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34 Articles found on Wednesday, 15 September 2004
Canon, Toshiba forge new joint venture
15-09-2004
TOKYO - Major Japanese electronics manufacturers Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corp. yesterday announced an agreement to jointly develop, make and sell next generation flat display panels which are thinner
readVivendi reports loss, but sees better days ahead
15-09-2004
PARIS - French media giant Vivendi Universal yesterday reported a surge in its net loss so far this year but forecast a sharp turnaround in its finances for all of 2004."The restructuring of Vivendi
readRand hits Swazi exports
15-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - The strong rand has hit exports from Swaziland but business has benefited from cost cuts in imported capital goods and economic growth looks set to accelerate, Finance Minister Majozi
readFNB Namibia Holdings earnings decline
15-09-2004
THE First National Bank of Namibia Holdings Limited has released its results for the year ended June 30 2004, with earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders having decreased to N$165,1 million
readSADC INFOSA Unit officially opened
15-09-2004
A Marketing Information and Technical Advisory Service for the Fisheries Industry in Southern Africa (INFOSA) was officially opened on Monday.INFOSA came into existence following the signing of a
readSA union plans strike over mine sackings
15-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said yesterday 20 000 workers plan to start an indefinite strike at Harmony Gold on October 6 due to planned retrenchments of
readFirst 'secret' witness in treason trial identified
15-09-2004
THE first protected civilian witness in the Caprivi high treason trial is expected to take the hot seat at the witness stand in the High Court at Grootfontein tomorrow.The witness, whose identity the
readFormer Robben Island prisoner murdered
15-09-2004
ONE of Namibia's Robben Island prisoners was killed at his farm last week in a shooting that friends likened to the 1966 gun battle with apartheid soldiers, from which he and his comrades emerged
readMore Bangladeshis go home
15-09-2004
WITH only small bags of luggage, dashed hopes and about US$240, a third group of 68 Bangladeshi workers recruited to work at the Ramatex Textile Factory were deported yesterday.They follow a larger
readGovt to train Ramatex workers
15-09-2004
GOVERNMENT plans to set up a training centre specifically for textile workers to be employed at the Ramatex Textile Factory.Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry Andrew Ndishishi
readSuicides claim close to a million people annually
15-09-2004
SUICIDE accounts for more than half of all violent deaths and results in almost one million fatalities each year, according to the World Health Organisation.Marking World Suicide Prevention Day on
readYouth stabbed to death at nightclub
15-09-2004
A YOUTH, aged 17, died at a nightclub during the early hours of Sunday after being stabbed in the back and the face with a knife, the Police reported on Monday.The incident took place at 'Club Try Is
readBiotechnology laboratory launched at Unam
15-09-2004
A GENE Modified Organism Testing, Training and Research Laboratory was officially launched at the University of Namibia on Monday.Unam's Dr Kandawa Schulz said the idea of setting up a biochemistry
readGrievances of unhappy bank staff still being heard
15-09-2004
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Union says it is still consulting close to 90 former Swabou staff members before going back to court over employment issues arising from a merger with First National
readSwakop residents urged to stand up and be counted
15-09-2004
RESIDENTS at Swakopmund have been urged to take a stand against crime by taking part in a peaceful demonstration today.The protest, organised by concerned residents, will take place in front of the
readThieves target court, destroy docket
15-09-2004
SUSPECTED criminals destroyed a file containing a docket at the Katutura Magistrate's Court on Monday night, it was reported yesterday.The criminals forced open the locked gates of the courts and
readGovt revives 5-year term for councillors
15-09-2004
GOVERNMENT once again plans to introduce legislation to shorten the term of office of Regional Councillors from six to five years - a plan that backfired last year.The move is ultimately aimed at
readLife goes on for detainees
15-09-2004
MORE than five years in custody as trial-awaiting detainees has not suspended life's inevitable rites of passage for the 120 Caprivi high treason suspects on trial at Grootfontein.The absence of two
readNamibians do well in ultra marathon
15-09-2004
THREE of the four Namibians who competed in the 100km World Cup in Winschoten, Netherlands have finished among the first 100 runners on Saturday.The 100km race, held annually under the patronage of
readHantindi in Canada for non-title fight
15-09-2004
NAMIBIAN welterweight pugilist Frans 'Rambo' Hantindi left for Canada on Monday for an international non-title fight scheduled for tomorrow.The former World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan African
readUnder 21 hockey side eyes medal in Africa Nations Cup
15-09-2004
THE Namibian Under 21 women hockey side is confident of grabbing a medal at the African Nations Cup tournament currently underway in South Africa.This is despite the Namibians going down 5-0 to South
readArafat in Sharon's sights
15-09-2004
JERUSALEM - Prime minister Ariel Sharon vowed in an interview published yesterday to expel Yasser Arafat from the West Bank "at a convenient time," saying he saw no difference between the Palestinian
readFounder of US white supremacist group dead
15-09-2004
WASHINGTON - Richard Butler, the founder of the Aryan Nations, one of the leading US white supremacist groups, died in his sleep last week at the home of a supporter in the northwestern state of
readVeteran communist, trade unionist Ray Simons dies
15-09-2004
CAPE TOWN - Legendary South African communist and trade unionist, Ray Simons, died in Cape Town on Sunday night, the South African Communist Party said in a statement.Simons was born Rachel Alexander
readSouth African hamlet in turmoil after coup ruling
15-09-2004
POMFRET - In one of South Africa's remotest corners, the lives of nine families have changed forever after their loved ones were jailed last week in Zimbabwe over a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea they
readJudge rejects Paula Jones' US$1 m 'drop' claim
15-09-2004
NEW YORK - A judge tossed out a claim by Paula Jones that a real estate tycoon owes her US$1 million he had promised if she dropped her lawsuit against President Bill Clinton.On Monday, US District
readCouple settles lawsuit over misplaced embryo
15-09-2004
NEW YORK - A couple whose embryo was mistakenly implanted into an unwitting surrogate mother settled a lawsuit against the fertility clinic doctor who made the mistake.Robert and Deborah Perry-Rogers
readJapan executes child 'slasher'
15-09-2004
TOKYO - Japan executed a man yesterday convicted of killing eight children in a 2001 knife attack at a school in western Japan, NHK and Kyodo News reported.Mamoru Takuma was found guilty of barging
readTurkish adultery law considered
15-09-2004
ANKARA, Turkey - Unfaithful spouses could find themselves in court if Turkey's parliament approves a government-backed proposal that would make adultery a crime.European Union leaders have warned that
readJapanese volcano erupts again
15-09-2004
TOKYO - Mount Asama, one of Japan's largest and most active volcanoes, erupted in central Japan yesterday for the second time in two weeks, sending smoke about 300 metres into the sky and spewing ash
readAnwar out in the cold
15-09-2004
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian leaders closed ranks yesterday against former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, a day before a crucial court ruling that could pave the way for him to return to
readKerry chides Bush over weapons ban
15-09-2004
WASHINGTON - Senator John Kerry sought to make President George W Bush pay a political price for the expiration of a partial assault weapons ban, but other Democrats reacted warily on an issue that
readChechen rebel calls on the world for help
15-09-2004
LONDON - A Chechen rebel envoy yesterday urged the international community to help bring peace to the southern Russian republic and warned of future tragedies on the scale of the school hostage
readCar bomb devastates central Baghdad
15-09-2004
BAGHDAD - A car bomb ripped through a crowded line of shops and cafes near a police station in central Baghdad yesterday where many Iraqis had gathered to apply for jobs in the force, killing at least
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