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29 Articles found on Wednesday, 12 May 2004
Parastatal bailouts unhealthy
12-05-2004
THE bailing out of parastatals is not healthy as it is defeating the very purpose of their existence, Swapo MP John Hakaye said yesterday.Contributing to the debate on the 2004/05 Appropriation Bill
readIraq oil supply back to normal
12-05-2004
BAGHDAD - Iraqi oil exports should return to normal in the next 24 hours following a weekend sabotage attack on a vital pipeline in the south of the war-torn country, interim oil minister Ibrahim Bahr
readHoliday and Travel Expo underway
12-05-2004
THE Namibia Holiday and Travel Expo is on in Windhoek this week with the programme having kicked off on Saturday with a street market in the Zoo Park.Elke Cosburn of the Expo office, said the aim of
readNamibia plans to eliminate use of leaded petrol by 2006
12-05-2004
WINDHOEK - The complete elimination of leaded petrol usage in the country is set for the year 2006, Nampa news agency reported.Director of Energy in the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Gottlieb
readBotswana likely to seek new terms from De Beers
12-05-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Botswana is likely to demand more favourable terms from diamond giant De Beers for the renewal of a mining concession for the world's biggest and most profitable diamond mine, an
readRelatives of Zim mercenary suspects petition Mbeki
12-05-2004
PRETORIA - About 150 family members and friends of alleged mercenaries held in Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea handed over a memorandum addressed to President Thabo Mbeki at the Union Buildings
readFate of Caprivi 13 now in hands of Supreme Court
12-05-2004
THE Supreme Court yesterday reserved its judgement on the appeal in which the State has asked it to overturn the High Court decision that had freed the Caprivi 13 accused of high treason.The 13
readWoman drowns as Caprivi lake fills up
12-05-2004
THE rising waters of Lake Liambezi in the Caprivi have claimed the life of a 25-year old-woman whose canoe sank as she was crossing the lake on Sunday evening.With the worst of the flooding of the
read'Poisoned' tombo kills six
12-05-2004
SIX people have died and three are in hospital at Grootfontein after drinking a potent home brew that wiped out half of the workforce at a farm 35 km east of the northern town.Police yesterday
readDeforestation on increase in Kavango
12-05-2004
RUNDU - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has expressed concern over the illegal harvesting of timber in the Kavango Region.Forestry Regional Officer Jonas Mwiikingi told Nampa yesterday that
readMajor foreign funding for HIV-AIDS campaign
12-05-2004
GOVERNMENT says it will sign a long-awaited agreement with the Global Fund to fight HIV-AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria which will release around N$128 million to combat the three diseases this year.Dr
readMan hit by crane at harbour
12-05-2004
A MAN died at the Walvis Bay Harbour after being struck by a crane at the weekend, the Police reported on Monday.Saloma Ndjenda (27) was offloading railway equipment from a boat to the quay when he
readComav MD to have stake in Swakopmund Airport
12-05-2004
THE managing director of Comav will become a new shareholder in the Swakopmund Airport following a decision taken by the Swakopmund Town Council last week.Council decided at its monthly meeting that
readTwo babies killed
12-05-2004
THE Police are investigating the suspicious deaths of two babies.On Saturday morning, a passer-by found a baby girl buried in a plastic bag in the dunes between Kuisebmond and Narraville at Walvis
readLawyer charged with culpable homicide
12-05-2004
A WINDHOEK lawyer, Geoffrey Dicks, last week found himself on the wrong side of the court bench following a fatal hit-and-run incident which left a 33-year-old pedestrian dead.According to a Police
readPopa hydropower scheme reaches the feasibility stage
12-05-2004
NAMPOWER has been given the go-ahead by the Okavango River Basin Water Commission (Okacom) to start with full feasibility studies to gauge the viability of a hydropower scheme at Popa Falls near
readTowns face chance for change
12-05-2004
RESIDENTS dissatisfied with the dismal performance of of their town councils over the past year have the opportunity to vote for change in Friday's Local Authority elections.Indications are that this
readUnam ready to take on Life Fighters
12-05-2004
KHOMAS Second Division League champions, Pupkewitz Unam, are not intimidated by their Premier League opponents, Life Fighters, in an NFA Cup quarter final match scheduled for Otjiwarongo on
readAfrican outlaws threaten San Francisco
12-05-2004
SAN FRANCISCO - California biologists are alarmed over the latest invasive species to take up residence in this city:African clawed frogs, which eat just about anything and tend to breed like
readWomen are the 'better' drivers
12-05-2004
LONDON - Women, much-maligned by the opposite sex for their supposed lack of ability behind the wheel, make far safer and more law-abiding drivers than their male counterparts, British officials said
readHalf of world's species of wild bamboo threatened: UN
12-05-2004
PARIS - As many as half the world's 1 200 wild species of bamboo may be in danger of extinction through deforestation, an event that would devastate animals like the panda which feed on this plant,
readGacy's brain and beyond: A doctor explores the world of serial killers
12-05-2004
CHICAGO - The television cast an eerie glow in the dingy motel room but the doctor wasn't watching.She was waiting impatiently for an important call - one that would tell her the killer was dead.
readPolice arrested after jailbreak
12-05-2004
MAPUTO - Three Mozambican police officers have been arrested in connection with the escape on Sunday of the convicted murderer of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso from a maximum security jail,
readFloods in Kenya kill at least 50 people
12-05-2004
NAIROBI - At least 50 people have drowned and up to 38 000 others affected by flooding, including 10 000 forced to flee their homes, since heavy rains started pounding Kenya early in April, police and
readFree AIDS drugs in Malawi
12-05-2004
BLANTYRE - Malawi, where AIDS has cut life expectancy to 36, yesterday launched its first programme to provide free anti-retroviral drugs, hoping to reach tens of thousands of HIV sufferers in the
readSix Israelis die in Gaza attack
12-05-2004
JERUSALEM - The Israeli army confirmed that six of its troops were killed yesterday when Palestinian militants blew up an armoured troop carrier during a raid in the Gaza City neighbourhood of
readZimbabwe expects 'bumper harvest'
12-05-2004
HARARE - The Zimbabwe government has told international donors it will not need emergency food aid this year because it expects a bumper harvest, state media reported yesterday.The announcement came a
readStricken ship off SA coast
12-05-2004
CAPE TOWN - Salvage experts began pumping fuel from the tanks of a stricken bulk carrier off South Africa's west coast yesterday, to avert an environmental disaster should the ship sink.The fate of
readBritish soldiers accused of shooting without provocation
12-05-2004
LONDON - British soldiers have shot and killed Iraqi civilians, including an 8-year-old girl, in situations where the troops were under no apparent threat, Amnesty International alleged
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