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36 Articles found on Monday, 23 May 2005
US Airways, America West agree to merge
23-05-2005
TEMPE Arizona - US Airways Group Inc. and America West Holdings Corp., the nation's seventh and eighth largest carriers, are merging to create an airline designed to better compete with lower-cost
readSA moves on plan to replace dangerous taxis
23-05-2005
CAPE TOWN - South Africa will press ahead with a 7,7 billion rand plan to replace thousands of dangerous minibus taxis and will publish safety requirements for new vehicles in June, the transport
readOutput down at Zambia copper mine after 6 killed
23-05-2005
LUSAKA - Production has been suspended at Zambia's Mufurila copper mine after an accident on Wednesday that killed six people, a government official said on Friday."Copper production has been
readChina hits back, raises textile tax
23-05-2005
BEIJING - China said on Friday it would increase tariffs on a range of textile exports to draw the sting out of an increasingly venomous trade dispute with the United States and the European
readHarmony CEO braces for defeat
23-05-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Chief executive Bernard Swanepoel of South Africa's gold mining giant Harmony all but conceded on Friday that his takeover bid for rival Gold Fields to create the world's largest gold
readWomen in Nordic countries suffer the least from economic gender gap
23-05-2005
LONDON - Women in Nordic countries are most likely to be paid the same as men and experience equal job opportunities, according to a global report.At the other end of the spectrum, Egypt, Turkey and
readFor The Record
23-05-2005
IN a report on the Henties Bay Town Council published in The Namibian on Wednesday, May 18, it was reported that Windhoek Consulting Engineers would pay for a familiarisation visit of Councillors to
readShikongo re-elected Mayor
23-05-2005
MATHEUS Shikongo was elected to his seventh term as Windhoek's Mayor on Thursday.Elaine Trepper also retained her position as his deputy for the second consecutive year. They were sworn in by
readEducation concerns transcend party ties
23-05-2005
THE state of the country's education system was highlighted as a point of concern from both the ruling and opposition sides of the National Assembly during the National Budget debate last week.In his
readUnions wants more spent on job creation
23-05-2005
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) has slammed Government's decision to cut the allocation to the development of small and medium enterprises in this year's National Budget.In a statement
readLegal Shield passes curator report test
23-05-2005
LEGAL Shield Namibia has been given a clean bill of health - for the most part, at least - by the legal assistance insurance firm's interim curator and by its auditors.Legal Shield is financially
readMurder suspect's confession allowed
23-05-2005
AN argument over a traditional omukonda knife was the event that set off a killing spree that left three people dead at a village in the Eenhana district in early September 2002, the suspect on trial
readSoccer star arrested after on-field fight
23-05-2005
PREMIER LEAGUE football side Golden Bees landed themselves in deep trouble yesterday after an incident involving their star player, Harold Haimbodi, resulted in their match against Ramblers being
readMutorwa backs Govt spending priorities
23-05-2005
IT is unfair to accuse Government of misplaced prioritisation in its budgetary plans, Minister of Youth John Mutorwa has said in defence of the National Budget for 2005/06.Speaking in the National
readCourt rejects 'tall tale'
23-05-2005
THE man who recently made headlines because he was not only dressed as a woman when he broke into a house, but also got stuck between the burglar bars, has pleaded guilty in the Swakopmund
readTourist dies in road accident
23-05-2005
A FRENCH tourist was killed and four people injured in an accident outside Uis on Saturday.The woman died at the scene of the accident about 30 km outside Uis on the road to Henties Bay at 11h15. She
readTwo die in family slaying in North
23-05-2005
FILLEMON Nanghambe Kasheshe from Ohengobe village in the Ohangwena Region is alleged to stabbed his girlfriend and their child to death before hanging himself from a tree on Thursday evening.He also
readKaribib water supply cut Town may also face power outage today
23-05-2005
FINANCIAL problems continue to plague the debt-ridden town of Karibib, where the water supply was cut off on Thursday.The situation could worsen today. A final demand from NamPower is expected for
readTunacor ota ka kutha miilonga ye li 700 lwaampoka
23-05-2005
NGASHIINGEYI osha za mo lela kutya Okampani onkwati yoohi ya Tunacor pOmbaye otayi ka kutha miilonga aaniilonga ye li 700 lwaampoka.Shika osha tseyitha konima ashike yomasiku gatatu sho Ominista
readOkamatyona Edwin oka pumbwa ekwatho
23-05-2005
OKAMATYONA koomvula 15 Edwin Kamutjemo ota ka mono iihuna komukithi gwokaankela gu li mesipa lyoluyego (mondjego) hagu ithanwa chondrosarcoma melaka lyoshitakumi.Konima yoomwedhi ne kwa kala taku
readGumwe a kwatwa shi na sha nokahanona hoka ki itsuwa miihwa mu Kenya
23-05-2005
NAIROBI - Opolisi mu Kenya mEtine lya zi ko oya tseyitha kutya oya kwatwa po omukiintu ngoka a ekelehi okahanona ke kiiwike iyali mokuti ku li kuumbugantu wa Nairobi omasiku ga zi ko.Komanda
readShipoh a ningwa Amushanga Omukuluntu mUuministeli wAanyanyamagulua
23-05-2005
OMBELEWA yOmuprima gwa Namibia oya ulike Peingondjambi Shipoh a ninge Amushanga Omukuluntu mUuministeli uupe wAanyanyamagulu, Omaudhano nOmithigululwakalo.Okwa ningwa Amushanga Omukuluntu muuministeli
readPohamba okwa hala iipindi mu SADC yi indipale
23-05-2005
GABORONE - Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa tsu omuthindo kutya nakunkondopekwe iipindi mokati kiilyolongo yomoshitopolwa sha SADC.Pohamba ngoka a li metalelopo lye lyotango pambelewa ku
readHinda ta lili sho a kuthwa miilonga pakathimbo kehangano lya NHE
23-05-2005
MENINDJELA mehangano li na sha nokutunga omagumbo mu Namibia nenge tutye National Housing Enterprise (NHE), Maureen Hinda okwa popi kutya omukuluntu gwe miilonga okwe mu kutha miilonga pakathimbo
readBlue Waters, Civics share the spoils
23-05-2005
BLUE Waters were held to two consecutive 1-1 stalemates in Walvis Bay in their weekend matches against Civics and Tigers, making their bid to retain the Namibia premiership title difficult.The coastal
readMalawi minister in wedding fraud row
23-05-2005
BLANTYRE - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika last week sacked the education minister after he was arrested and charged with fraud and corruption for using public funds to pay for his wedding.Yusuf
readShotgun, mountain bike top gifts given to President Bush
23-05-2005
WASHINGTON - A US$14 153 shotgun with accessories, a US$2 700 bike and thousands of dollars worth of fishing gear topped the list of gifts received by President George W Bush last year.While the
readChina watchers put down tea leaves, check out handshakes
23-05-2005
HONG KONG - A handshake isn't just a handshake for China watchers in Hong Kong trying to figure out the secretive world of Chinese politics.Hong Kong's major newspapers last week gave prominent
readSigns indicate China retreating on crackdown
23-05-2005
BEIJING - When Chinese President Hu Jintao came to power in 2003 he vowed to crackdown on corruption.Since then an anti-graft campaign has seen 13 ministry-level officials jailed, sentenced to death
readRhino, goat strike unlikely bond
23-05-2005
KROMDRAAI - A pair of orphans have formed an unlikely bond on a South African game park although horns and a love for horse pellets are about the only things they have in common.Clover is an 11-month
readKenya's Masai protest over white farmer's release
23-05-2005
NAROK - Hundreds of Kenya's Masai tribesmen wielding clubs and sticks staged a protest on Saturday to demand that a prominent white farmer who had been charged with killing a game warden be returned
readEthiopia ruling party takes slight lead
23-05-2005
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has been re-elected to parliament, election authorities said on Sunday, as early results from last week's polls showed his ruling party edging ahead
readNo parade of stars at Jackson trial
23-05-2005
SANTA MARIA, California - Michael Jackson's jurors are highly unlikely to see Elizabeth Taylor lead the parade of superstars the defence had promised, but the good news is the marathon child-sex
readBRIEFS
23-05-2005
DROWNED - Seven teenaged girls drowned off the coast of South Africa's eastern town of Richards Bay yesterday, the Sapa news agency reported. Richards Bay harbour master Ravi Naicker said: "The girls
readSaddam being punished in jail
23-05-2005
LONDON - Saddam Hussein is being kept in a jail where the small, windowless cells have only a small ventilation flap from which to view the outside world, which can be locked as a punishment, a
readWhite South Africans march against Pretoria name change
23-05-2005
PRETORIA - Hundreds of white South Africans marched in protest on Saturday against official plans to change the name of the country's capital Pretoria to Tshwane, saying the decision had not been
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