In war devastated Angola, cheetahs are back

2010-03-17T09:45:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Conservation group says cheetahs are back after 30 years of war in devastated southern Angola</div><div><p>Scientists saw cheetahs in southern Angola for the first time in three decades since the now-ended civil war devastated the animal's habitat, a conservation group said Wednesday.</p><p>After a three day survey in the arid Iona district of Angola bordering Namibian court on Thursday dismissed an application by nine opposition parties contesting last year's election results which gave President Hifikepunye Pohamba's party a landslide victory.</p><p>"I order that the case of the nine opposition parties is to be struck from the court roll and that the applicants must pay the costs," High Court judge pre...

South Africa held by minnows Namibia

2010-03-03T14:16:26Z

<div><p>Hosts South Africa's preparations for the World Cup were dealt a setback on Wednesday as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Namibia.</p><p>Ranked 111th in the world by FIFA, Namibia shocked the hosts by taking the lead in the 41st minute before Energulf Resources (TSX: V.ENG, Stock Forum) shares climbed more than 7% to trade at 41 cents. The company last released news, when it reported on activity at its offshore Namibia block and its onshore Lotshi block in the Penn State shows Stephan Schuster and Vanessa Hayes completing research in the Namibian bush. Scientists have found new evidence of the wide genetic variation that appears in Africans, in part by decoding the DNA of

Namibia court unblocks assets in China graft case

2010-02-22T16:23:48Z

<div><p>A Namibian court unblocked Friday the assets of a Chinese national and two Namibians accused of graft worth millions of dollars involving a firm linked to the son of China's President Hu Jintao.</p><p>The assets of the three, including their bank accounts, were frozen after their arrest in July as...

Zimbabwe stops electricity exports to Namibia

2010-02-22T20:53:34Z

<div><p>Zimbabwe's power utility has been ordered to stop electricity exports to Namibia until it can meet its own country's needs, a state daily reported on Wednesday.</p><p>The Herald newspaper reported that Energy Minister Elias Mudzuri said the power utility could not continue exporting ...

Namibia's landmark trees dying from climate change

2010-02-23T00:50:12Z

<div><p>An old man gently touches the trunk of the huge quiver tree with a worried look on his wrinkled face, as he points at several dead branches lying on Namibia's rugged terrain.</p><p>"When I was a boy, my grandfather made my first quiver from a branch of this old tree about seventy years ago, but I fear the tree is dying -- too many dead branches. Things changed over the past few years, an...

Namibian women bare all for animal welfare calendar

2010-02-23T01:58:43Z

<div><p>Monty, a white mongrel with black ears and a thoughtful expression, sat next to her owner at a Windhoek shopping centre and enjoyed pats from small children, as their mothers shrieked in surprise.</p><p>The mums were paging through a calendar showing Monty posing with women, well, showing the full monty themselves, in the nude, discretely covered at strategic areas by dogs, cats and ev...

Endangered species to get daily web spot in 2010

2010-02-23T07:36:13Z

<div><p>GENEVA (Reuters) - Endangered species from polar bears to giant salamanders, great white sharks to beluga whales and Namibian quiver trees to Cuban crocodiles will have their day on the Internet throughout 2010.</p><p>The Comverse Technology to get $62M from former executives, will help fund $225M class action deal</div><div><p>Former executives of Comverse Technology Inc. will pay $62 million to partially fund a class action settlement stemming from alleged stock option backdating. Most of the money will come from the voicemail software maker's former CEO, who fled the country to a...

92 Electric Avenue – the need for alternative power

2010-02-23T11:49:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Uranium juniors worth another look.</div><div><p>As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information The Nuclear Age began December 2, 1942 at the University of Chicago when Enrico Fermi created a chain reaction in a pile of uranium. Today, there are s...

Court postpones Namibia poll results challenge

2010-02-23T14:18:56Z

<div><p>A Namibian court on Friday postponed an application by nine opposition parties contesting last month's general election results which gave President Hifikepunye Pohamba's party a landslide victory.</p><p>"I postpone the court hearing until next Tuesday after having listened to the lawyer of the Electoral Commission of ...

Namibia parties challenge poll results in court

2010-02-23T15:47:57Z

<div><p>Opposition parties in Namibia Wednesday launched a court challenge to the result of last month's election which gave President Hifikepunye Pohamba's party a landslide victory.</p><p>"We have joined forces in this action and our lawyers launched an application in the high court this afternoon, the case will be heard on ...

Zimbabwe "blood diamonds" dispute breaks out at U.N.

2010-02-23T17:24:02Z

<div><p>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States, the EU and other Western powers blasted the U.N. General Assembly on Friday for ignoring Zimbabw...

Incumbent wins big in Namibian presidential vote

2010-02-23T20:21:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Incumbent, former guerrillas win big in Namibian presidential, parliamentary elections</div><div><p>Namibia's election commission says President Hifikepunye Pohamba has won re-election, with more than six times as many votes as his nearest rival.</p><p>According to results posted ...

Bourgoin surprise Castres in Top 14

2010-02-23T20:21:41Z

<div><p>Bourgoin sprung a surprise 16-9 win over Top 14 leaders Castres in league action on Saturday as defending champions Perpignan edged into second spot thanks to a 29-3 thrashing of Montpellier.</p><p>In the day's other game, Stade Francais posted a 34-10 victory ove...

Namibia president re-elected: official results

2010-02-23T20:41:11Z

<div><p>Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba has been re-elected after winning more than 75 percent of the vote in last week's elections, according to official results released Friday.</p><p>Pohamba's ruling South West A...

Namibia opposition rejects election outcome

2010-02-23T20:46:03Z

<div><p>Namibian opposition parties Friday rejected the results of last week's elections, as President Hifikepunye Pohamba looked set for a three-fourths majority with almost all the votes counted.</p><p>Eight of the 13 opposition parties that contested the legislative and presidential elections said they would file a court ca...

Namibia president takes lead in partial returns

2010-02-23T22:00:34Z

<div><p>Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba took a strong lead in partial returns Wednesday from last week's general elections, despite a challenge from a new breakaway party.</p><p>His ruling South West Africa People's...

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