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41 Articles found on Friday, 7 January 2005
Bin Laden's Latest Tapes Stir Arab Media Debate
07-01-2005
Editor's Note: US media focused on Osama Bin Laden's recent taped remarks calling for Iraqis to boycott upcoming elections.But Arab media are paying close attention to Bin Laden's musings on
readA Generation Change
07-01-2005
The disasters of the world are due to its inhabitants not being able to grow old simultaneously. There is always a new and intolerant nation eager to destroy the tolerant and mellow. - Cyril Connolly,
readA New Year...
07-01-2005
EACH year I promise to go calmly into the new one. Each year I fail.Inevitably, the shutdown of virtually the entire country over this period gets to me and I am once again reminded of why we cannot
readWe Could Have Done More
07-01-2005
THE Asian tsunami tragedy, while not the worst natural disaster in our time as many of the electronic media describe it, nevertheless killed at least 145 000 people and injured and rendered homeless
readWearne Correction
07-01-2005
IN a letter headlined Priority Sites for Conservation in Tuesday December 4's edition of The Namibian, Keith Wearne was wrongly titled.He is in fact the Chairperson of the Coastal Environmental Trust
readFailing The Icons Of Struggle
07-01-2005
IT is very sad to see Jackson Kaujeua moving along Independence Avenue.Suffering is written all over his face. It is also difficult to understand why this cultural creative icon of the liberation
readA Waste Of N$50
07-01-2005
I WANT to complain on behalf of all the people who attended the New Year's bash in Oshakati, which turned out to be a disaster.We bought the N$50 tickets like we were supposed to and we were looking
read'Garden' Town's Political Shambles
07-01-2005
PLEASE allow me space in your newspaper to express my heartache and disappointment in this little town of ours.I have been so embarrassed by the things that are happening in this town from the time
readNew Man Needed In Home Affairs
07-01-2005
ALLOW me space in your popular newspaper to express my disappointment with the Minister of Home Affairs, Jerry Ekandjo.Many people in Namibia do not have IDs and Birth Certificates. In the next
readNot Acceptable To Have NDF At Church
07-01-2005
ALLOW me a space in your respected newspaper to express my disappointment concerning a meeting held recently in the Ebenezer AME Church, Katutura.The said meeting was chaired by the presiding Bishop,
readPablo Needs To Recharge
07-01-2005
PABLO Diablo, the Outlaw, is a young, multi-talented Namibian musician.He possesses both the "periodical-breaks" rapping capability (as exhibited in the "Teelela Kashona" track and the "continuous -
readSharing Our Potential
07-01-2005
FIRSTLY, I would like to thank you for affording me this opportunity to air my views.Namibia is a country full of resources and untapped human potential. A country of this size (taking into
readGraduating Straight To Hell
07-01-2005
IF the performance of JSC learners over the past 12 years does not ring a warning bell to the Ministry of Basic Education to revisit its strategies and policies on carrying out its mandate, then
readS.Africa's Woolworths says H2 sales grew 15,8%
07-01-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African retailer Woolworths increased sales for the six months to the end of December by 15,8 per cent compared to the year-ago period and lifted sales at its ailing Australian
readAgency to decide on fate of shrimp antidumping case
07-01-2005
NEW ORLEANS - A federal trade agency was to decide yesterday if an antidumping case against shrimp imports from six Asian and South American countries should move forward.The yearlong case was brought
readSamsung unveils 'world's first' speech-to-text mobile
07-01-2005
SEOUL - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., one of the world's top electronics companies, said Thursday it has developed the world's first mobile phone with the capability to convert spoken words
readChevTex Angola Bomboco sees oil, Sanha gathers pace
07-01-2005
LUANDA - U.S. oil giant ChevronTexaco's Angolan subsidiary has started pumping oil from its Bomboco field in Block 0 offshore Angola, the company said in a statement yesterday.Part of Cabinda Gulf Oil
readNCCI to restructure operations at regional levels
07-01-2005
WINDHOEK -The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) is to restructure its operations with a view to stretch its services to the grassroots level countrywide.In an interview with Nampa on
readEU to proceed with regional sugar regime reform
07-01-2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said on Wednesday Europe will not back down on plans to overhaul its preferential sugar regime for suppliers from the
readUDF slams ECN, Swapo 'witch-hunt'
07-01-2005
THE United Front of Namibia has thrown its weight behind efforts by the Congress of Democrats and the Republican Party to have the November national elections nullified, and called on the top
readThe !Aman clan prefers dialogue
07-01-2005
THE !Aman people, a clan in the Nama tribe, say they want to negotiate with Germany on development assistance.!Aman captain Cornelius Frederick was beheaded by the Germans and some of his subordinates
readCadilu workers back to sea
07-01-2005
SEA-GOING employees of Cadilu Fishing who were destined to be retrenched, returned to sea yesterday.The Namibian Seamen and Allied Workers Union (Nasawu) agreed with the company management on Tuesday
readProgress on Cape Fria harbour study
07-01-2005
CAPE Fria is likely to be the location of Namibia's third harbour after experts looked at three sites along the northern coast.Julius Ngweda, spokesperson for the Ministry of Works, Transport and
readAlmost 80% of Guns plots sold
07-01-2005
THE selling of plots at the controversial Namib Eco Village development on the seafront at Guns, just north of Walvis Bay, is going full steam ahead despite a disappointing auction in December.By
readReward offered for muti murder
07-01-2005
THE Police at Mukwe in the Kavango Region have released the name of the 79-year-old woman whose head was found floating down the Kavango River in the Andara area on Sunday.According to the Police,
readCocaine dealer sought
07-01-2005
THE Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Namibian Police is urgently looking for Gavin Nkwandla (24), seen on the left.Nkwandla, a twenty-four-year-old Tanzanian national, was originally arrested for
readGovt not worried about lifting of textile quotas
07-01-2005
A SENIOR government official has played down the potential effect the lifting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) textile quota could have on Namibia's fledging industry, as several other developing
readNBC bans religious devotions - claims a need to 're-visit guidelines'
07-01-2005
THE Director General of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) claims sole responsibility for a decision to suspend all religious programming from television and radio, with immediate effect and
readMu Africa a yakwa oshimaliwa shi vulithe pOoN$43,000
07-01-2005
OKAMPANI ya tseyika nawa yedhina Mu Africa Distribution and Tours ndjoka hayi topola iifo, unene tuu yo The Namibian, yi na Oombelewa dhayo dhi li metungo lya tseyika lyedhina Advanced Centre li li
readSekuriti gumwe a dhengwa komuhona gwe
07-01-2005
SEKURITI gumwe Markus Hausiku okwa ningila oshopotha omuhona gwe sho aniwa e mu dhenge koongulasha dheti: 18 Desemba 2004.Hausiku okwa hokolole The Namibian kutya manga a li a kuutumba pehala mpoka a
readNEFA ota ka dheula aanfaalama aape
07-01-2005
EHANGANO lyaanafaalama mboka opo taye ya lyedhina Nmaibia Emerging Farmers Association (NEFA) otali ka longele kumwe nEpangelo mokutala kutya oprograma yetopolululo lyevi otayi yi ende
readpUukwangula otapu tungwa Ofaabulika yOmongwa
07-01-2005
POMUKUNDA Uukwangulu mUukwambi moshitopolwa sha Shana otapu ka tungwa Ofaabulika onene yomongwa, kwa tegelelwa yi ka gandja iilonga kaantu oyendji.Shika osha tseyithwa ku Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa sha
readProteas complete series-levelling triumph
07-01-2005
CAPE TOWN - Spinner Nicky Boje and seamer Shaun Pollock took four England wickets each as South Africa completed a crushing 196-run victory to level the series on the final afternoon of the third
readUS suffer Hopman Cup blow
07-01-2005
PERTH - The US's hopes of winning a third consecutive Hopman Cup were left hanging by a thread on Thursday after they suffered a surprising defeat to Slovakia.Daniela Hantuchova beat Meghann
readVenter new u/19 rugby coach
07-01-2005
THE Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) yesterday announced that Johan Venter has been appointed as the coach of the national under 19 team, which is due to play in the International Rugby Board (IRB) World Cup
readPresident side to lift football spirit
07-01-2005
THE President invitational side which faces a visiting German student team, will have the chance to revitalise the lost football spirit among the Namibian fans at the Independence Stadium
readAfricans saved after tsunami
07-01-2005
NAIROBI - Five African sailors whose cargo ship was swamped by the Asian tsunami have arrived in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa after being saved over the weekend by the US navy off the coast of
readSoldiers say Iraqi faked drowning
07-01-2005
FORT HOOD, Texas, - United States troops threw two Iraqi civilians into the Tigris River and laughed as one of them drowned, the survivor said on Wednesday, although American soldiers said the
readSuicide bombers kill 21 people in Iraq
07-01-2005
HILLA, Iraq - Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on an Iraqi police academy and a checkpoint on Wednesday, part of a campaign to derail January 30 elections which Iraq's prime minister vowed
readBlair hopes to channel tsunami response to challenges in Africa
07-01-2005
LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday he hopes to channel the generosity shown by British people in response to the Asian tsunami to also tackle the challenges of development in
readLeaders at summit put $4 bn to work
07-01-2005
JAKARTA - World leaders tried to put $4 billion in aid pledged for tsunami survivors to work yesterday, the urgency of their task conveyed in a chilling warning that the death toll could double
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