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Jugnauth prepares defence strategy ahead of ICAC meet
Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM) leader Pravind Jugnauth said that he could be charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act (POCA) by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in connection with the MedPoint deal. He was speaking at a press conference at the Sun Trust building, Port Louis, on Saturday. He confirmed that he will go [...]
19 Sep 2011, The Independent Daily
M brothers, Lil Freez among street dance contest winners
Despite the rainy weather on Saturday, a huge crowd turned up at Plaza, Rose Hill, to cheer the participants at the finals of the Orange Street Dance 2011 competition. The semi finals was held earlier in the morning. “Through this new venture, Orange wanted to develop young people’s creative energy and dance skills. We have [...]
19 Sep 2011, The Independent Daily
Mauritius Coast 2 Coast takes cycling competition to next level
Cycling lovers can saddle up for the cycling competition Mauritius Coast 2 Coast Challenge presented by Falke. The race, organised by CRA World Events Management, will take place from September 30 to October 2. The three-day race will take place over a 175-km track starting at Savigna and finishing at Beau Plan. In a press [...]
19 Sep 2011, The Independent Daily
QEC bags 2011 Omnicane Award
Queen Elizabeth College (QEC) is the winner of the 2011 Omnicane Award competition organised by Omnicane Ltd Society at La Canelle, Domaine Les Pailles, on Friday. President Sir Anerood Jugnauth was the chief guest at the event. Also present were Lady Sarojini Jugnauth, National Empowerment Foundation officer Sanjeev Gopal and chief executive officer of Omnicane [...]
19 Sep 2011, The Independent Daily
Air Mauritius to operate 3 new South Africa flights from Dec
Air Mauritius will operate three supplementary flights to Durban in December and two in January 2012. This was announced by the vice president sales and distribution support of the national airline company, Raj Deenanath at the the Kuazulu Natal product presentation at the Le Labourdonnais Hotel, Port Louis on Friday. He added that the decision [...]
19 Sep 2011, The Independent Daily
MMM gets electoral programme ready
The Prime Minister may have said that there would be no anticipated elections, but the MMM is getting its electoral list and programme ready nonetheless, the leader of the Mouvement Militant Mauricien Paul Bérenger said at his weekly press meet at The Link hotel, Ebène, on Saturday. Referring to his meeting with Guy Carcassonne, one [...]
19 Sep 2011, The Independent Daily
Duval salary proposals ‘bridge rich, poor gap’
The government allies, Labour Party and Parti Mauricien Social Democrate (PMSD) held a joint press meet on Saturday in Port Louis. The director of Communications of the Labour Party, Nita Deerpalsing and PMSD deputy secretary general commented on the salary compensation, the economy and the political situation. Deerpalsing said that the quantum for salary compensation [...]
19 Sep 2011, The Independent Daily
Nation set to cut down super greenhouse gas production
After completing phasing out ozone depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in a bid to preserve the ozone layer, Mauritius is all set to cut down the production of the super greenhouse gas known as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) under the Montreal Protocol ozone treaty. This international environmental treaty has helped phase out almost 100 ozone depleting [...]
19 Sep 2011, The Independent Daily
Ramgoolam praises SSR on 111th birth anniversary
Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolam praised the works accomplished by Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR) on the occasion of the Father of the Nation’s 111th birth anniversary celebrations at Kewal Nagar on Sunday. The Prime Minister stated that even after so many years, celebrations are still organised to mark the birthday of SSR which demonstrate that [...]
19 Sep 2011, The Independent Daily
Defeated Mourinho blasts "dirty" football
MADRID (AFP)Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, stung by a shock 1-0 loss to Levante, accused the winners of acting and said his own players aren't comfortable with the "dirty side" of football.Mourinho, whose side played much of the game with only 10 men after Sami Khedira got sent off for a second yellow card, blasted the referee, his own players and most of all the Levante style of play."I don't want to take anything away from Levante's merit," the Portuguese told a news conference after the away defeat, Real's first of the season, which leaves them in fourth place, three …
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?
L1: Lyon prend la tête, Marseille touche le fond
PARIS (AFP)Au terme d'une 6e journée du Championnat de France riche en rebondissements, Lyon, victorieux (2-0) de Marseillais désormais derniers, profite des jours sans de la concurrence et notamment des nuls spectaculaires (2-2) de Lille, Paris et Montpellier pour prendre seul la tête.L'éclaircie apparue mardi en Grèce contre l'Olympiakos (1-0) n'aura donc pas duré longtemps pour Marseille, qui, en plus de prendre l'eau collectivement, a encore été malheureux puisque sur le 1er but, Gomis (12e) était hors-jeu.Et si le visage de l'OM a été légèrement meilleur ensuite, le club marseillais compte seulement trois petits points, n'a toujours pas gagné un …
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Glasgow Rangers rally in six-goal Old Firm thriller
GLASGOW (AFP)Rangers scored three second-half goals as they came from behind to defeat ten-men Celtic 4-2 at Ibrox to move four points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League.Steven Naismith opened the scoring at Ibrox in the 22nd minute with a superb shot before Gary Hooper fired Celtic level in the 34th minute.Allan McGregor had gone into the game on the back of five consecutive clean sheets but the keeper was at fault when he allowed Moroccan Badr El Kaddouri's soft effort from 25 yards to slip through his legs to hand the Hoops a half-time advantage.Nikica Jelavic …
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Coupe Davis: l'Argentine en finale contre l'Espagne
BELGRADE (AFP)L'Argentine s'est qualifiée dimanche pour la finale de la Coupe Davis où elle rencontrera l'Espagne, après sa victoire 3-1 à Belgrade sur dur contre la Serbie.Dans le quatrième match, le Serbe Novak Djokovic, N.1 mondial, a abandonné alors qu'il était mené 6-7 (5/7), 0-3 par l'Argentin Juan Martin Del Potro.
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Barton takes another swipe at Henry
LONDON (AFP)QPR midfielder Joey Barton has launched another scathing attack on Karl Henry after going head to head with the Wolves star on Saturday.Barton has harboured a grudge against Henry since August 2010 when the out-spoken midfielder was singled out for some ferocious tackles from Henry during Barton's time at Newcastle.Henry had vowed to produce a tough-tackling display in Wolves' home clash with QPR on Saturday, but Barton came out on top at Molineux as he bagged a goal in a comfortable 3-0 win for the visitors.Barton took to micro-blogging website Twitter immediately after the match to describe Henry as …
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Hugo Chavez à Cuba pour un quatrième cycle de chimiothérapie
LA HAVANE (AFP)Le président vénézuélien Hugo Chavez est arrivé samedi soir à La Havane pour un quatrième cycle de chimiothérapie, en compagnie de son homologue bolivien Evo Morales qui effectue une visite officielle à Cuba, selon un communiqué officiel publié dimanche.Les deux présidents ont été accueillis à l'aéroport de La Havane par leur homologue cubain Raul Castro. M. Chavez est revenu à Cuba pour entamer "la quatrième session de chimiothérapie" à partir de dimanche, tandis M. Morales est venu pour "une visite officielle", précise le communiqué publié par les médias locaux.Avant leur départ en commun de Caracas samedi, Hugo Chavez …
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Mondial de rugby: la France assure l'essentiel face au Canada, avant les All Blacks
NAPIER (Nouvelle-Zélande) (AFP)Le XV de France, sans vraiment convaincre, a accompli un pas supplémentaire vers les quarts de finale du Mondial-2011 en battant (46-19) le Canada avec le point de bonus offensif dimanche à Napier, avant de se mesurer aux All Blacks samedi à Auckland.Avec deux victoires bonifiées face au Japon (47-21) et aux Canadiens et dix points au classement à égalité avec les All Blacks, les Français ont assuré l'essentiel.Ils disputeront la première place de la poule A lors du choc samedi prochain face à la Nouvelle-Zélande, pays organisateur et revanchard après son élimination par les Français (18-20) en …
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Irlande: Martin McGuinness, ex-IRA, désigné candidat à la présidentielle
DUBLIN (AFP)Martin McGuinness, vice-Premier ministre nord-irlandais et ancien cadre de l'IRA, a officiellement été désigné dimanche candidat à l'élection présidentielle prévue le 27 octobre en Irlande, par le parti nationaliste Sinn Féin réuni à Dublin.Les instances dirigeantes du parti ont avalisé à l'unanimité la candidature de Martin McGuinness, 61 ans, ancien responsable de l'Armée républicaine irlandaise (IRA), devenu ensuite un des artisans du processus qui a conduit aux accords de paix en Irlande du Nord, a rapporté un journaliste de l'AFP."Il a toutes les qualités nécessaires à un leader politique: il a un profond amour de l'Irlande, de son peuple, …
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Grèce: Papandréou convoque une réunion pour faire face à la crise
ATHENES (AFP)Le Premier ministre grec, Georges Papandréou, "doit présider dimanche après-midi une réunion interministérielle" pour aborder les évolutions financières dans son pays et la zone euro, selon ses services. Cette réunion a été convoquée après que M. Papandréou eut renoncé inopinément samedi à se rendre aux Nations unies à New York, en raison du climat négatif sur les marchés et des divergences au sein de la zone euro. Ce voyage a été annulé car "la semaine prochaine est cruciale", ont indiqué samedi les services du Premier ministre.Une dizaine de ministres vont participer à la réunion dont celui des Finances, Evangélos …
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Villas-Boas expects Anelka to quit Chelsea
LONDON (AFP)Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has revealed France striker Nicolas Anelka is set to leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season.Anelka's contract expires at the conclusion of the current campaign and Villas-Boas claims the former Arsenal and Real Madrid star has indicated he is prepared to run down his current deal.The 32-year-old is believed to be happy to see what options are available to him as a free agent even though he has been a regular member of Chelsea's attack since Villas-Boas took charge in the close-season.Asked if Anelka had shown signs of wanting to leave, Villas-Boas replied: …
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Mondial de rugby: l'Irlande chamboule tout !
AUCKLAND (AFP)La victoire de l'Irlande sur l'Australie (15-6) samedi a chamboulé le tableau prévisible des quarts de finale de la Coupe du monde de rugby, où les Wallabies pourraient retrouver l'Afrique du Sud alors qu'une nation de l'hémisphère nord semble assurée d'accéder à la finale.Sauf nouvelle surprise avant la fin de la phase de poules (1er-2 octobre), les trois nations majeures de l'hémisphère sud (Nouvelle-Zélande, Australie et Afrique du Sud) vont se retrouver dans la même moitié de tableau.La cause? La défaite des Australiens, qui condamne les Wallabies à la deuxième place de la poule C, qui aura pour adversaire …
18 Sep 2011, Orange Ki News ?