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32 Articles found on Thursday, 15 July 2004
Angola seals new diamond ventures
15-07-2004
LUANDA - Angola's state diamond mining company Endiama has signed a deal with local and Belgian partners to seek diamond deposits in two areas of the country's gem-rich Lunda Norte province, the firm
readDe Beers pleads guilty to price fixing
15-07-2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio - De Beers pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court to a decade-old price-fixing charge, freeing the world's dominant diamond producer to compete directly in the lucrative US
readExports key to Namibia's growth, says Hamutenya
15-07-2004
NAMIBIA can become an important player in the global economy if the country looks at diversified production, focussing mainly on export-led productive activities.This was said by former Trade and
readMan shoots off his testicles
15-07-2004
LONDON - A British man who accidentally shot himself in the testicles after drinking 15 pints of beer was jailed for five years on Tuesday for possessing an illegal firearm, a court spokesman
readRadio Wave takes ex-DJ to court for jumping ship
15-07-2004
NOT so long ago, radio disc jockey Deon van Rensburg helped entertain Radio Wave listeners with irreverent humour and often risque on-air statements as a member of the popular radio station's
read26% of workforce could be lost to AIDS
15-07-2004
NAMIBIA is expected to lose 26 per cent of its work force in the next 15 years - up from three per cent four years ago.In a new report released at the Bangkok AIDS conference yesterday, the
readRukoro quits Air Namibia, Criticises State House
15-07-2004
AIR NAMIBIA'S Board Chairman Vekuii Rukoro, has quit, citing State House interference in commercial decisions.Yesterday Rukoro told The Namibian that his resignation was a matter of "principle and
readOpuwo declares war against filth
15-07-2004
OPUWO - Not happy with being referred to as councillors of the dirtiest place in Namibia, town councillors at Opuwo have declared war on untidiness.This was announced by Opuwo Town Clerk Libertus
readTime to take stock of bird life
15-07-2004
THE annual July bird count at the Walvis Bay lagoon on July 17 and 18 is again open to all birders and newcomers.Last year's winter count totalled 107 200 birds - the most ever counted in July.
readMan raped 'in error'
15-07-2004
NAMPOL Liaison Officer for Omusati region, Sergeant Linekela Shikongo, told The Namibian yesterday that Police had arrested Ananias Michael (27) from Oshitutuma village on July 4, after it was
readElderly urged to aim for Guinness record
15-07-2004
PRIME MINISTER Theo-Ben Gurirab has urged regional governors to establish the number of elderly Namibians aged 80, or older, and to keep the date and place of their birth and any other credible
readSA govt to attend Guinea trial
15-07-2004
PRETORIA - The South African government will send a delegation to Equatorial Guinea to ensure that the trial of eight South Africans arrested in that country for allegedly plotting to overthrow
readPast nuclear tests may unlock Africa ivory sales
15-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Africa's elephant war between those who want to lift the ban on ivory sales and those who want to keep it is about take a new turn.Nuclear physicist Elias Sideras-Haddad says he can
readAnti-AIDS campaigners fear neglect of Kunene will fuel spread of disease
15-07-2004
HIV-AIDS and development campaigners in the Kunene Region fear that if no proper support is forthcoming, the "forgotten" area could see a dramatic increase in the number of infected people.At nine per
readCoD Usakos Councillor quits
15-07-2004
ONE of the two newly elected Congress of Democrats Councillors at Usakos, Loot Dwinger has resigned.Dwinger confirmed his resignation to The Namibian yesterday, saying his main reason was that Council
readOfficer jailed for murder over beer
15-07-2004
RUNDU - The regional court at Rundu on Monday sentenced a former Special Field Force (SFF) officer, Mathias Shaanika (39), to 15 years imprisonment for murdering 32-year-old Christianus Kandjendje at
readSwapo MPs defend SFF
15-07-2004
SOME Swapo MPs have been angered by opposition claims in the National Assembly that the conduct of members of the Police Special Field Force (SFF) was not up to scratch and that they required more
readOkakarara holds its breath
15-07-2004
RESIDENTS of Okakarara in the Otjozondjupa Region breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday when the clock passed 12h00 and their electricity supply still connected.Last week NamPower gave the
readPlay-offs undecided
15-07-2004
THE Nationwide First Divisions Promotional Play-Offs slated for Otjiwarongo were cancelled last weekend, as the three first division leagues still have unresolved disciplinary hearings and related
readNamibia on course at Gothia Cup
15-07-2004
THE Namibian Under 19 schools football team started their campaign in the 2004 edition of the Gothia Cup in Gotenburg, on an impressive note with wins from their first two matches.The youngsters
readBotes defies NNOC ban to speak out
15-07-2004
THE Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) has barred local sport consultant Quinton-Steele Botes from speaking to the local and international media, before, during and after the Olympic Games due
readHaiti rebels threaten to take up arms again
15-07-2004
PORT-AU-PRINCE - A group of former rebels, who helped oust Haiti's president in February, on Tuesday denounced a government plan to disarm them and threatened to take up their weapons again.Many of
readTabby gets military rank after Iraq tour
15-07-2004
COLORADO SPRINGS - Fort Carson Staff Sgt. Rick Bousfield of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team had a mission: Saving Private Hammer.Private Hammer is an Iraqi tabby cat the unit adopted after he was born
readMarcos victims awarded US$40m
15-07-2004
MANILA - More than 9 000 human rights victims of the Ferdinand Marcos regime in the Philippines said have won US$40 million in compensation from a US court, their lawyers said yesterday.Judge Manuel
readPlotter relives hell of doomed bid to kill Hitler
15-07-2004
BERLIN - Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist had a vision of eternal damnation as he was taken in for questioning at Gestapo headquarters in Berlin over the attempt to kill Adolf Hitler on July 20 1944."I
readEnvironmentalists blast Bush forest plan
15-07-2004
BOISE, Idaho - Environmentalists are blasting a Bush administration proposal to lift a ban on logging in remote areas of national forests, saying the move ignores popular support for protecting
readGlobal warming raises stink in Britain
15-07-2004
LONDON - The discovery of breeding colonies of stinkbugs in London is clear proof that global warming is a fact of life, a scientist said on Friday.The small insect - Nezara viridula or southern green
readBrazilian army on enviro beat
15-07-2004
BRASILIA - Brazil's environment ministry is teaming up with the army to fight illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.Environment Minister Marina Silva signed a co-operation agreement on
readBulgarian hostage executed in Iraq
15-07-2004
BAGHDAD - Militants in Iraq executed a captive Bulgarian trucker, as the Philippines, despite US opposition, announced yesterday it has begun pulling its troops out of Iraq after demands to do so from
readUS steps up Sudan pressure
15-07-2004
WASHINGTON - US Congress members on Tuesday sought to declare a "genocide" in Sudan's Darfur region in hopes of spurring UN action, and US President George W. Bush urged the Sudanese government to
readUK probe finds flaws in pre-war intelligence on Iraq armaments
15-07-2004
LONDON - Britain's pre-war intelligence on Iraq's armaments had "serious flaws" but Prime Minister Tony Blair was not personally responsible, an inquiry found yesterday."No single individual was to
readChaos as Baghdad bomb blast kills 10
15-07-2004
BAGHDAD - At least 10 people were killed and 40 wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded yesterday at a checkpoint outside the gates of the main Iraqi government building in Baghdad.Bloodied bodies
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