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46 Articles found on Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Cocaine threatens stability in fragile West Africa
20-08-2008
DAKAR - Cocaine smuggling is fanning political turbulence and undermining investment confidence in West Africa, where drugs experts say Latin American gangs threaten to transform small nations into
readPresidents sms birthday wishes
20-08-2008
* HAPPY birthday President Pohamba. May the Almighty God bless you and give you many more years. We appreciate your leadership. - Sheefeni family, Oshandi village.* HAPPY birthday. Long live Pohamba
readSMS of the Day : Wednesday
20-08-2008
* SOMETIMES we only recognise the magnitude of certain achievements when things are put into perspective. As I watched the Olympics this past weekend I couldn't help but reflect back to Frankie's
readDe Beers ups rough diamond prices
20-08-2008
LONDON - De Beers has boosted rough diamond prices by 16 per cent so far this year due to strong demand, the firm said yesterday.De Beers, 45 per cent owned by mining group Anglo American , said in
readDid corruption gather pace after Samora Machel's death?
20-08-2008
MAPUTO - After the death of Mozambique's first president, Samora Machel, in 1986, there was indeed a switch in the country's economic organisation that facilitated corruption, declares Sergio Vieira,
readWB calls for limits on WTO farm safeguard
20-08-2008
WASHINGTON - World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Monday suggested limits for a proposed agricultural safeguard that torpedoed WTO trade talks last month, saying the world's poor need a successful Doha
readOpec to propose output cut
20-08-2008
GUANTA, Venezuela - Venezuela will propose an oil production cut at the next OPEC meeting in September if prices continue to fall, energy minister Rafael Ramirez told Reuters yesterday."What we cannot
readOil falls to $112 after storm moves on
20-08-2008
LONDON - Oil prices fell to around US$112 yesterday after a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico avoided oil and gas installations.US crude was 78 cents lower at US$112.09 a barrel. London Brent crude
readZim freezes salaries as inflation spirals out of control
20-08-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate soared to 11,2 million per cent in June, state media reported yesterday quoting figures from the central statistical agency."Zimbabwe's annual rate of
readSA firms set to cash in on post-Mugabe deals
20-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African companies - used to working in risky African markets - are poised to benefit from lucrative investment opportunities if a deal to end Zimbabwe's post-election crisis goes
readMwanawasa dies
20-08-2008
LUSAKA - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, a leading voice on democracy in Africa, died in a French hospital yesterday weeks after suffering a stroke.He was 59. Mwanawasa won praise abroad for
readToscanini mine linked to US pyramid scheme
20-08-2008
A BOMBSHELL has burst over the Toscanini diamond mine on Namibia's Skeleton Coast after two of its American investment brokers, Steven Byers and Joseph Shereshevsky of Chicago-based Wextrust LLC, were
readElephant foot, hippo meat discovered in Police vehicle
20-08-2008
NAMIBIAN Police in the Caprivi have not arrested anyone or opened a case after game meat was found in a bus belonging to the Namibian Police at the Mururani checkpoint east of Rundu on Sunday.A Game
readZimbabweans lose a voice
20-08-2008
LUSAKA - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, widely regarded as a man of integrity, broke the African tradition of silence and solidarity among leaders to denounce neighbouring Zimbabwe's economic
readFour sleeps to BBA3!
20-08-2008
Twelve housemates, 12 countries - that's Namibia and 11 others.* 91 days - starting on Sunday! * The other countries are Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda,
readPirated goods a slap in artists' face
20-08-2008
A TRAINING workshop on how to deal with piracy and intellectual property theft ended at Walvis Bay yesterday.Unesco and the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology organised the event,
readMinibus drivers take over car washers spot in city centre
20-08-2008
THE City Police yesterday moved minibus drivers operating between Windhoek and Rehoboth from their original pick-up point opposite the Roman Catholic Hospital in Windhoek.The move has upset car
readKaras CRO job up for grabs
20-08-2008
THE employment contract of the Karas Regional Council's Chief Regional Officer, Salmaan Jacobs, will not be renewed when it expires at the end of November.A reliable source informed The Namibian that
readCustoms officers to march over job grades
20-08-2008
CLOSE to 450 Customs and Excise officials at Namibia's border posts, harbours, airports and the Ministry of Finance in Windhoek have vowed to march today to demonstrate their unhappiness about a delay
readMbanderu chieftaincy dispute drags on
20-08-2008
THE seven-month-old leadership succession dispute in the Ovambanderu community has entered a new round, with one faction calling for a meeting this weekend of the Ovambanderu Supreme Council to decide
readOmaruru council suspends its treasurer
20-08-2008
THE Omaruru Municipality has suspended its treasurer for an unspecified time following claims of irregularities, including allegations that she increased her salary without the Town Council's
readStrangler jailed for cross-dressing killing
20-08-2008
ADMITTED strangler Michael Kalola was employed as a security guard at the time that he murdered a cross-dressing Okahandja resident in early 2005, it was revealed before Kalola's sentencing in the
readA Tragedy, Not A Crime
20-08-2008
A FEW months ago in Dallas, Texas, Willie Campbell was convicted of assault with a "deadly weapon" against police officers who were arresting him for being drunk and disorderly.He was sentenced to 35
readEgumbo lya tate Jeremia Johannes mOmaalala lya pya po
20-08-2008
PEPATULULO E GUMBO lya tate Jeremia Johannes momukunda Epatululo mOmaalala mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana olya pi po oshitopolwa oshinene komatango geti 6 Aguste 2008 ndele iinima oyindji lela tayi
readOofuto dhOokansela dha gwedhwa ishewe
20-08-2008
O LAATA ya Keetmashoop ya gwedhela omauwanawa gayo - tashi ka tulwa miilonga okuza mu Septemba 1, 2008.Omukuluntuwiliki gwopakathimbo Bertie Reyneke okwa tseyitha ngeyi kutya ngashiingeyi
readOmatanga ga Russia otaga monika natango mu Georgia
20-08-2008
G ORI - Aakwiita yAaRussia ye na iihauto yopaukwiita oya li natango ye li pooboloka oonene mondjila onene ya Georgia mOmaandaha, nonande Russia okwa li a shaina etsokumweuvathano kutya ota ka kutha mo
readAakulupe 300 yomOshana nOmusati oye wete ko ishewe
20-08-2008
A AKULUPE omathele gatatu yomOshitopolwa sha Shana nosha Musati oye wete ko ishewe konima sho ya kuthwa oongala komeho gawo ndhoka dha kala tadhi ya hepeke noku ya ninga aaposi hanga
readOmupresidende Levy Mwanawasa a hulitha
20-08-2008
O MUPRESIDENDE gwa Zambia Levy Mwanawasa okwa hulitha ongula yohela moshipangelo shopakwiita mu Paris sha France, moka a kala ta pangwa uuvu wombanda okuza mu Juni nuumvo."Eeno, otandi shi koleke
readOmupresidende Levy Mwanawasa a hulitha
20-08-2008
O MUPRESIDENDE gwa Zambia Levy Mwanawasa okwa hulitha ongula yohela moshipangelo shopakwiita mu Paris sha France, moka a kala ta pangwa uuvu wombanda okuza mu Juni nuumvo."Eeno, otandi shi koleke
readAakwashigwana ya Zimbabwe otaya fala oshipotha shawo kOmpangu ya SADC
20-08-2008
O NGUNDU yAazimbabwe yedhina Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEC) oya ningi eindilo lyosheendelela kOmpangu yIilongo ya Afrika lyUumbugantu nenge tutye Southern African Development Community (SADC) mOvenduka
readBriefs from the Games GYMNASTICS
20-08-2008
Shawn Johnson outshone rivals Nastia Liukin and Cheng Fei with her deft footwork on the balance beam to finally strike gold at the Olympics gymnastics competition yesterday.The 16-year-old had been
readAli goes for title
20-08-2008
THE World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan-African Welterweight champion, Paulus 'Ali' Nuumbembe, will challenge for the Commonwealth welterweight title later this year.Local promoter and boxing trainer
readAlpha not happy with athletes at Olympics
20-08-2008
WINDHOEK - Athletics Namibia (AN) president Alpha Kangueehi has expressed disappointment with the Namibian athletes' performance at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China.Namibian athletes Stephan Louw,
readAlpha not happy with athletes at Olympics
20-08-2008
WINDHOEK - Athletics Namibia (AN) president Alpha Kangueehi has expressed disappointment with the Namibian athletes' performance at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China.Namibian athletes Stephan Louw,
readShirts with 'curves'
20-08-2008
BEIJING - Table tennis is desperate to attract more viewers and some in the sport believe a simple enough solution exists: get the women to wear skirts and shirts with "curves".Half-empty stands for
readGermany move into last four
20-08-2008
BEIJING - World number two Germany rediscovered their best form to reach the semi-finals in men's Olympic hockey with an imposing 3-1 victory over New Zealand in pool A yesterday.In pool B, the Dutch
readPakistan hospital blast kills 23
20-08-2008
PESHAWAR - A suicide bomber killed 23 people at a hospital in northwest Pakistan yesterday, highlighting the militant challenge facing the government after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf.Violence
readPhil Collins trumps Paul McCartney in Mega-Divorce
20-08-2008
LONDON - Phil Collins' ex-wife may no longer be in his heart, but she'll definitely always have a place in his bank account.The easy-rocking star has waved good-bye to marriage No 3 and hello to a
readAvril's concert too sexy
20-08-2008
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia yesterday cancelled a concert by Canadian rock singer Avril Lavigne, saying it may taint the Muslim-majority country's independence day celebrations after the Islamic
read'Elite' HIV wife may hold secret to AIDS vaccine
20-08-2008
WASHINGTON - A woman who has never shown symptoms of infection with the AIDS virus may hold the secret to defeating the virus, US researchers said yesterday.Infected at least 10 years ago by her
readWhen is a coup not a coup?
20-08-2008
DAKAR - "First of all," said the moustachioed army general in his pale green uniform, "this is not a military coup."We were sitting in a reception room in the Mauritanian presidential palace, from
readRussians take prisoners in Georgian port of Poti
20-08-2008
POTI - Russian soldiers held blindfolded Georgian servicemen at gunpoint on top of military vehicles yesterday and commandeered US Humvees in the key Black Sea port of Poti.Elsewhere, Russia exchanged
readSeptuptlet mom 'can't cope'
20-08-2008
ALEXANDRIA - An Egyptian woman who gave birth to septuplets last week after taking fertility drugs said on Monday her family was too poor to raise the newborns.Ghazala Khamis, 27, delivered three
readFrench paras ambushed near Kabul
20-08-2008
SUROBI - About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French paratroopers, killing 10 soldiers in an area outside the capital known as a militant stronghold.In a separate co-ordinated attack yesterday, a
readPuerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
20-08-2008
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing - even in death.A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel
readSuicide attack at Algerian police academy kills 43
20-08-2008
ALGIERS - A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged car into a police academy as applicants lined up to register for classes, killing at least 43 people, Algeria's Interior Ministry said.It was one
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