Topic: Namibian Elections 2004

German Defense Minister Jung has turned down a request from Kabul to send soldiers to the turbulent south of the country amid concerns the deployment would amount to a direct participation in combat operations.

The European Union "warmly welcomed" o­n Thursday a five-year rescue plan for Iraq adopted at an international conference o­n Iraqi security in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Outgoing French President Jacques Chirac was praised by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for strengthening Franco-German relations as he paid a farewell visit to Berlin o­n Thursday.

THE death of Bishop James Kauluma recently resuscitated our old debate around what constitutes a hero and what we should do for them.More specifically, the burial of the bishop raised, through the comments of the late Bishop's brother Peter Kauluma, the interesting conundrums that we face as a country when it comes to a fitting funeral for a hero.

SINCE the beginning of this century the G8 started to cultivate a special intimate relationship with representatives of a 'new Africa' in response to their courting.