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42 Articles found on Monday, 4 July 2005
Manhattan apartment prices jump 30%
04-07-2005
NEW YORK - Ouch. Low mortgage rates and a tight supply drove up the average sales price of a Manhattan apartment more than 30 per cent to over US$1,3 million in the second quarter from a year earlier,
readVivendi faces class action
04-07-2005
PARIS - A lawyer said on Saturday he has launched a class action lawsuit to recover losses which small French shareholders incurred when telecoms and media group Vivendi Universal nearly collapsed in
readFirst Lady impressed by women's projects
04-07-2005
RUNDU - The Namibian First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba on Saturday praised the commitment and hard work of Namibian women in establishing self-help projects.She made these remarks during a two-day visit
readSA picks builder for World Cup railway
04-07-2005
PRETORIA - South Africa named an international consortium on Saturday as preferred bidder for a multibillion rand high-speed train project, described by officials as Africa's biggest ever
readMicrosoft settles with IBM
04-07-2005
NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. has settled antitrust claims made by International Business Machines Corp., agreeing to pay US$775 million (N$5,1 billion) to IBM, the companies said on Friday.One major
readAfrica's 'Marshall Plan' unlikely
04-07-2005
PRETORIA - Group of Eight leaders meeting in Scotland this week are unlikely to agree on a "Marshall Plan" for Africa that will see massive aid flow to the continent, Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel
readAfrica shapes message for G8, as Live 8 echoes fade
04-07-2005
SIRTE, Libya - Exploiting the momentum of a star-studded global anti-poverty campaign, Africa's leaders prepared yesterday to step up pressure on rich nations to help them fight hunger, disease and
readNamibia ranks on UN's 'hunger list'
04-07-2005
ROME - One out of three Africans suffers from malnutrition and a total of 852 million people in the world suffer from hunger, the United Nations said in a report issued on Friday.It gave hunger
readLive 8 rocks world, looks to leaders to implement change
04-07-2005
LONDON and PHILADELPHIA - They rocked the world in the largest live concert ever held.Now the stars of the Live 8 extravaganza are looking to leaders to respond by doing more to help the poor when
readWater, power costs go UP
04-07-2005
THE water, electricity and sewage tariffs for Windhoek went up with effect from Friday.The Chairman of the Windhoek City Council's Management Committee, Bjorn von Finckenstein, announced at the
readKatutura stadium renamed after Nujoma
04-07-2005
THE revamped Katutura football stadium will be renamed the Sam Nujoma Soccer Stadium, the Windhoek City Council has announced.The renaming was approved at Thursday night's monthly Council meeting. The
readGoing green for cancer children
04-07-2005
THE NamPharm Foundation Trust, which helps children suffering from cancer, has launched a bright green silicon bracelet to help with fundraising efforts.The slogan on the bracelets is 'Small Kids, Big
readPM urges the youth to help alleviate poverty
04-07-2005
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has called on the youth to take up the challenge of self-empowerment in order to eradicate poverty.Addressing the Karas Regional Youth Forum (KRYF) conference at
readFarm workers kids miss polio immunisation
04-07-2005
GOBABIS - Farm workers in the Omitara, Okakurus and Witvlei areas have complained that immunisation teams did not turn up to vaccinate their children in the polio immunisation campaign on June 21 and
readRural-urban drift 'suffocating' Windhoek
04-07-2005
UNLESS the rural areas are made more attractive for people to stay there, migration to Windhoek will continue to rise, Councillor Bjorn von Finckenstein says.Speaking during the monthly City Council
readCity of Windhoek to freeze 300 vacancies for year
04-07-2005
THREE hundred vacancies would remain unfilled at the City of Windhoek for the 2005-06 financial year, Councillor Bjorn von Finckenstein told the monthly council meeting on Thursday night.Von
readNamibia in forefront on anti-retroviral therapy
04-07-2005
THE United Nations has named Namibia as one of three countries in Africa where more than 25 per cent of people eligible to receive anti-retroviral treatment have access to it.In a recent report to
readNA rejects tribalism motion
04-07-2005
OHANGWENA, Omusati, Oshana and Oshikoto received the lowest allocation of around 27 per cent in the development budget, although 60 per cent of Namibia's population lives there.The four regions also
readGirlfriend testifies in defence of farm murder suspect
04-07-2005
THE trial of two men accused of robbing and murdering a farm owner near Rehoboth three years ago is to continue later this month with the testimony of a defence witness who started giving evidence in
readTanzanians arrested on cocaine and ecstasy dealing charges
04-07-2005
A TANZANIAN resident of Windhoek and two of his compatriots have appeared in court on charges of dealing in cocaine and ecstasy with a street value of N$37 500.The Police's Drug Law Enforcement Unit
readNBL revamps to fight off SABMiller
04-07-2005
NAMIBIA Breweries Ltd has launched a restructuring plan to beat down high overheads and an onslaught from global brewing giant and regional rival SABMiller .Nambrew's new Managing Director Segun
readSpread the benefits, urges President
04-07-2005
WINDHOEK - President Hifikepunye Pohamba has called on the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) and the private sector to show increased practical support for Government efforts to spread
readNamWater a katuka oonkatu moondoolopa ndatu
04-07-2005
EHANGANO lyokugandja omeya moshilongo lya NamWater ota li ka kwathela oondoolopa dhimwe okukwata nawa omeya nosho wo okufuta iifuta yomeya ga dho.Oondoolopa ndhoka odho nee ngaashi Opuwo, Katima
readPu Henties Bay oya hala okuninga ehololomadhiladhilo
04-07-2005
AAKALIMO yomondoolopa ya Henties Bay oya hala natango okuninga ehololomadhiladhilo limwe nalalakana okukondema Elelo lyondoolopa yawo, ndyoka taya popi kutya olya koraputa.Aaantu ye li 400 lwaampoka
readOorebele otadhi ka homatukululwa koonkondo
04-07-2005
KINSASHA - Omupresidende gwa DRC Joseph Kabila okwa tseyitha kutya Oorebele dhoongundu dhopondje yoshilongo- ndhoka tadhi piyaganeke onkalo moshilongo she, otadhi ka homatokululwa koonkondo.Shika oshi
readUnita oku na uumbanda kutya Epangelo otali ka laateka omahogololo
04-07-2005
LUANDA - Ongundu yompilameno ya Unita oya popi kutya oyi na uumbanda kutya Epangelo lya Angola otashi vulika li ka laateke omahogololo ga simana - ngoka ogo gotango konima yiita moshilongo shika,
readMinista a popila etanutho lyopulanda ya Air Namibia
04-07-2005
OKUTOTA kwondjila ompe ndjoka yu ukilila owala ko Europe kwehangano lyoondhila lya Air Namibia otaku ka indjipaleka omatalelopo gaapashiyoni moshilongo, shi vulithe sho Air Namibia iikwatelela owala
readNDF a pandulwa, Opolisi ya indilwa yi ninge ngashikwawo
04-07-2005
O MUKANDA gwe tu zilila moshigwana shomuumbangalantu notatu gu nyanyangidha ngaashsi gu li, otagu pandula noonkondo Etanga lyAakwiita lya Namibia sho tali yakula nawa iilyo yalyo nokwiindila Opolisi
read'Hit Man' Hearns makes boxing comeback
04-07-2005
DETROIT - Boxing legend Thomas 'Hit Man' Hearns will return to the ring here on July 30 at age 46 and after a five-year retirement when he faces American journeyman John Long.Hearns announced his
readAthletes set markers down for world champs
04-07-2005
PARIS - Several athletes emerged Friday as serious contenders for the August 6-14 world championships in Helsinki after impressing at the opening Golden League meet of the season.Undoubtedly the
readFerguson has job for years to come says Glazer
04-07-2005
MANCHESTER - Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has been told that his future at the club is secure for 'years to come' by Joel Glazer, the son of the club's new owner, the American tycoon
readStrydom wins at Wimbledon
04-07-2005
NAMIBIA'S tennis sensation Jurgens Strydom and his British partner, Christopher Llewellyn, defeated American opponents Kellen Damico and Tim Smyczek in the Junior Wimbledon quarter-finals.The score
readOld Warriors down Dr Khumalo side
04-07-2005
A visiting Dr Khumalo and Friends football side and former Brave Warriors players provided some great entertainment in a match that the home side won 3-2 in front of a jam-packed Independence Stadium
readSport Briefs
04-07-2005
AMERICAN David Zabriskie, of the CSC team, pulled on the Tour de France yellow jersey after winning the opening time trial over 19km here Saturday.Zabriskie, a time-trial specialist, set a stunning
readIsraeli cabinet rejects Gaza pullout delay
04-07-2005
JERUSALEM - Israel's cabinet yesterday rejected a proposal to delay the start of a Gaza pullout for three months, setting the stage for a showdown between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his main
readAl Qaeda frontman killed in shootout
04-07-2005
RIYADH - Al Qaeda's suspected frontman in Saudi Arabia was killed in a shootout with security forces in the capital yesterday only five days after authorities put him at the top of a new list of
readEgyptian envoy to Iraq kidnapped
04-07-2005
BAGHDAD - The new Egyptian ambassador to Iraq, Ihab al-Sharif, was kidnapped late on Saturday in Baghdad, just a month after taking up post, an embassy employee and the Iraqi interior ministry said
readIN BRIEF
04-07-2005
* TERROR - Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said Iraqis were fighting terror on behalf of humanity as another spate of violence left at least 25 dead while Shi'ites mourned the killing of a
readIndian floods kill at least 132
04-07-2005
AHMEDABAD - Relief teams yesterday rushed food, water, medicines and other essentials to hundreds of thousands marooned by floods that have killed 132 people in India's Gujarat state.The rescue and
readZuma eyes ANC presidency
04-07-2005
PRETORIA - Jacob Zuma could stand for the presidency of the African National Congress in 2007, and might be earning an unprecedented party salary before long, it emerged on Friday.A decision by the
readDarfur rebels bank on AU summit for breakthrough
04-07-2005
CAIRO - The main rebel group in Sudan's war-torn Darfur voiced hope on Saturday that an upcoming African Union summit in Libya would yield a breakthrough in currently deadlocked talks with
readSuicide bombers kill 26 in Iraq
04-07-2005
BAGHDAD - Suicide bombers struck in Baghdad and a Shi'ite city south of the capital in attacks that killed 26 people and injured nearly 50, Iraqi officials said.One of the attackers targeted
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