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36 Articles found on Thursday, 14 July 2005
Going bananas with balloons
14-07-2005
BALLOONS, balloons, everywhere. If you live in Windhoek and are at all observant, by now you should have noticed the variety of balloon designs adorning many functions and public places.In recent
readNew courier service introduced
14-07-2005
RUNDU - A new courier service was introduced here on Tuesday to provide courier services to the business community in Namibia and the southern African region.The marketing manager of Point-to-Point
readClinton plans summit on global woes
14-07-2005
NEW YORK - Former US President Bill Clinton says he is intent on finding ways the private sector can solve some of the world's most pressing problems from poverty to terrorism.As host of a meeting in
readAquarius, Anglo agree on platinium share-deal
14-07-2005
LONDON - South African platinum miner Aquarius Platinum announced a second pool-and-share deal with the world's top producer Anglo Platinum and also unveiled a 33 per cent jump in fourth-quarter
readIncentive scheme bears fruit
14-07-2005
The Meat Board of Namibia says the marketing incentive scheme implemented in May for cattle producers north of the Veterinary Cordon Fence is beginning to pay off.The scheme has exceeded expectations
readDibasen School hostel burns down
14-07-2005
TRAGEDY struck the Dibasen Junior Secondary School at Okombahe, some 60 km west of Omaruru, on Tuesday morning when one of the two remaining hostel blocks burnt down.The fire left 75 boys roofless,
readKoch extradition verdict expected next week
14-07-2005
THE High Court judgement on German fraud suspect Hans Juergen Koch's appeal against a Tsumeb Magistrate's Court finding that he could be extradited to Germany to be put on trial is set to be delivered
readFake doctor volunteered at Windhoek clinic
14-07-2005
A YOUNG woman with an apparent desire to care for Namibians managed to inject herself into a Windhoek State clinic, where she worked for two months as a trainee doctor, despite having no
readRegion a 'terrorism magnet'
14-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Southern African countries are vulnerable to terror groups, as many nations lack adequate resources and legislation to tackle the problem, says a new report.The Institute for Security
read'No child should be taught under a tree'
14-07-2005
THE Ministry of Education has been urged to make sure that it solves the shortage of school textbooks with its 2005-2006 budget allocation.The appeal was made by Swapo National Council member Barkias
readCop given a suspended sentence
14-07-2005
WINDHOEK - Namibian Police officer and Hakahana squatter camp resident Kephas Leonard escaped going to prison on Tuesday when Windhoek Magistrate Tuyenikelao Haikango gave him a wholly suspended
readFrom the Police files
14-07-2005
Man accused of rape A 25-year-old man, Nathan Andjendja, appeared in the Outapi Magistrate's Court on Monday for allegedly trying to rape a 21-year-old woman.Andjendja is alleged to have entered the
readMinistries dragging feet on decentralisation process
14-07-2005
ONLY eight Government ministries have so far submitted their decentralisation action plans to the Ministry of Local Government and Housing's Directorate of Decentralisation, says a new research paper
readCSI Outjo' demonstrated in farmworker shooting trial
14-07-2005
THE safety mechanism of the hunting rifle that fired the shot that killed a farmworker in the Outjo district in April last year does not function properly, it was demonstrated in the High Court
readTrying to tame the Internet Wild West
14-07-2005
EXACTLY a decade after the Internet came to Namibia in September 1995, parliament is expected to approve the country's first cyber law, or "e-law", this year.Deputy Secretary to Cabinet Steve
readUnemployment a threat to stability: PM
14-07-2005
WINDHOEK - Higher levels of unemployment, high dependence ratios and the unequal distribution of income are clear threats to social stability in the country.This was said by Prime Minister Nahas
readEgumbo lya Zombo lya pya po thiluthilu komulilo
14-07-2005
O MUKALIMO a tseyika nawa gwomOshakati tate Festus (Zombo) Nghatanga, negumbo lye, oye li ya dhengwa nayi pomutima komulilo ngoka komatango gOlyomakaya ngaka ga zi ko gwa fike po egumbo lye alihe
readOmupresidende Omukulu Sam Nujoma mOnooli
14-07-2005
O MUPRESIDENDE gwotango gwa Namibia, Omundohotola Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, mehuliloshiwike ndika ota thiki mOnooli moka taka kala i ipyakidhila niinakugwanithwa yi ili noyi ili.Unene Omupresidende
readUdjombala ta ti edhengo lyaanasikola olya indikwa
14-07-2005
OMUWILIKI gwElongo mOshitopolwa shElongo sha Hangwena Josia Udjombala okwa kolekulula kutya edhengo lyaanasikola mOosikola olya kelelwa nOmulongisikola ngoka te ki imonitha ondjo moshinima shoka otaka
readJacobs ke na mo sha mu Avid Investments
14-07-2005
OMUNANGESHEFA Fritz Jacobs ke na nande ekwatathano lya sha nOkampani ya Social Security Commission (SSC) nenge naandjoka ya Avid Investments.Oshinyolwa shimwe sha li mOshifo shEtiyali pepandja 14
readAvid na pate, Ompangu tayi ti
14-07-2005
OMPANGU yOpombanda mEtiyali oya gandja elombwelo kutya okampani ya Avid Investment nayi pate nelalakano okumona oshimaliwa sha Social Security Commission (SSC) shoomiliyuna omilongo ndatu (N$30
readGilchrist ton crushes England in series decider
14-07-2005
LONDON - Australia, with the irrepressible Adam Gilchrist back at centre stage, completed a timely Ashes warning by routing England by eight wickets to win their one-day series 2-1 on Tuesday.With
readSurfing champs in big waves
14-07-2005
THE Maersk Radiowave Namibia national surfing championships were held at Walvis Bay last weekend, after being postponed the weekend before because the waves were too small.A solid 6-foot ground swell
readEndurance riders in Fauresmith race
14-07-2005
THIRTEEN horses and riders from Namibia competed in an international endurance championship with South Africa and Botswana in Fauresmith, South Africa, late last month.The Namibian junior team
readPompey land Zambian Mbesuma
14-07-2005
PORTSMOUTH - Portsmouth have beaten Premiership rivals Bolton to sign Zambia international striker Collins Mbesuma on a three-year deal, his agent confirmed on Tuesday.Mbesuma, one of the hottest
readNam to host top tennis event
14-07-2005
NAMIBIA will host a historic international junior tennis tournament that will involve players from as far as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, eastern European countries as
readL Patrick Gray, FBI chief under Nixon
14-07-2005
MIAMI - L Patrick Gray, whose year-long stint as acting FBI director was marked by the Watergate break-in and the ensuing scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation, has died.He was 88. Just
readSanjaya Lall, development economist
14-07-2005
SANJAYA LALL was one of the world's pre-eminent development economists.As a prolific researcher and writer, a seasoned, well-travelled consultant to Third World governments and a gifted teacher, he
readClaude Simon, French novelist and Nobel literature winner
14-07-2005
PARIS - French novelist Claude Simon, a Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of the experimental "new novel" style that emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s, died last week.He was 91. Born on October 10
readProfiles of Britain's 4 young bombers
14-07-2005
LONDON - Here are profiles of what has been reported about four young British men of Pakistani origin who travelled to London last Thursday morning, each carrying a rucksack packed with explosives,
read66 killed in Kenya village raid
14-07-2005
TURBI - Sixty-six people, at least 22 of them children, were killed in a brutal raid on this remote village in north-eastern Kenya in what is believed to be the country's worst-ever single episode of
readUgandan parliament rescinds limits to presidential term
14-07-2005
KAMPALA - Uganda's parliament on Tuesday abolished presidential term limits enshrined in the country's constitution, sealing President Yoweri Museveni's controversial bid to seek re-election next
readUS opposes UN Security Council expansion
14-07-2005
UNITED NATIONS - The United States on Tuesday urged the UN General Assembly to reject a draft resolution submitted by Brazil, Germany, India and Japan seeking enlargement of the Security Council
readCar bomb kills 24 Iraqi children
14-07-2005
BAGHDAD - Twenty-four Iraqi children were killed yesterday by a suicide car bomber targeting American soldiers handing out sweets after entering their Baghdad neighbourhood precisely to warn of a
readBritish police search for masterminds behind men who 'blew themselves up'
14-07-2005
LONDON - The British authorities said yesterday they were hunting for the masterminds of last week's bombings in London that were carried out by four men, apparently Britons, who "blew themselves
readOver 150 killed in Pakistan train crash
14-07-2005
GHOTKI - A crowded Pakistani passenger train rammed into another at a station yesterday and a third train then ploughed into the wreckage killing about 150 people and injuring hundreds.About 1 000
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