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56 Articles found on Thursday, 5 January 2012
Facebook reveals more about alleged Swakop kidnappers
05-01-2012
FACEBOOK may have revealed more about the two suspects in the kidnapping of a nine-year-old girl in Swakopmund than they might have intended.Veyonne Beukes (23) and her cousin, Dylan Stramis (18) will
readFamily wiped out
05-01-2012
ABOUT a month ago, nine-year-old Adrian van der Bergh had a vision that a car crashes into theirs and kills everyone but him.On Tuesday, Adrian, his father Alex (37), mother Adri (33), brother Adriano
readMitt Romney wins Iowa nail-biter by eight votes
05-01-2012
DES MOINES – Mitt Romney won the first battle in the 2012 White House race in dramatic fashion yesterday, wresting Iowa from devout Christian conservative Rick Santorum by just eight votes.The result
readEgypt’s Islamists reach out to rivals
05-01-2012
CAIRO – The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood was edging towards a dominant role in Egypt’s first free parliament in decades yesterday, but said it would not impose its will over a new constitution and
readCity approved nearly N$2b worth of plans in 2011
05-01-2012
BUILDING plans worth N$1,6 billion were approved in Windhoek last year, Simonis Storm Securities (SSS) said yesterday.The total of 2 569 plans is about one per cent less than those approved in 2010.
readWaldschmidt craves Dakar action
05-01-2012
NAMIBIAN off-road motorcyclist Ingo Waldschmidt is dying to be part of the 2012 Dakar Rally action, he told The Namibian Sport yesterday. “I only realise now how exciting it is for the fans to follow
readLibya names head of armed forces as militias clash
05-01-2012
TRIPOLI – Libya on Tuesday named Yousef al-Manqoush, a retired general from the anti-Gaddafi bastion of Misrata, as head of the armed forces in the first significant move to build a new Libyan
readOil prices rally to November peaks on Iran tensions
05-01-2012
LONDON – World oil prices hit their highest levels since November yesterday, before pulling lower, as traders fretted over heightened tensions between key crude producer Iran and the United States,
readSteps to helpful feedback
05-01-2012
Do you dread annual performance appraisals? Praying for a re-org to relieve you of that slacker isn’t the answer – frequent feedback is, says Harvard Business Review.Feedback is problematic. Managers
readBrics nations stronger, but not always in unison
05-01-2012
SAO PAULO – A slow but steady shift in the global balance of power toward the China-led Brics club of emerging nations was confirmed in 2011, but it will take some time before its members can speak
readOne out of 1,5 mln flights deadly
05-01-2012
PARIS – Air travel has never been safer despite the steadily rising number of passengers worldwide, with one lethal accident per some 1,5 million flights in 2011, a new report released on Tuesday
readStruggling US drives up price of Starbucks
05-01-2012
NEW YORK – Starbucks has said it is raising some prices regionally as it faces rising ingredient costs.The Seattle coffee chain is raising prices about one per cent in the Northeast and the
readMillions of donor dollars into Wikipedia coffers
05-01-2012
SAN FRANCISCO – An annual Wikipedia fundraising campaign ended with donors around the world pumping a record US$20 million into the foundation that runs the free online knowledge repository.Non-profit
readSingapore PM faces 36% pay cut
05-01-2012
SINGAPORE – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his ministers will see their pay slashed by about 36 per cent as the government responds to opposition complaints over their high salaries, but
readItalians fume about 24/7 shopping, lawmakers’ salaries
05-01-2012
MILAN – Plans to extend opening hours in Italian shops in an attempt to boost the country’s anaemic growth have sparked controversy – with two regions planning to challenge the initiative in
readWorld Briefs
05-01-2012
Pair jailed for UK race murder LONDON – A British judge sentenced two white men to minimum jail terms of 14 years and 15 years jail respectively yesterday for the racist murder of black teenager
readIran ramps up warning over US navy in Gulf
05-01-2012
TEHRAN – Iran yesterday renewed its warning to America against keeping a US navy presence in the oil-rich Gulf, underlining a threat that Washington has dismissed as a sign of “weakness” from
readSupersized saddles as Americans fatten
05-01-2012
SALMON – In a sign of America’s growing girth, dude ranches and hunting camps in the Northern Rockies are adding heavyweight horses and super-large saddles to seat swelling numbers of outsized
readTiger attacks child, 3, in Russian zoo
05-01-2012
MOSCOW – A tiger performing in a travelling zoo in far eastern Russia grabbed a 3-year-old boy in its claws, seriously injuring him, investigators said yesterday.The tiger lashed out at the boy
readAfrican Briefs
05-01-2012
150 children lose parents in S Sudan NAIROBI – Red Cross volunteers are trying to reconnect 150 young children with their missing parents after tens of thousands of residents of South Sudan ran
readBig Brother gearing up for seventh season
05-01-2012
The seventh season of one of the most watched reality shows on African television, Big Brother Africa, will be returning this year.A media statement issued by M-Net on Wednesday said the seventh
readDavid Beckham sports massive package in new H&M underwear ad
05-01-2012
David Beckham strips down to his skivvies in a new ad for his underwear line for H&M. The famous soccer stud bares (almost) all in the new ad, and let’s face it, there isn’t too much left to the
readCowell poaches ‘Strictly’ judge in UK ratings battle
05-01-2012
Music producer and TV personality Simon Cowell has poached singer Alesha Dixon from hit BBC show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ to judge alongside him on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’,’ which airs on the rival ITV
readTop local acts to perform at Rosh Pinah
05-01-2012
SOME of the country’s biggest musicians will invade the southern mining town Rosh Pinah this weekend.The stars, who are billed for the highly-anticipated New Year’s Bash, consists of the Namibia
readNo, there is no app for treating acne
05-01-2012
When I was a teenager, if you had pimples you bought a tube of Clearasil. Now there are apps for that. AcneApp and Acne Pwner claimed to use the light given off from a smart phone to treat
readHow to escape a shopping addiction
05-01-2012
Shopping and spending addictions probably evaporated in this lousy economy – right? Nope. Much like other addictions, spending addictions can rear their heads at the most inopportune times. They also
read2012 Resolution – How to save big bucks every month
05-01-2012
If you limped to the financial finish line in 2011 and are tired of just treading water with your budget, here’s a rundown of some things you can do to save big bucks every month:Stop Getting Premium
readSMSes for Thursday 05 January 2012
05-01-2012
SMS Of The Day *I WOULD like to know what other people think about this annual ‘shutdown’ of the economy, private and Government, in the name of ‘the festive season’ while thousands are starving and
readHaribes resettlement beneficiaries in limbo
05-01-2012
More than 30 families who have been resettled on farm Haribes in the Hardap Region still face an uncertain future.IN August 2010, the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement bought the 50 000-hectare farm
read‘Quiet’ New Year festivities in Windhoek
05-01-2012
WINDHOEK’S City Police have described New Year’s Eve as “extraordinarily quiet” in terms of fireworks, despite some residents complaining of illegal fireworks in their neighbourhoods. According to the
readSuicide cop dies after 2 days in hospital
05-01-2012
TWO days after he shot himself, a suspended Police officer died in the Katutura State Hospital on Tuesday.Detective Sergeant Phillemon Shaduka shot himself in his Khomasdal house at about 17h00 on New
readGoreangab waterfront project closer to reality
05-01-2012
THE City of Windhoek is expected to net about N$18 million from the sale of 41 hectares of land in the Goreangab area in Katutura.The land will be used to develop the Goreangab Waterfront at a cost of
readThree drownings reported in North
05-01-2012
A FINAL-YEAR student at the University of Namibia, Wellem Ndemoongela from Omege village in the Oshana Region, drowned in a waterhole last week.He was catching fish with other villagers but moved to
readCommunity policing project peaks
05-01-2012
THREE months since the Namibian Police launched its community policing pilot project in Wanaheda, Chief Inspector Vicky Matjila says they plan to strengthen partnerships with the business
readMore traffic officers deployed as PM calls for safety on roads
05-01-2012
“YOU don’t just hold your own life, but the lives of others in your hands,” Prime Minister Nahas Angula said yesterday as he appealed for safety on Namibia’s roads.The PM’s call came as the Namibian
readWoman kills another over N$10
05-01-2012
A SHEBEEN queen was arrested for murder at Epoko village in the Omusati Region after she allegedly killed another woman, also a shebeen owner, in a fight over N$10.Monica Amukoto (32) allegedly killed
readHold your horses, High Court orders
05-01-2012
MURDER conspiracy accused Susanne Hoff yesterday obtained a court order against her husband, Egbert Hoff, and another woman, Nicole Ullrich.In the interim order granted by Acting Judge Petrus Unengu,
readTelecom network switch hurts farmers
05-01-2012
SOME farmers in the South, especially those farming in the Kalahari, have been cut off from the rest of the world after Telecom disconnected their phone lines. The farmers complained to The Namibian
readSA hunter pays N$1 million for rhino hunt
05-01-2012
JOHANNESBURG – A decision by the South African wildlife parks to auction the right to hunt white rhinoceros has stirred up controversy, with lobby groups warning that the species is already under
readAfrica will cook, experts warn
05-01-2012
TWO weeks of discussions at the 17th annual Conference of the Parties (COP17) in December resulted in disappointment about the outcome and concern that the consequences will be shouldered by
readSolar power lights up Bangladesh
05-01-2012
THE sun has never shone brighter on rural Bangladesh, with low-power solar systems transforming the lives of tens of millions of marginalised rural people who are unconnected to the national grid.
readWorld-first hybrid shark found off Australia
05-01-2012
SYDNEY – Scientists said this week that they had discovered the world’s first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to cope with climate change.The mating of
readFair Trade and Foul Play
05-01-2012
I DO love cotton. There can be no doubt of its superiority over sweaty nylon, clingy lycra, or any other synthetic material. Yet, nowadays, when I want to buy a cotton or cotton-mix garment I read the
readOpolisi tayi konakona ekwatathano
05-01-2012
OPOLISI ota yi konakona ngele opena ekwatathano pokati kiiningwanima iyali mbyoka ya kwatelamo emoniko lyomidhimba dha fikwa momuudhingoloko gwa Brakwater muumbangalantu woshilando sha
readMoshana omwa lopotwa ashike gumwe a sa moshiponga
05-01-2012
OPOLISI mOshitopolwa sha Shana oya lopota kutya pethimbo ndika lyOmatango omanene mOshitopolwa Oshana omwa lopotwa ashike eso limwe lya etwa koshiponga shohauto.Omukonaakoni Omukuluntu mOpolisi
readEtale ota li longo ishewe
05-01-2012
OOMBAUTU adhihe ne dhoku kwata oohi dhehangano lyoohi lyEtale Fishing ota dhi ka tameka iilonga yoku kwata oohi oku ya pehulilo lyoshiwike shika. Eshunomefuta lyoombautu ndhika olya ningwa
readKambwa a ningila aaniilonga ye oshituthityapulo
05-01-2012
MWENE gwOngeshefa yIitungitho ya tseyika nawa nedhina Kambwa Trading cc, David Sheehma David kumwe nEwilikongundu lyongeshefa yaKambwa, mEtitano lya zi ko oya ningila aaniilonga yawo iitendele
readOngombe ne dha hingwa moshigunda uusiku
05-01-2012
OPOLISI mOshitopolwa sha Shana oya tseyitha kutya omukalimo gwomomukunda Onangumbu popepi nOnelago mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana, Gabriel Mukote okwa ningilwa oshinima ine shi ningilwa nale sho
readUuhanona 21 wa monika mOnandjokwe nOshakati nuumvo
05-01-2012
MOSHIPANGELO sha Nandjokwe omwa monika uunona 12, uumati uhetatu nuukadhona une mesiku lyomumvo omupe omanga mwaashoka shEpangelo sha Shakati mwa monika wu li omugoyi, uumati utatu nuukadhona
readTaya nyenyeta onkalo yondjila yawo
05-01-2012
AANIIHAUTO mboka haya longitha ondjila yongalama yopokati kOutapi nOkalongo, unene tuu oshitopolwa shoka shopokati ka Anamulenge, Onawa, Onelago nOmambuumbuu noshowo okuza mOnandjaba mOkalongo
readMan City reasserts title credentials
05-01-2012
LONDON – Manchester City rediscovered its attacking flair to sweep aside Liverpool with a 3-0 victory that reasserted the English Premier League leader’s title credentials on Tuesday.A lacklustre
readSerena injury doubt for Australian Open
05-01-2012
BRISBANE – Five-time Australian Open champion Serena Williams was in doubt for the year’s opening Grand Slam yesterday after she was forced to pull out of the Brisbane International with an ankle
readNamibia shines at inline hockey international
05-01-2012
AFTER four months of preparation and countless hours training on their home court, the Coastal Pirates women’s team arrived back in Namibia with their heads held high after a phenomenal display at
readDalglish defends stance on Suarez
05-01-2012
MANCHESTER – Kenny Dalglish defended Liverpool’s handling of the Luis Suarez affair after the club announced it would not appeal the Uruguayan’s eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice
readSwakopmund hosts festive squash champs
05-01-2012
THE SFC Squash Club hosted three thrilling squash tournaments over the festive season.Competition started off with the SFC Club Championships to determine the overall club champion for 2011 and to
readNotable Quotes
05-01-2012
TO BE honest with you, I am very tired of telling women to report abuse knowing that they will not do so. – South Africa’s Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane on Tuesday made the remark as she condemned
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