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21 Articles found on Wednesday, 20 October 2004
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20-10-2004
Computers displaying the google Desktop search engine are on display at the Digitallife show at New York's Jacob K. Javitz convention centre last Thursday.The free desktop-search programme, at
readAussie coal industry suffers overflow
20-10-2004
SYDNEY - Australia's coal industry it is suffering as booming export demand, especially in Asia, runs up against production and shipping constraints, second tier producer Macarthur Coal said
readOil falls another US$ as costs hit economy
20-10-2004
LONDON - Oil prices fell more than a dollar a barrel for a second day yesterday on signs that high energy costs are cutting into economic growth.US light crude lost US$1,03 (N$6,80) to US$52,60 a
readSA says R13 billion needed for land claims
20-10-2004
PRETORIA - South Africa's agriculture minister said yesterday 13 billion rand would be needed to resolve outstanding land claims, which would make it difficult for them to be settled by a target of
readGlazer step nearer to becoming Man United's biggest shareholder
20-10-2004
LONDON - The family of US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer said yesterday it had raised its stake in Manchester United to 27,6 per cent from 25,3 making it almost the largest shareholder in the world's
readIBM third-quarter earnings up
20-10-2004
NEW YORK - International Business Machines Corp. reported a small gain in third-quarter profits on Monday, as increasing revenues in almost every area of the business, including emerging markets such
readDevelopment Bank sets new rules on SME loans
20-10-2004
THE Development Bank of Namibia will soon be able to grant loans to small and medium enterprises.This follows Cabinet approval last week of the rules governing the operation of the bank's Special
readTreason suspect's wife smuggled cellphone to imprisoned husband
20-10-2004
THE wife of a Caprivi high treason suspect being detained at the Grootfontein Prison was sentenced in the Grootfontein Magistrate's Court this week after she admitted that she had smuggled a
readPoliticians get hip with rap, roadshows
20-10-2004
"HEY, Bra Gazza....It's me Sam Nujoma.Your number one outie ...," gushes the Namibian President in typical Katutura lingo that defies the profile of a grizzled traditionalist.Nujoma is apparently
readJailed suspects 'fed like dogs'
20-10-2004
THE Windhoek Police Station is reportedly facing a critical food shortage, with more than 200 trial-awaiting prisoners in its holding cells allegedly not being fed properly or regularly.Police sources
readNDF 'up to the challenge'
20-10-2004
WINDHOEK - The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has grown into a professional force capable of repelling external threats "that intend to destabilise the country", says President Sam Nujoma.Nujoma made
readShot in the buttocks
20-10-2004
SIMSON Nepunda allegedly shot Kaino Kautewa (29) in the back and buttocks with a shotgun at the Oshalumbu village in Ohangwena last week.The Police reported in their crime bulletin that Kautewa was
readDonor agent hopeful WAD on the way to self-reliance
20-10-2004
ABSALOM SHIGWEDHA WOMEN'S Action for Development's main sponsor says it expects the organisation to stand on its own in the coming few years, even developing into a donor."WAD has a lot to offer. WAD
readBogus Gobabis policeman back in court
20-10-2004
GOBABIS - A 23-year-old man, who pretended for one full year that he was a Police officer, made his second appearance in the Gobabis Magistrate's Court on Friday.Jerman Karumendu (23) appeared before
readNafinu withdraws court case against FNB
20-10-2004
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) has announced that it will withdrew its labour court case against First National Bank Holdings after an agreement was reached between the two
readRetired Chief Justice Strydom receives warm praise
20-10-2004
WORDS of praise and appreciation for former Chief Justice Johan Strydom flowed freely at the Supreme Court building in Windhoek on Thursday evening last week.The occasion was a get-together of
readAir traffic controllers demand Govt action
20-10-2004
NAMIBIAN air traffic controllers have accused Government of dragging its feet in improving their working conditions and safety of the country's airspace.Today, the 'Day of the Air Traffic Controller'
readLawyer of leading high treason suspects withdraws from trial
20-10-2004
THE Caprivi treason trial in the High Court at Grootfontein appears set to have another postponement forced upon it today.The trial has been thrown into uncertainty after one of the nine defence
readUnion backtracks on farm grab threat
20-10-2004
THE controversial Secretary General of the Namibia Farmworkers Union (Nafwu), Alfred Angula, seems to have made a dramatic about-turn after his relentless threats to "forcefully" occupy commercial
readPierre Salinger, Kennedy advisor, later a reporter
20-10-2004
PARIS - Pierre Salinger, who served as US President John F Kennedy's press secretary and later had a long career with ABC News, has died at a hospital in southern France. He was 79. Salinger died on
readYogi Bhajan, 'boss' of worlds spiritual and capitalistic
20-10-2004
YOGI Bhajan, a former customs inspector at the Delhi airport who became both the spiritual leader to Americans following his version of the ancient Sikh religion and a highly successful entrepreneur,
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