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32 Articles found on Monday, 31 January 2005
Celebrities chip in
31-01-2005
US actress Sharon Stone raised US$1 million (about N$6 million) in five minutes from business tycoons at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos with a spontaneous plea for
readN'Dour and business CEOs launch Africa malaria plea
31-01-2005
DAVOS - A group of business CEOs, entertainers and doctors said on Friday that more money can be spent to slow the spread of malaria in Africa, noting that the nearly three million people who died
readP & Gamble to acquire Gillette
31-01-2005
WASHINGTON - US household and personal grooming giant Procter and Gamble Co. said on Friday it had signed a deal to acquire 100 per cent of Gillette Co., in a stock deal valued at around US$57
readWTO chief urges more effort on global trade accord
31-01-2005
DAVOS, Switzerland - World Trade Organisation members must step up their efforts if they want to close a wide-ranging treaty to liberalize global commerce by 2006, WTO chief Supachai Panitchpakdi
readNigerians want Nando's chicken
31-01-2005
LAGOS - Nigerian conglomerate UAC Plc plans to use part of the US$12 million (N$71,46 million) invested by private equity investor Actis to develop the Nando's Chicken and other Innscor fast-food
readOPEC to keep output quota
31-01-2005
VIENNA, Austria - Confirming sentiment that OPEC is poised to keep its current quota, a key committee recommended that the production ceiling be held at 27 million barrels a day, the group's president
readTullow Oil briefs Nujoma on Kudu
31-01-2005
WINDHOEK - A four-member delegation led by the Chief Executive of Tullow Oil, Aidan Heavey, last week called on President Sam Nujoma to advise him on the Kudu Gas project.Tullow Oil is an
readAfrica not meeting development goals
31-01-2005
ABUJA - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told African leaders on Sunday that they were failing to meet targets for reducing extreme poverty and combating killer diseases five years after
readSwimming pool days almost here again
31-01-2005
WINDHOEK'S new Olympic-size and recreational swimming pools will be completed by the end of next month.The City of Windhoek said last week that the early start of the rains late last year stalled the
readNamPost Courier workers up in arms over new contracts
31-01-2005
TROUBLE is brewing at NamPost's Courier Services with contract workers, mainly long-distance drivers, demanding the annulment of their new contracts which they say were forced on them.The workers also
readWalvis Bay Mayor tackles fishing problems
31-01-2005
THE Mayor of Walvis Bay has addressed problems in the fishing industry by calling on his community to assist retrenched workers, while the industry has elected to remain silent.King Mandume Muatunga
readNowaseb boys in school at last
31-01-2005
THE Ministry of Basic Education, Sport and Culture has finally enrolled three Windhoek children who had been denied an education because their mother could not afford to pay the school fees.The
readWorks Ministry suspends 4 officials
31-01-2005
THE Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication has suspended four of its officials who are implicated in an alleged fraudulent scheme relating to the allocation of flats to government
readRP reinstates Carola
31-01-2005
THE Republican Party (RP) has lifted the temporary suspension of its Secretary General, Carola Engelbrecht.RP Chairman Daan Holtzhausen announced at the weekend that the hardworking Engelbrecht was
readAngry court session as Ethiopian 'illegal immigrant' is released
31-01-2005
AN Ethiopian citizen who was detained as an illegal immigrant for three months despite his marriage to a Namibian woman was released from custody on Friday, shortly before the High Court was to be
readSchool pregnancy policy challenged in court
31-01-2005
THE Ministry of Basic Education's policy on pregnancy among school students was challenged in the High Court in Windhoek last week.The policy requires teenage mothers to take a year off schooling to
readFinancial 'blip' blamed for delay of million-dollar marble factory
31-01-2005
SHAREHOLDERS of Namibia Stone Processing have downplayed reports that a lack of operating capital is stalling the opening of a marble and granite processing company at Omaruru.Italian specialists were
readIran has stake in Rössing Namibian uranium link fuels nuclear arms issue
31-01-2005
VIENNA - Iran, which the United States accuses of secretly pursuing nuclear weapons, has a stake in the world's biggest open-pit uranium mine in Namibia, the mine's owner told Reuters.Rössing
readAniwa Kapenambili na gandje ombili
31-01-2005
AAKALIMO yamwe yomomukunda Oshiteyi popepi nOkahao mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati oya geela Kansola gwawo Isai Kapenambili, taya ti kutya okwe ya ula ye li mOongundu dhOmpilameno, unene mo CoD
readNamibia naye okwa ninga po sha kombinga yaakiintu
31-01-2005
NAMIBIA oku li shimwe shomiilongo ya Afrika mbyoka yi na aakiintu oyendji ye li iilyo yOmutumba gwOpashigwana.Nonande Afrika okwa kala a tali ka ko a fa ina hala okugandja iipundi mbika kaakiintu,
readTala Elelo lya Ngwediva sho lya ninga
31-01-2005
ELELO lya Ngwediva onkee li li mekondjithathano noonakulanditha momapandaanda gomondoolopa ndjoka.Elelo otali ti kutya oonakulanditha ayehe momapandaanda mondoolopa ndjoka naya ka landithile komatala
readOyendji otaya mono oopela dho HIV-AIDS
31-01-2005
OKUZA pehulilo lyomumvo gwa zi ko, aantu ye li 700 000 ye na ombuto yo HIV-AIDS miilongo mbyoka opo tayi humukomeho, oya li haya pewa oopel dho anti-ritroviral (ART) ndhoka hadhi shunitha pevi ekoko
readOondoongi otadhi ka longithwa Ong'iiyenditho
31-01-2005
OOGWAMULULU omayuvi mboka taya uhala taa endaenda noshilongo, otashi vulika ya ka ningwe iinamwenyo yi na oshilonga moshilongo - ngele shoka tashi pulandelwa osha tulwa miilonga.Ehangango limwe
readSafin, Serena grab Aussie Open titles
31-01-2005
MELBOURNE - Russian Marat Safin won his second tennis grand slam with a fighting four-set victory over home hope Lleyton Hewitt in the Australian Open final yesterday.It was Safin's first Australian
readProteas struggle in ODI
31-01-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa struggled to a total of 175 for nine after being sent in to bat in the first one-day international against England at the Wanderers Stadium yesterday.South Africa crashed
readPositive starts for Tigers, Civics
31-01-2005
TIGERS and Civics started their premiership second-round campaigns with positive results on Saturday, winning against Benfica and Chief Santos away from home.Civics beat Chief Santos 3-1 at the Oscar
readNew Era Cup in money fix
31-01-2005
THE future of the New Era Sam Nujoma Cup hangs in the balance after the sponsors (New Era), and the Namibia Football Association (NFA) could not reach an agreement on financing the tournament.The
readHistoric Iraq elections hit by violence
31-01-2005
BAGHDAD - Suicide attacks and explosions struck polling stations in Iraq as voters took part in the country's first multi-party elections for 50 years.At least 20 people died in attacks that centred
readThere's a croc in the pool!
31-01-2005
DARWIN, Australia - Swimmers evacuated a public swimming pool here yesterday when they discovered they were sharing it with a crocodile.About four people were swimming laps of the Olympic-length pool
readMorocco protest over tsunami row
31-01-2005
Thousands of people have demonstrated in support of a Moroccan newspaper which claimed that the tsunami was an act of divine retribution.The newspaper of Morocco's Islamic party, PJD, said the
readStability key focus of African Union summit
31-01-2005
ABUJA - The African Union began a two-day summit yesterday aimed at restoring stability and security and addressing the humanitarian needs of the continent's 830 million people, 300 million of whom
readKey quotes from the Iraqi elections:
31-01-2005
'This is a historic moment for Iraq, a day when Iraqis can hold their heads high because they are challenging the terrorists and starting to write their future with their own hands.' - Prime Minister
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