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37 Articles found on Monday, 7 September 2009
900 rescued from sinking Philippine ferry
07-09-2009
MANILA - A ferry carrying nearly 1 000 passengers sank in the southern Philippines early yesterday, leaving at least five dead and more than 60 missing.The Superferry 9 began to list before dawn
readIn Brief
07-09-2009
Religion should build peace, fight racism *VITERBO - Pope Benedict XVI marked the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II yesterday by saying religion should promote peace and fight racism and
readDrunk grandmaster checkmated after dozing off
07-09-2009
CHENNAI - A leading French chess player turned up drunk and dozed off after just 11 moves in an international tournament in Kolkata, losing the round on technical grounds, domestic media reported on
readMichael finally laid to rest
07-09-2009
MORE than 200 of Michael Jackson’s family members and close friends, including Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin and Lisa Marie Presley, gathered to bid a final farewell to the pop legend.The service
readOokandidate dho Swapo dha ulikwa
07-09-2009
ONGUNDU yoSwapo oya tungu po omusholondondo gwaakalelipo yayo koshigongi shopashigwana mehulilo shiwike lyapiti.Momusholondondo nguka omuna aakiintu omilongo 24, naalumentu omilongo 48. Paapelesenda
readOmuvu gumwe a si kenku lyoH1N1 moNamibia
07-09-2009
NAMIBIA okwa tseyitha eso lyomuvu li na ekwatathano nekunku lyoH1N1.Metitano lya yi Ominista Yuukolele omusamane Richard Kamwi okwa tseyitha kutya omunangeshefa gwoomvula (37) gwopOshikango okwa si
readOmpango yomakwatathano ta yi pulakenwa koshigwana
07-09-2009
EGUMBO Etiyali lyokuninga oompango moshilongo ota li ningi iikonga yokupulakena iiyetwapo yaakwashigwana kombinga yontotwampango yOmakwatathano.Iikonga mbika yokupulakena oshigwana ota yi tameke
readOmushangwa uvaneko gwomahogololo gwoSwapo gwa gandjwa
07-09-2009
ONGUNDU yoSwapo oya gandja omushangwa uvaneko gwayo gwomahogololo gonuumvo moVenduka mOlyomakaya ngaka ga yi. Omushangwa nguka ogu li kohi yoshipalanyolo ekondjelo lyemanguluko pamahupilo noshowo
readNando owa koka ilonga shaashi elongo iha li kulupilwa
07-09-2009
AAKULUNTU mboka kaayeshi oku lesha no ku shanga oya pumbwa okwiishangitha mooproholama dhelongo dhokulesha dhaakuluntu, opo ya hwepopeke oonkalamwenyo dhawo.Ndika olyo ehiyo lyoMinista yElongo,
readOkommissi yOmahogololo ya tsakanene noongundu dhopolitika Oshakati
07-09-2009
OMBELEWA yOkommissi yOmahogololo moShana mewiliko lyOmunashipundi gwayo meme Ndilimeke Mavulu, mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha yi oya ningi oshigongi shomauyelele ge na sha nOmaishangitho gAahogololi ga
readDoha deal possible, needs political shove
07-09-2009
NEW DELHI - A new global commerce deal is within reach if World Trade Organisation members are willing to compromise to close the remaining gaps, trade ministers say.But agreement in the WTO’s stalled
readUS bank seeks thumbprint of armless man
07-09-2009
MIAMI - A man who sought to cash his wife’s cheque at her bank ran into an unusual problem: the teller wanted his thumbprint. Problem was, the man had no arms.Steve Valdez, a resident of Tampa,
readZimbabwe receives part of IMF funding
07-09-2009
HARARE - The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it had transferred around US$400 million in IMF special drawing rights to Zimbabwe under a US$250 billion global agreement to bolster the
readKalahari sees Rössing South as number two uranium deposit
07-09-2009
LONDON - AIM-listed Kalahari Minerals expects the Rössing South project in Namibia to become the world’s second-largest uranium deposit following recent exploration results, Executive Chairman Mark
readNamibia confirms first flu death
07-09-2009
THE first fatality to H1N1 (commonly known as ‘swine flu’) in Namibia has been confirmed. Minister of Health and Social Services, Richard Kamwi, on Friday reported that the death of a 37 year old
readWorld Football Results
07-09-2009
Palyed Sunday, Sept 6 World Cup Qualify - Concacaf - Round 4 Costa Rica 0 - 3 Mexico Honduras 4 - 1 Trinidad & Tobago United States 2 - 1 El Salvador World Cup Qualify - South America
readBrazil qualifies for World Cup
07-09-2009
LONDON - Brazil qualified for its 19th consecutive World Cup, leaving Argentina to join Portugal and France with difficult paths to reach next year’s tournament.Defending champion Italy and European
readMasterful Rossi dominates to extend lead
07-09-2009
MISANO - Italian motorcycling maestro Valentino Rossi extended his lead in the MotoGp standings here on Sunday as he easily beat team-mate and championship rival Jorge Lorenzo to take the San Marino
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NEW YORK - Flushing Meadows shook with an explosion of deafening roars on Saturday as American sensations John Isner and Melanie Oudin sent former champions Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova spinning
readTri-Nations fate in Boks’ hands
07-09-2009
SYDNEY - The world champion Springboks still control the destiny of this year’s Tri-Nations title despite their mauling by the Wallabies, skipper John Smit said.South Africa crashed to their first
readThe Swapo Party’s electoral list
07-09-2009
The final list of the Swapo Party’s 72 candidates to the National Assembly, as chosen at the Electoral College held in Windhoek over the weekend:1. Hage Geingob 2. Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana 3. Nangolo
readRugby Results
07-09-2009
ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Played Saturday, Sept 5 Western Province 25 – 19 Blue Bulls Free State Cheetahs 20 – 16 Lions Played Friday, Sept 4
readHabana likely to be fit
07-09-2009
JOHANNESBURG - There was good news for the Springboks on two fronts on Saturday as they settled into their sparkling Gold Coast hotel in Australia.Brian Habana is likely to be fit for South Africa’s
readNo shocks at Swapo election
07-09-2009
THE Swapo electoral college held at the weekend to elect its list of parliamentary election candidates produced few surprises. Rather it appears to be a continuation of the status quo. Despite its
readNotable Quotes
07-09-2009
SHE loved people and they loved her. - Elizabeth de Beer on her friend Mondesa Township Tours leader Charlotte Shigweda Angula, who was killed in a head-on collision outside Karibib last MondayHE said
readBig Brother Africa: The Revolution’s on!
07-09-2009
LIGHTS, cameras, action! By the time you read this, the Revolution will have kicked off and the housemates’ identities will no longer be a secret.And you’ll know that the Namibian suspect – one Reon
readWarriors not brave enough
07-09-2009
NAMIBIA failed to capitalise on the many chances they created in the first half and as a result had to be content with a 1-all draw against Swaziland during a lacklustre international friendly played
readKarzai edges closer to 50 per cent in Afghan vote
07-09-2009
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai nudged closer to the 50 per cent threshold needed to avoid a run-off in Afghanistan’s election, according to the latest results released yesterday.The August 20 ballot
read‘Capitalism is evil’, says new documentary film
07-09-2009
VENICE - Capitalism is evil. That is the conclusion US documentary maker Michael Moore comes to in his latest movie ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’, which premiered at the Venice film festival yesterday.
readDTA to be ‘majority party’ in elections, says Kaura
07-09-2009
THE Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) party will “take over power from the ruling Swapo Party” in the upcoming November elections as the “sky was the limit”, its President, Katuutire Kaura, said on
readMurderer gets eighteen years
07-09-2009
PENDING an appeal against the sentence, Keetmanshoop resident Johannes Gawab (46) will spend the next 18 years in jail for killing his lover.Gawab shot Anna Fransina Dreyer three times in the abdomen
readMum arrested after baby dies in well
07-09-2009
A YOUNG woman has been arrested on a charge of murder after she allegedly killed her baby last week by throwing him into a well in northern Namibia.The woman (22) was arrested after she allegedly
readNo new voting constituency: ECN
07-09-2009
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia has denied that it has created a new constituency in Caprivi. Deputy Director for Operations at the ECN, Theo Mujoro said no new constituencies or boundaries had
readSwapo to close ‘back door’, says Ekandjo
07-09-2009
SWAPO will consider closing the “back door” through which opposition leaders get into the National Assembly, the party’s spokesperson Jerry Ekandjo said last week.Ekandjo was not pleased that
readSwapo launches 2009 manifesto
07-09-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba launched the ruling Swapo party’s 2009 election manifesto on Saturday in front of a large crowd in Katutura on Saturday.“Our children are the future of our country and it
readHaingura blamed for poor showing of women
07-09-2009
SWAPO has, once again, given the thumbs down to regional efforts to promote women in politics after the party failed to meet the desired 50 per cent representation on its list of candidates for the
readJerry, Utoni, !Naruseb top at electoral college
07-09-2009
NO POLITICAL party is as “transparent and democratic” as the ruling Swapo party, Secretary General Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana said yesterday, when announcing the list of 72 parliamentary candidates
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