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29 Articles found on Friday, 29 October 2004
Another Endorsement for George W Bush
29-10-2004
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin wants George W Bush to be re-elected, Osama bin Laden undoubtedly wants him to be re-elected, and the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council has just
readThe 'Silly' Question
29-10-2004
THE silly season seemed to set in during the final pre-election sessions of both houses of parliament.A number of pieces of legislation which needed tempered consideration were passed without crucial
readWe Shouldn't Leave Democracy To Chance
29-10-2004
IT'S perhaps too early to talk about the period after the November elections, but there can be no harm in going off at a tangent to discuss the next President and the National Assembly.Before the end
readSA's Sappi buys stake in Chinese paper firm
29-10-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South African paper producer Sappi will acquire a 34 percent stake in Chinese paper maker Jiangxi Chenming for US$60 million (N$378 million) in a joint venture, its first manufacturing
readShoprite Holdings sales up
29-10-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South African retailer Shoprite Holdings posted a jump in first-quarter revenues yesterday thanks to buoyant consumer confidence and forecast brighter first-half sales and operating
readThink globally, SMEs urged
29-10-2004
SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) need to think globally and not confine themselves locally, so as to find ways to access markets outside the SADC region and expand their horizons beyond the
readCoast once again looks to desalination plant
29-10-2004
A DESALINATION plant for the central coast is still on the cards to meet future water needs, says a senior NamWater official.Gert van Eeden, Manager Operations: Central at NamWater, told The Namibian
readState House ruled out in Nujoma package
29-10-2004
AFTER fierce lobbying for the current State House to be made part of President Sam Nujoma's retirement perks, the National Council on Wednesday decided against the move.On Tuesday, Swapo MP Johnny
readSecond report links Namibian companies to shady oil deals
29-10-2004
NAMIBIAN companies have been named for the second time in investigations into countries that bought oil from Iraq through the United Nations Oil-for-Food programme.Together, Millennium Trading Company
readFisheries Institute to be built in Kavango
29-10-2004
RUNDU - Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Abraham Iyambo has announced that a N$23-million Fisheries Research Institute will be built at Kamutjonga village, which is 220 kilometres east of Rundu
readObservers to monitor polls
29-10-2004
WINDHOEK - Foreign observers have started arriving in Namibia to monitor next month's elections.Among those who are already in the country is a human rights group from Zambia. According to Director of
readWe feel your pain, says council
29-10-2004
A NEW bridge over the Arebbusch River in Khomasdal cannot be built this year, the Windhoek City Council said on Wednesday night.At their monthly meeting, Congress of Democrats councillor Herbert
readUDF outlines its policies
29-10-2004
THE United Democratic Front says it will give one third of each farm owned by a white commercial farmer to long-serving farmworkers, if voted into power.Launching the party's election manifesto
readTelecom subsidiary in battle over directory data
29-10-2004
AS Telecom Namibia reels from fraud charges in its senior ranks, a scuffle is looming between one of its sister companies, iWay, and African Directory Services (ADS), which publishes the telephone
readPublic service or disservice?
29-10-2004
WINDHOEK - Just about everyone has lived through or heard about long queues at unoccupied counters in stuffy Government departments, endless waits in State hospital waiting areas or tiresome
readIn Becker, Police lose an ace sleuth
29-10-2004
THE Namibian Police are about to lose one of their very top detectives.Chief Inspector Nelius Becker, an ace detective and virtual one-man fear factor among Namibia's more risk-conscious criminals,
readAirNam hostess nabbed for diamonds
29-10-2004
AN Air Namibia air hostess was arrested at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Wednesday night for the illegal possession of diamonds.A total of 709 stones were confiscated from the woman, but
readCity Police could start next month
29-10-2004
WINDHOEK Mayor Matthew Shikongo says the City is ready to implement the long-awaited Municipal Police, as soon as the necessary law has been enacted.The National Council passed the Local Authorities
readShock and awe over mini-human find
29-10-2004
SYDNEY - Australian scientists predicted a "palaeontological gold rush" yesterday after the discovery of a new species of tiny human in neighbouring Indonesia in a find that will re-draw the human
readRolling out a cell phone ringtone chart
29-10-2004
LOS ANGELES - Those synthesised tunes that send people grabbing for their cell phones and annoy patrons in restaurants and theatres have been recognised as part of the music industry by Billboard
readUS troops, rebels clash in Iraq's Ramadi
29-10-2004
RAMADI - US troops stepped up pressure on Ramadi yesterday, imposing a cordon around the rebel-held town and making arrests amid clashes with guerrillas, Iraqi police and witnesses said.Police said
readJapan seeks Iraq hostage release as deadline nears
29-10-2004
TOKYO - A Japanese minister arrived in Jordan yesterday to seek the release of a hostage in Iraq, less than 24 hours before a deadline set by his captors, who have threatened to behead the youth
readZim opposition leader suggests election delay
29-10-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said yesterday key parliamentary polls scheduled for March may have to be delayed if they are to meet regional standards for freedom and
readIn Brief
29-10-2004
*MILITARY - US soldiers who first entered a site from which 350 tonnes of high explosives have been reported missing conducted only a cursory search after capturing it because their priority was to
readNepali troops on high alert
29-10-2004
KATHMANDU - Nepali troops were ordered on high alert across the kingdom yesterday as a nine-day ceasefire in a bloody Maoist revolt was due to end despite pleas from politicians and rights groups for
readWhite Zim MP arrested
29-10-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwean police arrested a white lawmaker as he prepared to leave the country yesterday, a day after parliament recommended that he be given a one-year jail term for shoving a minister
readUS warns citizens to avoid Saudi Arabia
29-10-2004
WASHINGTON - The United States has repeated its advice that private US citizens leave Saudi Arabia and a US official said Washington continued to receive general information about threats to Western
readNigerian protection force heads for Darfur
29-10-2004
ABUJA - An elite contingent of 50 Nigerian soldiers left Nigeria yesterday for Darfur, the first stage in the deployment of 3 000 extra African Union (AU) troops to monitor a shaky ceasefire in the
readYasser Arafat in 'serious condition'
29-10-2004
RAMALLAH - Foreign doctors rushed to Yasser Arafat's side yesterday to tend to the seriously ill Palestinian leader, who for decades has symbolised his people's struggle for statehood.The 75-year-old
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