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27 Articles found on Friday, 15 October 2004
Ethiopia gets US$88 mln Fund loan to cut poverty
15-10-2004
TUNIS - The African Development Fund, the African Development Bank's (AfDB) soft lending arm, awarded Ethiopia an US$88 million (N$580,8 million) loan to finance an anti-poverty scheme, the AfDB
readWhale, ivory trade have long histories
15-10-2004
BANGKOK - Whaling and the trade in ivory have long and sometimes bloody histories tightly linked to the global expansion in trade and Europe's colonial past.Their uncertain futures are sure to remain
readEsau slams unfair competition by established businesses
15-10-2004
RUNDU - Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Berhardt Esau this week warned that unfair competition from bigger businesses which flood the local market with cheap goods at the expense of small and
readNigerian oil fire out after spill
15-10-2004
LAGOS - An oil spill in Nigeria's southern delta which caused a small dent in output was caused by unknown saboteurs who cut into a major export pipeline with a hacksaw, Royal Dutch Shell said
readNokia's third quarter profits drop
15-10-2004
HELSINKI - Top mobile phone maker Nokia reported a drop in third-quarter earnings yesterday after cutting handset prices to win back market share and predicted earnings for the key fourth quarter
readNamibia maintains economic ranking
15-10-2004
SOUTH Africa showed an overall improvement as it was ranked 41 in The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005, released on Wednesday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva ahead of all other
readPrivate firms rush to fund ruling party campaign
15-10-2004
AN advertising firm has offered Swapo free election publicity in return for better business opportunities.It is one of a number of companies that The Namibian understands have been rushing to
readSwapo pushes through 'don't-ask-the-cost' presidential package
15-10-2004
THE total value of President Sam Nujoma's retirement package remains unknown, despite a law entitling him to a pension and various other benefits being approved by the National Assembly
readLegal Shield back in court
15-10-2004
LAWYERS involved in what looks set to be a drawn-out and bitterly fought court battle between the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority and legal assistance insurance company Legal
readRail death
15-10-2004
FRANZ Swartz died after being hit by a train at Usakos last week, the Police reported this week.He was sitting on the railway line when the accident happened. * At Ouhongo village, one-month-old
readYou've got mail: Walvis now on St Helena route
15-10-2004
THE port of Walvis Bay is set to benefit from the new route introduced by the Royal Mail Ship St Helena.The RMS, with a capacity of 128 passengers and 1 500 tons of cargo, will sail into Walvis Bay
readNSHR claims illegal voter registrations
15-10-2004
A ROW has erupted between the Electoral Commission of Namibia and the National Society for Human Rights with allegations of intimidation, harassment and illegal voter registration at the centre of the
readCites okays trade in ekipas
15-10-2004
ALTHOUGH Namibia failed to get Cites' permission for an annual export quota of 2 000kg of ivory, it got approval to allow local communities trade in ivory trinkets, known as ekipas.The 13th meeting of
readMan hangs himself in belief that he killed his wife
15-10-2004
VENASIUS Amungulu (40) from Oikokola village in Omusati hanged himself on Friday night, believing that he had killed his wife.According to the Chief of the Ombalantu Traditional Authority, tatekulu
readNew labour bill passed
15-10-2004
THE long-awaited new labour law will come into effect in the next few weeks.After much toing and froing between the National Assembly and the National Council since the bill was first introduced in
readVeld fire ravages area around Oshikoto
15-10-2004
A HUGE veld fire destroyed cattle posts and killed a large number of livestock in the Oshikoto region this week, an official in the Environment Ministry confirmed yesterday.Paulina Mbanda, a Forestry
readMix problems still in the mix after court ruling
15-10-2004
SECRETARY to Cabinet Frans Kapofi has lost a High Court bid to have squatters living on his property pay rent due to him.Judge Gerhard Maritz ruled on Wednesday that an agent, Monica Pascheka,
readOtjiwarongo's Haipare still in limbo
15-10-2004
THERE seems to be no end to the suspension of the Otjiwarongo Municipality's Chief Executive Officer, Paulus Haipare.Mayor Otto Ipinge confirmed last week that no formal charges have been laid against
readRebel rallies oil delta in struggle
15-10-2004
LAGOS - Nigerian rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari believes only armed struggle can deliver justice for the impoverished people of the oil-producing Niger Delta.Asari, whose threats to Nigerian crude
readSoweto marks a century, eyes the future
15-10-2004
SOWETO - South Africa's Soweto, once the heart of anti-apartheid struggle and still a place few white South Africans visit, marked its centenary on Tuesday hoping to build its legacy into a drawcard
readYour boss is watching
15-10-2004
IN a recent study on Internet deprivation, people forced to live without Net access for two weeks said they missed the "private space" the Internet provided them at work.Well, I have news for you.
readWho has the most sex? Who has least?
15-10-2004
LONDON - France is well positioned as the world's sexiest state, according to a global survey of lovemaking published on Tuesday.In a poll of more than 350 000 people, condom maker Durex found that
readJackson sued by herbalist
15-10-2004
LOS ANGELES - A herbalist who claims Michael Jackson failed to pay him for treatment for a pain killer addiction has sued the pop icon for nearly US$1 million, court documents showed yesterday.Herbal
readMoz limits poll observers' access
15-10-2004
MAPUTO - Mozambique's National Elections Commission has announced it will not give observers access to all stages of the vote counting in December's presidential and parliamentary elections.Commission
readSaddam 'fit and well' after op
15-10-2004
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein underwent a hernia operation at a US-run hospital inside Baghdad's Green Zone two weeks ago and has made a full recovery, a US military official said on Wednesday.The former
readGaza offensive toll up to 100
15-10-2004
GAZA - Israeli air strikes killed five Palestinians in Gaza yesterday as the Palestinian death toll rose to 100 in a 16-day-old army offensive aimed at crushing militants behind rocket salvoes into
readBush and Kerry trade shots on Iraq, Osama, economy
15-10-2004
TEMPE, Arizona - US President George W.Bush and Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry battled late on Wednesday over Iraq, terrorism, health care, and jobs, hoping their final debate would break
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