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38 Articles found on Thursday, 26 May 2005
Tax may drain top sperm bank
26-05-2005
COPENHAGEN - The source of the world's biggest sperm bank may soon run dry if Danish authorities decide to tax donors, Cryos International Sperm Bank said yesterday.Denmark, with the world's highest
readCheer for SA Beer
26-05-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Beer giant SABMiller has reported a 33 per cent increase in earnings for the year ended March, saying its results were boosted by a strong increase in beer and soft drink consumption in
readProperty pro new 'Apprentice'
26-05-2005
NEW YORK - Donald Trump chose one of his own kind a real estate entrepreneur as the first female winner of the NBC reality show 'The Apprentice' last Thursday.Kendra Todd (26), from Boynton
readUnited Nations rights body to scrutinise big business; US chafes at the bit
26-05-2005
GENEVA - The United Nations top human rights body has approved a plan to scrutinise transnational corporations to make them more accountable.The UN Human Rights Commission approved a resolution that
readAfrica agrees to speed up open-skies plan
26-05-2005
JOHANNESBURG - African transport ministers have agreed to speed up plans for an open skies policy they say is needed to fuel economic growth on the continent, says South Africa's Transport Minister
readSA economy 'on a roll'
26-05-2005
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Finance Minister Trevor Manuel painted an upbeat picture of the continent's biggest economy on Tuesday, saying it was on track to achieve growth of more than four per cent
readNudo member hits out at Kauandenge
26-05-2005
A MEMBER of the Nudo Erongo branch has lashed out at statements made by Joseph Kauandenge when he announced his return to the DTA recently."I want to condemn the statement made by Kauandenge on May
read'Too little awareness on plight of albinos'
26-05-2005
ANITHA Figure, an albino rights campaigner, has made an emotional plea to Government, businesses and the Namibian society.Speaking at the official launch of the First National Bank Foundation in
readPredict Miss Namibia 2005
26-05-2005
PREDICT who will be crowned Miss Namibia 2005 and stand a chance to win any of the following fabulous prizes: return flights for two to Cape Town or Johannesburg; hampers from Loreal; hampers from
readMoongo retracts 'wild statements'
26-05-2005
DTA MP Phillemon Moongo was made to retract comments about Namibia's judiciary in the National Assembly last week.During the National Budget debate, Moongo alleged that Swapo had "rigged elections"
readYoung people at the coast set example
26-05-2005
RECENT reports in the press about the destruction caused by off-road vehicles in the dune belt at the central coast have spurred a group of unemployed young people into action.With the guidance of
readHelp clean up dunes at Swakop, Walvis
26-05-2005
EVERYBODY who loves and cares for the environment, specifically the dune belt between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, is invited to take part in a massive clean-up operation during World Environment Week
readMandrax suspects in court at Gobabis
26-05-2005
GOBABIS - Moses Engriberth (24) and Lukas Inomeni (21) on Monday appeared in the Magistrate's Court here on a charge of dealing in mandrax tablets.Magistrate Marries Willemse postponed the case to
readQueue, please!
26-05-2005
THE Oshana Regional Council has ordered the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) and the Oshakati and Ondangwa Town Councils to introduce order at taxi ranks and bus stops at the towns.The Council
readNSHR slams 'anti-poor' Budget
26-05-2005
THE National Society of Human Rights (NSHR) has described the National Budget for the 2005-06 as "anti-poor" and "anti-growth" while being "pro-extravagance" and "pro-elitism".In a statement this
readStolen Government car still missing
26-05-2005
GOBABIS - Two men accused of stealing a brand-new Government vehicle were granted bail when they made their fourth court appearance in the Gobabis Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.Ezekiel Uanivi (32) and
readTribalism motion stirs up emotions
26-05-2005
DTA MP McHenry Venaani appears likely to open a can of worms in the National Assembly when he will request the House to discuss and debate the "current ugly face and forms of ethnicity and tribalism
readTelecom graft sentencing date set
26-05-2005
EX-TELECOM Namibia Manager Ivan Ganes, who has admitted to defrauding the parastatal of some N$1,12 million, will be sentenced in the High Court in Windhoek next month.Judge Kato van Niekerk on
readSwapo gives CoD MP rough ride
26-05-2005
SWAPO MPs appeared intent on deliberately frustrating Congress of Democrats Vice President Nora Schimming-Chase during her remarks on the Budget on Tuesday, interrupting her frequently with statements
readNDF to probe Liberia sex scandal
26-05-2005
THE Namibian Defence Force (NDF) is to launch its own investigation into allegations that three of its soldiers were involved in the sexual exploitation of young girls and women during its
readKaribib back to normal, for now
26-05-2005
LIFE returned to normal for residents at Karibib on Tuesday afternoon, when the town's water supply was restored after NamWater cut it five days earlier.
readKamwi slams 'conveyor belt medicine'
26-05-2005
HEALTH Minister Richard Kamwi has lambasted unscrupulous medical practitioners for practising "conveyor belt medicine".During debate on the National Budget in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Kamwi
readNUNW joins anti-graft drive
26-05-2005
NAMIBIA'S largest trade union grouping, the National Union of Namibian Workers, has thrown its weight fully behind President Hifikepunye Pohamba's efforts to root out corruption.A delegation of NUNW
readThree resign from SA Rugby
26-05-2005
CAPE TOWN - Three leading members of the embattled South African Rugby Union (SARU) have agreed to stand down from their positions although president Brian van Rooyen has so far refused to resign."So
readOwens marks 70th anniversary
26-05-2005
ANN ARBOR - Only a tiny plaque on a small brick monument here commemorates 99-year-old Ferry Field as hallowed ground, the site of the finest hour in athletics thanks to the legendary Jesse
readFigo on sub's role
26-05-2005
MADRID - Real Madrid winger Luis Figo is still waiting for an explanation from coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo for his relegation to the substitutes' bench for the latter part of the season.The 32-year-old
readGaudio reaches third round
26-05-2005
PARIS - Defending French Open champion Gaston Gaudio became the first player to reach the third round yesterday when Dmitry Tursunov defaulted shortly before their match because of a knee
readRonaldinho dreams of Henry
26-05-2005
PARIS - Barcelona forward Ronaldinho says it would be "a dream" if Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry joined the Spanish champions during the close season."When I take a look at all the players
readOops. Home owners cop it
26-05-2005
RIO DE JANEIRO - Baghdad, Iraq, might be accustomed to seeing houses destroyed.But villagers in Baghdad, Brazil, were surprised and angry when police demolished 100 of their homes — apparently
readGreen cut
26-05-2005
GREENPEACE said on Tuesday it had created the 'Golden Chainsaw' award for the personality most responsible for destroying the Amazon rainforest."It's a kind of Golden Raspberry award for the
readCash incentives needed to save the rain forests
26-05-2005
BONN - Developing nations should be paid to preserve tropical rainforests from the Amazon to Africa as part of a drive to slow deforestation and global warming, says a Papua New Guinean.Most efforts
readJackson will not take stand
26-05-2005
SANTA MARIA - Michael Jackson's lawyers called their final witnesses on Tuesday in his child molestation trial - including wise-cracking talk show host Jay Leno - and will rest their case without
readKenyan police ban protest in murder case
26-05-2005
NAIVASHA - Fearing violence, police in central Kenya's Rift Valley yesterday denied a permit for a planned mass protest against the release of a British aristocrat accused of killing of a Maasai game
readCash-strapped African Union awaits aid for Darfur mission
26-05-2005
ADDIS ABABA - Short of funds and faced with mounting responsibilities on a conflict-prone continent, the African Union (AU) is looking this week for concrete foreign assistance to expand its crucial
readBurundi rebels clash with army
26-05-2005
BUJUMBURA - Burundi's last remaining rebel group injured five people in its second fight with the army since signing a truce meant to help end more than a decade of civil war, the army said
readAngolan rebels claim downing military helicopter
26-05-2005
LUANDA - Separatist rebels in Angola's oil-rich enclave of Cabinda said they shot down a military helicopter, killing its crew, but Luanda said a police helicopter had crashed into a mountain as a
readPolice quell riots in South Africa
26-05-2005
CAPE TOWN - Police used tear gas and stun grenades yesterday to disperse protesters at a Cape Town township demanding better housing, the latest in a string of township riots rocking South Africa.More
readCar bomb in Spanish capital injures 34
26-05-2005
MADRID - A car bomb injured at least 34 people in the Spanish capital yesterday in an apparent rebuff by Basque separatist guerrillas ETA to government peace overtures.The bomb, in a stolen car, blew
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