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38 Articles found on Monday, 11 July 2005
G8 leaders to boost African aid by US$50 billion
11-07-2005
GLENEAGLES, Scotland - Group of Eight leaders agreed to boost development aid to Africa by 50 billion dollars as part of a package to fight poverty in Africa, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said
readChina, US discuss textile dispute
11-07-2005
SHANGHAI - China and the United States have held a second round of "frank" and "pragmatic" talks on resolving their dispute over textile exports and agreed to further contacts, the official Xinhua
readOil back above US$61, economic growth strong
11-07-2005
LONDON - Oil prices climbed back towards record highs on Friday as global financial markets shrugged off the impact of Thursday's London bomb attacks.US crude for August delivery by 1155 GMT rose 44
readFinancial Service Charter on the way
11-07-2005
A MILESTONE was reached on Friday when the financial industry came together to start discussing the thorny issue of implementing a Financial Service Charter (FSC).The aim of the charter is to allow
readSterling struggles, traders shake off bomb impact
11-07-2005
TOKYO - Sterling struggled near 19-month lows against the US dollar on Friday, a day after it skidded lower following a series of fatal explosions in London.The US dollar regained its poise against
readDe Beers sees diamond price rising, higher profits
11-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's De Beers, the world's biggest diamond producer, expects prices to increase in the year ahead and earnings at its domestic unit to rise thanks to growing demand for gems
readGovt finds gross negligence a factor in Caprivi food scandal
11-07-2005
AN investigation into undelivered food aid in the Caprivi has confirmed that "gross negligence" was a factor. Although declining to elaborate on the investigation report, which was handed to him late
readSports chief's domestic violence trials deferred
11-07-2005
WIFE-BATTERING charges pending against sports administrator Eliphas 'Aupapa' Shipanga remain unresolved after two cases in which Shipanga faces allegations of assaulting his wife had to be postponed
readLondon blasts: Be resolute, Govt urges
11-07-2005
NAMIBIA has condemned Thursday's bombings in London, describing them as "a senseless and dastardly act of terrorism".President Hifikepunye Pohamba has written to the British monarchy expressing
readSSC wants its N$30 million
11-07-2005
THE Social Security Commission (SSC) is expected to launch an urgent High Court application this week as it fears it might lose N$30 million placed with a start-up asset management firm linked to the
readNational Council MPs weigh the pros and cons of 2005-06 Budget
11-07-2005
A SWAPO MP has called on financial institutions to provide financial assistance for the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).The appeal was made by Arma Martin in the National Council
readFirst private hospital in North to be built at Ongwediva
11-07-2005
ONGWEDIVA is about to get the first private hospital in northern Namibia.Old Mutual has signed a contract with Ongwediva Medipark (Pty) Limited to fund the hospital's construction.Other partners
readParliament rejects tribalism motion
11-07-2005
A DEBATE on tribalism and ethnicity in the National Assembly was cut short on Thursday after providing a week of heated debate.Only after several speakers had aired their views on the motion
readNSX remains uncharted territory for Namibians
11-07-2005
THE average Namibian does not know enough about the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) to use it as an investment tool. In an interview with The Namibian, NSX General Manager John Mandy said direct
readSecond treason trial still stuck
11-07-2005
THE case that is supposed to turn into the second high treason trial of people accused of taking part in an alleged plot to secede the Caprivi Region remained stalled on the starting line in the High
readChilling myths about HIV-AIDS
11-07-2005
A SWAPO MP from the Otjozondjupa Region last week stunned the National Council when he claimed that some Otjiherero-speaking men in the rural areas were spreading the myth that drinking Omaere
readSuspect's robbery plan comes a cropper
11-07-2005
A nature conservation officer in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism is scheduled to appear in the Maltahoehe Magistrate's Court on theft of cash and cheques of more than N$200 000.The man called
read10-year sentence for goat theft to stand
11-07-2005
THE High Court on Friday declined to interfere with a 10-year prison sentence that a former Usakos resident with a history of stock theft received after he admitted that he had re-offended by
readOkahandja CEO given the all-clear
11-07-2005
AFTER being suspended for five months, Okahandja Municipality Chief Executive Officer Regina Alugodhi is expected to return to office today.The move follows a 19-hour meeting at the town which
readEgumbo tali fikwa po koombepo dhanyata
11-07-2005
O OMBEPO dha nyata ndhoka omathimbo ga zi ko dha kala tadhi fike po omagumbo gaakalimo muumbangalantu, dhi iteyela megumbo lya tate Veiko Kalunde Iyambo momukunda Omafufu popepi nOkankolo mOndonga
readEpangelo nali kondolole ofilima ya 'Where Others Wavered'
11-07-2005
E WAWA lyaanyasha moSwapo nenge tutye Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) olya indile Uuministeli wEliko nosho wo wOmauyelele nIikwakutumwa mombepo kutya tadhi kondolole meukililo iilonga yofilima
readAanyasha ya Namibia ya pulwa yi iyunganeke
11-07-2005
P ETHIMBO ta popitha okangundu kaanyasha mOshakati omutenya gwEtitatu lyoshiwike shika, Amushangandjayi gwEhanghano lyAanyasha moNamibia, Ralph Blaauw ngoka a yi pehala lya Amushangandjayi gwEhangano
readOmpumbwe yiikulya mo Caprivi
11-07-2005
A AKALILOMO yomoshitopolwa sha Caprivi otashi vulika ya ka se kondjala nuumvo: Eteyo nuumvo okwa tengenekwa tali ka gwa pevi noopelesenda 76, oshikondo shepangelo shedhina Namibia Early Warning and
readEngland can improve, warns Collingwood
11-07-2005
LONDON - Paul Collingwood believes England can improve on their stunning display against Australia in the first match of a three-game one-day international series this week.England achieved one of
readClose to 100 junior tennis players in tourney
11-07-2005
THE Sanlam Junior Tennis Tournament took place despite windy and cold conditions in Windhoek over the weekend.The tournament drew more than 93 eager young junior tennis players in the under-10, -14
readLady and the Tramp is July champ
11-07-2005
LADY and the Tramp gave a thunderous performance in rather windy conditions to clinch the 2005 edition of the July Handicap at the Windhoek Turf Club on Saturday.The Rehoboth-based horse, ridden by
readEyewitness Journalism: Camera phones lend immediacy
11-07-2005
SOME of the most intimate images of Thursday's bomb blasts in London came from cell phones equipped with cameras and video recorders, demonstrating how a technology originally marketed as
readAfter London attacks, who's next? press asks
11-07-2005
LONDON - The world's press splashed condemnation across front pages on Friday of bomb attacks in London that killed more than 50 people, while some pointed to the Iraq war and asked: Who's next?
readArabs fear post-bombing backlash
11-07-2005
DUBAI - Arab newspapers on Friday urged Britain not to turn against Arabs and Muslims after bloody bomb attacks in London blamed on al Qaeda Islamist militants.While all editorials condemned the
readAttacks shock Africans
11-07-2005
ADDIS ABABA - Africans shared in the world's shock and grief on Friday at the bomb attacks on London and expressed anger that the attacks could have diverted the attention of the rich West from their
readHope in Sudan after day of reconciliation
11-07-2005
KHARTOUM - Sudanese hoped yesterday that a new era of peace beckoned for their war-ravaged country a day after a new power-sharing constitution came into force and former southern rebel leader John
readLondon blasts ref lect classic al Qaeda style
11-07-2005
DUBAI - Multiple blasts, maximum bloodshed and global impact - Thursday's bomb attacks on London's transport network bore the unmistakable stamp of al Qaeda.Analysts said on Friday only Osama bin
readSuicide bombers kill 25 Iraqis
11-07-2005
BAGHDAD - At least 25 people, mostly young men volunteering to join the Iraqi army, were killed in three suicide bombings yesterday as the United States and Britain weighed up plans to drastically
readNigerians hail arrival of white Zim farmers as 'a great moment for us'
11-07-2005
SHONGA, Nigeria - A group of white farmers whose farms were seized by the government in Zimbabwe were settling in at the weekend to a very different environment, building homes and planting crops in
readIn Brief
11-07-2005
* CAPTURE CLAIM - Taliban guerrillas said yesterday they had killed a missing American commando they claimed to have captured in eastern Afghanistan last month, but the US military said it had no
read'Dirty War' discovery sparks outcry
11-07-2005
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo chanted "justice!" and vowed to go to court after forensic experts announced that they had identified the remains of the founder of the human
readAfrican editors 'outraged' over US jailing
11-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - African editors say they are outraged by a US judge's decision to jail New York Times reporter Judith Miller for refusing to divulge the name of a source, and demanded her immediate
readDRC demo held under heavy security
11-07-2005
KINSHASA - Thousands of Congolese held an anti-government rally on Saturday over delays to elections meant to end a civil war, in a show of force watched closely by armed riot police after
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