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53 Articles found on Tuesday, 12 August 2008
SMS of the Day : Tuesday
12-08-2008
* IF our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism, if our democracy is to function it must have dissent, that's why I like the noise of democracy ...Food for Thought * TO the SMS on nurses not
readUS Treasury Secretary rules out staying on
12-08-2008
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson believes the US housing market will remain in a slump through the rest of the year, but does not intend to stay on to help the next president cope with
readGeingob steps into small livestock dispute
12-08-2008
AT a recent meeting with livestock producers and agricultural unions to break the deadlock on on-the-hoof exports of small livestock, Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob emphasised the need for
readItalian firm brings rice back to Romania
12-08-2008
VLADENI, Romania - Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu loved Italian risotto, but he probably would have hated to see Romania's rice farms being taken over by Italian and other western
readStorm waters kill 40 miners
12-08-2008
OUAGADOUGOU - Flash flooding caused by heavy rain killed at least 40 gold prospectors in Burkina Faso at a mining site 500 kilometres southwest of Ouagadougou, a minister told AFP on Sunday.The miners
readGroup 5 ready to start operations in Zimbabwe
12-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African construction and engineering firm Group Five is ready to start operating in Zimbabwe if the political situation is resolved, the firm's chief executive officer said
readOil up on Georgia conflict
12-08-2008
LONDON - Oil edged above US$116 yesterday, after fighting between Russia and Georgia disrupted exports from the Caspian region, helping to stem a steep sell-off on the crude market.US light crude for
readBolivia buys out Shell
12-08-2008
LA PAZ - Bolivia and Shell have signed a deal compensating the Anglo-Dutch energy group for its share in the nationaliaed gas pipeline company Transredes.The accord was signed late Friday by Bolivian
readFinancial regulation shake-up needed for subprime crisis
12-08-2008
PARIS - The global financial crisis may have sparked calls for markets and governments to be more tightly regulated, but a year after the credit crunch hit reforms are still a long way off, analysts
readUnam given ultimatum
12-08-2008
THE University of Namibia Council has been given until Monday to explain why they granted a six per cent salary increase to top management.Nantu's Unam branch Chairperson, Ruddy Kamerika, confirmed
readBuried alive in pit latrine
12-08-2008
RUNDU - Two young men who were digging a hole for a pit latrine were buried alive when the hole collapsed on them.The men, aged 24 and 20, dug a hole that was about three metres deep at the Kehemu
readVeld fire raging at Gibeon
12-08-2008
A VELD fire raging since early Sunday has razed a large area of grazing in the Uibes area of the Gibeon Constituency.Gibeon Constituency office Chief Clerk, Steven Fleermuys, said yesterday it was
readMake-or break time in Harare
12-08-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe hailed prospects for forming a coalition government, and criticised the West for imposing new travel sanctions just as the country's officials were trying
readRundu gets child centre
12-08-2008
RUNDU - Gender Equality and Child Welfare Deputy Minister Angelika Muharukua opened a centre for orphans and vulnerable children in the Kavango Region on Thursday.The Hompa Matumbo Ribebe Recreation
readMine clearing at site of hydropower plant
12-08-2008
OPUWO - Explosives experts from the Namibian Police last week started searching for explosive devices left over from the liberation war at the site of a future hydropower plant in the Baynes
readWorkshop on counterfeits
12-08-2008
LOCAL musicians, authors, publishers and Police and customs officers are scheduled to meet in Walvis Bay next week to discuss the way forward in Namibia's fight against piracy and counterfeit
readNujoma goes Olympic
12-08-2008
WINDHOEK - Founding President Sam Nujoma left for China last week at the invitation of the Communist Party of China.An official in Nujoma's office told Nampa on Friday that the former President was to
readMarelize gets ready for Miss World
12-08-2008
MISS Namibia 2008, Marelize Robberts, is currently in Cape Town to prepare for the Miss World beauty competition which will be held in Kiev, Ukraine, on October 4.Accomplished pageant trainer Adrian
readTalks to resume on LLD workers
12-08-2008
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) will meet with management of Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD) Namibia today to restart negotiations on the future of the diamond-polishing factory's workers.The
readOtji-toilet project kicks off
12-08-2008
CLEAN water and sanitation are not only about hygiene and disease, they are also about dignity, says the Head of the European Union Delegation to Namibia, Elisabeth Pape."Relieving yourself in unsafe
readNamibia's first desalination plant running on schedule
12-08-2008
THE first phase of Uramin Mining's desalination plant north of Wlotzkasbaken is on schedule and should be operational by the end of next year.Although the Trekkopje uranium mine will be the main
readWitness in Police assault trial refuses to answer questions
12-08-2008
A COMPLAINANT branded a liar by defence counsel representing 16 Police officers accused of assaulting suspects in a robbery case has refused to respond to questions while under cross-examination in
readUnam puts kitchen staff layoffs on hold
12-08-2008
THE University of Namibia has agreed to shelve plans to retrench 24 people working in its kitchen and laundry after negotiations with the Namibia Public Workers' Union and the Namibia National
readPolice officer awaits sentence for murder of burglary suspect
12-08-2008
A YOUNG burglary suspect fleeing a scene where a fire is burning inside a burgled garage; an off-duty, armed Police officer in hot pursuit of the suspect; and then, at close range, a fatal gunshot
readI can't really recall, double murder suspect tells court
12-08-2008
THE incident in which double murder suspect Angeles Mikini allegedly shot dead his wife and a cousin of hers at a house in Katutura in May last year seemed like a dream to Mikini, he has testified at
readMinister Ekandjo a indila Aamuthiya ya ka hogolole Swapo mu Septemba
12-08-2008
POMUTHIYA P ETHIMBO ta popitha engathithi enene lyAakwaswapo pOmuthiya mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto mOlyomakaya ga zi ko Ominsiteli yOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa nOmagumbo Jerry Ekandjo okwa ninga
readOnakayale Ongeleka yOpaumbiisofi mu Elcin
12-08-2008
O ngeleka ya Nakayale oyo Ongeleka yOpaumbiisofi moshikandjongeleki shokuuzilo notashi vulika nokuli oyo Ongeleka yOpaumbiisofi tayi adhika mu Namibia pethimbo ndika ngele tashi ya pomagongalo
readOoJudas Iscariot ya za mo moSwapo, inamu ya pa omeya, inamu landa mo mOositola dhawo: Amukuyu ta ti
12-08-2008
POMUTHIYA O OJUDAS Iscariot, ya za mo moSwapo, inamu ya pa omeya nande na inamu landa mo mOositola dhawo nayi ilande yoyene oshoka oya kengelela Swapo noshigwana.Ndhika odha popiwa kOmukuluntu
readShailemo na Nangombe naya kuthwe mo muuwiliki wOmahangano: Ekandjo ta ti
12-08-2008
P ETHIMBO ta popitha engathithi enene lyAakwaSwapo pOmuthiya mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, Oministeli yOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa, Omagumbo nEhumithokomeho lyIitopolwa
readEindilo lyobooloha ya Shanduka lya ndopa
12-08-2008
E NDILO lyobooloha ya Lazarus Shanduka ngoka ta fekelelwa oshipotha shedhipago, olya ndopa mOmpangu ya Mengestrata gwaVenduka mEtine lya zi ko.Mengestrata Claudia Claasen okwa tsu kumwe nomutameneki
readOpolisi ya pititha ethano lyomufekelwa meyugo lyaanafaalama pOshaanda
12-08-2008
O MULUMENTU ngoka Opolisi ya Namibia tayi popi kutya omukongo a pyokoka, gwedhina Max Nashilongo, okuli gumwe gwomaantu mboka ya halika shi na sha neyugo ndyoka lya ningwa pofaalama yimwe poshitopolwa
readMwanawasa 'okwa vulwa noonkondo'
12-08-2008
L USAKA - Omupresidende gwa Zambia Levy Mwanawasa, ngoka a li a hakukilwa kuuvu wombanda oshikando oshutiyali mu Juni nuumvo, oku li natango a etwa mo noonkondo nokuli kepango ndyoka a kala ta mona na
readNadal, Serena in debut wins
12-08-2008
BEIJING - Rafael Nadal made a successful debut in Olympic singles yesterday, overcoming numerous missed chances by sweeping the final four games to beat Potito Starace of Italy 6-2, 3-6,
readSurprise as footballers return
12-08-2008
FREETOWN - A boys' soccer team from Sierra Leone won silver at a tournament in Sweden, but were hailed as champions in their poor West African homeland - because they all came home.Sierra Leone is
readIndia celebrates first gold
12-08-2008
NEW DELHI - India's first ever individual Olympic gold medal win yesterday was greeted at home with disbelief and joy - as well as renewed hope the country could break with its total obsession with
readHOCKEY
12-08-2008
Australia kicked off their title defence in style yesterday by thrashing Canada 6-1 in men's Olympic hockey with Des Abbott knocking in three goals.Fergus Kavanagh, Eddie Ockenden and Grant Schubert
readSpeedy Gay aims to break record in Beijing
12-08-2008
BEIJING - Tyson Gay thinks he might need to break 9.7 seconds to win the Olympic 100-metres final and has been focused on doing just that since Usain Bolt ran his world record of 9.72 in May.Gay was
readGaby fires blanks, Indongo out
12-08-2008
NAMIBIAN shooter Gaby Ahrens is out of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games trap-shooting competition after she could not garner enough points to see her through to the next round of the competition.Ahrens
readPhelps on gold trail
12-08-2008
BEIJING - Swimming superstar Michael Phelps kept the United States on the Beijing gold trail yesterday.Phelps, bidding to become the first man to win eight golds at the same Olympics, secured his
readNFA Technical Director arrives
12-08-2008
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA)'s new Technical Director, Klaus Stark, arrived at Hosea Kutako International Airport yesterday.Brave Warriors' team manager Tim Isaacks confirmed the arrival of
readManchester United youth gets big payout
12-08-2008
LONDON - A former Manchester United youth-team player was awarded more than 4,3 million pounds (US$8,26 million) in compensation for a career-ending tackle at the High Court in London yesterday.Ben
readOusted Thai prime minister, wife flee to London
12-08-2008
BANGKOK - Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin has fled to London, saying yesterday that there were threats against his life and that he could not expect justice in Thai courts on the corruption charges he
readUS-led force kills 8 civilians in Afghanistan
12-08-2008
KABUL - Eight Afghan civilians held hostage by Taliban militants were killed in an air strike by US-led troops during a battle that also left 25 rebel fighters dead, the force said yesterday.Musharraf
readFormer 'Idol' star Clay welcomes a son
12-08-2008
LOS ANGELES - Former 'American Idol' runner-up Clay Aiken, who has gone onto a singing career, said his "dear friend", music producer Jaymes Foster, gave birth on Friday to a son fathered by
readOusted Thai prime minister, wife flee to London
12-08-2008
BANGKOK - Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin has fled to London, saying yesterday that there were threats against his life and that he could not expect justice in Thai courts on the corruption charges he
readNew Obama book out on Sept 9
12-08-2008
LOS ANGELES - He's written million-selling books about his early years and the meaning of public life.Now, Senator Barack Obama, with the help of his campaign staff, has another side to share with
readSomalia happy just flying flag in Beijing
12-08-2008
MOGADISHU - For Somalis watching the Olympic Games opening ceremony on television in the bombed-out capital Mogadishu there was little thought of medals, just pride at seeing their team in Beijing at
readIsaac Hayes dies at home
12-08-2008
MEMPHIS, Tennessee - American funk-soul legend and Academy Award-award winning musician Isaac Hayes was found dead on Sunday at his home in Memphis, Tennessee.He was 65. The talented singer,
readMahmoud Darwish, people's poet
12-08-2008
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank tomorrow - an honour only previously accorded to PLO
readOhio microwave baby-death case restarts
12-08-2008
DAYTON - Jury selection began yesterday for the retrial of a woman accused of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven.China Arnold, 28, is charged with aggravated murder in
readWest appeals to Russia for Georgia ceasefire
12-08-2008
TBILISI - Western powers appealed to Russia yesterday for an immediate ceasefire after Georgia accused Moscow of pushing troops further into its territory and seeking to overthrow President Mikheil
readGrandmother travels 2 400 km to see badminton
12-08-2008
BEIJING - A 97-year-old grandmother has travelled 2 400 km by tricyle to watch the Chinese badminton team in action at the Beijing Olympics.Xiao Xincui, affectionately known as old Xiao, sat in the
readCoup leader to run for office?
12-08-2008
Nouakchott - The leader of Mauritania's military coup left open the possibility he could run for president, saying for the first time that junta members had not decided whether they would bar
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