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28 Articles found on Wednesday, 10 November 2004
Teenager shot in children's home
10-11-2004
THE suspect in the shooting of a 13-year-old girl at a children's home in Windhoek last Wednesday is still on the run and there is speculation that he could be hiding in the Rehoboth
readArafat 'still alive'
10-11-2004
RAMALLAH - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is still alive and efforts are being made by his French doctors to stop the haemorrhaging of his brain, negotiations minister Saeb Erakat told reporters
readNight curfew to descend over Baghdad after deadly attacks
10-11-2004
BAGHDAD - A total of 16 Americans have been killed in the past two days across Iraq - including three killed in Fallujah combat yesterday, two killed by mortars near the northern city of Mosul and 11
readOops! DBC cheque for N$2 852 becomes N$285 297
10-11-2004
THE interim board responsible for winding up the failed Development Brigade Corporation signed a cheque for N$285 297,27 instead of N$2 852,97 for work that has not yet been done.The cheque was
readMazda reports solid 1st half earnings
10-11-2004
TOKYO - Japanese automaker Mazda reported a 68 per cent jump in profit yesterday in the first half of the fiscal year and raised its outlook for the full year, citing strong sales in Europe.Mazda
readPresident calls for innovation, hard work
10-11-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has challenged regional and local leaders in the Karas Region to reorganise themselves and plan scientifically to exploit the abundant natural resources in the region."We can't
readKeetmans candidate denies Pajero claims
10-11-2004
KEETMANSHOOP - The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) candidate for the Keetmanshoop Urban constituency, Ernst Jash, has vehemently denied rumours that the Swapo Party has promised him a Mitsubishi
readPupils in court for vandalism
10-11-2004
OUTAPI - Three Grade 12 pupils from Onesi Senior Secondary School in the Omusati Region on Monday made their first appearance in the Outapi Magistrate's Court on charges of theft and malicious damage
readIllegal alien escapes from custody
10-11-2004
WINDHOEK - A Nigerian illegal immigrant, Henry Churunjero, has escaped from police custody.The Police reported in their crime bulletin yesterday that Churunjero ran away while he was being booked at
readBusy crime weekend at Otjiwarongo
10-11-2004
THE Otjiwarongo Police are investigating a rape case, after Paul Geingob (34) was arrested for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl.The incident took place along the road between Otjiwarongo and
readBIG push:money for all idea on front-burner again
10-11-2004
IN December 2002, a Basic Income Grant was proposed to Government.In a nutshell, it proposes that each and every citizen between the ages of six and 60, regardless of sex, skin colour, educational
readNot a girl, not yet a woman but already a mother
10-11-2004
LÜDERITZ - Teenage pregnancies have become common in the small Luederitz community.The town, which only has one secondary school, records an average of eight teenage pregnancies a year. Agnes Pokolo,
readKiller of nursery owner gets 20-year jail term
10-11-2004
A YOUNG man convicted of murdering a nursery owner in the Otavi area was sentenced in the Otjiwarongo Regional Court to an effective jail term of 21 years last week.Magistrate Christie Liebenberg
read23 of 61 escapees rearrested
10-11-2004
THE number of escapees who have been rearrested after a mass escape from the Wanaheda Police Station cells on Friday evening was pushed up to 23 yesterday.With the 23 back in Police custody, 38 of
readLand tax a step closer
10-11-2004
THE implementation of land tax in Namibia has taken probably the final step towards reality after the Valuation Court this week started hearing objections to the first-ever Provisional Valuation
readTwo charged over coke case bribery
10-11-2004
THE Police have arrested and charged two men over an alleged bid to use bribery to buy the freedom of a young Angolan woman who is accused of having smuggled a record quantity of cocaine into
readSpringbok and anti-apartheid campaigner
10-11-2004
GEORGE Murray Daneel, rugby player and church minister, died in Franschhoek, South Africa, on October 19 2004.Daneel was the first Springbok to reach the age of 100. He was also one of the first Dutch
readMurdoch tops executive salaries survey
10-11-2004
SYDNEY - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch led a survey of salaries among Australia's top business executives published yesterday, with total annual remuneration of more than US$20,6 million (N$128
readAustralia to press on with economic reforms
10-11-2004
MELBOURNE - Australian Treasurer Peter Costello vowed yesterday no let-up in economic reforms after a glowing report from the IMF on Australia's economy predicted 3,75 per cent growth in 2004.Costello
readEast Asian economies peak
10-11-2004
SINGAPORE - East Asia will this year record its strongest economic performance since the 1997-1998 financial crisis with average growth of 7,1 per cent but a slowdown is expected in 2005, the World
readSA empowerment drive aids too few blacks - poll
10-11-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans believe the government's drive to increase the number of blacks in senior management has enriched only a select few, a survey showed yesterday.However, it also showed a
readPalestinians in tug-of-war over Arafat money
10-11-2004
PARIS - Senior Palestinian officials headed for a showdown with the wife of Yasser Arafat yesterday as pressure mounted on her to lift the veil of secrecy she has imposed on the critically ill
readTaliban group vows to kill hostage if demands not met
10-11-2004
KABUL - A Taliban splinter group holding three UN workers hostage demanded a response to its demands from the Afghan government and United Nations by yesterday afternoon, saying it would kill one
readSudan faces US sanctions if no peace deal is struck on Darfur
10-11-2004
UNITED NATIONS - The United States next week intends to tell Sudan and its southern opposition that offers of aid may be withdrawn if an agreement is not signed soon to end Africa's longest-running
readIn Brief
10-11-2004
*VISIT - Four leading Palestinian officials prepared to visit ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in his hospital near here as accusations by his wife that they were planning a deathbed coup
readUN mulls arms embargo on Ivory Coast
10-11-2004
ABIDJAN - Top Ivory Coast and French officials appealed for calm yesterday, pledging to cooperate to put down a wave of unrest that left at least 13 dead and hundreds injured in the divided west
readMorocco asks Mugabe to mediate in conflict
10-11-2004
HARARE - King Mohammed VI of Morocco has asked Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to help mediate in its long-running dispute over Western Sahara, state media said yesterday.The invitation was
readUS troops storm into Fallujah
10-11-2004
FALLUJAH - US troops with crack Iraqi soldiers surged into the heart of Fallujah yesterday in a hail of explosions and gunfire on the second day of the largest operation in Iraq since last year's
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