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29 Articles found on Monday, 16 August 2004
Tense oil market falls deaf to Saudi promises
16-08-2004
PARIS - Record oil prices last week, the result of "irrational exuberance" in the IEA's eyes, reflect worries about global production that not even Saudi Arabian promises to pump more crude were able
readBoN reduces bank rate - concerned over oil price
16-08-2004
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) last week reduced the bank rate by 25 basis points to 7,50 per cent.This decision was taken after a meeting that reviewed recent domestic and international economic
readRape, indecency charges see priest suspended
16-08-2004
THE Roman Catholic Church has suspended Father Hans-Peter Nagel from service pending Police investigations into alleged rape and indecent assault charges.Nagel (78) has been the parish priest at
read'Cold-blooded' murder shocks Swakopmund
16-08-2004
A 44-YEAR-OLD German woman was shot to death on the beach near Swakopmund's jetty shortly before 08h00 on Friday.The cold-blooded murder of Alexandra Mooren in broad daylight - apparently for her
readForgive us, says Germany
16-08-2004
A TOP German government official on Saturday asked for forgiveness for the killing of thousands of Namibia's ethnic Hereros during the colonial era.The tribe immediately invited Berlin for dialogue
readSteam train safari on tour from today
16-08-2004
TRANSNET'S beautifully restored vintage Steam Safari Train will tour Namibia from today to Wednesday, August 25.The train, which visited Namibia for the first time six years ago, is used for
readGovt still lacks numbers, skills in health research
16-08-2004
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services has trained 70 health and social workers in Health Systems Research (HSR), but a gap still remains both in terms of numbers and skills.This is indicated in a
readTwo die in hut fire
16-08-2004
A 40-year-old woman, Maria Wanyanga Kanyolo, and her three-week-old baby girl Hilma Nangolo died in their zinc-plate house last week Friday, the Police have reported.The house at Ehapo in the Ondangwa
readVietnam, Namibia to boost bilateral co-operation
16-08-2004
VIETNAM wants increased bilateral trade relations and socio-economic co-operation with Namibia, according to a report from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan told
readConcern mounts over number of unemployed youth at towns
16-08-2004
KEETMANSHOOP - Many town councils, already staggering under the strain of massive unemployment and abject poverty, are anticipating an increase in the number of unemployed youth as the year nears its
readService not affected says Cross Country
16-08-2004
CROSS Country Carriers will exist in name only after the company confirmed at the weekend that it had retrenched its entire workforce of 202 people and had outsourced operations.Director Leon Taljard
readCabinet decisions
16-08-2004
Cabinet took the following decisions at its 20th ordinary meeting on August 3:SWAPPING OFFICES THE Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication has been given permission to exchange Government Erf
readGovt to draft new marine policy
16-08-2004
THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources is scheduled to table a new marine resources policy in the National Assembly for discussion soon.The Ministry says it is necessary to revamp its policy
readUN agency aims to boost local milk production
16-08-2004
THE United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) says it will help poor farmers in northern Namibia to fight poverty through milk production.Northern Namibia suffers from a high level of
readGovt tries to play down UN advice
16-08-2004
GOVERNMENT claims that media reports that the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has encouraged Namibia to consider establishing an independent body to monitor rights abuses are "false and
readGerman govt to help finance land reform
16-08-2004
GERMANY has pledged to finance Namibia's land reform process, as its former colony plans to start expropriating land from white farmers to resettle landless masses."Our participation in land reform is
readAged Gobabis farmer given bail in street child sex case
16-08-2004
FRIDAY the 13th did not turn out to be jinxed for Gobabis farmer and rape accused Abraham Jacobus Roux.He succeeded with his appeal in the High Court against the two refusals by the Gobabis
readArab league ready to send troops to Darfur
16-08-2004
CAIRO - Algeria, Egypt and Libya informed the Arab League they were ready to send armed troops to Sudan's crisis-ridden region of Darfur, an official from the pan-Arab body said Sunday.Algeria, Egypt
readFrom the Sidelines
16-08-2004
THE domestic football season look set to be delayed well into September as both the NFA Congress, promotion play-offs and the annual football awards are still to be conducted.The reasons for this
readAthens opening ceremony offers history and hope
16-08-2004
ATHENS - Athens offered the world a joyous display of history, love and hope in a spectacularly successful opening to the 28th Olympics on Friday, celebrating the greatest aspects of humanity and
readSack shoots himself out of Olympics 10 metre contest
16-08-2004
Namibia's shottist, Friedhelm Sack, Saturday shot himself out of the Summer Olympic Games, Pistol shooting qualifying round, at the Markopoulo Shooting Centre.Sack, who boasts a personal best record
readWomen discover unknown 'husbands'
16-08-2004
PRETORIA - The number of false identity documents (IDs) and bogus marriage licences are on the increase, a South African documentation verification company said on Thursday.This announcement was made
readHigh-def DVD players headed for stores
16-08-2004
LOS ANGELES - Toshiba/NEC plans to have its high-definition DVD hardware on retail shelves in early 2005.The manufacturing partnership announced at a Tokyo showcase the last week of July that HD DVD
readBin Laden: 'still very real and still very dangerous'
16-08-2004
ISLAMABAD - If Osama bin Laden is directing plans for an attack on the United States - as Washington intelligence officials suspect - his instructions are likely coming out of the craggy mountains
readIndia PM sticks with Pakistan peace effort
16-08-2004
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh vowed on Sunday to carry forward peace efforts with Pakistan, but said cross-border violence could affect the tentative process which began last
readUN peacekeepers condemn Burundi massacre
16-08-2004
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. peacekeeping force for Burundi expressed outrage on Saturday at a massacre in which more than 150 refugees were killed and warned those responsible that they would be made to
readFighting resumes in Najaf, casting pall over national conference
16-08-2004
NAJAF, Iraq - Fighting resumed in earnest Sunday in the holy city of Najaf after peace talks broke down between the Iraqi government and rebel Shiite Muslim militia, provoking an outcry at a national
readFighting resumes in Najaf, casting pall over national conference
16-08-2004
NAJAF, Iraq - Fighting resumed in earnest Sunday in the holy city of Najaf after peace talks broke down between the Iraqi government and rebel Shiite Muslim militia, provoking an outcry at a national
readTroops patrol Florida after storm kills 13
16-08-2004
PUNTA GORDA, Florida - National Guard troops in Humvees patrolled devastated southwest Florida to prevent looting on Saturday as rescuers searched for victims of Hurricane Charley which killed at
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