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38 Articles found on Wednesday, 22 September 2004
Pacts on West Corridor electricity line
22-09-2004
LUANDA - Two agreements of understanding are due to be signed this year by the countries involved in the Western Corridor project, namely DR Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, meant to
readUS expected to gradually raise rates
22-09-2004
WASHINGTON - US Federal Reserve policy-makers are expected to raise short-term interest rates for a third time this year, part of a gradual process to wean the US from ultralow rates that are no
readInternet advertising revenues show huge growth of about 40%
22-09-2004
NEW YORK - Internet advertising revenues jumped 40 per cent in the first half of this year, thanks largely to the growing popularity of keyword ads tied to search results.US revenues for the first six
readOil windfall brings Africa opportunities and risks
22-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - It is a golden opportunity: billions of dollars in windfall earnings for a clutch of African countries thanks to sky-high oil prices.The International Monetary Fund reckons Africa's oil
readZambia ready for Nepad peer review, says Mwanawasa
22-09-2004
LIVINGSTONE - Zambia has notified the African peer review secretariat of its decision to accede to the African peer review mechanism and is ready to be reviewed.This was announced by President Levy
readNamibia gets agric lifeline from ADB
22-09-2004
NAMIBIA'S agricultural sector has received a lifeline from the African Development Bank after the approval of a loan of N$209,76 million by the ADB board.The loan will be used to finance the
readAngolan oil output exceeds 1m barrels
22-09-2004
LUANDA - Angola's oil production has for the first time broken the one million barrels a day barrier after a new offshore field came online, officials said.An offshore field called Kizomba, operated
readNehova's chances slim: sources
22-09-2004
SWAPO members who plan to protest against the party leadership in the Oshana Region today are unlikely to get National Council Chairperson Kandy Nehova returned to the Regional Council, sources
readMystery deaths shock Namibians in UK
22-09-2004
MEMBERS of the Namibian community in the United Kingdom, estimated to be up to 20 000, are said to be in shock following the mysterious deaths of two people on work exchange programmes there.Such is
readMPs find milking an-udder matter
22-09-2004
TO milk or not to milk the cows, that was the question that kept National Assembly parliamentarians tied up for just shy of an hour yesterday afternoon.The House appeared divided on whether or not
readTreason trial witness names names, tells of 'day of days'
22-09-2004
A STREAM of names of people claimed to have been involved in a movement that aimed to secede the Caprivi Region from Namibia five years ago has been flowing from the mouth of the second prosecution
readDriver held
22-09-2004
POLICE at Okahandja have arrested a driver on a charge of culpable homicide after he overturned a bakkie carrying nine passengers on Saturday night.One person, Naftali Gawiseb, died on the scene,
readHardap Governor calls for return to morality and a cultural revival
22-09-2004
ALCOHOL abuse and HIV-AIDS threaten the existence of cultures in Namibia, Hardap Regional Governor Pieter Boltman said at the weekend.He was addressing a well-attended, first-ever cultural festival
readChild drowns in home brew
22-09-2004
A two-year-old child was found dead in a container of oshikundu [a traditional drink] at a homestead in the Illyateko area, the Police reported on Monday.The body of Julia Shikongo was discovered
readBoys held for teen murder
22-09-2004
TWO young boys have been arrested for the murder of a 15-year-old boy at Mbamusi village on September 12, the Police reported on Monday.The suspects, eight and 12 years old respectively, allegedly
readDispute over alleged child labour erupts at farm in the South
22-09-2004
THE Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union says it plans to register a case of child labour against a farmer in the South who, it alleges, is using a 15-year-old boy to work on his farm.The farmer
readNamibia must do more to ensure comprehensive response to AIDS
22-09-2004
EVEN though the Namibian Government has increased allocations to provide HIV treatment, local programmes could be undermined if more money is not made available to strengthen the health system
readTraditional leaders urged to take lead role in HIV battle
22-09-2004
PRIME Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab has appealed to traditional leaders to encourage young people in their communities to change their sexual habits in order to reduce HIV infection.Officially opening the
readShoprite faces strike
22-09-2004
STAFF at Shoprite/Checkers face a ballot this week that will determine whether they will strike or accept an offer made by the company to the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau).Nafau's
readVoters roll goes hi-tech
22-09-2004
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has introduced an electronic voter roll to representatives of local political parties.The system will be implemented at close to 300 polling stations in urban
readCoD pushes for immediacy in counting election votes
22-09-2004
REPRESENTATIVES of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) have appealed to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to allow presiding officers at the coming elections to start counting as soon as the
readAnthrax in Caprivi confirmed
22-09-2004
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has confirmed that anthrax was the cause of deaths of wild animals which were reported in the Caprivi last week.Sacky Namugongo, the Deputy Director of Parks
readEriksson in Madrid link
22-09-2004
LONDON - England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is reportedly in the sights of Real Madrid after their coach Jose Antonio Camacho resigned on Monday after just six games in charge.British newspapers said
read'Vipers' in positive start
22-09-2004
THE opening batsmen for the Namibian senior cricket team started their campaign against the visiting Eastern Cape Warriors on a positive note by posting 277/3 after 80 overs in their three-day game
readPoet Virginia Hamilton Adair dies at 91
22-09-2004
CLAREMONT, California - Poet Virginia Hamilton Adair, who published her first collection of verse to wide acclaim at the age of 83 after years of writing in private, has died.She was 91. Adair, who
readPunk icon Johnny Ramone dies of cancer
22-09-2004
NEW YORK - Johnny Ramone, guitarist of New York punk pioneers the Ramones, died on September 15 at his home in Los Angeles after a five-year battle with prostate cancer.He was 55. Ramone is the third
readEddie Adams, the man who captured iconic image of Viet Cong execution
22-09-2004
NEW YORK - Eddie Adams, a photojournalist whose half-century of arresting work was defined by a single frame - a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photo of a communist guerrilla being executed
readPoland wakes up to EU reality
22-09-2004
TRUTNOWY, Poland - Zdzislaw Solarz is a rarity among Poland's 2 million farmers - he believed that European Union entry would benefit him and his country's agricultural sector.Most Polish farmers
readSouth African teachers swap classes for farms
22-09-2004
DURBAN - Across the world, young people from agricultural families are leaving farming to find their fortunes in trade, industry and the professions.But for some black South Africans, who were barred
readPlanning for the poor
22-09-2004
INDIA says it will soon enact a law to guarantee 100 days of employment to one member of a poor family as part of the government's effort to reduce poverty and provide a social security net to
readIndia aims to rewrite its education policy
22-09-2004
KHARPEENA - Like millions of Indian boys his age, Lakhma has a dream: he wants to be a doctor when he grows up.So the scrawny 13-year-old from the desert state of Rajasthan gets up at the crack of
readHK rivals join hands
22-09-2004
HONG KONG - Politicians and parties across the political spectrum in Hong Kong have joined hands to demand the government drop plans to cut pensions and welfare payments to the old and disabled from
readDefiant Iran makes uranium gas
22-09-2004
VIENNA, Austria - Defying a key demand set by 35 nations, Iran announced yesterday that it has started converting raw uranium into the gas needed for enrichment, a process that can be used to make
readThatcher still mum
22-09-2004
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Sir Mark Thatcher has managed to postpone being questioned under oath about his alleged involvement in a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea, his lawyers said yesterday.The son
readIsraeli strike cripples airport
22-09-2004
JERUSALEM - Tens of thousands of public-sector workers began an open-ended strike yesterday, shutting down much of the country and bringing activity at Israel's international airport to a
readRussia proposes anti-terror law
22-09-2004
MOSCOW - Russia's parliament drafted proposals for an anti-terrorism law on Monday, the day it began an inquiry into the Beslan school siege that killed more than 320 hostages, half of them
readFloods kill more than 600 in Haiti
22-09-2004
GONAIVES, Haiti - Bloated corpses and weeping relatives filled morgues in Haiti after Tropical Storm Jeanne left more than 600 people dead, another tragedy on this Caribbean island in a year marked by
readHostage's head 'severed'
22-09-2004
BAGHDAD - Militants led by Washington's top foe in Iraq said they would kill an American and a Briton yesterday unless their demands were met, a day after they released footage showing them severing
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