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40 Articles found on Thursday, 30 September 2004
Beer spree
30-09-2004
KUALA LUMPUR - Danish brewery giant Carlsberg is on a buying spree in Asia, especially China and India, as part of an aggressive move to expand in the world's fastest growing region, a report said
readChina exports 73,4 mln cellphones
30-09-2004
BEIJING - China more than doubled its export earnings from cellphones, shipping 73,4 million handsets overseas in the first seven months of the year, state media reported yesterday.The number of
read'Where flowers bloom so does hope'
30-09-2004
IF the name Gisela Anne Ludwig was mentioned in a room full of people, it wouldn't immediately ring a bell, but the moment the name Windhoek Flora is mentioned people do turn their heads.It is because
readGates still tops list of the richest as others edge up
30-09-2004
WASHINGTON - Bill Gates remained atop the list of richest people in the United States, but investor Warren Buffett edged closer, and Google's founders are rising fast, Forbes magazine said on
readUrban Trust of Namibia turns 10 years old
30-09-2004
HUNDREDS of small and medium businessmen and women who generally make a living from selling meat, fruits and vegetables on street corners gathered in Windhoek recently to mark the 10th anniversary of
readSA unemployment rate still high
30-09-2004
CAPE TOWN - Despite steady economic growth, the high unemployment rate has not decreased significantly in the past year - and probably won't improve until South Africans' jobs skills improve, an
readAnthrax outbreak in Caprivi spreads to livestock
30-09-2004
ANTHRAX, which killed 11 wild animals in the eastern Caprivi two weeks ago, has spread to livestock, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday.Dr Frans Joubert, the Acting Deputy Director for Animal
readBrickbats but no bouquets at DBC probe
30-09-2004
A WITNESS snapped at Presidential inquiry commissioners yesterday in a frustrated attempt to remind them of the context in which the failed parastatal, Development Brigade Corporation (DBC)
readTears and bitterness in a time of shattered hopes
30-09-2004
BILLAL and Salma Aktar exchange money amidst tears and hugs just moments before Billal is forced onto a bus to go to the airport.The couple have been married only 20 months and, like more than 400
readTears and bitterness in a time of shattered hopes
30-09-2004
BILLAL and Salma Aktar exchange money amidst tears and hugs just moments before Billal is forced onto a bus to go to the airport.The couple have been married only 20 months and, like more than 400
readGovt ready to take next step on land reform
30-09-2004
SOME white farmers who have been approached by Government to sell their land to the State for resettlement purposes have refused to do so, says Lands Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba.But, he said,
readBoy held for rape of two-year-old
30-09-2004
A 13-year-old boy is alleged to have raped a two-year-old toddler at Omalyata village in the Ohangwena Region last week, the Police reported in their crime bulletin yesterday.In another incident, a
readGovt extends 'hand of friendship' to media
30-09-2004
A MEDIA Room was officially opened at Parliament in Windhoek yesterday.The aim is to create a friendly environment where the media and Government can interact, according to Minister of Information
readECN denies poll registration graft
30-09-2004
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has dismissed claims of irregularities at election registration points in Windhoek.The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said a man, believed to be
readRights Day to be renamed
30-09-2004
GOVERNMENT plans to rename International Human Right's Day, celebrated on December 10 each year, to the Day of the Namibian Women.Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab told the National Assembly on Tuesday
readGhost of Pretorius past returns to haunt NA
30-09-2004
PARLIAMENTARIANS were left with egg on their faces on Tuesday afternoon, when Monitor Action Group's Kosie Pretorius reminded them that they were trying to pass an amendment similar to one he had
readYa Toivo proposes prison for those who urinate in public
30-09-2004
MEN urinating in public and irresponsible taxi drivers should be sent to jail, the Minister in charge of Prisons and Correctional Services proposed in parliament yesterday.Giving his input on the
readSafety and protection key facets of new Water Act
30-09-2004
A DRASTICALLY different Water Law has been introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development to replace a nearly 50-year-old Water Act.Central to the new water legislation is the
readMPs give thumbs up to signing GMO protocol
30-09-2004
NAMIBIA has committed itself to guarding against the unwise use of Genetically Modified Organisms and related products by ratifying the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological
readChicken shortages soon to be a thing of the past
30-09-2004
THE dearth of chickens at retail outlets countrywide will soon come to an end after Government yesterday agreed to relax the ban on the import of the white meat from South Africa.This follows a two
readSwapo reinstates 2 suspended Omaheke youth league leaders
30-09-2004
TWO suspended leaders of the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) in the Omaheke Region have been re-instated.The Namibian is in possession of a letter signed by SPYL Secretary Paulus Kapia on September
readLittle Red Riding Hood gets a part in high treason trial
30-09-2004
CAPRIVI treason trial witness Oscar Mwisepi has been called a fair share of names by defence lawyers in the High Court at Grootfontein over the past week and a half - now even Little Red Riding Hood
readSchoolNet a pa Omukwiyugwemanya Ookompiutera 12
30-09-2004
EHANGANO lya tseyika nawa lyedhina SchoolNet, ndjoka li lilepo okuyambulapo Oosikola pamukalo gwopaunongononi megandjo lyomauyelele okupitila momapekaapeko gopaekompiutera, mEtitano lya zi ko, olya
readIigwanahangano oya hala mboka ye li ku Haiti ya gwedhelwe
30-09-2004
GENEVA - Ehangano lyIigwanahangano li na sha nomakwathelo gopantu olya ningi eindilo kutya aakwiita yopaigwana mboka taya kwathele aantu mboka ya dhengwa kefundja mondoolopa ya Gonaives, opo aantu
readMuni gwa Venduka a katuka onkatu kombinga ya Ramatex
30-09-2004
ELELO lyoshilando sha Venduka olya sitopa iilonga mOfaabulika yokuhondja oonguwo ya Ramatex, molwashoka aniwa otayi nigilike onzo dhomeya gAaVenduka.Shika osha ningwa sho kwa monika uumbangi kutya
readAli out to get first Namibian title
30-09-2004
NAMIBIAN professional pugilist Paulus 'Ali' Nuumbembe is looking forward to trade blows against Bethuel 'Tyson' Ushona for the Namibian Welterweight Title on October 9 at the Windhoek Country Club
readNamibian riders to compete in USA
30-09-2004
FIVE Namibian riders will compete at the 2004 Saddle Seat Equitation World Cup in Kentucky, USA from October 6 to 9.The Namibian team will be competing against teams from the USA, Canada, South Africa
readReal fightback, Rooney hat-trick on debut
30-09-2004
LONDON - Real Madrid stormed back from a two-goal deficit to beat AS Roma 4-2 while teenager Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick on his debut in Manchester United's 6-2 win over Fenerbahce on a dramatic
readNamibian runners off to Zimbabwe
30-09-2004
A TEAM of eight athletes have been selected to represent Namibia at the annual Southern African Half-Marathon Championships in Harare, Zimbabwe on October 10.The athletes are Reinholdt Iita, Willem
readFreestyle World Cup final set for Windhoek
30-09-2004
THE International Freestyle Moto Cross Federation (IFMXF) Worl;d Cup final will take place at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium in Windhoek on December 4.This was announced by a delegate of the IFMXF,
readPremier League finally launched
30-09-2004
AFTER a delay of more than a month, the Namibia Football Association (NFA) yesterday finally launched the 2004/05 football season which is now due to start on October 9.The chairman of the Namibia
readDung helps track smuggled ivory
30-09-2004
WASHINGTON - Using elephant dung and skin samples, researchers said they were able to make a map of elephant DNA that could help track down ivory poachers.They are already using their new method to
readSA govt to target job cheats
30-09-2004
CAPE TOWN - With more than one in 10 government job applicants submitting fraudulent information, the South African government has decided to devise new policy guidelines to deal with qualification
readElusive rebel is only the tip of northern Uganda's woes
30-09-2004
KAMPALA - Uganda's most notorious rebel leader is on the run, the army says, hounded through the grasslands of southern Sudan by troops and helicopter gunships.But even if the army finally deals a
readMauritania coup foiled
30-09-2004
NOUAKCHOTT - The Mauritanian authorities thwarted an attempted coup d'etat and seized weapons that were to have been used, Interior Minister Mohamed Ghali Ould Cherif Ahmed announced late on
readCongo hits back at Zambia over allegations of meddling
30-09-2004
LUSAKA - The Democratic Republic of Congo's envoy to Zambia said yesterday that he was "fed up" with allegations from Lusaka that his country was helping opposition parties trying to destabilise its
readWomen arrested in Zimbabwe
30-09-2004
HARARE - A group of 46 women arrested on the last stage of a marathon peace and protest march were under investigation for organising and holding an illegal political demonstration, police said
readHigh noon in US duel
30-09-2004
MIAMI - US President George W Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry will today stare one another down in their first presidential debate, a high-stakes political prizefight, which could decide
readPalestinian radicals have Yasser Arafat in sights
30-09-2004
RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian uprising marked its fourth anniversary with signs that the violent Hamas group is preparing a formidable political challenge to Yasser Arafat.On Tuesday, Hamas
readItaly celebrates release of hostages
30-09-2004
ROME - Italians celebrated yesterday the release of two female aid workers who had been held hostage in Iraq with the country's two leading newspapers expressing the relief felt nationwide with the
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