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36 Articles found on Tuesday, 11 January 2005
Whistle blowing off-sides
11-01-2005
Football fans could have been right all along - the eyes of referees and their assistants are not good enough to make correct offside decisions.A scientist studied the human eye and found it was
readNew Parkinson's success
11-01-2005
Monkeys carrying Parkinson's disease have been successfully treated by scientists using a stem cell transplant.University researchers in Japan hope the significant breakthrough may lead to a cure for
readTop 24 innovations
11-01-2005
Once the toy of only the rich, cellphones are now almost synonymous with modern society.Now nearly everybody can afford or uses what is classified as the Top 24 innovations today. They are: 1. Cell
readProbe heads for Titan
11-01-2005
A probe from the Cassini spacecraft has begun its journey to the surface of Saturn's mysterious moon, Titan.Titan is the only moon in the Solar System with an atmosphere but no one knows what it will
readRaw Apartheid At The Border
11-01-2005
AS a regular visitor from Denmark to your lovely country, I have enjoyed many privileges, and been enriched with many happy memories.But what I witnessed on the bus the other night on the border
readFriends From Old Days
11-01-2005
I HOPE you can help me find my friends from my childhood.Do you still remember? On the Northern side of the hemisphere - in Germany, far away from your home - there is a small town, Weida, embedded
readSuggestions To Reverse Our Demise
11-01-2005
PLEASE allow me space in your newspaper to inform your readership an issue of high and urgent public concern.Through our systematic monitoring operations over the last 14 years, we have discovered
readOn Civil Service Attitudes
11-01-2005
ALLOW me some space to air my concern about the attitude of civil servants in your country.I worked there as an expatriate worker in one of the mines but I was based in Windhoek. I stayed there for 2
readPractising Duplicity
11-01-2005
MANY are rightly shocked by the recent Tsunami disaster in which thousands of innocent people have been killed.A movement of solidarity has developed everywhere in the world to supply relief for those
readRukavango Radio Problems
11-01-2005
PEOPLE are always shocked when corruption in the form of nepotism is uncovered in an Institution run by someone who occupies a position of public trust.These misdeeds of public servants are not of
readTaxation of individuals
11-01-2005
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze, the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young, discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.Individuals are taxed on income at progressive marginal rates over a
readTsunami aid rivalled only by post-9/11 assistance
11-01-2005
NEW YORK - U.S. companies have donated more than US$180 million (N$1,098 billion) in cash and products to assist victims of the tsunami that ravaged South Asia two weeks ago in an outpouring some
readRetirement, death and disability funds for SMEs
11-01-2005
SMALL to medium enterprises (SMEs) face a number of challenges, including being unable to provide retirement funds for their workers due to the small size of their staff.Realising this predicament
readBarclays takeover talks progress
11-01-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African banking group Absa said on Monday that friendly talks with prospective buyer Barclays, Britain's third largest bank, were "progressing"."Shareholders are referred to the
readLocal commercial bank launches trainee programme
11-01-2005
BANK Windhoek held its official launch of the ninth N$400 000 Candidate Bankers Training (CBT) programme for 2005 in the capital city yesterday.The annual programme is also known as the Bank School,
readRed Cross receives more funds for tsunami relief
11-01-2005
THE Namibia Red Cross Society (NRCS) had received nearly N$67 000 in donations for the Asian tsunami relief effort by yesterday morning.The Chairperson of the NRSC's Governing Board, Dr Helena Ndume,
readWidow's battle over missing fishing company shares
11-01-2005
A WIDOWED mother of three is embroiled in a three-pronged battle for shares her late husband held in a fishing company he co-owned with some political leaders.Martha Nambabi - mother of a 24-year-old
readMore rain expected for the week
11-01-2005
YESTERDAY'S rainy weather is set to continue today and tomorrow, according to the Windhoek Weather Bureau.Weatherman Odillo Kgobetsi told The Namibian that the low-pressure system along the coast is
readTwo arrested for cash heist, N$2 million recovered
11-01-2005
POLICE have arrested two more suspects and recovered more than N$2 million in the multi-million-dollar cash-in-transit robbery that took place on the Brakwater road on December 29.Police spokesperson
readPresident's retirement package becomes law
11-01-2005
TAXPAYERS will have to fork out several millions this year to pay for the retirement package of President Sam Nujoma when he steps down in March - an additional burden on the country's already
readLongeni nuudhiginini; Gurirab ta ti
11-01-2005
OMUPRIMA gwa Namibia omusamane Theo-Ben Gurirab okwa tsu omukumo aakalelipo yEpangelo nosho wo aakwanepangelo yalwe aakuluntu moshitopolwa sha Erongo opo ya tameke omumvo Omupe nuudhiginini nosho wo
readNakuhinga a kolwa i ifutilamo
11-01-2005
OSHAKATI - Onkundana yetu zilile kOshanangombe otayi ti kutya omunamimvo 38 ngoka ta tamanekelwa okulyata konyala aaendi yokolupadhi yaheyali mboka ya li taya ende popepi nondjila mOshakati okwa pewa
readOongeleka otadhi ka yamukula ketokolo lya NBC
11-01-2005
ETOKOLO lyehangano etumimawimombepo lya Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) okukutha mo mombepo ooprograma dhalyo dhopambepo, olya tulwa miilonga mOsoondaha sho ooprograma dhomalongelokalunga
readMeekulu Rauna Mufeti a hulitha
11-01-2005
ONKUNDANA yOluhodhi ye tu zilila mOkongo mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otayi ti kutya meekulu Rauna Mufeti okwa manene oondjenda dhe moshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati omasiku ga zi ko konima
readYaali ya yugwa kondungu yombele mOvenduka
11-01-2005
OMULUMENTU gumwe okwa yugwa oselula ye sho u ulikwa ombele moshipala mepandaanda lya Acacia po Dorado Valley mOvenduka ongulohi yEtitano.Omutenya gwesiku lya landula, omulumentu gumwe okwa li a
readOshitopolwa sha Karas mompumbwe yiikulya
11-01-2005
NGOLONEYA gwoshitopolwa sha Karas, Dawid Boois, okwa tumu ehangano lyedhina SOS kEpangelo lyopondingandinga kutya inali sitopa okutopola iikulya moshitopolwa she molwashoka aantu hoka otaya mono
readBangladesh in first test win
11-01-2005
CHITTAGONG - After four years of frustration and bitter criticism, Bangladesh finally shed the tag of world cricket's "whipping boys" with their maiden Test victory here yesterday.The memorable moment
readWatford aim to break hearts of Liverpool kids
11-01-2005
LONDON - Ray Lewington takes his cash-strapped Watford side to Liverpool today hoping to mastermind a League Cup semi-final giant-killing act to wipe out the bitter memory of his last visit to
readHearts pip Kotoko in Cup final
11-01-2005
KUMASI - Michael Donkor scored the decisive penalty as Hearts of Oak pipped Asante Kotoko 8-7 Sunday in a shootout to win the all-Ghana first edition of the African Confederation Cup.Spot kicks were
readCricket raises 14.6 million dollars from Tsunami match
11-01-2005
MELBOURNE - World cricket opened its collective hearts and wallets to the victims of the Asian tsunami with a massive 14.6 million dollars (11 million US) raised from their one-day charity match at
readKanalelo, Richter and Boois mum on future of Namibian football
11-01-2005
CORRY IHUHUA FORMER national team goalkeeper Ronnie Kanalelo says he will be the happiest man if he is given the job of technical director of Namibian football.Kanalelo told The Namibian Sport in an
readBaghdad deputy police chief assassinated
11-01-2005
BAGHDAD - Gunmen assassinated Baghdad's deputy police chief and a suicide bomber driving a stolen patrol car killed three people at a police station yesterday as insurgents pressed a campaign to wreck
readMalawi hopes to treble AIDS patients on free drugs by July
11-01-2005
BLANTYRE - Malawi hopes to more than treble the number of AIDS patients on free drugs by July this year after receiving a U$D14-million grant from a global fund, a health official said yesterday."We
readShip rescues tsunami survivor
11-01-2005
KUALA LUMPUR - A passing ship has rescued an Indonesian who spent days adrift in the Indian Ocean after the tsunami washed him out to sea, Malaysian officials said yesterday.Ari Afrizal, 22, from Desa
readAnother person has died of bird flu in Vietnam
11-01-2005
HANOI, Vietnam - Another person has died of bird flu in Vietnam, bringing the number of people in the country killed by the virus to 23, a doctor said yesterday.A 16-year-old girl from Dong Thap
readIsrael warns Abbas of tough challenges ahead
11-01-2005
JERUSALEM - Israel hailed the projected landslide victory of moderate Mahmud Abbas in the Palestinian presidential election yesterday as a boost to peace hopes but wasted no time in reminding Yasser
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