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32 Articles found on Tuesday, 6 July 2004
Not My Letter
06-07-2004
I AM writing in response to the letter that appeared in today's Newspaper regarding MTC's service - Cellular Activity Phone Activity A Lot Like Sex.Please note that I am not the original writer of
readColour And Blame
06-07-2004
ONE of the ills of our society in the recent past was the polarisation of black and white.It seems that the lessons of those wrongs have not been learned. I increasingly hear over national television
readPractical movement for unity
06-07-2004
MANKIND needs a new deeper expression of truth.The rapid collapse of modern civilisation and of order in society with not satisfactory replacement in sight. Feelings of emptiness, loneliness, and
readEU, SADC to launch EPAs in Windhoek
06-07-2004
EUROPEAN Union commissioners will launch the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations this week.EU commissioners; Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Poul Nielson and
readAsian business seminar kicks off
06-07-2004
A BUSINESS seminar by the Asian-Africa Investment and Technology Promotion Centre (AAITPC) delegation opened in Windhoek yesterday.The 50-member delegation of entrepreneurs from Asia is in the country
readCourt asked to intervene in Karuaihe trust dispute
06-07-2004
THE three orphaned children of the late Judge Fonnie Karuaihe and his late wife Nokokure Karuaihe once more found themselves at the centre of a legal dispute between one of their guardians and a close
readMan dies in harbour explosion
06-07-2004
ONE man died instantly and three others sustained serious burn wounds following an explosion on a ship in the dry dock at the Walvis Bay Harbour at around 16h00 on Sunday.The deceased has been
readKudu project gets new life
06-07-2004
NEW life has been breathed into the Kudu gas project which, according to officials, can save Namibia and the region from a major electricity crunch.Yesterday utilities NamPower, Eskom and the Namibia
readDevelopment NGO offers reward following break-in and theft
06-07-2004
A NAMIBIAN conservation and development NGO has lost years of valuable records and data - some of it irreplaceable - with the theft last week of two laptop computers in Katima Mulilo.Back-up disks in
readNamPort expands 'We Care' project to HIV-AIDS front
06-07-2004
THE Namibia Port Authority (NamPort) at Walvis Bay last week launched an HIV-AIDS Surveillance Study Campaign under the theme 'I am tested, what about you'.In terms of the programme, employees will be
readAIDS reaches 'critical' stage
06-07-2004
EFFORTS to curb HIV-AIDS have reached "a critical moment", the newly released World Health Report for 2004 states.However, the report, which is yet to be launched in Namibia, points out that more
readDealer's appeal bid goes bust
06-07-2004
A SOUTH African truck driver serving one of the heavier sentences to be imposed recently in Namibia's courts for dagga dealing was told in the High Court last week that he could in fact count himself
readSoccer combi kills girl
06-07-2004
A 12-year-old girl was killed along the Rundu-Divundu main road on Friday morning when she was hit by a vehicle carrying Eleven Arrows Football players, the Police reported yesterday.The Namibian
readSoldiers 'not put out to pasture'
06-07-2004
MINISTER of Defence Erkki Nghimtina last week moved swiftly to dismiss claims that "sick and disabled" NDF members were deployed as goat and cattle herdsmen at the Otavi Military Base.He was
readMercenary suspects trial could face delay
06-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's highest court will hear an appeal to bring back 70 suspected mercenaries detained in Zimbabwe on July 19, the same day their trial is scheduled to start in Harare, a
readDesert Express rape case referred to Regional Court
06-07-2004
TWO separate charges of rape against a former waiter on a luxury tourist train have been referred to the Swakopmund and Otjiwarongo Regional Courts respectively.Trevor Glen Pieterse (21) of Windhoek
readChinese at Swakop robbed
06-07-2004
THREE Chinese nationals were attacked and robbed of cellphones, cameras, watches and a banking card at a house at the Haro Park Construction site, the Police reported yesterday.Four men carrying
readOutgoing Ambassador says US-Namibia trade growing
06-07-2004
THE United States Embassy expects Namibian exports through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to total more than US$100 million this year.Speaking at the American Independence Celebrations
readIyambo intervenes in NovaNam dispute
06-07-2004
THE largest fishing factory at Luderitz is expected to reopen later this week following the intervention of Fisheries Minister Abraham Iyambo.Iyambo gathered several interested parties at the weekend
read'Emerging' farmers to learn new skills
06-07-2004
RELENTLESS problems currently dogging emerging commercial farmers could soon become a thing of the past if various stakeholders had their way.Dozens of Namibians move into commercial farming areas
readNew diamond cutting factory threatens De Beers monopoly
06-07-2004
NAMIBIA'S diamond industry is to be revamped in a move that will undercut the nearly century-old influence of De Beers in the marketing of precious gems.Government leaders gave signals of the
readKanalelo no longer with Sundowns
06-07-2004
FORMER national football team goal minder Fillemon 'Ronnie' Kanalelo will no longer ply his trade at Pretoria based Premiership side Sundowns Football Club.This emerged yesterday when club owner and
readCassini pierces Titan's veil
06-07-2004
PASADENA, California - The Cassini spacecraft pierced the haze enveloping Titan, Saturn's largest moon, to reveal surface details that already have shattered theories about its composition, scientists
readAlzheimer's mutations found in brain cells
06-07-2004
WASHINGTON - The genetic mutations that lie behind most cases of Alzheimer's disease may be found inside cell powerhouses known as mitochondria, US researchers said yesterday.They said they found
readAnnan calls for Green Revolution
06-07-2004
ADDIS ABABA - UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, yesterday called for a "Green Revolution" to feed Africa's hungry, saying the world's poorest continent must kick-start food output if it is to achieve
readIraq arrests in Berg murder announced
06-07-2004
BAGHDAD - Iraq arrested four men in May accused of involvement in the beheading of American businessman Nicholas Berg, a government spokesman said yesterday.The arrests had been previously announced,
readPoor show
06-07-2004
BANGKOK - The first summit meeting of national leaders on HIV-AIDS in Bangkok next week has been called off because only one of the invited leaders is showing up - Ugandan President Yoweri
readMen in suits worst drivers
06-07-2004
ACCRA - Men in suits are the worst drivers in Ghana, jumping red lights, speeding and committing two-thirds of traffic offences."It's the big men in suits, driving posh cars who're the worst traffic
read'Goodbye to Megawati'
06-07-2004
JAKARTA - Indonesian voters in yesterday's first direct presidential election looked set to throw out Megawati Sukarnoputri in favour of a former general with a clean image.As the polls closed in the
readAU finally onto Zim
06-07-2004
ADDIS ABABA - African Union human rights experts have thrown overboard the continent's long deference to Zimbabwe by circulating a previously secret report critical of the country's rights record at
readDeath penalty: Iraqi PM won't interfere
06-07-2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's interim prime minister said yesterday he would not interfere with an Iraqi tribunal's right to decide whether Saddam Hussein and his top lieutenants should be executed on war
readMadikizela-Mandela wins battle against jail sentence
06-07-2004
PRETORIA - A South African judge yesterday scrapped a five-year jail sentence against the ex-wife of former president Nelson Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, for theft and fraud in connection with
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