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26 Articles found on Thursday, 21 October 2004
Insect pageant set to start
21-10-2004
FLYING ant lions will be the main attraction in this year's insect pageantr, says Dr Eugene Marais, head of entomology at the National Museum of Namibia.With Namibia's dry climate, the first rain of
readFilipino worker at Ramatex takes life
21-10-2004
A 30-year-old Filipino woman is believed to have committed suicide at the Ramatex Textile Factory on Monday.
readFoul-mouthed suspect's jail term reduced
21-10-2004
A STOCK theft suspect who unleashed a torrent of f-word expletives at a Magistrate at Otavi early this year has been granted some relief from the prison term that he received for his courtroom
readMVA scam probe widens
21-10-2004
NAMIBIA'S road accident fund is to institute a wide-ranging probe after a preliminary investigation unearthed fraudulent claims costing N$10 million over the past two years.The fraudulent claims
readN$10 000 for cop murder info
21-10-2004
THE Police have offered a N$10 000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of the murderers of a police officer found shot and stabbed in early August.Police discovered the corpse of
readTwo arrested for stolen furniture
21-10-2004
POLICE have arrested two men found in possession of goods that are suspected to have been stolen from the Okahandja hotel between July and October this year, the Police reported in their crime
readUDF puts Biwa on its list
21-10-2004
KEETMANSHOOP - Veteran United Democratic Front (UDF) politician and the former Mayor of Keetmanshoop, Andreas Biwa, could make a return to active politics.Nampa has learned from reliable sources that
readVulture chicks have their day
21-10-2004
A RECORD number of 52 Lappet Faced Vulture chicks were ringed in the Namib-Naukluft Park recently during an annual survey conducted by the Vulture Study Group (VSG)."A further five breeding records
readHazardous Waste Institute
21-10-2004
CABINET has given the Minister of Environment and Tourism the go-ahead to sign an agreement establishing the Africa Institute for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous and other Wastes.The
readMedia to be monitored
21-10-2004
THE media will be under the spotlight until after the elections.The Namibian chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa), the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and the
readAgribank Act amendment questioned in the NC
21-10-2004
NATIONAL Council member Samuel Cloete yesterday questioned the validity of an amendment to the Agricultural Bank of Namibia Act, which is currently before the National Council.Speaking during the
readYouths on the wrong side of the law
21-10-2004
WINDHOEK - Juvenile delinquents have many things in common.Most come from broken homes, drop out of school, and are first time offenders. "I stabbed a friend with a broken bottle," says a 14-year-old
readSwanu to stick to socialism
21-10-2004
SWANU'S political gathering in Katutura on Monday night brought back memories of the apartheid and Cold War eras.So outdated was the language at the launch of the South West African National Union's
readNo clarity on treason trial future
21-10-2004
THE High Court at Grootfontein will reconvene tomorrow in an attempt to get clarity over the further course of the Caprivi high treason trial.The trial was thrown into uncertainty by the withdrawal of
readFive hospitalised after contracting anthrax
21-10-2004
FOUR children and an adult are being treated for anthrax at the Katima Mulilo State Hospital after contracting the disease from infected animal carcasses.Hospital official Eunice Makapa told The
readKudu gas power in five years
21-10-2004
PARTNERS in the development of the Kudu gas-to-power project say it is on track for completion in five years' time.The Ministry of Mines, Energy Africa, NamPower as well as the National Petroleum
readLand project sparks clashes between locals, settlers
21-10-2004
THYOLO - The gun-toting policemen patrolling round-the-clock in Malawi's tea-growing southern district of Thyolo bear witness to tensions fuelled by the government's land redistribution policy.A unit
readKarzai sweeps south-east Afghanistan
21-10-2004
KABUL - Hamid Karzai appears certain to win Afghanistan's first presidential election outright as the vote count speeds up, but there is still no guarantee that his rivals will accept the
readSudan determined to reach Darfur deal
21-10-2004
KHARTOUM - The Sudanese government is determined to find a settlement to the Darfur conflict during today's talks with rebel leaders in Nigeria, a member of the delegation said yesterday."We are
readMyanmar's hardliners extend control after shock PM sacking
21-10-2004
YANGON - Hardliners in Myanmar's military regime were consolidating their control of the country yesterday after ousting the premier, painting a gloomy prospect for the release of detained opposition
readCARE halts Iraq operations after director kidnapped
21-10-2004
LONDON - Leading aid agency CARE International yesterday halted relief work in Iraq after its head of operations there was abducted, further fuelling fears that aid workers were becoming soft targets
readOlmert in controversial SA visit
21-10-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in South Africa yesterday for a four-day visit that pro-Palestinian groups here have branded a "national shame" for President Thabo
readBritish troop move to US zone would be for 'weeks'
21-10-2004
LONDON - Any British troops sent from southern Iraq to help out in the more dangerous US-controlled zone to the north would only be redeployed for a few weeks, Britain's top general in Iraq said
readScores attend funeral of India's 'bandit king'
21-10-2004
MADRAS - Thousands of people turned out for the funeral yesterday of India's most wanted bandit, whose killing in a police trap this week ended a decades-old run of bloodshed and crime."Bandit king"
readIn Brief
21-10-2004
*RAIDS - The Us military said US-led air raids had destroyed two safe houses allegedly belonging to the network of top Islamic militant Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi in the rebel-held Iraqi city of
readKerry mounts furious counter-offensive
21-10-2004
WATERLOO - Democrat John Kerry has mounted a furious counter-attack against George W.Bush on national security, seeking to regain momentum in their heated presidential race two weeks before polling
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