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Chelsea sign Aussie 'keeper Schwarzer
LONDON (AFP)Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has joined English Premier League giants Chelsea on a one-year contract.The 40-year-old former Fulham and Middlesbrough player signed on a free transfer after leaving Fulham at the end of last season after five years."It's a phenomenal club. It's one of the biggest and best clubs in the world, and it's an honour to sign for Chelsea. I didn't take much convincing to come here," Schwarzer told chelseafc.com.Schwarzer moved to England in 1996 to join Bradford before making 367 league appearances in 11 years with Middlesbrough. He won the League Cup with 'Boro in 2003 and …
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Ramadan Kareem : le ‘Sawm’ entamé à partir d’aujourd’hui…
Comme un moment propice pour purifier son âme et centrer son attention sur dieu tout en pratiquant l'abnégation, le Ramadan est bien au-delà d'un simple jeûne alimentaire...
09 Jul 2013, Le Matinal
Emirates to add A380 to Mauritius route
Emirates will launch a daily Airbus A380 service between Dubai and Mauritius from December, it was announced today.
09 Jul 2013, Le Matinal
Mauritius Awaiting Indian Response To DTA Proposals
The Mauritian Foreign Affairs Minister has said that the Government is prepared to “walk the extra mile” to conclude the long-running saga over its double tax agreement (DTA) with India.
09 Jul 2013, Le Matinal
UK announces new feasibility study into resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory
The British government announced to Parliament that it will commission a new feasibility study into the resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory, BIOT, whose indigenous population the Chagossian was removed in the sixties and early seventies for defense reasons and is an issue that remains highly controversial and sensitive.
09 Jul 2013, Le Matinal
Giant tortoises make excellent lawn mowers
Forget the John Deere tractor: giant island tortoises make the best lawn mowers, according to a new study. In an effort to control the alien plants that had dominated a small island in the Indian Ocean for decades, scientists introduced two types of land tortoises.
09 Jul 2013, Le Matinal
Cyclisme: Philippe Gilbert prolonge avec BMC jusqu'en 2016
Saint-Malo (AFP)Le champion du monde sur route, le Belge Philippe Gilbert, a prolongé son engagement avec l'équipe BMC jusqu'en 2016, a annoncé mardi soir la formation américaine.Gilbert (31 ans), qui a rejoint BMC au début de la saison 2012, avait alors signé un contrat de trois ans."Après le Tour de France, il va se concentrer sur les courses (WorldTour) d'un jour et défendre son titre aux championnats du monde. Les futures années que nous allons passer ensemble offriront de belles opportunités pour décrocher des victoires sur ses courses préférées", a déclaré le président de l'équipe, Jim Ochowicz."Les classiques, c'est ce …
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Time Flies: Here's How to Slow It Down
Science offers ideas about how to reconstruct that feeling of long, slow days you remember from when you were a kid.
09 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Video of the Day: Class Dublin Taxi Driver
09 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Picture of the Day: Planet Mercury
This colorful view of Mercury was produced by using images from the color base map imaging campaign during MESSENGER’s primary mission. These colors are not what Mercury would look like to the human eye, but rather the colors enhance the chemical, mineralogical, and physical differences between the rocks that make up Mercury’s surface.
09 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Karagounis extends Fulham stay
LONDON (AFP)Veteran Greece midfielder Giorgos Karagounis has signed a one-year contract extension at Fulham, the west London club said Tuesday.The 36-year-old, Greece's record capped international, joined a year ago from Panathinaikos on a free transfer and helped the Cottagers to a 12th-placed Premier League finish.He played 28 times for Martin Jol's side last term but was initially released at the end of that campaign.Yet despite being linked with a return to Panathinaikos or a move to Australians Melbourne Victory, he has now penned a new one-year deal with Fulham.With a record 125 caps for his country, Karagounis helped them to …
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Tour de France: victoire de Kittel, Froome toujours en jaune
Saint-Malo (AFP)L'Allemand Marcel Kittel (Argos) a remporté au sprint, mardi à Saint-Malo, la 10e étape du Tour de France, son deuxième succès depuis le départ.Le Britannique Chris Froome (Sky) a gardé le maillot jaune de leader à la veille du premier grand contre-la-montre individuel au Mont-Saint-Michel.
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
NTC: Xavier Duval Defends the CPB on Cancellation of Tender for 65 Buses
The finance minister has defended tooth and nail the Central Procurement Board at the PNQ this Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Concerning the exercise of bidding 65 bus, Xavier Duval said that everything was done properly.
09 Jul 2013, motors.mega.mu
Explosion au Canada: la compagnie ferroviaire accuse les pompiers
Lac-Mégantic (Canada) (AFP)Discrète depuis l'explosion d'un train transportant du pétrole à Lac-Mégantic au Canada qui a fait au moins 13 morts, la société ferroviaire américaine mise en cause a accusé mardi les pompiers locaux d'avoir contribué à l'accident.Dans des déclarations à des médias locaux, le président de la compagnie The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA), Ed Burkhardt, a estimé que c'était l'intervention des sapeurs-pompiers d'un village voisin, moins de deux heures avant l'accident, qui aurait provoqué le drame.Les sapeurs-pompiers du village voisin de Nantes était intervenus vers 23H50 vendredi (03H50 samedi) pour éteindre un petit incendie sur l'une des …
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Edward Snowden "a accepté" la proposition d'asile du Venezuela
Moscou (AFP)L'ex-consultant du renseignement américain, Edward Snowden, confiné dans la zone de transit de l'aéroport de Moscou-Cheremetievo depuis 17 jours, a accepté la proposition d'asile politique du président du Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, a indiqué jeudi un responsable du Parlement russe."Comme on pouvait s'y attendre, Snowden a donné son accord à la proposition d'asile politique de Maduro", a déclaré le président de la commission des Affaires étrangères de la chambre basse (Douma), Alexeï Pouchkov, sur son compte Twitter.
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Monaco to appeal points deduction
MONACO (AFP)Newly-promoted French Ligue 1 team Monaco will appeal their two-point deduction for next season, a club source said Tuesday.The principality outfit were deducted two points, with a third suspended, and ordered to play a game behind closed doors as punishment for their supporters' behaviour during a Ligue 2 match at home to Le Mans on May 17.Fans set off bangers and flares and invaded the pitch, while one such fan attacked the referee.Monaco will appeal against the Professional Football League's decision claiming the punishment was "severe" and didn't take into account "the work done by the club over several …
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Royal baby will bear Cambridge title
LONDON (AFP)Previously, only the eldest son of the eldest son of the prince of Wales -- a title bestowed on male heirs apparent -- could be styled HRH and bear the title of prince."The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 31 December 2012 to declare that all the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of Royal Highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour," the …
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Ligue 1: Monaco veut faire appel de son retrait de 2 points
Monaco (AFP)Monaco, qui a écopé d'un retrait de deux points pour la saison à venir en Ligue 1, a annoncé mardi son intention de faire appel de la décision de la commission de discipline de la Ligue de football professionnel (LFP), a-t-on appris auprès du club.L'instance avait infligé le 27 juin deux points de retrait ferme et un avec sursis à Monaco, ainsi qu'un match à huis clos ferme, pour des incidents survenus en Ligue 2 le 17 mai 2013.Les incidents remontent à la 37e journée de L2, lors de Monaco?Le Mans. La LFP reproche "le comportement des supporteurs de …
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Bosnie: hommage à un convoi de victimes de Srebrenica
Sarajevo (AFP)Plusieurs milliers de personnes ont rendu un dernier hommage mardi à Sarajevo aux victimes identifiées du massacre de Srebrenica, lors du passage d'un convoi de 409 corps vers cette ville de Bosnie orientale où ils seront enterrés jeudi 18 ans après ces crimes.Le convoi, composé de trois camions, s'est brièvement arrêté devant le siège de la présidence de Bosnie, dans le centre de Sarajevo. Les membres musulman et croate de la présidence tripartite Bakir Izetbegovic et Zeljko Komsic ont, eux-aussi, rendu hommage aux victimes."Il y a ici des garçons qui avaient 14 ou 15 ans, des pères et leurs …
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Bayern lead way in European player award
PARIS (AFP)Four Bayern Munich stars were nominated in a 10-man list by UEFA on Tuesday to decide the top player plying his trade in Europe.The award will be handed out on August 29 in Monaco, the day of the Champions League group stage draw and day before the European Super Cup.Franck Ribery, Thomas Mueller, Arjen Robben and Bastian Schweinsteiger made the list alongside Barcelona's World Player of the Year Lionel Messi and Tottenham's English Premier League Player of the Year Gareth Bale.Messi was one of only two Spain-based players alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, the man he deposed as World Player of …
09 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?