Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
FINLAND'S former president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for a decades-long career of peacemaking around the globe, from Namibia to Kosovo.
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Finnish ex-President Martti Ahtisaari wins this year's Nobel Peace Prize for three decades of mediation around the world.
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | yesterday
New Era ( Namibia ) : Bush fires recently destroyed thousands of hectares of grazing land in the maize triangle area. The fires damaged property and infrastructure running into thousands of dollars. For four days from Wednesday until last Saturday last week, 8000 hectares of land were engulfed in flames that also killed wildlife. According to a forest ranger from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism,...
Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 9 ACN ) Namibia’s government donated one million dollars to Cuba to help in the recovery action underway throughout the island from hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Claudia Grace Uushona, ambassador of the African nation in Havana, gave the donation to Cuban Minister for Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration (MINVEC) Marta Lomas, who received it on behalf of the Cuban government....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Johannesburg -Minutes after winning the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, Finnish ex-president Martti Ahtisaari's thoughts were with the south-west African desert state of Namibia, where he cut his teeth as a peace-broker in the 1970s. The veteran mediator was...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
AIR Namibia yesterday introduced its new international route, linking Cape Town and Johannesburg with the upgraded Walvis Bay International Airport.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
In recognition of his effort towards helping the nation attain independence, the government of Namibia has finalised arrangements to immortalise a former head of the Nigerian State, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed, by naming a street in the country after him.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Air Namibia has re-launched the direct route between Walvis Bay, Cape Town and Johannesburg using an aircraft with more luggage and passenger room.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zimbabwe's Warriors arrived here yesterday for their final 2010 World Cup/Nations Cup Group Two qualifier hoping that the gods of football will throw one final dramatic twist to keep alive a campaign that now appears to have faded into a nightmare.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
AIR NAMIBIA has extended its representation in Asia by inking an agreement with the organisation Aviareps.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
NAMIBIA and the United States yesterday said that the document that sparked controversy over lodge concessions in Etosha National Park had been leaked before the details had been finalised.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
A five-member team from the Global Health Group is in Namibia to assist in the development of strategic plans to eliminate malaria, a disease that affects thousands of people annually.
Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | yesterday
I wouldn’t usually post twice on Kosovo in one day but I was surprised to learn (and yes it did involve me scanning one of Brian Walker’s posts on Slugger) that Martti Ahtisaari is to receive this year’s Nobel peace prize . I can only assume he is being recognised for work in Indonesia and Namibia, although I know nothing of his contribution in these places, because he certainly should not be receiving...
Advertising Age - MediaWorks (Free subscription) | yesterday
MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) -- Sure, the stakes aren't as high, as the Nielsen ratings race pales in comparison to winning the peace in tough neighborhoods such as Namibia, Northern Ireland, Kosovo and in Indonesia, which are just some of the global hot spots Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari has tried to cool. But culturally, if not politically, American prime-time TV is also increasingly international,...
The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday that Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. The committee cited Ahtisaari's "significant" part in establishing Namibia's independence and his "central" role in solving the question of the Indonesian province of Aceh in 2005. Ahtisaari twice worked to find a solution in Kosovo -- first in 1999 and again between
