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38 Articles found on Wednesday, 2 November 2005
SA manufacturing sector growing
02-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dipped for the third consecutive month in October after a sharp fall in business activity, but the manufacturing sector continued to
readAging workers savings excess
02-11-2005
SINGAPORE - Asia's workforce, dominated by adults planning for retirement, has amassed a savings surplus of more than US$300 billion invested in the global financial markets, US investment bank Morgan
readAOL founder Case quits Time Warner
02-11-2005
WASHINGTON - AOL founder Steve Case said on Monday he was quitting the board of Time Warner Inc.to cap a turbulent five years since he orchestrated the disastrous mega-merger of the media and Internet
readOil below US$60 as demand dampens
02-11-2005
SINGAPORE - Oil prices held below US$60 (N$402) yesterday as mild temperatures in the US Northeast and Japan limited demand for heating fuel.US crude edged six cents lower to US$59,70 a barrel after
readBanks in shotgun marriage
02-11-2005
LAGOS - Eleven small Nigerian banks have agreed a shotgun marriage hours before the expiry of a deadline to meet new capital requirements and avoid intervention, banking sources said on Monday.The
readCaprivi treason trial up and running again
02-11-2005
NAMIBIA'S largest ever criminal trial got back on track in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.Seven months after a fatal car accident brought the Caprivi high treason trial to a sudden halt, the
read'Ramatex stench is making our children sick'
02-11-2005
A PUNGENT, nauseating smell emanating from the Ramatex Textile Factory is making children ill, residents living near the plant claim.Residents of Disa Street in Khomasdal say their children start
readNico Josea granted bail
02-11-2005
NICO Josea was granted bail of N$30 000 in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday.The Magistrate who has been hearing five days of testimony and legal arguments on Josea's application, has not
readNamibians get chance to remember Rosa Parks
02-11-2005
THE US Embassy in Windhoek yesterday opened a book of condolences for US civil rights activist Rosa Parks.The public will be able to sign the book at the American Cultural Centre on the third floor of
readNamibians get chance to remember Rosa Parks
02-11-2005
THE US Embassy in Windhoek yesterday opened a book of condolences for US civil rights activist Rosa Parks. The public will be able to sign the book at the American Cultural Centre on the third floor
readLet's go green, urges Defence chief
02-11-2005
OSHAKATI - Defence Minister Charles Namoloh has commended communities that have contributed to the country's tree-planting initiative.Speaking at a recent tree-planting programme stakeholders' forum
readSex workers shun public hearing
02-11-2005
ONLY one person showed up on Monday to discuss the issue of sex workers at Swakopmund.The National Council's Standing Committee on Gender, Youth and Information has begun a series of public hearings
readPeople open hearts to 'swimming-pool San'
02-11-2005
SCORES of people have rushed to the aid of 67 displaced San people living in the old swimming-pool complex at Okahandja after an article on their struggle to survive was published in The Namibian.The
readComav takes gap on Swakop route
02-11-2005
COMAV Air Charters has stepped in to fill the gap left by Air Namibia when the national airline cancelled its flights to and from Swakopmund last month.Comav announced yesterday that it will introduce
readTow-in man 'tunes out'
02-11-2005
AN attempt to gain an advantage over competitors has landed the owner of a breakdown service in trouble with the Police.Jan Kritzinger, the owner of Tow-In Specialist in Windhoek, was arrested two
readGovt reviews performance at retreat
02-11-2005
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba jetted into Windhoek from Ethiopia at lunchtime yesterday and immediately flew to Swakopmund as his top leadership and executives of State-owned enterprises descended on
readWe're not forcing farmers out of Kavango, say cops
02-11-2005
POLICE deployed in west Kavango are not forcing evicted farmers out of the region but only monitoring the situation, a senior Police officer says."Police from Kavango, Ohangwena and Oshikoto have been
readCaprivi treason trial up and running again
02-11-2005
NAMIBIA'S largest ever criminal trial got back on track in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.Seven months after a fatal car accident brought the Caprivi high treason trial to a sudden halt, the
read'Ramatex stench is making our children sick'
02-11-2005
A PUNGENT, nauseating smell emanating from the Ramatex Textile Factory is making children ill, residents living near the plant claim.Residents of Disa Street in Khomasdal say their children start
readNossob River Systems ota ka katukilwa onkatu
02-11-2005
EPANGELO oli na einekelo kutya oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna omulongo na yimwe (N$11 million) shoka lya kanithile mOkampani kayi po we ya Nossob River Systems (Pty) Ltd otali ke shi mona.Momumvo
readAfrika ota kanitha oshimaliwa oshindji miikulumuna
02-11-2005
I ILONGO ya Afrika lyUumbugantu nolyUuzilo ohayi kanitha iimaliwa yOondola oobiliona kehe omvula, tashi pitile melanditho lyiingangamithi, 'ekoraputo' nomeyakopo lyomaliko gopaunshitwe.Shika osha
readSPYL a manitha omakonakono ga Kapia
02-11-2005
E WAWA lyAagundjuka moSwapo nenge tutye Swapo Party Youth Leage (SPYL) oli li popepi nokumanitha omakonakono ngoka ga li taga ningilwa ngoka a li nale Amushanga gwEwawa ndika Paulus Kapia kombinga
readOofaalama nadhi ze mo moondhalate
02-11-2005
A ANAFAALAMA yAawambo mboka taya tidhwa kOkavango otaya indile kEpangelo nosho wo kElelo lya lyOndonga nolyUukwanyama kutya oofaalama ndhoka dhi li muuzilo wOndonga nUukwanyama dha tulwa moondhalate,
readMan City fourth after Villa victory
02-11-2005
LONDON - Manchester City climbed to fourth place in the Premier League after two goals by striker Darius Vassell helped them to a 3-1 home victory over his former club Aston Villa on Monday.Vassell
read'Barmy Army' in Pakistan
02-11-2005
ENGLAND'S 'Barmy Army' of cricket supporters started to arrive in Pakistan Tuesday, hoping their bawdy chants can help the team keep up its Ashes-winning form."We're the first batch," said veteran
readGoyu Ryu awards its champions
02-11-2005
A total of 145 karate students from Goyu Ryu clubs in Windhoek, Gobabis and Walvis Bay competed in the annual national championships of Goju Ryu Karate recently, where some were also honoured for
readElegance are volleyball club champions
02-11-2005
ELEGANCE Volleyball Club scooped the 2005 championships after beating Killers 3-1 in Windhoek on Saturday.The new champions displayed skill and flair during the championships and had little
readProbe puts athletics on ice
02-11-2005
NAMIBIA will not participate in the Southern Region Half-Marathon Championships, which will be held in the Seychelles on Saturday.Namibia did not send a team last year either, allegedly because of
readRoybal, dean of Hispanic leaders
02-11-2005
LOS ANGELES - Edward R Roybal, who spent his political career, including three decades in Congress, fighting for minorities, the poor and the elderly, has died.He was 89. When elected to the House of
readRivals clash over Bush's Supreme Court choice
02-11-2005
WASHINGTON - Opposition Democrats geared up for a fight over conservative judge Samuel Alito, President George W. Bush's choice to fill a Supreme Court vacancy.Ruling Republicans saw the pick as a
readHyong-Muk, a close confidant of North Korea's Kim Jong-Il
02-11-2005
SEOUL - One of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's closest confidants has died, state media reported on Sunday, with analysts saying his death could signal changes in the Stalinist regime's internal
readWellington Mara, NFL's senior owner
02-11-2005
NEW YORK - Wellington Mara of the New York Giants, one of the NFL's most influential owners for more than a half century and the last of the league's founding generation, has died.Mara (89) was
readIn Brief
02-11-2005
* HOLOCAUST - Israel introduced a watershed resolution in the UN General Assembly on Monday that designates January 27 as an annual commemoration day for the 6 million Jews and other victims murdered
readPolice unearth vital clues in search for Delhi bombers
02-11-2005
NEW DELHI - Witness descriptions of an unshaven man who left a bomb on a bus, two sports bags and a timing device have provided vital leads in the hunt for those behind the serial blasts in New Delhi
readClashes in Addis Ababa
02-11-2005
ADDIS ABABA - Shots were heard in the Ethiopian capital yesterday as hundreds of riot police deployed against stone-throwing protesters amid rising tensions between the government and opposition
readUN Security Council gets tough with Syria
02-11-2005
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a tough resolution warning Syria to cooperate fully with the UN probe into the murder of Lebanon's ex-premier Rafiq Hariri or
readBomb kills 20 in crowded Iraq market
02-11-2005
BAGHDAD - At least 20 people were killed when a car bomb tore through a crowded market in the southern port city of Basra as Iraqis shopped for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, security sources
readAustralian PM warns of specific terrorist threat
02-11-2005
CANBERRA - Australia has received specific information about a possible "terrorist threat" to the country, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday, but Australia's medium security alert remained
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