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44 Articles found on Thursday, 3 January 2008
SMSes of the Day : Thursday
03-01-2008
* SWAPO's arrogance and pride is shocking - telling people to come back and they will be forgiven when the party should be asking the nation for forgiveness for this mess our nation is in, but then
readOil prices rise above US$96
03-01-2008
SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose yesterday amid expectations that a midweek report will show US crude stockpiles fell last week to post the seventh straight decline in inventories for the world's largest
readChinese foreign minister to visit Africa
03-01-2008
BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will visit four African nations next week, the government said yesterday, in what has become a New Year ritual amid China's courtship of the
readPolitical turmoil delays trade in Kenyan markets
03-01-2008
NAIROBI - Political turmoil in Kenya following a disputed election forced the country's foreign exchange to delay trade yesterday, and an indefinite suspension of the weekly tea auction, officials
readEuro, pound slip lower against dollar
03-01-2008
FRANKFURT, Germany - The euro and the pound were both lower against the dollar in trading yesterday, the first trading day of the New Year.Markets looked to the release of a key report detailing the
readSA shares rise, led by miners
03-01-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African blue chips climbed as much as 1,24 per cent in early trading yesterday, led by financial and mining stocks, and erasing some of the sharp losses from Monday's half-day
readNo, says Africa to shocked EU
03-01-2008
So then, to the great displeasure of arrogant Europe, the unimaginable has occurred: in a burst of pride and revolt, Africa, which some believed submissive because it is impoverished, said "no."No to
readFear stalks Pakistani business after Bhutto murder
03-01-2008
KARACHI - Pakistani businessmen are veterans of political crises, but this time they say it's different.From self-employed truck drivers to wealthy factory owners, no one can recall anything like the
readNanso exam concerns Feels rich-poor gap exacerbates bad results
03-01-2008
LAST year's Grade 10 results and the National Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) for Grade 12 higher level are nothing to be proud of, the Namibia National Students' Organisation (Nanso) says.Fewer
readHigh Court ends criminal year with heavy rape sentences
03-01-2008
THE High Court's last sentencing for the year 2007 turned out to be a costly experience for two young men convicted of kidnapping, raping and attempting to murder a ten-year-old girl in the course of
readBig baby survives complicated birth
03-01-2008
HIS mother has not come up with a name for him yet, but a baby boy weighing an extraordinary 5,5 kg has been dubbed 'Miracle' by the midwife and nurses at the Swakopmund State Hospital.'Miracle' was
readPlot thickens in wind-power PPA saga
03-01-2008
ELECTRICITY Control Board (ECB) Chief Siseho Simasiku has hit back in a bid to clear his name after he was implicated as a key person responsible for causing delays in a wind-power project by
readDelayed justice, severe sentences mark 2007 in Namibian courts
03-01-2008
DELAYED justice in an overburdened court system was once again the norm in Namibia's halls of justice during 2007.With successive postponements of cases in especially the country's lower courts the
readTwo Otjiwarongo men drown at Mile 4
03-01-2008
TWO men from Otjiwarongo drowned at Mile 4 in Swakopmund shortly before Christmas, and on Monday the second body was discovered on the beach - a week after the first body was recovered and over a week
readToddler killed by four-tonne truck
03-01-2008
A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy died in Swakopmund yesterday morning after being hit by a four-tonne lorry.The accident took place in Mandume ya Ndemufayo Street in front of the Constituency Office in Mondesa.
readSpain to give millions for cultural tourism
03-01-2008
NAMIBIA is to receive about N$40 million from Spain to develop cultural tourism.To access the funds, the Namibian Government will have to formulate a programme document. The Spanish government pledged
readSurfer lucky to be alive
03-01-2008
A SURFER from Swakopmund had a near-fatal accident on Sunday when she hit her head and almost drowned.Francisca Kaaijk (32) was admitted to the intensive care unit of a Windhoek hospital suffering
readRural electrification urgently seeks contractors
03-01-2008
SEVERAL rural electrification projects could not be carried out by the end of last year, because companies did not submit tenders for these projects, the Ministry of Mines and Energy says."The
readChristmas crime wave
03-01-2008
CRIME continued to cast a dark shadow over holiday celebrations this year, with murder, rape and even shootouts between alleged criminals and Police reported over the Christmas period.On Christmas
readPohamba confusing the nation, churchman says
03-01-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba's recent crusade against the involvement of traditional leaders in politics is confusing the people and amounts to a clear curtailment of their freedom of choice, a
readTwo stabbed in bar brawl
03-01-2008
A 21-year-old man died in the Keetmanshoop State Hospital on Tuesday after he was stabbed during a bar fight at nearby Tses that morning.The deceased was identified as Julius Plaaitjies. His killer
readMixed results in hearing on murder confessions
03-01-2008
FORMER security guard - and current child rape and murder suspect - Lesley Kukame is set to return again to the dock in the High Court in Windhoek next month, after his trial passed what could be a
readDamning EU report on seal culling
03-01-2008
THE killing methods used in Namibia for the annual seal hunt at the coast are not always applied correctly and the small pups clubbed to death are often not yet dead and feel the pain of being skinned
readNanso okwi ikwata iizemo yomakonakono ga zi ko
03-01-2008
I IZEMO yOndondo ontimulongo nenge tutye Grade 10 nosho wo mbyoka yOndondo ontimulongo nontiyali (Grade 12) hayo naanaa tayi vulu okutumbitha omuntu komugongo, Ehangano lyOpashigwana lyaanasikola
readNatu hingeni nawa mOmumvo Omupe, Ompresidende gwaNABTA ta ti
03-01-2008
O MUPRESIDENDE gwEhangano lyOombesa nUutekis moNamibia omusamane Magnus Nangombe okwa ninga eindilo lya thinda mooyene yOombesa nUutekisa nosho wo aahingi ta ti kutya naya yakule oshigwana nawa
readRDP noSwapo ya ninga iigongi yawo mOnooli
03-01-2008
S WAPO na RDP meti 22 Desemba 2007 oya ningile Iigongi iinene moNooli mbyoka ya li ya kalwa komangathithi gioiyo nogaayambidhidhi yawo.SWAPO, she okwe shi ningila mo Helao Nafidi mOshitopolwa sha
readCoD ta ningile yalwe oshipotha
03-01-2008
E IKUTHO mo lya Ignatius Shixwameni mongundu yoCongress of Democrats (CoD) omasiku ga zi ko, iifundja iitokele molwashoka okwa adhika nale a tidhwa mo, ongundu yoCoD ndjoka yi li mewiliko lya Ben
readAakulupe yomUupumako ya pewa Okrismesa ku Wosman na Bennie
03-01-2008
POUPUMAKO A AKULUPE yomomukunda Uupumako nomomikunda dhomuushiinda ngashi Omusheshe, Okahenge, Oshipumbu, Oshuuluka nOmutemo moshitopolwa sha Shana, mEtiyali lyeti 11 Desemba, oya li ya gongala
readOmupresidende Pohamba ta ngwangwaneke oshigwana, Omunangeleka ta popi ngaaka
03-01-2008
O mapopyo gOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba ngoka a ningile omathimbo ga zi ko kutya aawiliki yopamuthigululwakalo inaya kutha ombinga miinima ya pamba opolitika, otaga ngwangwaneke aantu notaga
readWorld Sport Briefs Symonds puts Aussies top
03-01-2008
SYDNEY - Andrew Symonds smashed a breathtaking century in a record partnership with Brad Hogg to put Australia in control of the second test against India yesterday.The powerful all-rounder demolished
readGatlin receives ban
03-01-2008
WASHINGTON - Reigning 100-metre Olympic champion Justin Gatlin was suspended for four years for a 2006 doping violation and forfeits his former 100m world record run, the US Anti-Doping Agency
readMake home advantage count - Abebrese
03-01-2008
THE Coalition of Supporters Unions of Africa (Cosua) has come up with a very impressive and innovative way of mobilising African support for the 2010 football World Cup to be hosted by South
readMido out
03-01-2008
CAIRO - Flamboyant striker Ahmed Hassan, also known as Mido, has been left out of Egypt's team for next month's Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana.Egypt coach Hassan Shehata yesterday named a provisional
readTop trio start New Year in triumph
03-01-2008
LONDON - It was a case of as you were at the head of the Premier League as the top three sides all enjoyed a winning start to 2008.Leaders Arsenal remained two points in front with a 2-0 New Year's
readChelsea and Arsenal braced for exodus
03-01-2008
LONDON - The African Nations Cup is taking place in tropical Ghana but the impact of the tournament will felt in the cooler climes of Britain as a host of big name Premier League players head off to
readWarriors to play for Bamfuchile
03-01-2008
MINISTER of Sport John Mutorwa says the Brave Warriors have to play in honour of the memory and the legacy of the late Ben Bamfuchile, Namibia's former coach who died last week Thursday.Mutorwa said
readSamuels, Chanderpaul defy SA bowlers
03-01-2008
CAPE TOWN - Marlon Samuels and Shivnarine Chanderpaul defied the South African bowlers as the West Indies recovered from the loss of three early wickets on the first day of the second Test against
readWarriors face tough test
03-01-2008
THE kick-off of the African Nations Cup is just 16 days away, but for Namibia, two African football powerhouses stand in their way to test their mettle before getting into the real swing of
readCatholics and Muslims to meet
03-01-2008
VATICAN CITY - A meeting between Catholics and Muslims is planned in Rome this spring to start a dialogue between the faiths after relations were soured by Pope Benedict XVI's 2006 comments about
readMan jailed for knife at Clinton's office
03-01-2008
DES MOINES - A man who pulled a hunting knife inside an Iowa campaign headquarters of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton was jailed yesterday after being charged with harassment
readPakistan election postponed until Feb
03-01-2008
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's general election was postponed yesterday by six weeks until mid-February due to the the violence sparked by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, despite the objection of the two
readFemale suicide bomber kills 10 in Iraq
03-01-2008
BAGHDAD - A female suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest struck a checkpoint of neighbourhood patrol volunteers in Baquba, capital of Iraq's restive Diyala province, killing 10 people and wounding
readANC leader Zuma to stand trial for corruption
03-01-2008
JOHANNESBURG - ANC leader Jacob Zuma will stand trial for corruption, prosecutors said on Tuesday, casting doubt on his chance of becoming South Africa's president.Zuma was elected leader of the
readPost-poll violence a 'national disaster' - Red Cross
03-01-2008
NAIROBI - Kenya is in the throes of a humanitarian "national disaster" amid post-election violence that has left scores dead, tens of thousands displaced beyond reach of immediate assistance and many
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