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43 Articles found on Wednesday, 4 August 2004
US raises terror alert in key financial centres
04-08-2004
WASHINGTON - The United States at the weekend raised the terrorist alert level for key financial centers, warning that al Qaeda may attack the International Monetary Fund and World Bank headquarters
readNigeria to build liquid natural gas plant
04-08-2004
LAGOS - Nigeria and an alliance of European energy giants have agreed to invest US$1, 25 billion (N$7,5 billion) to build a sixth liquid natural gas plant, part of Africa's biggest industrial project,
readSA launches code for public-private ventures
04-08-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's government unveiled guidelines yesterday for black economic empowerment in its joint ventures with the private sector and said it planned measures to lower the cost of
readUganda vanilla farmers fight plunging prices, theft
04-08-2004
NTENJERU - Ugandan villagers eye each other suspiciously as they reap their vanilla, a small but valuable crop that last year brought unprecedented wealth to poor rural communities in the east African
readNCCI appoints 8-member BEE standing committee
04-08-2004
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) has for the first time appointed an eight-member committee to specifically deal with the issue of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE).
readGovernment to throw Katima a lifeline
04-08-2004
GOVERNMENT has stepped in to try and resolve the protracted water crisis at Katima Mulilo and is considering a financial injection to get the town's administration back on its feet.The Permanent
readUN body warns Nam over prison abuse
04-08-2004
THE United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has called on Namibia to consider establishing an independent body which would be able to visit all places of detention and conduct investigations
readHotel plan for prime plot Developers get 7-year itch
04-08-2004
SEVEN years since plans to build a five-star hotel in the heart of the Windhoek fell apart, another developer has submitted a proposal to the City Council to erect a hotel and office complex on the
readThe Sun, the Moon and the colour blue
04-08-2004
WITH full moons on July 2 and 31, this month brought us the first 'blue moon' [the second full moon of a month] since November 2001.The next time this will happen will be in June 2007 - on average we
readThe Night Sky in August
04-08-2004
THE constellation Centaur is one of the largest and most prominent constellations of the southern sky.In Greek mythology, centaurs were beings half human and half horse. The brightest star in this
readUsakos and Karibib groups benefit from million-dollar gift
04-08-2004
ALMOST N$1 million in goods was recently handed out to poor and needy people at Usakos and Karibib by a new welfare organisation.In addition, the Uska Nissi Peoples Development Organisation, in
readMan gets 20 years for killing brother
04-08-2004
OSHAKATI - A 27-year-old man from a village near Omusimboti has been sent to jail for 20 years for killing his younger brother in 2002.Thaddeus Kambau Thomas was sentenced to 17 years for murder and
readFast winner
04-08-2004
The Cheetah Conservation Fund raised more than N$100 000 at its sixth annual dinner and auction held recently to support the survival of the fastest mammal on earth.The cheetah remains the world's
readGovernor urges border awareness
04-08-2004
RUNDU - Kavango Regional Governor Sebastian Karupu has appealed to residents of the region, mainly those who live along the Kavango River, not to cross into Angola at undesignated points.Karupu was
readMinister slams unions over illegal strikes
04-08-2004
DEPUTY Minister of Labour, Rosalia Nghidinwa, has scolded trade union leaders who mislead employees instead of assuming the role of responsible leaders.Addressing union leaders and the management of
readSearch for greener pastures leads to sexual dependency
04-08-2004
HUNDREDS of women come to Windhoek in search of jobs and better living conditions but end up resorting to selling their bodies for survival, a recent study has revealed.The !Nara Training Centre, a
readLegal Shield's Crime Line hangs up
04-08-2004
CRIME LINE is no more."The project has been terminated," said Kobus Miller, former manager of the department within Trustco Namibia's headquarters in Windhoek. He said Trustco terminated the toll-free
readCCN on anti-demon mission
04-08-2004
A HIGH-RANKING delegation from the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) on Monday visited Theonila Kakaya (85) from Oshoogolo village near Oshikuku whose life and property have been devastated since
readMPs want limits to press freedom
04-08-2004
THE country's media institutions were lambasted in the National Council yesterday, with Swapo MP for Omusati, Johnny Hakaye, going as far as calling for legislation to curtail the freedom of the
readNSHR lists top human rights abusers
04-08-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma, the ruling Swapo Party and the Police's Special Field Force (SFF) unit accounted for most human rights abuses in the last 12 months, a local watchdog said in a report released
read'Excessive force', finds Thai panel
04-08-2004
BANGKOK - Thai security forces used excessive force to oust a group of lightly armed Muslims from a mosque in April when peaceful means might have resolved the confrontation, an inquiry said
readUS girls 'stabbed grannies'
04-08-2004
FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia - Police were seeking two 15-year-old girls believed on the run after fatally stabbing the grandparents of one of the teens.Carl and Sandra Collier, both 77, were stabbed to
readTyson's knee surgery called a success
04-08-2004
PHOENIX, Arizona - Mike Tyson underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on Monday to repair the knee injury he suffered in the first round of his loss to Danny Williams on Friday in Kentucky."We
readBowling ace shrugs off spin over duel
04-08-2004
GALLE - Spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan is back in the Sri Lankan team and is not too bothered by the challenge of regaining the test wicket-taking world record he currently shares with Australia's
readMoyes confident Rooney will stay at Everton
04-08-2004
LIVERPOOL - Everton manager David Moyes believes England teenage star Wayne Rooney will start the new Premiership season at Goodison Park despite the financial crisis which has engulfed the
readVan Basten vows to bring back Dutch national team to the top
04-08-2004
ZEIST - Newly-appointed Dutch coach Marco Van Basten on Monday promised to put in place an "attractive and attacking" style of play which would bring the national team back to the top of world
readAC Milan in victory over Chelsea
04-08-2004
NEW YORK - Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko curled in an 88th-minute freekick as AC Milan rallied to beat Chelsea 3-2 in a Champions World Series match in Philadelphia on Monday.First half goals
readOwens and Lewis stand supreme in men's athletics
04-08-2004
LONDON - Two hops and a jump were enough to make James Brendan Connolly the first Olympic champion since the boxer Barasdates of Armenia in 369 A.D.Connolly, the US triple jump champion, had arrived
readRugby in a crisis
04-08-2004
NAMIBIA Rugby Union (NRU) trials which were scheduled to take place at the Hage Geingob Stadium on Saturday were called off after 31 national team players refused to avail themselves for selection.The
readNamibia third at Homeless World Cup
04-08-2004
THE Namibian team gave a great account of itself at the Homeless World Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden, ending third overall in the INSP Networking Trophy competition.Besides the team's great performance on
readAfrica aims to shine at Olympics despite poaching of top talent
04-08-2004
LAGOS - Africa may have lost some of its finest athletes to richer competitors, but the continent's fans still believe the Olympics will see their teams improve on their nine-medal haul in
readFive billion km to go!
04-08-2004
CAPE CANAVERAL - A spacecraft named Messenger rocketed away on Tuesday on an eight-billion-kilometre journey to Mercury, the closest planet to the sun and a stranger to camera close-ups for the past
readExperiment indicates cancer reversible
04-08-2004
WASHINGTON - A cloning experiment may show that the body itself has the ability to reverse cancer, US-based researchers said on Saturday.
readFlu in pregnancy linked to schizophrenia: study
04-08-2004
CHICAGO - A bout of the flu during the first half of pregnancy may damage the fetal brain and raises the risk of children developing schizophrenia later in life, researchers said on Monday.In a small
readExpress rushes medicine to South Africa's poor
04-08-2004
KIMBERLEY - Patients wrapped in coats and blankets against the bitter cold crowd together, thrusting prescriptions through the train's window.Inside, PhD pharmacology student Freddy Mohlala takes the
readSA declines to comment on planned attacks by nationals held in Pakistan
04-08-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's foreign ministry yesterday declined comment on reports that two nationals in Pakistani custody had been planning terror attacks in Johannesburg, saying they would first
readRussia ready for attacks on nukes
04-08-2004
MOSCOW - Russia conducted a military exercise yesterday to practice crushing an attempt by terrorists to seize nuclear weapons.The maneuvers, which NATO observers were invited to monitor, were held in
readEgypt blasts Israel's 'new homes'
04-08-2004
CAIRO - Egypt yesterday denounced as a provocation Israel's approval for 600 new settlement homes to be built in the West Bank in defiance of the internationally-backed roadmap peace plan."Egypt
readAstronauts on spacewalk
04-08-2004
MOSCOW - Two astronauts began a spacewalk yesterday that aims to pave the way for the European Space Agency to send its first cargo craft to the International Space Station (ISS), Russian mission
readIraqi Christians flee to Syria
04-08-2004
DAMASCUS, Syria - In small but steady numbers, Iraqi Christians are moving to Syria to escape the threats and violence of Islamic extremists, say Iraqi Christian exiles."The religious and ethnic
readSome 20 million Bangladeshis in urgent need of food aid
04-08-2004
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh will need food aid for 20 million people, or one-seventh of its population, over the next five months because of massive flooding that has destroyed crops, the country's
readThree militants killed in Gaza explosion
04-08-2004
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A bomb planted by militants trying to blow up an Israeli bulldozer yesterday killed three Palestinians during an Israeli operation to destroy weapons-smuggling tunnels, the
readTerror alerts: US wagged the dog
04-08-2004
WASHINGTON - Much of the intelligence that prompted US authorities to raise alerts around major financial institutions indicated that al Qaeda studied the sites as potential targets before the
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