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Articles: Flu Shots for Kids Would Protect Many Adults

Posted by admin on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 11:07 PM

	FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. flu rates would drop dramatically if the majority of schoolchildren, as well as members of high-risk groups, were vaccinated every fall, a new study suggests. Read full article: 'Flu Shots for Kids Would Protect Many Adults'

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Articles: Rare Drug-Resistant HIV Found in NYC

Posted by admin on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 11:05 PM

	Health officials said Friday a man has been diagnosed with a rare strain of highly drug-resistant HIV that quickly progressed to AIDS . Read full article: 'Rare Drug-Resistant HIV Found in NYC'

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Articles: A Pohamba Presidency: Between Continuity and Fragmentation

Posted by admin on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 11:00 PM

	THE end of an era for one political leader always marks the beginning of an era for another. It is in this delicate and paradoxical orbit of politics that the 21st March 2005 is an important rendezvous in the political life of Lucas Hifikepunye Pohamba. Read full article: 'A Pohamba Presidency: Between Continuity and Fragmentation'

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Articles: New ballot bombshell - Parties accused of staging 'burning'

Posted by admin on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 10:53 PM

	STARTLING allegations, a web of contradictions, twisted tales and statements being given and changed over the alleged burning of ballot papers at Okahandja last November feature among Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) affidavits. Read full article: 'New ballot bombshell - Parties accused of staging 'burning''

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Articles: New ballot bombshell - Parties accused of staging 'burning'

Posted by admin on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 10:52 PM

	STARTLING allegations, a web of contradictions, twisted tales and statements being given and changed over the alleged burning of ballot papers at Okahandja last November feature among Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) affidavits. Read full article: 'New ballot bombshell - Parties accused of staging 'burning''

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Articles: Robbed farmer implicated in kidnapping

Posted by admin on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 09:30 AM

	The farmer (69) allegedly recognised his former worker as one of the three robbers who got away with N$100 000 worth of goods - including three rifles, three handguns, electrical equipment, clothes, cash and a vehicle - in October. Read full article: 'Robbed farmer implicated in kidnapping'

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Articles: Police probe SSC fraud

Posted by admin on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 09:26 AM

	THE Namibian Police have begun examining documentation related to corruption and fraud at the Social Security Commission (SSC) with a view to prosecuting the culprits. Read full article: 'Police probe SSC fraud'

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Articles: Das Glück der Pferde: wieder auf der Erde

Posted by admin on Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 04:03 AM

von Stephanie Jochim Kerosingeruch liegt in der Luft und die Turbinen der Boing 747 heulen ohrenbetäubend. Sicherheitskräfte patrouillieren auf der Landebahn des internationalen Flughafens Windhoek und inmitten des Rollfeldes drehen sich aufgelöste Pferde wieder und wieder um die eigene Achse. Nach 24 Stunden Transport haben zwei Hengste und drei Stuten erstmals wieder festen Boden unter den Hufen. Etwas scheu und steif vom langen Stillstehen in ihrem Container lassen sich die Araber-Stuten willig am Strick über das Rollfeld zum Pferdeanhänger führen, der sie vom Flugplatz zur staatlichen Quarantänestation Bergvlug bringen soll. Nur der neunjährige Graphik Ibn Bagdad gebärdet sich, als gehöre der Flughafen ihm. Hoch erhobenen Hauptes tänzelt der zierliche Fuchs in Hengst-Manier auf dem Asphalt und wiehert laut nach seinen Stuten.

Read full article: 'Das Glück der Pferde: wieder auf der Erde'

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Articles: Fraud claims rock Telecom

Posted by admin on Monday, October 25, 2004 - 02:29 AM

	TELECOM Namibia has suspended one of its top managers in connection with a web of suspected scams said to have cost the parastatal millions of dollars. Read full article: 'Fraud claims rock Telecom'

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Articles: EISA Observer Mission to the 2004 Namibia Presidential and National Assembly Ele

Posted by admin on Monday, October 25, 2004 - 02:14 AM

EISA launches its Regional Election Observer Mission for the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly Elections due to be held in Namibia on 15-16 November 2004. Leading the delegation will be Dr Gloria Somolekae. The mission will be composed of 31 members drawn from civil society organisations, election management bodies and academic institutions from Switzerland and various SADC countries, namely Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Read full article: 'EISA Observer Mission to the 2004 Namibia Presidential and National Assembly Ele'

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