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24 Articles found on Monday, 20 December 2004
Rand could firm even further
20-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - The South African rand could see more strength over the next few months on the back of a weak dollar, which has been the main driver of the rand since early 2002, Nedcor economist
readOil price jumps 5%
20-12-2004
NEW YORK - Oil prices surged 5 per cent on Friday as frigid weather lingered in the mammoth US Northeast heating oil market and militant Osama bin Laden urged renewed attacks on Middle East oil
readTallest building gets fastest lifts
20-12-2004
THE world's fastest elevators began operating at the world's tallest building, Taipei 101, and sightseers will take just 37 seconds to reach the 382-metre-high observatory when the building opens next
readSubsidies boost new EU joiners
20-12-2004
BRUSSELS - Farmer incomes in the EU's most recent member countries rose by a massive 54 per cent in 2004, mostly due to improved market prices and also to handouts of Brussels subsidies, the EU's
readCops issue warning to holidaymakers
20-12-2004
THE Namibian Police in the Erongo region will not tolerate any reckless behaviour that puts the lives of other people in danger this holiday season.The regional command unit and the public relations
readMBA reassurance
20-12-2004
HUNDREDS of Namibian master of business administration (MBA) students, studying through the Management College of Southern Africa (Mancosa), can rest assured their distance studies are not in jeopardy
readKalkrand clinic given facelift
20-12-2004
THE newly elected Hardap Regional Governor, Katrina Moetie Hansen, has urged the community of Kalkrand to guard against vandalism."If we don't take care of our own assets, we will be doomed to
readPohamba appeals for moderation
20-12-2004
WINDHOEK - President-elect Hifikepunye Pohamba has appealed to Namibians to exercise moderation during the festive season.In his Christmas Message, Pohamba urged Namibians not to indulge to the point
readOur time will come, says De Klerk
20-12-2004
WOMEN's rights campaigner Veronica de Klerk has warned men that they will not be able to block equal representation for both genders on all levels of Government forever.Reacting to the record
readNamibian children battle poverty, HIV, sex abuse
20-12-2004
THE major risks to children in Namibia stem from poverty, HIV-AIDS and sexual abuse while poverty, conflict and HIV-AIDS are cited as the biggest threats to the children of the world in this year's
readCity to sell Pietersen Flat property
20-12-2004
EIGHTEEN months after the Windhoek City Council's controversial move to evict families from the Pietersen flats in Khomasdal and demolish the structure, it has decided to sell the property.The council
readSupreme Court leaves 50-year jail term intact
20-12-2004
A FIFTY-YEAR prison sentence that a former Khorixas resident received in the High Court after he was convicted of raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl at the Kunene Region town was left unchanged
readGem shoot-out in Cimbebasia
20-12-2004
TWO young men are expected to appear in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court today on charges of armed robbery for an alleged foiled illegal diamond deal.They allegedly swindled an apparent South
readCourt slams bank over ties to known crook
20-12-2004
PERSEVERANCE, even after death, in a fight against the might of one of Namibia's largest financial institutions finally paid off for a former Windhoek resident, the late Tim Eysselinck, last week.A
readRobbers raid supermarket in the capital
20-12-2004
THREE men stormed the Okuryangava Supermarket between 13h00 and 14h00 yesterday, overpowering a security guard and taking his gun.The men ordered the customers to lie on the floor while they looted
read'Free agent' Nyamu will make waves
20-12-2004
FAILURE to make it to the next parliament may yet galvanise the Minister of Trade and Industry, Jesaya Nyamu, into becoming an outspoken pro-democracy activist.Nyamu gave an indication last week that
readParties plan a return to court, cite 'damning poll evidence'
20-12-2004
OPPOSITION political parties that were locked in a court battle with the Electoral Commission of Namibia last week to gain access to documents on last month's National Assembly and Presidential
readThe tale of the vanishing notes ...
20-12-2004
AT least one Cabinet minister aligned to Hidipo Hamutenya has, at some stage, weighed the possibility of forming a political party to rival Swapo.He put the thoughts to paper, which was stolen and
readMinister drops spy claim bombshell
20-12-2004
THE Minister of Trade and Industry, Jesaya Nyamu, has called for an investigation into what he believes to be espionage against Cabinet members.Nyamu issued the appeal after The Namibian had
readDRC fears drive African states to set up new defence command
20-12-2004
BRAZZAVILLE - Concerned about growing tension in the tinderbox eastern forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo, central African defence ministers Saturday set up a new military command for the
readZim to retake land for redistribution to diplomats, soldiers
20-12-2004
HARARE - Some former white-owned farms corruptly acquired under Zimbabwe's controversial land reform programme will be handed over to diplomats and members of the army, a state-run paper reported
readSaddam's lawyers review tactics after meeting client
20-12-2004
AMMAN - Saddam Hussein's defence team was meeting in the Jordanian capital to review tactics yesterday after the lawyers were granted a first meeting with their client last week, a spokesman
readRumsfeld in new ruckus
20-12-2004
WASHINGTON - A new wave of criticism was set to hit US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday after he admitted that he had not personally signed Pentagon condolence letters to families of
readThe World In Brief
20-12-2004
* KARBALA - Ten people were killed when a car bomb exploded at a bus station in the Iraqi Shi'ite shrine city of Karbala, hospital officials said, after the second deadly attack there in less than a
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