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51 Articles found on Wednesday, 21 May 2008
SMS of the Day : Wednesday
21-05-2008
* As China begins three days of mourning for quake victims, my thoughts are with this great nation. They will not yield to any difficulty! From the ruins of Wenchuan will rise a better and stronger
readKnock 'em dead with City Drop
21-05-2008
CITY Drop is Windhoek's first business-to-business marketing and promotions service.It is a partnership with the charity organisation Men on the Side of the Road (MSR), which helps to find casual work
readUK couples dodge pricey platinum rings
21-05-2008
LONDON - Sky-high precious metals prices are forcing many cash-strapped couples to switch from platinum bridal rings to cheaper white metals such as white gold and palladium, jewellers in London's
readEurope business gives mixed welcome to new WTO text
21-05-2008
BRUSSELS - Europe's biggest employers lobby said yesterday it was concerned that a revised set of proposals to unblock world trade talks could allow developing countries to protect entire industrial
readOngwediva readies for trade fair
21-05-2008
THE chairman of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair Preparatory Committee, Damian Egumbo, has told a media briefing at Ongwediva that the 2008 Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair will start on August 22.At the
readProperty industry faces tougher times
21-05-2008
PRETORIA - The sharp slowdown in residential property sales volumes in South Africa is leading to estate agents leaving the industry, and industry players expect things to get worse this year.Steve
readUS freezes shipments to oil its reserve
21-05-2008
WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush on Monday signed legislation that suspends shipments to the US strategic oil reserve for the second half of the year amid sky-high petrol prices, the White
readRegulator blasts Eskom for power crisis
21-05-2008
DURBAN - Eskom management has been blamed for South Africa's power crisis by the body set up by the government to oversee the utility.The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) said that complacency
readDeadly fighting rages in Sudan flashpoint
21-05-2008
KHARTOUM - Deadly fighting raged between rival Sudanese forces yesterday in Abyei, a flashpoint oil district between north and south whose status remains contested three years after the end of civil
readUnderwood most popular 'Idol', Castro overrated
21-05-2008
LOS ANGELES - Country singer Carrie Underwood is the all-time most popular 'American Idol' winner, and dreadlocked Jason Castro was voted the most overrated contestant this season, according to a poll
readNamibia's global peace rank down
21-05-2008
NAMIBIA has dropped several places, both in Africa and the world, on an annual study which ranks nations in terms of how peaceful they are.The Global Peace Index, the brainchild of Steve Killelea, an
read'UFO' sightings at coast
21-05-2008
A SHOOTING star? Ball of lightning? Visiting aliens from outer space? Whatever it was, a handful of residents from Usakos are convinced they saw an unidentified flying object (UFO) pass over their
readCourt finds Outjo wedding rapist guilty
21-05-2008
WHAT started out as a wedding party at Outjo at the close of March 2005 ended up as a rape conviction in the High Court in Windhoek this week.At the age of 31, Alberto Hendricks now has two
readHospital thieves add insult to injury
21-05-2008
BURGLARS who broke into the Katutura State Hospital's pharmacy over the weekend not only stole a refrigerator but also defecated on the floor.When hospital staff reported for duty on Sunday morning,
readNBC slammed in National Council
21-05-2008
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has come under heavy fire in the National Council.A Swapo MP this week accused the corporation of refusing to cover some Government programmes. Johnny
readSponsors to give up crafts project
21-05-2008
THE sustainability of a Keetmanshoop project run by people infected and affected by HIV-AIDS will hang in the balance when its current donors pull out at the end of this year.The Czech Development Aid
read3 arrested for Windhoek robbery
21-05-2008
THREE suspects in a robbery in Windhoek earlier this month were arrested in the Ohangwena Region this week.The three men are accused of robbery with aggravating circumstances. They allegedly assaulted
readGovt consultant dies in accident
21-05-2008
A MINUTE of silence was observed during the opening of the 2008 Cabinet retreat at Walvis Bay on Monday for Dr Munusuru Rao, a consultant working on the third National Development Plan.Dr Rao and
readMetal theft on the rise in Erongo
21-05-2008
COPPER is not the only metal that thieves see as a lucrative commodity - apparently any type of metal will do, as long as it can bring in an illegitimate buck or two.Several callers to the NBC
readJudgement reserved in CoD court case
21-05-2008
THE Windhoek High Court yesterday reserved judgement in a case in which one of two rival Congress of Democrats (CoD) groups approached the court to stop the other group from expelling them.The High
readCemetery vandals sentenced
21-05-2008
TWO teenagers have been convicted of malicious damage to property for vandalising gravestones in the Mariental cemetery in August last year.Manandrew Hagstron and Claudius De Klerk, pleaded guilty
readPoliceman convicted of murder at Katima
21-05-2008
NAMIBIAN Police Drug Law Enforcement Unit member Dominic Mwilima was found guilty of murder yesterday in connection with the fatal shooting of a young suspected dagga dealer at Katima Mulilo in August
readZim dismisses assassination plot
21-05-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's ruling party yesterday dismissed as fantasy opposition claims that President Robert Mugabe's military intelligence was plotting to assassinate its leadership ahead of a run-off
readOyendji yOmoomayola ya kalekwa kiipundi
21-05-2008
O MALELO gOondoolopa moNooli ga hogololela aanashilonga pomahala momalelo goondoolopa dhawo nogendji nogendji inaga ninga mo omalundululo omanene noga shuna Oomayola yawo miilonga.Elelo lya Shakati
readHidipo dhiginina eitaalo lyoye, ino shuna monima, tse otatu ku yambidhidha
21-05-2008
mONGWEDIVA I ILYO naayambidhidhi yoRally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) oya indile kOmupresidende gwawo a kale a dhiginina meitaalo lye na ina shuna monima nande.Eindilo ndika iilyo naayambidhidhi
readTate Aitula Mulamba a hulitha ombaadhilila
21-05-2008
T ATE Christof Aitula Mulamba gwomomukunda Ohamuyala mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, ngoka a li a ulikwa kezimo lyAakwaniilwa mOmbalantu a ninge Omukwaniilwa, ta landula Omukwaniilwa gwa hugunina
readYaali ya dhitikwa pOmalinda shi na sha nedhengo lya Meyer
21-05-2008
O POLISI pOmalinda oya dhitike aafekelwa yaali mEtitano lya zi ko shi na sha nonkambadhala yedhipago lya Max Meyer ngoka a li a ponokelwa shinyanyaleka pegumbo lye li li popepi nOsikema ya Hardap
readOngombe otayi ningilwa oshipotha shedhipago lyaashi lyoshiningilawina?
21-05-2008
O POLISI pOndangwa otayi konakona oshipotha shedhipago lyaashi lyoshiningilawina konima sho omugundjuka gumwe omulumentu a nuka mohauto yombaki tayi matuka pomukunda Etomba mOlyomakaya ga zi
readOmutiyali ngoka ta tamanekelwa edhipago ly
21-05-2008
Aaluusia mOmapngu "O tandi dhiladhila kutya otashi vulika ndika monike ondjo moshinima shika."Omapopyo ngaka oga li ga ningwa ku Fritz Gaoseb pethimbo a holoka mOmapngu ya Mengestrata pOkahandja
readHipkiss replaces Cipriani
21-05-2008
LONDON - Dan Hipkiss was called into the England rugby squad to tour New Zealand yesterday, replacing the injured Danny Cipriani.England team manager Martin Johnson said he chose the Leicester centre
readHard work starts for Oscar Pistorius
21-05-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee sprinter, said on Monday the next two months would be the hardest of his life as he attempts to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in August.Pistorius,
readNotice Cazadores host inline hockey tournament
21-05-2008
THE Cazadores Inline Hockey Club will host the annual inline hockey tournament from tomorrow until Sunday at the hockey rink situated opposite DHPS School in Church Street, Windhoek.Five Namibian
readSocial League clubs called to important meeting
21-05-2008
ALL teams playing Social Football League are requested to sent a representatives on Thursday at 17h30 to an important meeting regarding the league at Saint Marco Bar in Central Windhoek.Teams that are
readSibindi reacts to hockey Astroturf
21-05-2008
WINDHOEK - The City of Windhoek's Public Relations Officer, Liz Sibindi, says the Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) has to date not submitted a request to be assisted in their endeavours of having an
readPirates rule roost in Youth League
21-05-2008
ORLANDO Pirates youngsters were in a mean mood last weekend as they dished out stiff punishment to their opponents and at the same time signalled their intention to win the Khomas Under-17 Youth
readGreeks in doping scandal
21-05-2008
ATHENS - Greece's former weightlifting coach, 11 lifters and another 13 people were charged Tuesday with involvement in a major doping scandal that could see the Greek squad banned from the Beijing
readPortsmouth stars lose medals
21-05-2008
PORTSMOUTH - Portsmouth defender Glen Johnson and team-mate Jamie Ashdown had their FA Cup winners' medals stolen in the aftermath of the club's victory celebrations.Johnson and substitute goalkeeper
readCroatia squad trains on Austrian grass
21-05-2008
ZAGREB - Croatia's football squad for the Euro 2008 championships is leaving nothing to chance as it is training on grass imported from Austria which is hosting the event, an official said Tuesday."We
readRoddick out of French Open
21-05-2008
DÜSSELDORF - Andy Roddick withdrew from the French Open on Monday because of a right shoulder injury.The sixth-ranked American, who lost in the first round at Roland Garros the last two years,
readUncertainty about BA vs Stars match
21-05-2008
AFRICAN Stars insist that they will not honour an MTC Namibia Premier League match against Black Africa, which has been rescheduled for tonight at the Khomasdal Stadium.The NPL yesterday insisted that
readUnited, Chelsea in final battle
21-05-2008
MOSCOW - Manchester United held off Chelsea's late charge in the Premier League title race.Now the Red Devils are out to reassert their dominance on a global stage in the Champions League final.
readJolie, Eastwood collaborate on tough mom's tale movie
21-05-2008
CANNES - Pregnant with twins, Angelina Jolie says the story behind her latest drama hits close to home: the loss of a child.Jolie stars in Clint Eastwood's 'Changeling', the true story of a Los
readFrom 'gay plague' to global tragedy
21-05-2008
The campaign against AIDS marks an important anniversary this week, bringing to mind victories of science and the human spirit but also defeats, stigma and ignorance in a combat that has claimed more
readOregon, Kentucky primaries latest to shape the Dem race
21-05-2008
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - A top Barack Obama adviser has urged Democrats to unite behind the Illinois senator and bring the marathon contest for the presidential nomination to a close, but Hillary Rodham
readDrought threatens 6m children
21-05-2008
ADDIS ABABA - A severe drought in Ethiopia threatens up to six million children, the United Nations children's agency has warned."Up to six million children under five years of age are living in
readBush apologises to Iraqi PM over Quran shooting
21-05-2008
BAGHDAD - President George W. Bush has apologised to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and promised prosecution of a US soldier accused of using a copy of the Quran for target practice, Iraq said
readRubber bullets fired in crackdown
21-05-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African police fired rubber bullets at hundreds of shantytown residents yesterday in a crackdown on violence against foreigners that has killed at least 24 people and unnerved
readBoys up for drunk driving
21-05-2008
HARTMAN - An Arkansas preteen faces a drunken driving charge after he and a friend drank his parents' beer, "got liquored up" and crashed his stepfather's pickup truck, the Johnson County sheriff
readSA govt blamed for attacks on foreigners
21-05-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The rising tide of xenophobic violence in the Gauteng province was a direct response to policy failures by President Thabo Mbeki's government, the SA Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)
readChina says over 70 000 dead or missing from earthquake
21-05-2008
CHENGDU - China raised the number of dead or missing from a devastating earthquake to more than 70 000 yesterday, as rescuers found more survivors eight days after the huge tremor hit.A government
readIraqi army enters Sadr's Baghdad bastion
21-05-2008
BAGHDAD - Iraq sent its army deep into Baghdad's Sadr City, power base of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, yesterday to stamp government authority on areas previously outside its control.Soldiers moved
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