
07-05-2007
H ARARE - Aanandholongo ye li 23 mondholongo ya Chikuruni oya si komukithi gwa Pellagra okuza petameko lyomumvo nguka, Omunambelewa mondholongo ndjika osho a lombwele oshitumikundaneki sha
readEsiku lyAaniilonga lya sitha uunye
07-05-2007
A ANTU owala aashona inaya thika nokomathele gaali oyo ya li poshituthi shokudhimbulukwa esiku lyaaniilonga mEsiku lyotango lya Mei (Ma Day) oshiwike sha zi ko mOvenduka.Aalongekidhi yoshituthi shika
readWalters call on athletes to prepare well for All Africa Games
07-05-2007
WINDHOEK - The Chef de Mission of Team Namibia, John Walters, has urged athletes to prepare well in order to perform at their peak during the ninth All-Africa Games scheduled for Algeria from July 11
readBA champs of Omaheke Meat Festival tourney
07-05-2007
WINDHOEK - Black Africa Netball Club started the year where they left off last season by winning the annual Omaheke Region Meat Festival Netball Tournament staged at the Legare Stadium in Gobabis on
readKim Clijsters quits tennis
07-05-2007
BRUSSELS - Former world number one Kim Clijsters announced her immediate retirement from tennis on her website yesterday.Clijsters, 23, has struggled with injury over the last few years and had said
readAussie Stoner snares China victory
07-05-2007
SHANGHAI - Sensational Casey Stoner powered his Ducati MotoGP to victory in the Grand Prix of China yesterday, coming out on top of a fierce dogfight with seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi.The
readUnited close in on league title
07-05-2007
LONDON - Manchester United moved to within touching distance of the Premiership title after Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty clinched a 1-0 win at Manchester City on Saturday.United were eight points clear
readSuburbs secure final spot
07-05-2007
WESTERN Suburbs booked a place in the MTC Rugby Premier League final after beating Unam 37-14 at the Unam Stadium on Saturday.Suburbs gained a crucial bonus point after scoring five tries to overtake
readAgnes breaks another Namibian record
07-05-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibian queen of the track Agnes Samaria has broken the Namibian 1500m record yet again, twice in less than two months.Samaria improved the record to 4 minutes 08.06 seconds on Saturday
readCivics power to third title win
07-05-2007
CIVICS powered their way past Tigers with an emphatic 4-0 victory, to grab their third successive domestic premiership title at the SKW Stadium on Friday night.Civics only needed a point to lift the
readMayweather remains unbeaten
07-05-2007
LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather remained undefeated by winning a 12-round split decision over Oscar de la Hoya Saturday to take the World Boxing Council super-welterweight title in an epic slugfest of US
readMayweather retires
07-05-2007
LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he was retiring from boxing after beating Oscar De La Hoya on a split decision on Saturday."I still plan on retiring," he told reporters after winning the World
readSharks, Bulls score big wins
07-05-2007
WELLINGTON - The Sharks and Bulls will host semi-finals the first playoff matches in South Africa in six years in Super rugby after sealing first and second places with massive last-round wins.The
readJudge warns against dictatorship
07-05-2007
LAHORE - Pakistan's suspended chief judge told thousands of cheering supporters yesterday that dictatorship was a thing of the past and states that ignored the rule of law and basic rights faced
readSA's Jacob Zuma now a 'pastor'
07-05-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Jacob Zuma, the ANC deputy president, took his charm offensive to the pulpit when he was made an honorary pastor at a meeting of independent charismatic churches at Ntuzuma, north of
readSearch for Kenyan plane continues
07-05-2007
YAOUNDE - Hi-tech helicopters and villagers on motorbikes combed thick tropical forest in southern Cameroon yesterday for a Kenya Airways passenger plane which crashed after takeoff in the central
readBig turnout in French polls
07-05-2007
PARIS - French voters turned out in force yesterday in a presidential election offering divergent choices for the future, with conservative front-runner Nicolas Sarkozy urging the French to work more
readParis Hilton sentenced to 45 days in jail
07-05-2007
LOS ANGELES - A judge sentenced a shocked and tearful Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail on Friday, ruling that the hotel heiress violated her probation for a previous traffic offence by knowingly
readLondon Court orders former President to pay back
07-05-2007
ZANIS - A London High Court has held Former second republican president Frederick Chiluba and four others to have conspired in defrauding Zambia of US$25 million and US$21 million respectively from
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