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Zimbabwe: Boxers Get Low Rankings (AllAfrica.com)
Harare — ZIMBABWEAN pugilists have paid a huge price for their inactivity on the domestic front with very few receiving ratings on the first 2009 African Union Boxing rankings.
8 January 2009
Full Story (The Namibian)
NAMIBIA has expressed concern about the “vicious cycle of violence” between Israel and Hamas, in which nearly 600 people, including defenceless civilians in Gaza City, have lost their lives and close to 3 000 others have been wounded.
8 January 2009
Environmental News (The Namibian)
UNKNOWN changes to Namibia’s climate due to global warming and pressure from tourists and tour operators always looking for something new are some of the challenges facing the country’s invaluable west-coast asset, the Namib-Naukluft Park.
8 January 2009
Kevin Pietersen Factfile (Sporting Life via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
1980: Born June 27 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, the son of an Afrikaans father and English mother.
7 January 2009
Suzi Winstanley: An artist with roar talent (Independent)
Olly Williams and Suzi Winstanley, known in the art world as Olly & Suzi, are artists who play by their own rules. For them, no experience, no art. And by painting animals on site, in the wild, for 21 years, they have had experiences most of us can only dream of; tracking lions in Namibia, swimming with predatory leopard seals in Antarctica and, most recently, getting up close and personal ...
7 January 2009
Botswana: Diamonds 'Lure' African Queen From Mozambique (AllAfrica.com)
Canada-based African Queen Mines has abandoned its Braganza gold project in Mozambique to focus on priority targets in Botswana and Namibia.
7 January 2009
N7W: Vote for Table Mountain (News 24 South Africa)
South Africa's Table Mountain and the Kalahari Desert (shared with Namibia and Botswana) have qualified for the next round of the global New7Wonders of Nature campaign.
7 January 2009
Other news (The Namibian)
Be a lifesaver! The Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia is urgently in need of blood to replenish its blood bank after the festive season and all healthy people are encouraged to donate blood.
6 January 2009
Namibia: Venaani Alleges Politicking in Drought Relief (AllAfrica.com)
Windhoek — DTA of Namibia Secretary General McHenry Venaani has called on Government officials and agencies that are currently distributing drought relief aid to stop claiming that the food is coming directly from the ruling Swapo Party.
5 January 2009
Namibia's Moses becomes new WBA lightweight champion (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Paulus Moses of Namibia wrested the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title from defending champion Yusuke Kobori of Japan by a unanimous decision victory on Saturday.
3 January 2009
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