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42 Articles found on Monday, 16 June 2008
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16-06-2008
* WHAT happens at GRN Office Park? Where are the heads of departments? At 12 o'clock most offices are already closed for lunch, then open maybe 14h00 or 14h30! No, that is something for Mr Noa.
readA car that runs on water? instead of petrol
16-06-2008
TOKYO - Tired of petrol prices rising daily at the pump? A Japanese company has invented an electric-powered, and environmentally friendly, car that it says runs solely on water.Genepax unveiled the
readA car that runs on water? instead of petrol
16-06-2008
TOKYO - Tired of petrol prices rising daily at the pump? A Japanese company has invented an electric-powered, and environmentally friendly, car that it says runs solely on water.Genepax unveiled the
readSA's inflation to overshoot until end 2010
16-06-2008
FRANKFURT - South African inflation is expected to overshoot its target range until the last quarter of 2010, central bank governor Tito Mboweni was quoted on Friday as saying."At the moment we expect
readG8 finance chiefs wrestle with oil, food crises
16-06-2008
OSAKA - Finance ministers from the world's leading industrialised powers on Friday discussed the economic threat from soaring food and oil prices while backing new technology to battle global
readNigeria president to call emergency on electricity
16-06-2008
PARIS - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua said on Friday he would declare a national state of emergency next month over his country's decrepit power infrastructure.Yar'Adua promised when he took
readIndia's W Africa oil demand up
16-06-2008
LONDON - Asian demand for West African crude oil for July rose 30 per cent from June as the volumes India purchased jumped to their highest in almost three years despite high prices, offsetting a
readE Africa budgets aim at growth
16-06-2008
NAIROBI - East Africa's rapidly expanding economies unveiled spending plans geared to more growth, but the positive effect of increasing foreign and private investment will be dampened by food and
readSnoop Dogg's wife held on drink-drive charge
16-06-2008
FULLERTON, California - Police say the wife of rapper Snoop Dogg has been arrested in California's Orange County for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol.Fullerton police Lieutenant
readPregnancies: Men will have to pay up
16-06-2008
ALL eight Oshiwambo Traditional Authorities have agreed that men who impregnate girls will have to compensate them, the King of Ondonga Immanuel Kauluma Elifas announced on Saturday.A statement, read
readMugabe warns of another bush war
16-06-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says he is prepared to go to war to avert an opposition win in a run-off election set for June 27.Mugabe said on Friday that liberation war veterans will
readSix survive as aircraft crash-lands in the desert
16-06-2008
A SIGHTSEEING flight came close to ending in death for a pilot and five passengers of a light aircraft at Swakopmund on Saturday, when their aeroplane flipped over after crash-landing at the end of a
readNamibians don't benefit from mining, claims Ulenga
16-06-2008
NAMIBIANS have hardly benefited directly from a century of mining in Namibia or seen development projects from large foreign mining companies, especially in the diamond sector, Ben Ulenga of the
readCrime under control in South: Police chief
16-06-2008
THE Karas Police Regional Commander, Deputy Commissioner Josephat Abel, believes crime is not on the increase at Keetmanshoop, despite claims to that effect by the town's residents.At a community
readLeave your guns at the gate, new recruit
16-06-2008
Civil society's aim to get guns out of public places gained another ally on Friday when the Katutura-based Namibia Primary School declared itself a gun-free zone.The school joined a number of other
readCops investigate death of villager
16-06-2008
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a villager from the Omusati region, who on Friday morning apparently just collapsed in his chair and died on the spot.The deceased,
readChild survival in Africa
16-06-2008
THE naked, emaciated little girl lies with her head resting on the burning sand.A dark tiny body with a bloated tummy and overly large head. In the background, horror lurks - a fat black vulture
readNujoma urges youth to change their ways
16-06-2008
FORMER President Sam Nujoma has again spoken out strongly about the 'negative behaviours' some youth were allowing to destroy their lives."They engage in alcohol and drug abuse and in negative
readSweden seeks partnerships with stable democracies in SADC
16-06-2008
Future development cooperation between Namibia and Sweden will increasingly stress "actor-driven development" which Sweden hoped would develop into more equal partnerships with the stable democracies
readDomestics deserve better wages
16-06-2008
THE Namibia Domestic and Allied Worker's Union (Ndawu) will soon ask Government to introduce a minimum wage for domestic and general workers in the country.General Secretary Alfred Angula said in
readEx-principal awaits rape trial verdict
16-06-2008
THE charges that destroyed the teaching career of former Concordia College headmaster Ben Awoseb are set to reach a key stage in the Windhoek Regional Court late next month.The verdict in Awoseb's
readAafuthi ya teya ekuma ngiileva
16-06-2008
O LOPOTA yiimbuluma yoshiwike sha zi ko. Ekuma ndyoka hali ithanwa precast, omweelo ngoka hagu ngongola kugogwene nomweelo gwokusekuliti, inayi keelela oombudhi dhi yake pegumbo limwe molukanda lwa
readOkahanona kokamati ka li ka ekelwahi, ngashiingeyi omumati omunene*
16-06-2008
O KAMATYONA komOnendongo mUkwambi hoka ka li ka ekelwahi, taku tengenekwa ku yina yako, manga ke na oomwedhi omugoyi ashike, ngashiingeyi omumati omunene gwoomvula 16, e li mOndondo onti 7 (Grade 7)
readAanaveta yEpangelo otaya laateke oshipotha: Omupanguli ta komenda
16-06-2008
O OHAHENDE dhEpangelo ndhoka omasiku ga zi ko dha li dha pula opo oshipotha shaafekelwa yatatu moshipotha oshinene shokutetako oshitopolwa sha Caprivi taya pula ya futwe kOminista yIikwameni sho ya
readEyalulo lyiimakuti enene lya tameka mu Namibia
16-06-2008
E YALULO lyiiyamakuti enene muuyuni olya tameke muumbangalantu-ninginino wa Namibia mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Eyalulo lyiiyamakuti ndika olya longekidhwa kehagangano egameni lyiiyamakuti lya World
readIleni ko iikutu yeni kOvaasalaye ya Shakati Express: Kapia ta ti
16-06-2008
M WENE gwOvaasaraye, ano gwoshiyogelo shoonguyo, omakumbatha, omalapi gokoombete nosho tuu yedhina Oshakati Dry Cleaner Express, Bertha Kapia okwa ninga eindilo lya mana mo kOokastoma dhawo adhihe
readWorld Sport Briefs Boxing: Sosa defends WBC belt
16-06-2008
MEXICO CITY - WBC flyweight champion Edgar Sosa of Mexico has retained his title after outgunning Japanese challenger Takashi Kunishige here late on Saturday.Sosa stopped the Japanese southpaw after
readAustralia give Deans winning start
16-06-2008
MELBOURNE - Australia beat Ireland 18-12 to give their new coach Robbie Deans a winning start in an entertaining test match on Saturday.Tries by centre Berrick Barnes and lock James Horwill carried
readButt, Younus lead Pakistan to victory
16-06-2008
DHAKA - Salman Butt and Younus Khan hammered centuries to set up Pakistan's thrilling 25-run victory over arch-rivals India in the triangular one-day series final here on Saturday.Left-handed opener
readScore flatters the Boks, insists Gatland
16-06-2008
PRETORIA - World champions South Africa scored a hard-fought 37-21 victory over Six Nations winners Wales on Saturday to wrap up the two-Test series 2-0.The Boks led 17-15 at the break, but unlike in
readSpain in control at Euro
16-06-2008
INNSBRUCK - Spain have developed a habit of bemoaning their ill fortune at major championships but their progress at Euro 2008 suggests that they have decided to take matters into their own hands and
readPressure on Germany gainst Austria
16-06-2008
VIENNA - Germany are teetering on the brink of joining Europe's other traditional powerhouses on their sofas at home as they prepare for their final Group B match here against Austria today.With
readFederer wins Halle title
16-06-2008
HALLE - World number one Roger Federer won his fifth title at the 713,000-euro Halle ATP tournament yesterday, beating Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets.Federer picked up his 59th
readNamibia beat Senegal
16-06-2008
THE Namibia senior rugby team beat Senegal 13-10 in an International Rugby Board (IRB) World Cup qualifier played in Dakar on Saturday.Namibia will now meet old foes Zimbabwe on August 2 in Windhoek.
readWarriors disappoint fans
16-06-2008
GUINEA playmaker, Pascal Feindouno, floated a superb free-kick into the Namibian goal to give his side a 2-1 victory on Saturday, a result that left thousands of fans who thronged Windhoek's
readJon Voight cast in '24'
16-06-2008
NEW YORK - Jon Voight has been cast as the villain on the upcoming season of the Fox drama '24'.The seventh season kicks off in January, though Voight will make his first appearance during a two-hour
readR&B superstar acquitted
16-06-2008
CHICAGO - For R Kelly, six years of pre-trial delays came down to an agonising 10 minutes.As a court official began slowly reading the verdict for each of the 14 counts of child pornography against
readIsraeli settlement building could hurt peace negotiations
16-06-2008
Ramallah - US Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice made the comment as she began her sixth trip to the region this year to try to nudge both sides toward a peace deal by the end of 2008 - a goal widely
readRevolutionary singer asks Nicaragua's Ortega to stop using his music
16-06-2008
MANAGUA - A famous Nicaraguan revolutionary singer-songwriter has asked the government to stop using his music, in a letter published on Saturday.Carlos Mejia Godoy, who penned the hymn of the ruling
readSupreme Court ruling challenges jurisdiction of Guantanamo Court
16-06-2008
MIAMI - The US Supreme Court ruling that Guantanamo prisoners have constitutional rights has fundamentally changed the rules for trying them and could bring down the special war crimes court, defense
readSearch on for missing after north Japan quake
16-06-2008
KURIHARA - Yesterday more than 1 000 rescue workers including troops searched for a dozen people missing after a powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan, killing at least six and injuring over
readMore than 15 Taliban killed in prisoner hunt
16-06-2008
KABUL - United States-led and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents in a search for hundreds of prisoners, including Taliban, who broke out of jail after comrades blew up the gates, the US
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