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Zurnal Kreol – mardi 22/11/11
Title: Zurnal KreolChannel: MBC 2Start Time: 19:00Date: 2011-11-22End Time: 19:20
22 Nov 2011, MBC
News Bulletin – Tuesday 22/11/11
Title: News BulletinChannel: MBC 3Start Time: 18:30Date: 2011-11-22End Time: 18:50
22 Nov 2011, MBC
Samachar – Tuesday 22/11/11
Title: SamacharChannel: MBC 1Start Time: 18:00Date: 2011-11-22End Time: 18:25
22 Nov 2011, MBC
Nucléaire: les Etats-Unis sanctionnent à nouveau l'Iran, mise en garde à ses partenaires
WASHINGTON (AFP) L'administration américaine a imposé de nouvelles sanctions sur l'Iran en raison de ses ambitions nucléaires, frappant en particulier les secteurs bancaire et pétrolier, et mis en garde tous ceux, de par le monde, qui font des affaires avec l'Iran."L'Iran a choisi la voie de l'isolement international", a affirmé le président Barack Obama en rappelant qu'en 2009, au tout début de son mandat, il avait offert un dialogue à ce pays.La Russie a estimé mardi que ces nouvelles sanctions étaient "inacceptables" et "contraires à la législation internationale".Ll'ONU a adopté un quatrième volet de sanctions en 2010 pour tenter de …
22 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Stampede overshadows SEA Games close
JAKARTA (AFP)The Southeast Asian Games was to close Tuesday with sporting success for Indonesia overshadowed by a stampede at the headline football final which left at least two people dead and a young boy in a coma.With final preparations underway for Tuesday night's closing ceremony in Palembang, the event was tarnished by the tragedy in co-host city Jakarta where the hosts played bitter rivals Malaysia for football gold late Monday.Two victims died in a crush before the match when stadium gates were opened and the crowd surged to get in, Jakarta police told AFP, adding that a boy taken to …
22 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Dutt's cameo in 'Desi Boyz'
Not many are aware that Sanjay Dutt makes an interesting cameo in DESI BOYZ. Of course, one of the trailers of the film shows a glimpse of Dutt, but the focus is on Akshay Kumar and John Abraham in the movie and rightly so. However, Rohit Dhawan, son of David Dhawan, has an interesting story to narrate about Dutt, when the first-time director approached him for the film. It seems, Dutt, who shares a fantastic rapport with Rohit's father David and who had known Rohit ever since he was a kid, didn't think twice before accepting the small but significant …
22 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Dutt's cameo in 'Desi Boyz'
Not many are aware that Sanjay Dutt makes an interesting cameo in DESI BOYZ. Of course, one of the trailers of the film shows a glimpse of Dutt, but the focus is on Akshay Kumar and John Abraham in the movie and rightly so. However, Rohit Dhawan, son of David Dhawan, has an interesting story to narrate about Dutt, when the first-time director approached him for the film. It seems, Dutt, who shares a fantastic rapport with Rohit's father David and who had known Rohit ever since he was a kid, didn't think twice before accepting the small but significant …
22 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Syrie: la Turquie hausse le ton contre le régime du président Assad
DAMAS (AFP) Ankara a haussé le ton lundi à l'égard de la Syrie, estimant que le président Bachar al-Assad, dont le régime est la cible depuis plus de huit mois d'une révolte sans précédent, ne pouvait continuer à rester au pouvoir avec "des chars et des canons".Douze Syriens ont été tués lundi par des tirs des forces de sécurité lors de perquisitions dans les province de Homs et de Hama (centre), selon l'Observatoire syrien des droits de l'Homme (OSDH). En outre, les dépouilles de trois détenus morts sous la torture ont été rendus à leur famille, selon la même source.L'agence …
22 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Tunisie: l'Assemblée constituante se réunit pour la première fois
TUNIS (AFP)Un mois après l'élection historique du 23 octobre en Tunisie, les 217 élus de l'Assemblée constituante se réunissent mardi pour la première fois, une inauguration solennelle au cours de laquelle ils doivent jeter les bases de la nouvelle organisation des pouvoirs dans le pays.La Constituante se réunit après un mois de tractations entre les principales forces politiques issues des urnes: les islamistes d'Ennahda, premier parti avec 89 élus, et les deux partis de gauche Congrès pour la République (29 élus) et Ettakatol (20 sièges).La séance commencera à 10H00 (09H00 GMT) dans le palais beylical qui abritait l'ancien parlement au …
22 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Fans strip off in support of China's Ai Weiwei
BEIJING (AFP)Ai Weiwei fans have again rallied behind the outspoken Chinese artist after he revealed he is being investigated on pornography charges -- by posting naked pictures of themselves online.Supporters of Ai -- who disappeared into custody for 81 days earlier this year -- raised money when he was saddled with a 15-million-yuan ($2.4 million) bill in alleged back taxes, a move he called politically motivated.Their online drive to send him money totalled nearly nine million yuan, enabling Ai to pay a guarantee needed to challenge the tax bill.Now fans are taking a different tack to counter a police investigation …
22 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Le 'Maritim Hotel' obtient le ‘Silver Award’ de Virgin Holidays UK comme ‘Meilleur hôtel de l’océan Indien’
Le « Maritim Hotel », situé à Balaclava, dans le nord-ouest de l’île Maurice, a décroché le prestigieux ‘Silver Award’ de ‘Meilleur hôtel de l’océan Indien’ décerné par le tour-opérateur anglais, Virgin Holidays. Le « Maritim Hotel » a reçu cette prestigieuse récompense grâce aux retours positifs exceptionnels de ses clients, souligne Virgin Holidays. C’est la quatrième fois que le « Maritim Hotel » brille à ces awards. L’hôtel de Balaclava avait décroché son premier award en 2007. Pour la direction du « Maritim Hotel » ce nouvel award vient souligner l’implication de l’établissement et de ses employés vers la …
22 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
PM comes down heavily on opposition
In his budget speech on Monday, the Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolan stated that the economic situation has changed drastically and the budget presented by Xavier Duval, minister of Finance and Economic Development puts the interest of the people first. “The budget encourages foreign direct investment (FDI), gives important support to the small and medium [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Women discuss global entrepreneurship
The Mauritius Alliance of Women hosted an event in Quatre Bornes on Monday in the presence of Vanessa Harper, public affairs officer at the US embassy. This was to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week. Nivedita Nathoo, an entrepreneur and chairperson of the National Empowerment Foundation shared her experience as a participant of the international visitor leadership [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Loto winners collect cheques
Twenty-five employees of the Ireko Company collected their cheques of Rs 1.4 million each. They shared one of the two winning Loto tickets for the 107th draw on Saturday. They had formed an association and staked Rs 20 each. The members of this association share Rs 37. 8 million which represent half of the mega [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
G Baie to host jewellery exhibition
Enterprise Mauritius, which aims to promote local products on the foreign market, will host a jewellery exhibition titled ‘Eclat Tropical 2 Jewellery Exhibition Sale 2011’ from November 24 to 27 at the Conference Centre, Grand Baie. Well known exhibitors of the island will participate in the exhibition. Various jewellery designs in gold, platinum and silver [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Harel Mallac donates Rs 4.1 million to NGOs
The group Harel Mallac held its second CSR event on Monday in Port Louis. Since 2009, Foundation Harel Mallac has contributed Rs 4.1 million to projects that deal with educating poor children. Members from NGOs on the list of beneficiaries were present at the event. Antoine L Harel, chairman of Harel Mallac said that he [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Halbwachs bags two bronze medals
On Monday the minister of Youth and Sports, Devanand Ritoo held a press conference in his office in Port-Louis to salute the performance of Aurélie Halbwachs who won two bronze medals during the last African Championships in cycling in Eritrea. Aurélie’s coach, José Achille was also present.The minister congratulated the winner for her excellent performance [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Workshop on transport of dangerous goods by air
The transport of dangerous goods by Air is the focus of a five-day training course which opened at the Link Hotel Ebène on Monday. Around 27 participants from Africa-Indian Ocean Region, including 12 participants representing stakeholders of the Mauritian aviation industry, are attending the workshop which is conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Jugnauth attributes split to differing cultures
In his budget speech on Monday, the leader of Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM), Pravind Jugnauth explained the reasons for the split in the Alliance de L’Avenir. He said, “We are sitting in the opposition today because there has been a clash between two different cultures,” he said. He added that there was no team spirit [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily
Squatters to receive house keys in February
Families currently living in the old tea factory are likely to move to their new houses in February 2012 since the 22 concrete housing units at Dubreuil are nearing completion. The total cost of this project, including on-site infrastructural facilities is Rs 21 million, of which Rs 6 million will come from the CSR Fund. [...]
22 Nov 2011, The Independent Daily