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22 Articles found on Wednesday, 18 February 2004
DNA delay is justice denied
18-02-2004
THE suspected murder of a domestic worker at a Brakwater plot, just outside Windhoek, in September 2000 is set to remain unsolved and unpunished.Murder suspect Johannes Paulus was pronounced not
readIvory auction date nears
18-02-2004
THE date on which Namibia will hold it's one-off ivory sale this year will be determined by the 15th meeting of the Standing Committee of the United Nations Convention on International Trade in
readGrowing the Carrion Flower for protection
18-02-2004
NAMIBIA is conducting cultivation trials to get small-scale farmers involved in growing the Carrion Flower (Hoodia) for commercial trade.This was revealed by Environment and Tourism Minister Philemon
readNo solution in sight for 'Smelly School'
18-02-2004
PUPILS at the Mayuni Senior Secondary School in the Caprivi have been without water since October last year and the Ministry of Basic Education has asked for patience.Some 196 hostel learners have to
readZambian nearly castrated in Katima attack
18-02-2004
KATIMA MULILO - A 42-year-old unidentified Zambian man is in a critical condition at the Katima Mulilo state hospital after he was attacked by three men on February 11.Police said the attack took
readParliament back in action
18-02-2004
PARLIAMENT will be officially opened this afternoon, with President Sam Nujoma expected to deliver his annual State of the Nation address.The opening marks the start of the ninth session of Namibia's
readUDF throws hat into ring at Usakos
18-02-2004
THE United Democratic Front (UDF) says it fully supports disgruntled residents at Usakos who are pressing for the removal of corrupt officials.UDF Member of Parliament Gustofien Tjombe said in a
readNew dispute at Usakos sees attitudes harden
18-02-2004
A DISPUTE over control of the Multi-Purpose Community Centre at Usakos's Hakhaseb settlement has sparked more tension between the community and the Town Council.At the weekend, community activist and
read10 000 Angolans to be repatriated
18-02-2004
WINDHOEK - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) plans to repatriate 10 000 Angolan refugees this year.Most Angolan refugees in Namibia live at the Osire Refugee Camp, about 240 km
readMalaika judges refuse to budge
18-02-2004
THE organisers of Miss Malaika Namibia yesterday started to put a lid on the controversy surrounding the pageant and refused to give any more comment.But most of the pageant's judges maintained that
readGovt acts on refugee's papers
18-02-2004
THE Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday moved to end the more than a year-long wait for travel documents by a refugee and his Namibian wife.Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Niilo Taapopi said he had
readHead of heart unit removed with swift surgical precision
18-02-2004
THE Health Ministry has quietly shifted a doctor chosen to head the State's new heart unit after complaints that he knew little about heart treatment and was regarded by his peers as not suitable for
readSafari group urges NWR to drop fees
18-02-2004
A MEMBER of the tourism industry has urged the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) to waive its recently increased day visitor fees with immediate effect.Peter Pack of Pack Safari cc said yesterday that a
readOtavi Mayor on way out
18-02-2004
OTAVI has become the second town in recent weeks to decide to boot its Mayor.The Otavi Residents' Association (ORA) took a decision to fire Mayor Markus Damaseb, his deputy Magdalena Noarises and
readOuseb still clubless
18-02-2004
THE future of Namibian international Mohammed Ouseb to pursue his football career, is left in the hands of his manager Steve Bailey, after the defender parted ways with Norwegian-based Lyn Oslo FC
readSleeping with corpses
18-02-2004
DUBLIN - An elderly Irishwoman shared a room with her sister's corpse for up to a year and sometimes slept with it in the same bed, newspapers reported yesterday.Mary Ellen Lyons never told anyone
readComedians' view of the US election campaign
18-02-2004
WASHINGTON - With the US presidential election campaign under way, late night comedy television show hosts are taking a humorous look at the candidates.Here are some lines broadcast last week: NBC's
readAngola - tourist mecca of the future?
18-02-2004
LUANDA - Bullet-scarred buildings, landmine-strewn roads and a wrecked infrastructure still dominate Angola - hardly pulling in tourists. Yet after almost two years of peace, this shattered southwest
readPermissive African sexual traditions spread AIDS
18-02-2004
Kenya - Men in the arid, remote Kenyan town of Isiolo have long had sex with young virgins to purge themselves of afflictions or curses. Now the age-old custom practised by the nomadic peoples of
readGhosts of Vietnam haunt US presidential race
18-02-2004
WASHINGTON - Three decades on, the Vietnam War has returned to haunt the US presidential campaign, pitting a decorated combat veteran against an incumbent president embroiled in a controversy over his
readFaces of the dead haunt West Bank print shop
18-02-2004
JENIN, West Bank - Business is usually so slow in Abu Hamza's print shop in the West Bank town of Jenin that he has little to do except drink coffee and watch his antiquated machines gather dust.But
readShi'ites fume over Bremer veto threat as violence continues in Iraq
18-02-2004
BAGHDAD - Religious Shi'ites warned Iraq's top administrator Paul Bremer yesterday against the risk of a crisis should he carry out his threat to veto an Islamic constitution for the country, as
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