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37 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 January 2005
Tsunami-School-In-A-Box
05-01-2005
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's teachers are doing something not found in their job descriptions.Dozens are looking for sturdy, shady trees to set up outdoor classrooms. After tsunamis killed about
readBid to rescue tsunami dolphins
05-01-2005
KHAO LAK, Thailand - Singing, clapping and banging their boats with paddles, rescue workers tried unsuccessfully Tuesday to herd a humpback dolphin and her calf into nets so they could be rescued from
readBook on Namibia wetlands launched
05-01-2005
MANY Namibians still do not realise the economic value of wetlands.They do not know that if these natural resources are degraded, people's livelihoods will be affected, as they will have fewer
readConserving our wetlands
05-01-2005
NAMIBIA acceded to the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance on 23 December 1995.But few people understand the importance of this convention, also known as the Ramsar Convention. The
readGermany cuts unemployment benefits
05-01-2005
BERLIN - Several hundred protesters clashed with police at a Berlin unemployment office as a sharp cutback in jobless benefits took effect in a government effort to push people to find work.Police in
readTsunami minimal economic impact on Asia, experts say
05-01-2005
SYDNEY - The cost in human life of the Boxing Day tsunamis is appalling by any measure but the economic impact of one of the world's worst natural disasters is likely to be minimal in the longer term,
readCrude oil prices rebound after dip
05-01-2005
SINGAPORE - Crude prices rebounded yesterday on the back of traders' frantic buying and selling, following Monday's sudden plunge in prices on milder winter weather across the United States.By
readSA Telkom 'Rip-Off' hampering development
05-01-2005
SOWETO, South Africa - Kelly Dube's landline was cut off when he couldn't pay the huge bills, forcing the Sowetan driving instructor to use an expensive cell phone instead.In Cape Town, executive
readThree killed in head-on
05-01-2005
THE Police at Outapi in the Omusati Region report that three people were killed when their car collided with another vehicle on the main road between Outapi and Ruacana on New Year's Eve.The victims
readNamibians volunteer tsunami services
05-01-2005
WINDHOEK - Eleven Namibian health professionals have volunteered with the Namibia Red Cross Society to offer humanitarian support to the victims of the Asian tsunamis.The Society's national programme
readAccused drug dealer escapes from custody
05-01-2005
A PRISONER awaiting trial on drugs charges escaped from the Windhoek Central Hospital on Sunday evening, the Police report.According to the crime bulletin, Gavin Nkwandla (24) escaped through a toilet
readGrade 12 exams to localise soon
05-01-2005
GOVERNMENT says efforts to localise the Cambridge education system are at an advanced stage.The Ministry of Basic Education announced last year that it was busy localising the Cambridge International
readNamibia still awaits Global Fund money
05-01-2005
ALMOST two years after the Global Fund to fight HIV-AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria agreed to grant around N$989 million to Namibia, the first instalment has yet to arrive.Namibia and the Global Fund
readNBC staff admit guilt after roadblock scene
05-01-2005
THREE NBC journalists and one employee at the national broadcaster's Information Technology department found themselves in hot water on Saturday evening after they refused to disclose their identity
readFuture of Witvlei abattoir still in limbo
05-01-2005
A CONCRETE decision is yet to be taken on the fate of the !Uri!Khubis Abattoir at Witvlei, where operations came to a standstill more than a year ago due to financial crises.The black economic
readHeadless 'muti' murder in Kavango
05-01-2005
POLICE have not ruled out the possibility of a "muti killing" in the gruesome murder of a 79-year-old woman whose head was found floating on the Kavango River on Sunday.The head was found at
readXmas business drops at coast
05-01-2005
HOPES of a bumper festive season after a slow year did not materialise for many businesses at Swakopmund over the Christmas period."Everybody is complaining," was a comment made by several business
readOshitopolwa sha Caprivi otashi ilongekidhile efundja
05-01-2005
AAKALIMO moshitopolwa sha Caprivi oye li ishewe taya ilongekidhile efundja molwashoka omeya momulonga gwa Zimbezi otaga tumbu esiku nesiku.Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa sha Caprivi Bernard Sibalatani, okwa
readShiwala a pewa 'obeila' moshipotha shedhipago lya Mooren
05-01-2005
GUMWE gwomaalumentu yatatu mboka ye li moshipotha shedhipago lyomukiintu gwomoSwakopmund Alexandra Mooren mu Auguste 2004, okwa pewa obeila mOmpangu ya Mengestrata oshiwike sha zi ko.Meindilo
readOmvula mOnooli ya dhipaga oongombe hamano noondoongi hamano
05-01-2005
OMVULA ndjoka ya lokele moNooli komatango nokongulohi yEtitano lyeti 31 Desemba 2004, inayi eta ashike kwali uuwanawa, ashike oya thigi aanafaalama yamwe kaye uvite nawa sho ya kanitha yimwe yomiimuna
readOta ku kongwa okanona kanakusa Gothard Shiimi
05-01-2005
OTA KU kongwa okanona ka nakusa Gothard Shiimi, a zile mOshihenge mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Shana nokwa li ha longele mEtanga lyEgameno lya Namibia (NDF) kOkatima.Okanona hoka taka kongwa oko
readTaku kongwa Wellem Sam Natangwe, Loide Hilma na Frieda Junias
05-01-2005
TATE Frans Emvula gwomomukunda Olutsiidhi mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati yo na meme Loide Gotlieb, otaya kongo meendelelo uunona wa nakusa Wellem Sam Nuuyoma shi na sha nuuthiga watate gwawo nguka
readAakwanuuyoma taya kongo ekwatho lyoshimaliwa ya pangithe Anna gwawo
05-01-2005
TATE Theofelus Nauyoma na meme Hilma Nauyoma momukunda Okamwandi popepi nEenhana mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otaya kongo omakwatho gopashimaliwa shOondola/N$220,000) opo ya vule
readChiefs confirm Baron signing
05-01-2005
FORMER national under-23 goalkeeper Emile Baron has officially joined league and Coca-Cola Cup champions Kaizer Chiefs on a three-year deal from Norwegian side Lillestrom.Baron is the first major
readBenitez confirms Morientes interest
05-01-2005
LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez has confirmed the English Premiership club's desire to bring Real Madrid striker Fernando Morientes to Anfield during the January transfer window."It is a possibility.
readHenry is racism ambassador
05-01-2005
ARSENAL and France star Thierry Henry is to be one of Fifa's ambassadors against racism, revealed Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Monday.Blatter told weekly magazine 'France Football' that while he
read2005 Golf Preview
05-01-2005
PARIS - Golf's glory years of the 1960s, when the sport's 'Big Three' - Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer - took the game to new heights is poised to return.For Nicklaus, Player and Palmer
readGanguly to captain Asia in tsunami fundraiser
05-01-2005
SYDNEY - India's Saurav Ganguly will captain Asia against the world eleven in next week's one-day international to raise funds for the victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake disaster.India's master
readLeague set to start on Jan 29
05-01-2005
THE Namibia Premier League second round will officially kick off on January 29, a top league official announced yesterday.The Namibian premiership, which over the years has been dogged by delays, has
readIndia, Pakistan hold crucial talks over river row
05-01-2005
NEW DELH -- India and Pakistan began talks on Tuesday to resolve a long-running dispute over a dam in Kashmir which threatens to cause another setback to an already fragile peace process.Islamabad
readGunmen assassinate Baghdad governor
05-01-2005
BAGHDAD- Baghdad governor Ali al-Haidri was assassinated by gunmen in the capital on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said.Haidri is the most senior Iraqi official to be assassinated in Baghdad
readSix targeted in Zimbabwe ruling party purge
05-01-2005
HARARE - Six senior members of Zimbabwe's ruling party have been banned from its leadership for five years following a row over the succession of President Robert Mugabe, state-run newspapers reported
readTruck bomb kills 10 at Iraqi security forces post
05-01-2005
BAGHDAD - A truck bombing on Tuesday outside a special Iraqi forces command post in western Baghdad killed 10 people, eight of them policemen, and wounded 56, a source from the interior ministry
readChina population officially hits 1,3 billion
05-01-2005
BEIJING - China, the world's most populous country, is expected to reach an official population of 1,3 billion today, state media said, despite a quarter century of its one-child policy.Xinhua news
readTsunami-hit Thailand fires chief meteorologist
05-01-2005
BANGKOK - Tsunami-hit Thailand fired its chief meteorologist on Tuesday after his department failed to issue a warning which might have saved thousands of lives."The cabinet has resolved to transfer
readEight Palestinians killed by Israeli tank shelling in Gaza
05-01-2005
GAZA CITY - Eight Palestinians were killed on Tuesday by tank shelling during an incursion by the Israeli army into the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources said.Troops
readThai tsunami disaster triggers volunteer army
05-01-2005
PHUKET , Thailand, - Pravina chops vegetables. Rick moves rotting bodies. Anupong is a translator.They are among thousands of Thai and foreign volunteers who left jobs or cut short holidays to help in
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