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50 Articles found on Friday, 27 August 2004
What's in a name? Defining genocide defies agreement
27-08-2004
WASHINGTON - Two years after Winston Churchill called it "the crime without a name", a Jewish lawyer who had fled the Nazis dared to give it one.
readA Blessing in Disguise
27-08-2004
SOME time this week or next, oil is likely to reach US$50 a barrel for the first time ever.The price is up by a third since the end of June, and US prices have set record peaks in all but one of the
readAs Censorship Wanes, Kenyan Youth Culture Takes Off
27-08-2004
Young people in Kenya are finding their voice as government censorship abates and media proliferates and diversifies.NAIROBI - From her studio on the 20th floor of an office building in downtown
readOff Tangent
27-08-2004
SWAPO shouldn't play with fire.This is especially worth noting when we commemorate important events such as Heroes' Day, August 26, when Swapo fighters clashed with the colonists on Namibian soil in
readEditorial: Home Affairs Minister's Skewed Priorities
27-08-2004
THE answers to the prevention of crime of whatever nature don't lie only in the punitive legislative measures put in place by Government.In fact, many of the problems we are experiencing in terms of
readWhy Blacks Are Not Empowered
27-08-2004
NAMIBIA is a country that is blessed with natural resources, sound financial institutions, excellent telecommunication facilities and a world-class road network.Why then is there still so much
readMad About The Mayor
27-08-2004
KINDLY allow me to air my views on the recent conviction of Katima Mulilo Mayor Michael Mudabeti as reported in The Namibian of 18th August 2004.When the rule of law is upheld in society irrespective
readPromoting Human Stem Cell Research
27-08-2004
A FEW weeks ago Britain granted its first license for human cloning for stem cell research.Contrary to the claims of many there is no scientific evidence to suggest embryonic stem cell research has
readSYL on 'Superficial Ranting'
27-08-2004
THE Swapo Party Youth League has the right to defend the President of the Swapo Party and of the Republic of Namibia any time of the day or night.The letter from a certain N. Nakandunga published with
readCrime Prevention In Swakopmund
27-08-2004
WHO precisely is in charge of the police in Swakopmund? I would have thought an area that is targeted by criminals would be patrolled throughout to tighten the tap on crime.The beach area around the
readCheering Us On
27-08-2004
PLEASE forgive this intrusion of an American into Namibian affairs, but I am compelled to cheer you on for your courage in addressing the growing crime situation in your country.Please know that no
readCall For NBC Licence Boycott
27-08-2004
UNLESS I misunderstood your message I see myself exempted from renewing my TV license.That is wonderful news indeed - all of us feel very happy about that. Who is ALL of us? Opposition supporters like
readAn Insult To The Nation
27-08-2004
PLEASE allow me space in your newspaper to air my views concerning the article of 12 August 2004, "Government should not be blamed for abuse by civil servants."That statement is an insult to the
readFirearms Not The Problem
27-08-2004
I TAKE exception to your editorial of Friday 20 August "Crime and what to do about it", which states that the key to crime control is gun control.Where you get your cues from I do not know but these
read'Apartheid' At Cheetah Festival
27-08-2004
PLEASE allow me a space in your newspaper to air my concern over Otjiwarongo Cheetah Festival which was organised in June by the Otjiwarongo Tourism Forum.Initially it was a concept to attract
readAfrican Development Bank grants two million dollars to fight locusts
27-08-2004
TUNIS - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of US$2million (N$13,2 million) to help eight countries on the continent battle the worst locust invasion in more than a decade, a
readAfrican legislators want say on loans
27-08-2004
HARARE - African parliamentarians want powers to endorse or reject loans from international lenders as a means to manage spiralling foreign debt, legislators from the Southern African Development
readOryx Properties Limited releases results
27-08-2004
ORYX Properties Limited, the property investment company listed on the NSX, has released its results for the year ended June 30 2004.The announcement reported a final dividend of 34 cents per linked
readExhibitors at Ongwediva Fair hard at work
27-08-2004
EXHIBITORS at the Ongwediva Trade Fair, which is scheduled to kick off today, are hard at work setting up their stands in the three main exhibition halls.Nampa visited the site on Wednesday and found
readKuwaitis minister says oil speculators driving prices
27-08-2004
NEW DELHI - Kuwait's foreign minister said on Wednesday that Middle East oil exporters are producing at maximum capacity to stabilise prices that are being driven up by speculators from outside the
readNCCI pleased with Namibian participation in Lubango fair
27-08-2004
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed satisfaction with the just-ended Lubango Trade Fair in the Huila province of Angola.The NCCI, through its northern branch, in conjunction
readIOC honour for Frank
27-08-2004
NAMIBIAN sprint sensation Frank Fredericks is one of four athletes who have been elected to the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee for a term of eight years.They were chosen
readBoeing farewell on track for next week
27-08-2004
PREPARATIONS for the final handover of one of the country's single most expensive purchases since Independence - Air Namibia's Boeing 747-400 Combi - are said to be well on track.The aircraft will
readTreason trial photos show toll of Caprivi attacks
27-08-2004
THE first evidence testifying to the violence, death and destruction wreaked by alleged secessionists' surprise attacks at Katima Mulilo on August 2 1999 is now before the High Court at
readKatima to slash staff
27-08-2004
NEGOTIATIONS to reduce the bloated staff of the Katima Mulilo Town Council by almost half have begun.At least 41 council employees have opted for voluntary retrenchment and several meetings on the
readFor the Record
27-08-2004
AN article published in The Namibian on Tuesday, August 24, under the headline 'Magazine names Mugabe as one of Africa's greatest leaders' stated that only two Namibians made it on the list of 100.In
readPolice re-arrest two of Outapi escapees
27-08-2004
OUTAPI - Police in the Omusati Region have reported that two of three trial-awaiting suspects, who escaped from the Magistrate's Court cells at Outapi last week Tuesday have been re-arrested.The
readAussenkehr residents angry over clinic
27-08-2004
AUSSENKEHR residents are up in arms over the delay in the opening of a clinic for its 16 000 inhabitants.Currently patients from Aussenkehr are transported to the Noordoewer Clinic for medical
readNamibia urged to ensure preservation of wetlands
27-08-2004
NAMIBIA should preserve its wetlands so that future generations can benefit from them, a senior official from the World Conservation Union (WCU) said on Wednesday.This plea was made by Lenka Thamae,
readHuebschle makes land plea
27-08-2004
SWAPO member and the former prisons deputy minister Michaela Huebschle says that land bought by Government should first benefit "people who really lost their land".Speaking at the commemoration of the
readSparks fly over city property re-evaluation
27-08-2004
DTA City Councillor Ilme Schneider on Wednesday criticised the planned general revaluation of property to be carried out before July 2005.At its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Council gave its approval
readPolitical smear crusade at Usakos spills into streets
27-08-2004
THE political rift at the town of Usakos widened on Tuesday when a smear pamphlet with serious allegations against the CoD-UDF coalition and a CoD Councillor was distributed to homes and
readGovt approves US$1m for Namibians to study abroad
27-08-2004
CABINET has given the approval for the transfer of more than US$1 million from the Namibian Human Resource Endowment Fund to the Africa America Institute to allow 39 students to study abroad.At
readSwakop beefs up beach patrols after murder
27-08-2004
SWAKOPMUND will become a safe place again says the town's Mayor, Rosina //Hoabes.Less than two weeks after the cold blooded murder of Alexandra Mooren on the beach, four Police reservists and one
readFirst vessel for NDF Navy arrives
27-08-2004
THE first combat vessel of the Namibian Navy, the corvette Lt-Gen Jerobeam Dimo Hamaambo announced its arrival at the Walvis Bay harbour on Wednesday morning with a 21-gun salute.The government of
readCity communications under fire
27-08-2004
A PROPOSED new corporate communication strategy for the City of Windhoek has been rapped by UDF councillor Werner Claasen who claims that the local authority is selective in sharing information.At
readAnother delay in treason trial
27-08-2004
TWO and a half days of court proceedings were all it took this week for the inherent difficulties of conducting a trial on the scale of the Caprivi high treason case now in process in the High Court
read'Let's just cuddle'
27-08-2004
BERLIN - A leading German dictionary publisher plans to launch a guide it says will help men translate the subtext of female conversation.The Langenscheidt publishing group, best known for its
readHow to calm a sheep? Show it family snapshots
27-08-2004
LONDON - British scientists have found a seemingly unlikely way to soothe anxious sheep, a report said - by showing them photographs of other sheep.Much as humans find a picture of loved ones a
readElectoral song and dance too hot to handle for Bangkok
27-08-2004
BANGKOK - A wannabe Bangkok governor has been kicked out of the city hall race because her troupe of scantily clad female supporters broke election rules by being too raunchy.The Bangkok Post said on
readLet your phone guide you home!
27-08-2004
CABO FINISTERRE, Spain - Back when everyone believed the world was flat, people thought these rocky shores on Spain's windswept "coast of death" were the end of the world.In today's world, you only
readBeer gets aluminium freeze
27-08-2004
PITTSBURGH - How much would you pay for a bottle of beer that stays cold nearly an hour longer? Pittsburgh Brewing Co, maker of Iron City Beer, is asking an additional US$1 per case.The brewery has
readWeb scribe dedicates site to ranking Olympic losers
27-08-2004
LONDON - For those who believe the adage "all Olympic athletes are winners", a Canadian man has dedicated the past 10 days to proving you wrong.At his "blog" site (http://www.mcwetboy.net/dfl),
readBid for knife-proof body fails
27-08-2004
DAR ES SALAAM - A Tanzanian who went to a witch doctor in search of the power to resist bullets and knife attacks died when ritual cuts made on his body proved fatal.He was one of four suspected
readOnline satirists pull no punches on US election
27-08-2004
NEW YORK - Some are born to rule, others to ridicule is a worthy reminder to US presidential hopefuls struck by an endless arsenal of satirical barbs on the Web.A host of cyber cynics take aim at
readChildren protest trafficking, labour
27-08-2004
HANOI - Donning the red scarfs of the patriotic Young Pioneers group, Vietnamese children demanded schooling and protection in a meeting with regional policy makers fighting child labour and
readVietnamese to stand for US legislature
27-08-2004
GARDEN GROVE, California - Among the keepsakes to be circulated at the Republican National Convention in New York is a calendar celebrating the party's commitment to diversity, with pictures of
readThatcher out on bail over 'merc' plot
27-08-2004
HARARE - A Zimbabwe magistrate is expected to hand down verdicts today when the trial resumes of 70 suspected mercenaries held here on charges of plotting a coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.The men,
readKerry points to White House over Abu Ghraib abuses
27-08-2004
PHILADELPHIA - American Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said civilian leaders in the White House and the Pentagon should be held accountable for abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison."Harry
readIraq attacks kill 45, Sistani heads to Najaf
27-08-2004
NAJAF - Attacks on followers of Iraq's top rival Shi'ite clerics killed 45 people yesterday, sharply raising tensions just as efforts to end a bloody three-week uprising in Najaf appeared to be
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