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25 Articles found on Monday, 25 April 2005
SACU, Singapore exploring trade pact
25-04-2005
SINGAPORE - Singapore will begin free-trade talks with a southern African trading bloc this year, the latest in a string of similar negotiations for Singapore, the city state said on Friday.South
readNamPower calls for Kudu Gas tenders
25-04-2005
WINDHOEK - NamPower, the national electricity supply utility of Namibia is urging local and regional companies that wish to participate in the Kudu project as suppliers or sub-contractors to take
readParents demonstrate against school principal
25-04-2005
THE principal of the Junior Secondary School at Maltahoehe and a parent nearly came to blows during a demonstration on Thursday.Groups of parents opposed to and in support of the school principal had
read'Wavered' shooting set to start today
25-04-2005
THE Namibian Film Commission has made available additional funding to the Pan-African Centre of Namibia (Pacon) to stave off a threatened strike by local staff preparing for the shooting of the movie
readBank wins labour appeal case of gambling ex-employee
25-04-2005
YOU might lose some, but you also win some, the former Commercial Bank of Namibia might be forgiven for thinking in the wake of one of the latest judgements handed down in the Supreme Court.The
readCCN embraces reconciliation
25-04-2005
IN an unprecedented move, the Council of Churches in Namibia has elected representatives of two minority churches to lead the movement for the next year. At its annual general meeting which
readFarm massacre case postponed
25-04-2005
THE case against the three men who have been charged in connection with Namibia's largest mass murder since Independence was postponed for further investigations on Friday.The dock in the Magistrate's
readPerks a priority at Okahandja Council
25-04-2005
A five-month investigation into political turmoil in Okahandja's Town Council has brought to light a host of allegations involving mismanagement, questionable practices and corruption.The trouble
readCatholic Church squabble heading for courts
25-04-2005
THE impasse over the locking of the Khomasdal Catholic Church and attempts to oust the parish priest, Father Gert Petrus, appears to be a step closer to going to court.Petrus confirmed to The Namibian
readFuel prices to increase sharply
25-04-2005
FUEL prices will go up by between 38 and 48 cents a litre on Wednesday. The Ministry of Mines and Energy announced on Friday that the price of 93 octane leaded petrol would be increased by 48 cents
readGovt swoops on hospital
25-04-2005
THE Ministry of Health has suspended five top health officials, including the head of the Windhoek Central Hospital, amidst allegations of widespread fraudulent overtime and travel claims, theft and
readAli draws title fight
25-04-2005
"IT'S not fair at all, I won that fight.I haven't sparred with any southpaws for this fight and I won it. I could knock him out, man, if I had enough time to prepare." That was the opinion of
readRamblers down Civics
25-04-2005
RAMBLERS made a misery of Civics' title hopes when they beat them 3-1 at the Independence Stadium on Friday night, while Black Africa played to a 1-1 draw against Tigers on the same evening.Ramblers
readNam athletes turn on heat
25-04-2005
NAMIBIAN athletes scooped a total of 34 medals at the Southern Region Athletics Grand Prix Meeting, which took place at Independence stadium on Saturday. Of the 34 medals, 13 were won by women - five
readGreen power gets off ground in SA
25-04-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African companies can now buy electricity from renewable sources over the national grid and will be able to trade certificates proving their green power credentials.Battling to
readG8 promises lots to Africa but where's the money?
25-04-2005
PARIS - AIDS and malaria alone will kill close to three-quarters of a million Africans before leaders of the world's wealthy nations try in July to break a deadlock over debt relief and funds to
readAll aboard the Dakar-Bamako express! No need to rush
25-04-2005
DAKAR - The train was supposed to leave around Saturday lunchtime on its arduous trek from Senegal's breezy coastal capital to the steamy banks of the near-mythical Niger river in Mali.It finally
readRwanda says thousands flee genocide hearings
25-04-2005
KIGALI - Thousands of Rwandans have fled to neighbouring Uganda and Burundi for fear of being indicted by traditional village courts trying Hutus suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide, a
readPlan to deal with DRC armed groups
25-04-2005
LUBUMBASHI - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda have agreed to put an end to the presence of armed groups in the DRC that pose a threat to all of them, the DRC government
read350 000 attend Pope's inauguration
25-04-2005
VATICAN CITY - A crowd of 350 000 people has attended Pope Benedict XVI's inauguration mass in St Peter's Square and surrounding streets, the Vatican said, giving its official estimate of the crowd.
readN. Korea vows to bolster nuclear deterrent
25-04-2005
SEOUL - North Korea's military chief vowed yesterday to "steadily bolster" the Stalinist nation's nuclear deterrent as a result of hostile moves by the United States.Kim Yong-Chun, chief of the
readTwin car bombs kill 7 in Tikrit
25-04-2005
TIKRIT - Suicide car bombers launched twin attacks inside a police academy compound in the town of Tikrit yesterday, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens, Iraqi police and doctors said.
readZim reviews media approach
25-04-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's new information minister has indicated that the government will take a more tolerant approach to domestic and foreign media and consider protests at draconian controls imposed by
readSept 11 suspect faces death penalty
25-04-2005
WASHINGTON - Zacarias Moussaoui's admission during an angry court appearance that he took part in al Qaeda's September 11 conspiracy has left him facing a desperate battle to avoid the death
readIN BRIEF
25-04-2005
*REVAMP - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas moved to stamp his authority on the security services after a sweeping revamp of the top brass which saw key allies of the late Yasser Arafat pushed upstairs.
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