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33 Articles found on Thursday, 22 September 2005
Investments in poor generate growth
22-09-2005
WASHINGTON - The World Bank on Tuesday called on developing countries to pursue "trickle-up" economic growth by investing more on education and health services for their poorest populations.In its
readOpec powerless as oil keeps going up
22-09-2005
VIENNA - OPEC ministers left Vienna yesterday powerless over oil prices that kept climbing despite the cartel's commitment to offer up every last barrel of its spare production to reassure
readInvolve the poor in planning
22-09-2005
MARIENTAL - The Governor of the Hardap region, Katrina Hanse, has stressed the need to involve the poverty-stricken masses of the country in the planning of programmes aimed at poverty alleviation.In
readBlair to press hard for trade deal by year-end
22-09-2005
LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair will use the muscle afforded by his 2005 leadership of the European Union and G8 group of rich nations to press for a global deal on freer trade by the
readBEE bites into travel business
22-09-2005
ONE of Namibia's top travel management companies, Trip Travel, yesterday unveiled its new shareholding structure, which has given a controlling stake to Black Economic Empowerment companies.Trip
readCentral city hotel plan unveiled
22-09-2005
AMBITIOUS development plans for Windhoek's last vacant city centre plot were unveiled yesterday by the United Africa Group.Known to most as the Ehafo or OK Parking lot across the road from the
readHiveluah's resignation shrouded in secrecy
22-09-2005
THE terms of Social Security Commission Chief Executive Officer Tuli Hiveluah's resignation still have to be discussed and possibly endorsed by the SSC board, an SSC spokesperson said
readKandara docket handed to court
22-09-2005
THE Police docket containing the evidence gathered during the investigation of the death of Lazarus Kandara, the Chief Executive Officer of Avid Investment Corporation, has been submitted to a court
readEco groups cry foul over Langer Heinrich mine
22-09-2005
CONCERNS continue to mount over the opening of the Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine in the Namib-Naukluft Park despite Government insisting that 'all is well'.The World Information Service on Energy
readHunters with heart
22-09-2005
Hunting guide Johannes Goliat (44) has flown to Cape Town for heart surgery thanks to the generosity of foreign tourists, trophy hunters and Namibians.Goliat, who works at the Farming Community
readKunene residents dispute rich claims
22-09-2005
OPUWO - The Governor of Kunene, Dudu Murorua, has warned that developing regional capitals through the decentralisation process could turn smaller towns and villages into ghost towns.Murorua was
readRoad birth
22-09-2005
WINDHOEK - A young woman gave birth on a street in Katutura on Sunday afternoon.An elderly woman living on the street told Nampa that she was about to take an afternoon nap when she heard unusual
readState buries unclaimed corpses at Rundu
22-09-2005
RUNDU - Sixteen unidentified bodies were removed from the Rundu State Hospital mortuary on Tuesday morning after several failed attempts to get hold of their families.A well-placed source disclosed to
readDust to dust, heritage to ashes
22-09-2005
AS Swakopmund continues to experience a development boom, the coastal town's unique architectural heritage is being reduced to rubble.Earlier this month, another piece of history imploded in a cloud
readMost of Walvis oil spill cleaned up
22-09-2005
TWENTY per cent of the oil spilled in Walvis Bay Harbour when two ships collided last weekend still has to be cleaned up.This is expected to be done in the next two to three weeks if good weather
readMPs go back to school, lectured on corruption
22-09-2005
CORRUPT officials must be publicly named and shamed, Theo-Ben Gurirab, Speaker of the National Assembly, said in his keynote address at the start of a three-day workshop yesterday for Members of
readHiveluah a thiga po SSC
22-09-2005
OMUKULUNTUWILIKI gwa Social Security Commission (SSC) Tuli Hiveluah okwa thigi po iilonga ye mbika momasiku 14 ga Septemba nuumvo.Omukuluntuwiliki gwa SSC gwopakathimbo David Keendjele okwa popi kutya
readYELULA a ningila oothigwa oshigongi mOshakati
22-09-2005
OPROJEKA ompe yedhina HIVOS/IBIS-YELULA, yi na Oombelewa mOngwediva mOshitopolwa sha Shana, omasiku ga zi ko oya ningile oothigwa mOnooli oshigongi, sha ningilwa mOseko yoPombanda yIipumbu
readNujoma a kondema omakondjithathano moSwapo
22-09-2005
GOBABIS - Omupresidende gwongundu yoSwapo tatekulu Sam Nujoma okwa ti ye okuuvitile nayi omayooloko gopaumwene nomakondjithathano mokati kaaleli yongundu yawo.Omupresidende omukulu gwaNamibia shika
readKapia oku li mOparliamende natango
22-09-2005
MOSHINIMA shoka kwa talika kutya oshihaluthi, Amushanga gwEwawa lyAagundjuka Paulus Kapia ngoka a kuthwa iinakugwanithwa ayihe yi na sha noSwapo pakathimbo okwi zaleke onyati nokuya kOmutumba
readLeague set to start on Oct 21
22-09-2005
NAMIBIA Football Association (NFA) president Petrus Damaseb has announced that the domestic league will kick off on October 21.Although October 21 is a Friday, Damaseb confirmed that football would
readMutorwa calls for accountability in football after N$40m investment
22-09-2005
AN accountable, transparent and professional administration is needed in football, which received a N$40 million sponsorship from a consortium of companies on Tuesday night.Minister of Sport John
readUnder-20 footballers called for trials
22-09-2005
THE Namibian Football Association (NFA) yesterday announced a squad of 27 players for trials ahead of the Cosafa Under-20 tournament in Durban next month.The players should report at Soccer House on
readToilet training!
22-09-2005
BEIJING - No more than two flies or two pieces of discarded trash or waste are allowed in Beijing's public toilets at any given time.That is the order authorities in the city's Xicheng District have
readIndonesia facing bird flu epidemic
22-09-2005
JAKARTA - Indonesia's health minister yesterday warned the country was facing a bird flu epidemic as two more possible victims died after showing signs of infection.With four Indonesian deaths
readIraqis demonstrate against British troops in Basra
22-09-2005
BASRA, Iraq - Hundreds of Iraqis, including policemen in uniform, protested yesterday against the presence of British troops in the southern city of Basra after a police station was stormed to free
readPhilippines may auction Marcos jewels in Manila
22-09-2005
MANILA - The Philippines may auction millions of dollars' worth of jewellery confiscated from Imelda Marcos, its former first lady, in Manila next March, a government official said
readHurricane Rita spares Florida Keys
22-09-2005
KEY WEST, Fla - Hurricane Rita strengthened to a dangerous Category 3 storm early yesterday, sparing the Florida Keys but prompting mandatory orders to once again evacuate New Orleans as well as the
readIn Brief
22-09-2005
* MEDIA - Two Iraqi journalists working for the national newspaper As-Safeer have been shot dead this week in the northern city of Mosul, the chief editor said.* BEATEN - Two Thai soldiers who had
readInternet paedophilia targeted
22-09-2005
PARIS - Police carried out a series of raids in several regions of France yesterday as part of a co-ordinated investigation into Internet paedophilia being carried out by the European police agency
readNew settlement in West Bank: official
22-09-2005
JERUSALEM - Former Gaza settlers said yesterday they plan to move their mobile homes to a former army post in the West Bank and that they were informally assured of government backing.Such a move, if
readNigerian oil facilities threatened by militia
22-09-2005
LAGOS, Nigeria - Armed with machetes, followers of a detained militia leader demonstrated in Nigeria's main oil city yesterday, as his group said it would start destroying oil facilities and attack
readUp to $1b raided from Iraqi funds
22-09-2005
LONDON - Large-scale corruption in Iraq's ministries, particularly the defence ministry, has led to one of the biggest thefts in history with more than $1 billion going missing, Iraq's finance
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