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30 Articles found on Monday, 17 May 2004
Food prices dropped in April
17-05-2004
ICPI Food prices dropped in April.The Central Bureau of Statistics in the National Planning Commission has released the Interim Consumer Price Index (ICPI) for April 2004. The ICPI shows that there
readWorld Cup to buoy South Africa economy with image boost
17-05-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's economy will get a direct boost from hosting the 2010 soccer World Cup, but the likely financial spin-off of its improved image abroad may have a much bigger impact,
readOtjinene by-election flops
17-05-2004
POLITICAL parties are divided over the fate of the suspended Otjinene constituency by-election, which was supposed to elect a new regional councillor.Where voting was stopped, both the ruling Swapo
readCough up for State House, City urges Govt
17-05-2004
THE City of Windhoek is likely to stick to a price tag of N$24 million for the more than 40 hectares of land the new State House complex is being built on.At its last council meeting on Thursday night
readElection springs some surprises
17-05-2004
SWAPO has increased its control over Local Authority councils countrywide by three, up from 26 to 29 out of 44 - but had to endure defeat at some towns where the ruling party's head office had forced
read2 die in blaze
17-05-2004
TWO women died in separate incidents when their huts caught alight earlier this month, the Police reported at the end of last week.At Embwanyana village near Okongo, Maria Lukas (19) died at about
readNurse dies in ambulance accident, five die in collision
17-05-2004
A STATE ambulance overturned about 83 kilometres north of Okahandja on Tuesday, killing a nurse, O Hautemo, a passenger in the vehicle.The Police reported at the end of last week that the Toyota
readDoctors' robbery case postponed to July 21
17-05-2004
A ROBBERY case against three young medical doctors accused of a night-time attack on a Sierra Leonean colleague on the grounds of the Windhoek Central Hospital was on Friday postponed to July.The next
readGetting a handle on Unam
17-05-2004
ONE of the first things Higher Education Minister Nahas Angula would do if elected President of Namibia would be to amend the University of Namibia law so that the Head of State was not automatically
readFather and son back in court for murder
17-05-2004
A FATHER and son accused of murder, Hendrik Johannes Venter (Snr) and Johannes Hendrik Venter, appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Thursday on a charge that they killed a woman in Windhoek
readExpropriation of farms not good for stability: RP
17-05-2004
GOVERNMENT's move to begin expropriating commercial farms does not bode well for peace, reconciliation and stability in Namibia, the Republican Party warns in a statement.In reaction to Government's
readGovernor concerned about voter apathy
17-05-2004
RUNDU - Kavango Regional Governor Sebastian Karupu yesterday expressed concern about voter apathy.In an interview with Nampa, Karupu said joint civic and voter education was needed to ensure that the
readPrisoners exercise their constitutional right
17-05-2004
PRISONERS were also given the opportunity to cast their votes, under the close watch of wardens, in Friday's Local Authority election."It is the first time that I have voted. I hope for change because
readRehoboth: Determined to vote for change
17-05-2004
AS he stood at the fuel station on Friday morning staring into the distance, Efraim Boeck emphasised that things were going to change in the Rehoboth administration.Boeck said he was whiling the time
readStatus quo prevails at Swakopmund
17-05-2004
OPPOSITION parties at Swakopmund are unhappy over an incident at the Meduletu polling station on Friday night when people were allegedly let in to vote after the cut off time of 21h00.A DTA candidate
readDesire for change at Karibib, Usakos and Omaruru
17-05-2004
MORE than 60 per cent of registered voters turned out to cast their ballots at Karibib, Usakos and Omaruru on Friday.Most, especially young first-time voters, expressed a desire to see change and
readSwapo takes downgraded Otavi
17-05-2004
OTAVI, which has been downgraded to a village, will see the ruling party Swapo at the helm of the embattled council.The party ousted the Otavi Residents' Association (Ora), previously in power, taking
readLowest voter turnout at Walvis Bay
17-05-2004
WALVIS BAY recorded the lowest voter turnout in the country in Friday's municipal poll.Of the 25 904 registered voters, only 7 846 people cast their vote on Friday resulting in a voting percentage of
readMPs scolded for reading comics
17-05-2004
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi scolded rookie lawmakers on Thursday for reading comic books and talking on their cell phones during legislative sessions, according to a newspaper
readFrom the Sidelines with Corry Ihuhua
17-05-2004
THE decision by the Namibia Football Association (NFA) to accept the Namibia Rural Sport Development Federation (NRSDF) as an associate member is not yielding any positive results.As an associate
readBig guns through to NFA Cup semis
17-05-2004
TIGERS and Chief Santos once again made their way through to the semi-finals of the NFA Cup when they won their quarter final matches at the Mokati Stadium over the weekend.
readGwyneth Paltrow gives birth to a girl
17-05-2004
LONDON - Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow has given birth to her first child, a daughter called Apple, a spokesman said on Saturday.Paltrow (31) and her British husband Chris Martin (27) lead singer
readDrunken priest shoots mayor dead at religious bash
17-05-2004
MEXICO CITY - A Catholic priest shot to death the mayor of a town in western Mexico early on Wednesday after the pair got drunk and began punching each other during a religious festival, state
readNehru-Gandhi dynasty revived with defeat of Hindu hard-liners
17-05-2004
NEW DELHI - After all the pundits had written off the family dynasty that dates back to the birth of modern India, the legendary Nehru-Gandhi clan has risen to claim the country's leadership once
readReports: Prison guard describes laughing abusers
17-05-2004
WASHINGTON - Prison guard Spc Jeremy Sivits, who took photos of abuse at the Abu Ghraib detention centre in Iraq, described soldiers laughing and joking as they beat, stripped and sexually humiliated
readGandhi shaping India's government
17-05-2004
NEW DELHI - Sonia Gandhi was yesterday finalising the shape of a new Indian government, even as the country's communists debated whether to join the administration and risk backlash from their
readVoting resumes Zimbabwe by-election
17-05-2004
HARARE - Voting resumed yesterday on the second day of a key by-election in Zimbabwe, pitting President Robert Mugabe's ruling party against the main opposition, an electoral official said."People are
readEmbattled Blair to stay in office
17-05-2004
LONDON - Top Labour MPs insisted yesterday that Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair would not step down amid mounting criticism over Iraq, as the defence minister dismissed media reports that the
readPowell lashes out at Arafat
17-05-2004
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan - US Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday blamed Yasser Arafat for blocking US efforts to strengthen Palestinian security forces as a means of ending terror attacks on
readRumsfeld approved Iraqi prisoner abuse
17-05-2004
NEW YORK - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorised the expansion of a secret programme that encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners to obtain intelligence about the
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