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52 Articles found on Thursday, 17 July 2008
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17-07-2008
* PARENTS, it's time that you become involved in the education of your children. What are the youth doing on the streets while they are supposed to study for the coming exams? At the end we want to
readEU tells Italy to stop work on coal power plant
17-07-2008
BRUSSELS - EU regulators asked Italy yesterday to stop work on a new coal-fired power plant in Sardinia that may be getting unfair state subsidies.Italy wants to support the Sulcis plant it plans to
readFood prices steady, inflation push eases: FAO
17-07-2008
LONDON - Food commodity prices have now stabilised after surging early this year while a weak dollar may reduce inflationary pressures in many countries, a senior United Nations economist said
readUK watchdog calls for bank account shake-up
17-07-2008
LONDON - Britain's consumer watchdog called for a shake-up of the eight billion pound ($16 billion) market for personal bank accounts, saying existing arrangements were not working well enough for
readKuwait eyes foreign farms for food supplies
17-07-2008
KUWAIT - Kuwait is considering investing in farmland abroad to help secure food supplies as the Gulf state grapples with record inflation, the head of Kuwait's cooperative supermarket said in remarks
readKuwait eyes foreign farms for food supplies
17-07-2008
KUWAIT - Kuwait is considering investing in farmland abroad to help secure food supplies as the Gulf state grapples with record inflation, the head of Kuwait's cooperative supermarket said in remarks
readSA consumer confidence hurt by rates
17-07-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's consumers are increasingly uncertain about the future as higher interest rates and prices eat into disposable income, a survey showed yesterday.The central bank has
readOil steady after plunging more than US$6
17-07-2008
SINGAPORE - Oil prices were steady in Asia yesterday after plummeting more than US$6 a barrel in the previous session on expectations a weakening US economy will undermine crude demand.Concern that
readKanime 'on his way out'
17-07-2008
OUTGOING Director of Elections Philemon Kanime says he is disappointed in the way the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) dealt with his departure.Kanime has been on special leave since April this
readTransformer fault caused blackouts
17-07-2008
BLACKOUTS experienced in some parts of Windhoek on Tuesday evening were caused by a technical fault, the City of Windhoek's spokesman said yesterday.Ndangi Katoma told The Namibian that the city lost
readElectricity prices to soar by 2011
17-07-2008
ELECTRICITY prices will soar to about N$1,20 per unit by 2011 for bulk customers like municipalities and regional distributors, a tariff expert said yesterday.Speaking at a business meeting of the
readOtto Huebschle loses fight for life
17-07-2008
ONE of Namibia's foremost veterinarians and animal scientists, Dr Otto Huebschle, passed away in Paris, France, yesterday morning, having lost the battle against the long wait for a heart
readShared management of parks 'the way to go'
17-07-2008
DISASTERS such as veld fires in protected areas can be better managed if these parks are jointly managed by Government and the local communities, says the Deputy Director of Parks and Wildlife
readNational Assembly in recess again
17-07-2008
THE National Assembly concluded its second session of the year on Tuesday and rounded off the six-week sitting with a special guest, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who addressed the Members
readArchitects say move of monument 'flawed'
17-07-2008
THE Namibia Institute of Architects (NIA) has called on the Government to consider building the planned Independence Memorial Museum in Katutura, Mondesa or Kuisebmond instead of moving the famous
readHistorian warns against shifting Reiterdenkmal
17-07-2008
A LOCAL expert in monuments and Namibian history has cautioned against Government's decision to relocate the equestrian monument or 'Reiterdenkmal' opposite Windhoek's Christuskirche.Dr Andreas Vogt
readVAT on basic foods gone in two weeks
17-07-2008
THE prices of some basic food items will drop on August 1 when the 15 per cent value-added tax previously applicable will be removed.Frank Khiba, a legal clerk in Ministry of Justice, said yesterday
readScaffold accident kills two workers
17-07-2008
AN accident at the Safari Hotel in Windhoek yesterday resulted in the death of two construction workers.The men, who can only be identified once their families have been informed, were employees of
readIvory sale likely to go ahead
17-07-2008
MORE than 100 tons of ivory that four southern African countries last year were allowed to sell is likely to be sold to China.The UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
readPowerless Tses hostel sends children home for health reasons
17-07-2008
CLOSE to 200 children in the Tses Roman Catholic Hostel were sent home yesterday because of the lack of electricity at the southern village.NamPower pulled the plug on Tses on Monday after the
readAccusations fly at Karas Swapo meeting
17-07-2008
INFIGHTING marred a Swapo Party meeting held at Keetmanshoop over the weekend, The Namibian was informed.The aim of the regional meeting - called by the party's top brass - was to create a platform to
readSADC tribunal hears Zim farmers case
17-07-2008
A REGIONAL tribunal yesterday finally started hearing the applications of 78 Zimbabwean farmers after two delays.The farmers are appealing to the court to prevent the Zimbabwean government from
readAarundu otaya ka lya nawa oohi
17-07-2008
R UNDU - Ekondeina lyoohi lyootona 24 olya li lya falwa koRundu mOsoondaha molwashoka oohi otadhi pulwa noonkondo mondoolopa ndjoka.Okampani yedhina Namibia Fish Comsumpition Promotion Turst (NFCPT)
readNamibia ota ka kala nolusheno lwa gwana sho taku ka thikwa ko 2013
17-07-2008
N AMIBIA ota ka vula okwiimonena olusheno lwa gwana sho taku ka thikwa komumvo 2013, Omukuluntuwiliki gwaNamPower Paulinus Shilamba osho a lombwele ngaaka iilyo yOparliamende mEtiyali.Sigo nee
readEtanga lyaalongisikola mOshakati
17-07-2008
M EHULILOSHIWIKE twa thinda otaku ka kala ethigathano lyuudhano wetanga lyokoompadhi, tau ka kala pokati kaalongisikola yokoosikola dhi li omilongombali dhomIitopolwa ngashi Oshikoto, Oshana,
readAaniilonga ya Ramatex yamwe otaya pumbwa epango lyopaunamiti
17-07-2008
O MAKONAKONO gopaunamiti ngoka ga kala nokuningilwa aaniilonga ye li 3 000 lwaampoka mboka ya kala nokulongela Ofaabulika ndjika sigo opethimbo ya pata omiyelo dhayo mu Namibia kuyele nuumvo oga ulike
readOshigongi shoSCM ngula pOnesi
17-07-2008
E HANGANO lyAailongi Aakriste moNamibia ota li tseyitha kutya otali ka kala noshigongi shalyo oshinene, tashi ka kala kOnesi mUukolonkadhi mOshitopolwa sha Musati okuza meti 18 sigo eti 20 Juli
readNamPower a teta ko olusheno lwe pu Tses
17-07-2008
O KAMPANI yokugandja olusheno ya NamPower mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika oya tete ko olusheno pokamukundandoolopa ka Tses moshitopolwa sha Karas molwashoka elelo lya Tses olya ningi oomwedhi ne inali futa
readOombepo dha nyata dhi iteyela momukunda Ongha mUukwanyama
17-07-2008
O OMBEPO dha nyata odhi iteyele megumbo lyomusamane Denis Hamukanda momukunda Ongha mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, ndele tadhi fike po egumbo lye thiluthilu noku mu thiminika a tembuke mo
readHockey tourney a success at Rundu
17-07-2008
THE annual Sanlam Namibia Schools' Hockey Tournament took place at the Rundu Sports Stadium last weekend.The tournament incorporates a two-day coaching course for coaches and two-day coaching clinics
readEdmunds, Moolman win in junior tennis
17-07-2008
NAMIBIAN junior tennis players Jonathan Edmunds and Carita Moolman were the two leading winners in the singles matches at the end of the Sanlam Namibia Junior tennis tournament last weekend.Edmunds
readGraham banned
17-07-2008
RALEIGH - Former elite athletics coach Trevor Graham has been banned for life for violating anti-doping rules, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Tuesday.The former trainer of disgraced
readArsenal's Hleb for Barca
17-07-2008
MADRID - Arsenal's Belarus midfielder Aleksandr Hleb arrived in Spain yesterday to take a medical ahead of completing a move to Barcelona, the Primera Liga club said on their website
readWallabies regain three stars for Springboks clash
17-07-2008
PERTH - Australia will be boosted by the return of three of their biggest stars to the starting line-up for Saturday's much-anticipated Tri-Nations Test against in-form South Africa.The Wallabies
readCavendish aims to make history
17-07-2008
FOIX - If team Columbia deliver their 'train' on time again for Britain's Mark Cavendish, sprint rivals Oscar Freire and Robbie McEwen are likely to be left on the Tour de France platform.After 10
readWilliams calls strong line-up
17-07-2008
NAMIBIA rugby coach John Williams has selected 12 of Namibia's foreign-based players for their World Cup qualifying encounter against Zimbabwe in Windhoek on August 2.Williams said that it was a
readPlayers are sharp: Saintfiet
17-07-2008
NEW Brave Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet has expressed delight with the fitness level of the players in camp and is eager to see the team in action when they meet Comoros Islands in the Cosafa Senior
readBashir could escape ICC indictment
17-07-2008
UNITED NATIONS - Sudan's president might be able to avoid formal genocide charges if he helps bring to justice two men long wanted in connection with mass killings in Darfur, Western diplomats said
readAfghanistan looks into nuclear dumping
17-07-2008
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has appointed a team of experts to investigate allegations that Pakistan had dumped nuclear waste in southern Afghanistan, his office said yesterday.10th Iraqi province
readSex contest backfires
17-07-2008
ATHENS - Nine British women were facing prostitution charges after being arrested at the weekend for taking part in an oral sex competition in the Greek holiday island of Zakynthos, police said on
readMan spent N$6 100 a week on beer?
17-07-2008
SYDNEY - An Australian man convicted of his seventh drink-driving charge was spending about A$1 000 (about N$6 100) a week on beer - enough to buy more than 2 500 small bottles a month, a newspaper
readSick bees lose buzz: new study
17-07-2008
LONDON - Bumblebees lose a bit of their buzz when ill, and like humans, have a tougher time doing daily tasks until they recover, British researchers said yesterday.Honeybees with activated immune
readPetersen's 'CSI' life of crime to come to end
17-07-2008
LOS ANGELES - William Petersen is leaving 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', a move that might have fans of his brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom screaming bloody murder.Petersen has agreed to return for
readDeath Row Records sold off for US$24 million
17-07-2008
LOS ANGELES - Death Row Records, the hip-hop label that released seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg, has been auctioned for US$24 million.The New York-based Global
readCole says she has hepatitis C
17-07-2008
NEW YORK - Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement yesterday.Hepatitis C is a liver disease spread through contact with infected
readZimbabwe churches reject vote
17-07-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Christian community on Tuesday rejected President Robert Mugabe's re-election last month as marred by violence and intimidation and said it would support a government of national
readAir hostess wins space trip
17-07-2008
PARIS - A French air hostess will become one of Europe's pioneer space tourists after picking a chocolate wrapper out of the rubbish and finding a winning number in a competition to fly to the upper
readFive cross into Lebanon
17-07-2008
NAQURA, Lebanon - Five Lebanese prisoners freed yesterday by the Israeli authorities, among them triple murderer Samir Kantar, have crossed into Lebanon, a Hezbollah official said.The prisoners were
readOfficer wrecks squad car 29 minutes into job
17-07-2008
HOBART, Indiana - Police officer Tim Pochron's first day on the job went poorly: Less than a half-hour into it, his squad car was wrecked in a crash.Pochron was inside his house at 12h29 on Monday
readQuarter of world's Anglicans boycott conference
17-07-2008
CANTERBURY - A quarter of the world's Anglican bishops yesterday boycotted a once-in-a- decade gathering of church leaders in a row over gay clergy.Church officials said that 230 of the 880 bishops in
readUS HIV ban could end soon
17-07-2008
WASHINGTON - A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor
readHezbollah, Israel swap corpses
17-07-2008
LEBANON/ISRAEL BORDER - Hezbollah handed the bodies of two Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross yesterday to be exchanged for Lebanese prisoners held by Israel in a deal viewed as a triumph by the
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