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58 Articles found on Friday, 21 October 2005
An Analysis Of The Intervention Syndrome
21-10-2005
KOSOVO is often held up as a test case for the concept of "humanitarian" intervention.But as Iraq spirals into chaos, diplomats and leaders everywhere are again asking themselves if it is ever
readIraq's Bullets And Ballots
21-10-2005
WHEN the Iraq war started in 2003, the Bush administration had very ambitious plans: as in post-1945 Germany and Japan, a long and peaceful occupation was envisaged, during which expanding oil
readSaddam's 'Bizarre' Trial
21-10-2005
IF they had taken Adolf Hitler alive in 1945, they would certainly have put him on trial.But what if they had ignored Hitler's responsibility for starting the Second World War and his murder of six
readFrom the side line
21-10-2005
LIFE FIGHTERS and Benfica learned a hard lesson when they denied themselves a possible place in the premiership by not grabbing the opportunity offered by the football authorities.The officials of
readPolitical perspective
21-10-2005
IN VIEW of the often abysmal standard of debate in Parliament, I would really be one of the first to demand that MPs provide the public with their qualifications and CVs, where applicable.We do need
readEditorial: SSC-Avid Saga Must Be Concluded
21-10-2005
NAMIBIANS have been left hanging with the whole Social Security Commission (SSC) saga, which unfolded during the recent High Court inquiry into the missing N$30 million invested with Avid.The hearing,
readDo Our Laws Not Apply To Cash Loan Providers?
21-10-2005
I WOULD like to raise an issue in your popular newspaper, which probably affects many households in our country.We all sometimes face financial constraints and money is a commodity that is not freely
readPolice Dockets Soon?
21-10-2005
A FEW days ago one of your readers asked a very relevant question as to how Mr George Simataa, a former Under-Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), landed another top job at the Social
readNot A Nigerian
21-10-2005
THE attention of the High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Namibia has been drawn to a news report published on page 3 of the 27 September 2005 edition of your newspaper titled 'Mines
readGovt Housing In Shambles
21-10-2005
I WAS shocked to read and see pictures of Government housing deteriorated to the extent that was published in The Namibian (30 September 2005).Makes you wonder if somebody out there is not doing
readOn Greedy Parastatals
21-10-2005
ALLOW me to voice my opinion in your "telling it like it is" newspaper.My concern is about our parastatals.Why are they wasting taxpayers' money, getting huge salaries, yet so many are incompetent.
readWho's To Blame For High Erf Prices
21-10-2005
GENERAL perception has it that developers are the culprits for high prices and unreasonable speculation of residential land.The Windhoek Municipality is largely to blame for non-delivery of erven,
readTired Of Waiting
21-10-2005
I AM a student at the University of Namibia from Omwandi village in Oniipa constituency.And I am addressing this letter to the President, the Ministers of Rural Development and Energy and the
readStudent Bemoans Missing Monies
21-10-2005
I Am a student at Ogongo Agricultural College, I came to find out that the Ministry of Education has been paying out yearly loans to students who where paying for themselves while repeating a year.In
readCheck for Rabies First
21-10-2005
RE your article, 'Stray dogs will be destroyed' on October 19 2005: Why don't you check them for rabies first? Then find homes for the healthy ones? Carl Simnsen Atlantic City USA
readMTN agrees to US$2 bn Iran deal
21-10-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Africa's biggest cellphone operator, MTN, has agreed to take a stake in a US$2 billion (N$13 billion) project to run Iran's second mobile firm which would give it a long-awaited
readSA hints at rate hike
21-10-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African central bank governor Tito Mboweni sent a strong signal yesterday that the next move in interest rates would be upwards, saying that monetary policy "must not fall
readSA hints at rate hike
21-10-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African central bank governor Tito Mboweni sent a strong signal yesterday that the next move in interest rates would be upwards, saying that monetary policy "must not fall
readSADC called for business opportunities
21-10-2005
PRETORIA - A delegation of about 20 US agribusinesses will be in Johannesburg for a week beginning October 31, to promote trade with and investment in the southern African region.Agribusinesses in
readRise in shoplifting and violence
21-10-2005
LONDON - Britain's retail industry warned yesterday that store crime is on the rise, greatly increasing the cost of doing business.The British Retail Consortium said that even though shops are
readNamibia does better on corruption index
21-10-2005
WINDHOEK - Namibia has been ranked 46th on the 2005 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index with Botswana at position 31, again named Africa's least corrupt country by far.Namibia
readCorporate governance under the spotlight
21-10-2005
WITH corruption seemingly on the rise and companies folding overnight, questions concerning managing of companies have been raised, including the question of what makes an institution
readWe are being spied on, MPs cry
21-10-2005
MINISTER without Portfolio Ngarikutuke Tjiriange yesterday appeared unhappy with the press watching parliamentarians' "every move" in the National Assembly, saying he felt like he was under a
readAustralian pilots die during aerial survey
21-10-2005
TWO Australian pilots doing an aerial geological survey for the Ministry of Mines and Energy were killed when their aircraft crashed in the Gamsberg area early yesterday morning.The Cessna 210
readAnti-Corruption Commission 'a reality soon'
21-10-2005
THE long-awaited Anti-Corruption Commission is to be set up within the next three weeks, Prime Minister Nahas Angula announced in Parliament yesterday.The Prime Minister urged the public to give their
readPrime plot at coast goes for a song
21-10-2005
THE Swakopmund Town Council is planning to sell a sought-after plot in the upmarket Kramersdorf suburb, with a market value of at least N$350 000, to one of its employees for N$19 886.In a classified
readInvestigators descend on GIPF
21-10-2005
FULL-SCALE, on-site investigations into all investments made by the Government Institutions' Pension Fund (GIPF) swung into action this week.This follows reports that GIPF has run up more than N$650
readFelesiana's bank account
21-10-2005
IN yesterday's edition, we inadvertently omitted the bank account details of the fundraising drive for little Felesiana Nauwake, who suffers from the disfiguring Noma disease.People who wish to
read2 jailed in robbery case
21-10-2005
THE Oshakati Regional Court has sentenced two men to jail terms of 10 and 15 years for armed robbery.Reinhold Shetunyenga Shinyama and Teofelus Endeleleni were found guilty of armed robbery and
readMarine research centre opened
21-10-2005
THE name is too long, President Hifikepunye Pohamba joked yesterday, on the decision to rename Unam's Henties Bay Marine and Coastal Resources Research Centre after his predecessor, Sam Nujoma.But,
readNorthland City launched
21-10-2005
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba on Wednesday night launched Northland City, a 500 000-square-metre business and entertainment complex situated in the town of Helao Nafidi (Oshikango) in the Ohangwena
readTransNamib wage deal
21-10-2005
TRANSNAMIB and the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Natau) have agreed on a salary increase of between 4,5 per cent and nine per cent.The transport parastatal announced yesterday that the
readGovernment is two-faced on environment, says NSHR
21-10-2005
A LOCAL human-rights watchdog says Government's environmental and investments policies are contradicting each other.The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) is specifically referring to a US$4,9
readA swimming pool where joy has been drowned out
21-10-2005
SIXTY-SEVEN San people, living in the old swimming-pool complex at Okahandja, are fighting for survival.They have no food and no medical assistance. Paul Chapman says he was a farmworker for a Herero
readTeacher on trial for girlfriend's murder
21-10-2005
35 KNIFE wounds - more than half of them potentially fatal - were counted on the body of Mirjam Haindongo (25), who was murdered in her room at the Oshakati State Hospital's Nurses' Home on March 12
readAgent denies bribing passport officials
21-10-2005
AN agent handling passport applications says she does not consider taking 15 Home Affairs officials to Swakopmund for a weekend as bribery or corruption.Anita Tjombe of Express Passport made this
readNew rules on fencing off of communal land
21-10-2005
A MEETING will be held at Oluno in the Oshana Region tomorrow to discuss the fencing off of grazing pastures in the communal areas.The Chairman of the Mangetti Farmers' Association (MFA), Ismael
readFood aid action 'pending'
21-10-2005
NO concrete steps have been taken yet against the people who allowed 230 tonnes of food aid to rot in the Caprivi.Yesterday, the Congress of Democrats reminded the Prime Minister's Office that it had
readEpangelo lya indila engungumano moshitopolwa sha Kavango
21-10-2005
EPANGELO oshiwike shika olya ningi eindilo koonakukondjithathana kombinga yuulithilo moshitopolwa sha Kavango, ya hulithepo oontamanana dhawo nokwiindila wo mboka ya fala iimuna yawo momahala
readGumwe ota futithwa ongombe sho a kwatitha po mwene gwomukunda
21-10-2005
LAMECK Shipa, Omunafaalama mOshamakaka mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, okwa monika ondjo kOmpangu yElelo lyoshilongo shOndonga sho a lopota mwene gwomukunda gwa Shamakaka David Shikonda
readOtatu kongo oomeme yaali
21-10-2005
O TAKU kongwa aakiintu yaali mboka ye na uunona wa nakusa Abisai Shimpulu sha Kalilo, gumwe oku na okanona kedhina Martina Itembu ya Abisai ka valwa momasiku 18 Mei 2000.Omukwawo oku na okanona
readOmbashu yimwe mOvenduka ya yugwa
21-10-2005
O POLISI ya Wanaheda mOvenduka oya lopota kutya aalumentu yatatu ya homata omadhina gawo kage shiwike, oya yugu Ombashu yimwe polukanda lwa Goreangab Dam uusiku wOmaandaha.Aayugi mbaka oya yi aniwa
readOshigongi shAanafaalama pOluno ngula
21-10-2005
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwEhangano lyAanafaalama ya Mangetti Ismael Shailemo, okwa tseyitha kutya ngula mOlyomakaya otaku ka kala oshigongi oshinene shaanafaalama, tashi ka ningilwa mEtala lyElelo lyoshilongo
readKapia ita thigi po Oparliamende
21-10-2005
NGOKA a li nale Ominista yOpevi yIilonga, Iiyenditho nOmakwatathano, Paulus Kapia, iti ikutha mOmutumba gwOpashigwana nando nee okwa li a zimina okuninga ngaaka pethimbo lyoonkundathana ndhoka ya
readUnited's Ronaldo questioned
21-10-2005
LONDON - Manchester United's Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo was questioned by police on Wednesday over rape allegations, his agent said.In a statement, Jorge Mendes said Ronaldo voluntarily
readCollect tourney in Wanaheda
21-10-2005
ONGETE Football Club will hold a 'Collect Tournament' at the John Ya Otto Stadium in Wanaheda on Saturday.Matches will start from 09h00. Registration fees will be N$350 per team. Second-division
readCommonwealth Games officials named
21-10-2005
THE Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) on Wednesday announced the names of officials for the country's Commonwealth Games teams.The next Commonwealth Games are scheduled for March 2006 in
readHumphries Cup launched
21-10-2005
SMILES of joy were evident on the faces Namibia Premier League (NPL) club administrators and players when the annual Humphries Security Cup was finally launched yesterday at the Soccer House in
readChelsea, Liverpool victorious
21-10-2005
LONDON - Holders Liverpool, Chelsea and Olympique Lyon set a course for the Champions League knockout stage but there was a scare for Real Madrid on Wednesday.Lyon, who opened their Group F campaign
readUnder-20s called
21-10-2005
THE Namibia Football Association has announced that under-20 footballers should report at Soccer House today at 18h00 for a training camp, scheduled to start at the weekend.The players will prepare
readLucketz not at Lucky Star race
21-10-2005
FIVE-time winner of the Lucky Star Marathon, Lucketz Swartbooi, will not defend his title in Walvis Bay tomorrow.Swartbooi yesterday said that he has taken leave from competitions for the rest of the
readMugabe's nephew arrested for illegal exports of flour
21-10-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe police have arrested one of President Robert Mugabe's closest relatives over accusations he was involved in smuggling of scarce flour to neighbouring Mozambique, state media
readIran 'has proof' of UK role in bombings
21-10-2005
TEHRAN - Iran said yesterday it has proof that Britain was involved in a double bomb attack last week that killed six people and injured more than 100 in the restive southwestern city of
readNew outbreaks fuel global bird flu jitters
21-10-2005
LONDON - Russia, China and Romania have confirmed new outbreaks of potentially lethal bird flu, fuelling fears of a global influenza pandemic as Europe scrambles to contain the virus on its
readSaddam back in prison after first day in court
21-10-2005
BAGHDAD - Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was back in his US-run prison cell yesterday after the dramatic first day of a trial hailed by victims of his brutal regime but condemned as illegitimate
readZambia tests traditional AIDS medicine
21-10-2005
LUSAKA - Zambia on Wednesday began a three-month trial of traditional medicines on 25 HIV patients to test claims that they could cure the deadly virus.Health Minister Sylvia Masebo said the
readChinese probes Internet baby trafficking
21-10-2005
SHANGHAI - Chinese police are investigating baby trafficking over the Internet after an advert for newborns was placed on the US-based online auction site eBay, state press and company officials said
readHurricane Wilma roars toward Mexico, US
21-10-2005
CANCUN, Mexico - A monstrous Hurricane Wilma barrelled toward Mexico and the storm-weary US coast yesterday, forcing tens of thousands to flee coastlines after it mushroomed into the most powerful
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