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33 Articles found on Thursday, 10 March 2005
Three Guinea ministers ousted
10-03-2005
CONAKRY - Three ministers in the West African country of Guinea were ousted from major posts in a cabinet reshuffle and replaced with newcomers close to long-standing President Lansana Conte. The
readIvory Coast army chief to meet rebel leader
10-03-2005
ABIDJAN - The head of Ivory Coast's armed forces Major Colonel Philippe Mangou said on Tuesday he will meet with the military leader of the rebel forces which control the north of the country.
readDRC fighters in the east disarm
10-03-2005
BUNIA - Nearly 4 000 fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo handed in their weapons this week, more than doubling the number disarmed in the lawless region since September, an army officer
readMeatco to pay farmers bonus prices
10-03-2005
OPUWO - Farmers who sell their livestock to Meatco this year will be paid a bonus price of N$1,05 per kilogramme.A Meatco official at Opuwo, Karee Mupya, told Nampa that Meatco would pay its regular
readBotswana eyes regional gem marketing
10-03-2005
GABORONE - Botswana will increase its diamond revenues by 500 million pula a year for the next 25 years, deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Minerals, Mago Moshashane said yesterday."This is
readParty not over yet for SA housing boom
10-03-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's property boom is starting to slow after outpacing the rest of the world in the past few years, but house prices are still likely to rise in 2005, a Reuters poll shows.A
readAn inspirational tale of rehabilitation
10-03-2005
'THE sky is the limit', 'anything is possible', 'there's a silver lining to every cloud' and the list goes on.We have all heard these clichés so often that not many people take them
readWestern Bypass a death trap
10-03-2005
THE Western Bypass in Windhoek continues to claim lives of motorists in accidents.On Saturday two people were seriously injured and one was killed after a collision between two vehicles. The deceased
readKaras Abattoir & Tannery not a dead loss to GIPF
10-03-2005
THE Karas Abattoir and Tannery (KAT) has denied that the money it owes the Government Institution Pension Fund (GIPF) has been written off as bad debt."No single cent owed by our company to GIPF was
readCops defend relocation of child murder suspect
10-03-2005
THE Arandis Police say they cannot heed calls by the community that a man charged with raping and murdering a five-year-old girl at Swakopmund in January, be removed from holding cells at the town.In
readGym boss trial set for August
10-03-2005
THE trial of the controversial gym boss from Swakopmund, who allegedly filmed women in the dressing room, could not start this week as Magistrate Gibson Imbili had not returned from leave.The crimen
readFatal accident dents Roessing safety record
10-03-2005
AN employee at Roessing Uranium died on Tuesday after sustaining serious burns at the mine near Arandis five days earlier. Gustav Timbo (46) and Clinton Cloete (23), both electricians in the pit
readCaprivi gears for looming floods
10-03-2005
PREPARATIONS for flooding in eastern Caprivi are gaining momentum despite indications that the flood will not reach the same magnitude as last year.The Zambezi River, as measured at Katima Mulilo, now
readPoll challenge ruling today
10-03-2005
THE High Court in Windhoek is expected to hand down a ruling today on a challenge by the Republican Party and the Congress of Democrats (CoD) of last year's National Assembly election results.A bench
readHaste on Youth Service bill 'suspect'
10-03-2005
THE Congress of Democrats will boycott debate in the National Assembly on a bill regulating the National Youth Service.The party says the President is trying to "bulldoze" parliament into accepting an
readGovt eyes major revamp of education
10-03-2005
GOVERNMENT will today lobby potential donors for a whopping N$3,5 billion to overhaul the country's entire education and training sector."Education is too important to be left to Government alone. We
readMariental community horrified by killings
10-03-2005
MARIENTAL - Residents of Mariental yesterday turned out in droves to protest against the ruthless killing of eight people on a farm near Kalkrand in the Mariental District at the weekend.The protest
read'I did it alone'
10-03-2005
ONE of two young men charged with mercilessly mowing down eight people at a farm near Tsumis at the weekend showed no emotion yesterday as he recounted how he shot the victims - with one bullet each
readNDF mOshakati a gandja N$1 230.70 ku Tsumina
10-03-2005
ETANGA Etitatu lyEtanga lyEgameno lya Namibia mOshakati kohi ya komanda Leitenandakolonela Erastus Nomongula Kashopola omasiku ga zi ko olya gongela Oondola/N$1 230,70 nelalakano lyoku shi pa Ehangano
readAanafaalama ya kondema edhipago
10-03-2005
EHANGANO lyaanafaalama lyedhina Namibia Farmers' Union (NFU) olya indile opo Epangelo li kuthe ko oongaku mokugandja omageelo ga kindja koonakudhipaga nosho wo oonakukwata koonkondo, taya popi kutya
readNewspaper Cup prize monies
10-03-2005
THE draw for The Namibian Newspaper Cup was made at Soccer House on Tuesday. The organisers also announced the various prizes that will be handed out at the tournament. The event will be held in
readMatter of Fact
10-03-2005
In yesterday? edition of March 9 (page 19), Ramblers was mistakenly placed under Orlando Pirates as having 32 from their 19 matches on the Namibia Premier League log standings, while Pirates had 30
readTigers to raise funds for Bricks Hangula
10-03-2005
THE Old Crocks of Tigers Football Club intend to raise funds for their former defensive stalwart Bricks Hangula by hosting friendly matches.The Old Crocks teams of Black Africa, Orlando Pirates and
readNamibian chess boiling on ice
10-03-2005
THE embassy of Iceland, through its development agency ICEIDA, has launched a project to develop and promote chess in Namibia.Gísli Pálsson, Chargé d'Affaires of the Icelandic
readMTC invests in Strydom
10-03-2005
NAMIBIAN tennis ace Jurgens Strydom received a sponsorship of N$100 000 from MTC yesterday for the 2005 season.Strydom, who has already played in several international junior championships, including
readWarriors to play Lesotho
10-03-2005
THE Brave Warriors are expected to play a friendly match against Lesotho on March 20, but the names of the players have not yet been announced.The match will be played in Lesotho as preparation for
readAl Qaeda may have targeted Russell Crowe
10-03-2005
WASHINGTON - Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe said he may have been a target of an al Qaeda kidnap plot in early 2001, part of a bid by the militant network to "culturally destabilise" the United
readFormer Kosovo PM indicted on war crimes
10-03-2005
PRISTINA - Kosovo's former prime minister left yesterday to answer charges at the UN war crimes court stemming from his wartime role as a senior rebel commander, following an indictment that prompted
readSuicide truck bomb shakes Baghdad
10-03-2005
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated a garbage truck packed with explosives Wednesday outside the Agriculture Ministry and a hotel used by Western contractors, killing himself and at least three
readZim AG appeals early release of 'mercenaries'
10-03-2005
The Zimbabwean Attorney General has filed an appeal against the early release of 62 alleged South African mercenaries, SABC radio news reported on Tuesday night. The Zimbabwean High Court last week
readJackson witness on rack
10-03-2005
SANTA MARIA - Michael Jackson's lawyers sought to punch holes on Tuesday in the damaging testimony of a 14-year-old boy who claimed he twice witnessed the pop icon molesting his brother.Under
readIRA offers to kill its own
10-03-2005
BELFAST - The Irish Republican Army (IRA) stirred outrage in Northern Ireland yesterday after offering to shoot its own militants who have been accused of killing a Catholic man in a bar brawl. "This
readIn Brief
10-03-2005
MOSCOW - Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed on Tuesday by Russian security forces, giving a boost to President Vladimir Putin's hardline campaign to crush the separatist rebellion in
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