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28 Articles found on Tuesday, 26 October 2004
Oil prices hit new highs on Norway strike fears
26-10-2004
LONDON - Oil prices raced up to new record highs yesterday, closing in on US$56 (N$353) in New York amid fears a strike could cripple supplies from Norway, the world's third-largest oil exporter.New
read'EU's economic push is a big failure'
26-10-2004
LONDON - Europe's attempts to overtake the United States as the world's most competitive economy are "a big failure", Romano Prodi, the outgoing European Commission president, said in an interview
readCell captives offer attractive insurance alternative
26-10-2004
CORPORATES worldwide are increasingly moving away from traditional insurance products towards more strategic risk management through self-insurance programmes, known as Alternative Risk Transfer (ART)
readManU ends takeover talks with Glazer
26-10-2004
LONDON - The board of English football giants Manchester United announced yesterday it had ended talks with US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer, saying his takeover proposal risked leaving the club mired
readWTO forecasts faster trade growth despite oil price drag
26-10-2004
GENEVA - The volume of world trade is set to grow by 8,5 per cent in real terms in 2004 despite the impact of rising oil prices on the world economy, the World Trade Organisation said
readBrazil businesses explore Nam prospects
26-10-2004
A Brazilian delegation is in the country to explore business opportunities in the areas of tourism, minerals, telecommunication, general trade, textile, civil construction, hygienic products, car
readThe bull that got away ...
26-10-2004
MEATCO workers at Opuwo are still looking for a Brahman bull that made a dash for freedom five days ago.Thomas Tjavara won the bull at the annual Meatco Slaughter Cattle Competition on October 21 but
readI have amnesia sickness, claims ex-DBC manager
26-10-2004
THE man who was at the helm of a parastatal turned free-for-all 'enrichment scheme', Simon Shikangala, finally made his long-awaited appearance before a presidential inquiry yesterday.After taking the
readJobs time bomb ticking faster
26-10-2004
NAMIBIA is not generating jobs fast enough to make inroads into an already critical unemployment situation, compounded by the insatiable demand of a rapidly growing population.Young people under the
readAmathila vows social improvements
26-10-2004
WINDHOEK - The Swapo Party will ensure that commercial farmers, captains of industry and Government redouble their efforts to exterminate unemployment in Namibia.This was said by Swapo's Chief Whip,
readRod won't be spared when it comes to 'deadbeat' parents
26-10-2004
ONANIME - The Oshana Regional Governor, Clemens Kashuupulwa, says Namibia's Maintenance Act is in full force and legal action will be taken against fathers and mothers who deliberately fail to support
readLet's not wash dirty linen in public, urges NamPost Chairman
26-10-2004
TANGENI AMUPADHI THE Chairman of NamPost, Sebby Kankondi, has appealed to the parastatal's managers to make formal complaints that they may have against the acting CEO instead of approaching the
readWato wizards
26-10-2004
WERNER MENGES THE Kavango Summer Festival held at Rundu over the past weekend featured a traditional wato dugout canoe race along the Okavango River - an event that the organisers want to turn into an
read2 fatal stabbings
26-10-2004
A 27-year-old stabbed another man to death with a knife in a quarrel over tombo homebrew.The Police reported on Sunday 35-year-old David Araeb was stabbed at Rehoboth on Friday night. The suspect has
readNo let-up in suicides
26-10-2004
A 27-year-old man died after he apparently took an overdose of tablets at Luederitz last week, the Police reported yesterday.* Kaarina Ndapandula Fudheni hanged herself with a rope from a marula tree
readMPs at odds on matters Presidential
26-10-2004
OPPOSITION parties plan to give the Swapo Party's candidate in the Presidential Elections, Hifikepunye Pohamba, a run for his money, an opposition MP in the National Council said yesterday.The DTA's
readAIDS, drought, floods, anthrax and now, swarms of locusts
26-10-2004
KATIMA MULILO - A bumper harvest in Namibia's northeastern region of Caprivi has not eased the plight of vulnerable groups, aid workers warn."The entire issue is one of accessibility [to food]," said
readWalvis Bay gets TB isolation ward as cases in region rise
26-10-2004
THE highest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the country has been recorded in the Erongo Region, where about 1 000 patients are receiving treatment.There has been a significant increase in the
readSA says no pension funds for ex-SWATF members
26-10-2004
THE South African government has said there is no pension money set aside for former South West Africa Territory Force members who served under the colonial regime before Namibia's
readMackerel quota brings relief
26-10-2004
THE horse mackerel industry has expressed satisfaction with the newly announced total allowable catch (TAC) for the 2005 fishing season, but says the market remains of great concern.Cabinet announced
readNFA wants Namibian coach
26-10-2004
THE Namibia Football Association would prefer a Namibian to serve as a technical director for the Brave Warriors, while also overseeing other national junior teams.The new man is expected to take take
readSix Pitcairn men found guilty of rape
26-10-2004
SYDNEY - Six of the seven Pitcairn Island men charged with raping and indecently assaulting girls as young as 12 were found guilty by a British court on the remote South Pacific island, a British
readChina's population to hit 1,5 billion people by 2030
26-10-2004
SHANGHAI - China, the world's most populous nation, will see its population grow to nearly 1.5 billion over the next 20 to 30 years, state press reported yesterday."Over the next 20 years, the
readIsrael kills 10 in Gaza before pullout vote
26-10-2004
GAZA - Israeli forces killed 10 Palestinians in a swoop on a Gaza refugee camp yesterday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sought parliamentary approval for his plan to withdraw from the occupied
readPapa Wemba in court
26-10-2004
PARIS - Papa Wemba, a flamboyant African music star accused in both France and Belgium of smuggling people into Europe, appeared in a court in a Paris suburb yesterday to answer charges against
readIn Brief
26-10-2004
*VERDICT - The focus of the Afghan presidential election turned to an imminent verdict on candidates' complaints, a day after preliminary results showed Hamid Karzai won in a landslide.*APPROVED - The
readClinton stumps for Kerry
26-10-2004
WASHINGTON Former president Bill Clinton made his long-awaited comeback to the campaign trail yesterday, boosting fellow Democrat John Kerry's campaign in the final week of the deadlocked White House
readTop US foe claims killing of nearly 50 Iraqi army recruits
26-10-2004
BAGHDAD - America's top enemy in Iraq claimed the killing of nearly 50 unarmed army recruits in a cold-blooded assault on fledgling security forces slated to take part in a crackdown on rebels before
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