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Handball: Montpellier reste invaincu
PARIS (AFP)Le leader Montpellier est resté invaincu après sa victoire à Créteil (36-29), tandis que son dauphin, Chambéry, a dominé Ivry (25-20), mercredi soir, lors de la 11e journée du Championnat de France de D1 messieurs de handball.Au classement, Montpellier conserve sa première place (22 points) avec 11 victoires en autant de journées. Il maintient son avance sur Chambéry (20 pts), 2e, et augmente l'écart qui le sépare du 3e, Saint-Raphaël (14 pts), défait à Nantes (33-26).A Créteil, les Héraultais, emmenés par un Issam Tej et un Nikola Karabatic en forme avec respectivement 7 et 5 buts, n'ont fait qu'une …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Anand Kumar's next to be tilted Meerut Junction
Director Anand Kumar, who is synonymous with the unreleased Zilla Ghaziabad (a hard hitting flick starring Vivek Oberoi and others), has now announced his next flick called Meerut Junction, a film that's based on the rail mafia. The film's script is written by Vinay Sharma, who also happens to be the writer of Zilla Ghaziabad. Meerut Junction will be produced by Saurabh Varma and Tripur Singh, two of the ex-corporate head honchos, who are now venturing into film production. Meerut Junction will be a rustic love story with the backdrop of rail mafia in the country and that the film …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Palin fans urge her to get into 2012 race
CHICAGO (AFP)Fans of conservative darling Sarah Palin urged the former Alaska governor to jump into the race for the White House Wednesday, running a small ad on a local station in the key electoral state of Iowa.The ad comes as the Republican field remains unsettled just over a month before the Iowa caucuses, the first nominating event to pick a candidate to challenge Democrat President Barack Obama in the November 2012 elections.Palin rocketed onto the national stage after being tapped as Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's running mate in 2008.She has long flirted with a potential White House bid, but …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Laurent Gbagbo, soupçonné de crimes contre l'humanité, lundi devant la CPI
LA HAYE (AFP)L'ancien président ivoirien Laurent Gbagbo comparaîtra lundi pour la première fois devant la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) qui le soupçonne de crimes contre l'humanité commis lors des violences post-électorales de 2010-2011. "La comparution initiale de Laurent Gbagbo est programmée le lundi 5 décembre à 14H00" (13H00 GMT), a annoncé la Cour dans un communiqué.Au cours de cette audience publique, les juges vérifieront l?identité du suspect et s?assureront qu?il a été informé clairement des charges portées contre lui et des droits que lui reconnaît le Statut de Rome, précise le communiqué de la CPI."À l?issue de cette première comparution, …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
The Dirty Picture banned in Pakistan
Earlier this year, it was Imran Khan's Delhi Belly that was banned in Pakistan and now, it's the soon-to-be-released Vidya Balan, Tusshar Kapoor, Naseruddin Shah and Emraan Hashmi starrer The Dirty Picture that has been banned by the Pakistani censor board. Apparently, after acquiring the clearance by the Indian Central Board of Film Certification, the film was submitted to the Censor Board of Pakistan for censorship. However, the application was rejected as the film was deemed unsuitable for theatrical release in Pakistan. The reason for this was cited that the Board felt The Dirty Picture was inappropriate for viewership in …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Mixed reception for Beckham in Indonesia
JAKARTA (AFP)David Beckham got a mixed reception as a Robbie Keane strike earned the LA Galaxy a 1-0 win over a spirited Indonesian All Stars on Wednesday in front of a disappointing crowd in Jakarta.Entire sections of the 88,000-seat Gelora Bung Karno stadium were off-limits and organisers said only 20,000 tickets had been sold to see the newly crowned Major League Soccer champions in action.Beckham, 36, was a given a warm reception from the sparse crowd, but cheers when he touched the ball were mixed with boos and the former England midfielder endured a patchy night with some misplaced passes …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Dopage: Jan Ullrich saura dans six semaines s'il échappe à toute sanction
PARIS (AFP)Jan Ullrich, l'ex-gloire du cyclisme allemand, devra patienter encore six semaines pour savoir s'il échappe ou non à toute sanction pour son implication présumée dans l'affaire de dopage Puerto en Espagne, a indiqué mercredi le Tribunal arbitral du sport (TAS).Le TAS, qui avait été saisi d'une part par l'Agence antidopage suisse et d'autre part par l'Union cycliste internationale (UCI), s'est déclaré incompétent mercredi pour le premier de ces deux appels.Pour le second, celui déposé par la fédération internationale, cette cour suprême du sport a précisé qu'elle était en revanche bien compétente et "rendra sa décision finale dans environ six …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Albanian crown prince Leka dies aged 72
TIRANA (AFP)Albania's pretender to the throne, crown prince Leka Zogu, the son of self-proclaimed king Zog I, died Wednesday in a Tirana hospital aged 72, a spokeswoman for the royal family told AFP.He was admitted to hospital last week in a very serious condition with heart and lung trouble and fell into a coma shortly after, doctor Mentor Petrela said.Albania declared a day of mourning on Saturday, the day of the funeral, which will have all the "royal attributes", Prime Minister Sali Berisha said at the government session on Wednesday.Leka was only a few days old when his father, king …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Qatar: Aspire, la fabrique de champions
DOHA (AFP)Le Qatar n'a pas encore de champion d'envergure mais si la future star du sport qatari est déjà née, elle ne peut raisonnablement échapper à Aspire, l'Académie de formation que le monde entier envie au petit Etat du Golfe.Deux cents garçons de 12 à 17 ans, dont trois quarts de footballeurs mais également des athlètes, pongistes et squasheurs, poursuivent leur scolarité dans le cocon de ce sport-études de luxe lancé, comme tous les projets sportifs du pays, dans la foulée des Jeux Asiatiques de 2006.Ici, pas de dortoirs mais des chambres doubles moquettées, des cours dispensés sur ordinateur par …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Tennis star Djokovic in movie debut
SOFIA (AFP)Tennis number one Novak Djokovic made his movie debut in Bulgaria this week with a brief appearance in Sylvester Stallone's mega-star production "Expendables 2", Nu Boyana film studios says."Djokovic has a small but not insignificant part in 'Expendables 2', where he plays himself," Dimitar Dereliev from Nu Boyana told AFP.The tennis star spent just over a day filming in Sofia and left early Wednesday, he added."Expendables 2", which stars Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Jean-Claude Van Damme, is scheduled to open in cinemas in August 2012.
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Bremen's grieving Wiese to miss Bayern clash
BERLIN (AFP)Werder Bremen will be without Germany goalkeeper Tim Wiese for Saturday's crunch German league clash at Bayern Munich following the death of his father due to cancer.After Wiese's father Frank passed away, the 29-year-old returned to the family home on Tuesday and reserve goalkeeper Sebastian Mielitz is expected to deputise at Munich's Allianz Arena."Tim will not be available at the weekend," said Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf."I spoke with him this morning, it is hard to process what is going on. We will see how he is doing in the next few days."Bayern have lost their last two league games, …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
George Michael on the mend, say Austrian doctors
VIENNA (AFP)British pop star George Michael, in hospital in Vienna since last week with a severe bout of pneumonia, is getting better but still needs complete rest, his doctors said in a statement on Wednesday."We are happy to announce that Mr Michael is improving steadily with an impressive regression of pneumonic symptoms and follows a steady rate of improvement as hoped," doctors Gottfried Locker and Christoph Zielinski said."There are no other health issues with regards to the patient other than the underlying pneumonic disorder, and no further measures had to be taken ... As we said previously, complete rest and …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Qatar: le sport, une affaire de famille
DOHA (AFP)Le sport qatari et, par ricochet, une partie de moins en moins négligeable du paysage sportif français, est dirigé par une poignée d'hommes et de femmes issus de la famille régnante, la dynastie des Al Thani, qui a notamment assis sa réussite en la matière sur son art du recrutement.Fils de l'Emir, prince héritier appelé à lui succéder bientôt, Cheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani est le véritable patron du sport au Qatar, l'initiateur de cette politique d'acquisitions et de candidatures tous azimuts.Installé en 2001 à la tête du Comité olympique du Qatar (QOC), élu dans la foulée membre …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Tsonga's home burgled during ATP World Tour final
GENEVA (AFP)The home of France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was burgled while he was playing against Roger Federer in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals in London, Swiss newspaper Le Matin reported on Wednesday.The paper cited the player, who said he hoped he would still be able to "recognise his house" when he returns to Switzerland.Tsonga has lived in Gingins, a village close to the border with France, since July 2009.The alarm was raised on Monday morning by a neighbour, who noticed that one of the windows had been forced open.On Tuesday, the shutters at the villa remained closed.Tsonga, 26, …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
NBA: James et Wade "excités" à l'idée de rejouer
NEW YORK (AFP)Les vedettes des Miami Heat, LeBron James et Dwyane Wade, ont reconnu mardi être "excités" à l'idée de pouvoir rejouer après l'accord trouvé samedi entre joueurs et propriétaires de clubs qui doit bientôt mettre fin au lock-out en NBA."C'est un grand moment pour nous tous. Je suis excité (à l'idée de jouer) mais également pour les fans qui ont été patients avec nous et pour tous les gens qui ont perdu leur travail pendant le lock-out", a déclaré LeBron James."Nous sommes excités", a également lancé Dwyane Wade avant d'ajouter: "J'espère que tout le monde est en bonne santé. …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Récompense internationale de l’AMCP pour le site web gbotmarkets.com
GBOT a obtenu une Platinum award dans les catégories design web et ECommunications / E-Newsletter. Les MarCom Awards internationaux récompensent la créativité et les efforts des spécialistes et agences de marketing et de communication. Global Board of Trade (GBOT), la première bourse multi-active de Maurice, a obtenu deux Platinum Awards du concours MarCom2011 de l’Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) basée aux Etats-Unis. La liste des participants récompensés a été publiée en novembre. Le niveau “Platinum” est le plus élevé pour ce concours, qui récompense les créations et campagnes dans sept catégories de médias. GBOT a atteint ce niveau …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Mauritius To Host World Telugu Conference In Dec ‘11
The World Telugu Conference will be held from December 8 to 10 at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, Phoenix.
30 Nov 2011, business.mega.mu
Oscar Wilde's Paris tomb made safe from dangerous kisses
PARIS (AFP)"The grease base of the lipstick penetrates the stone and long after the colouring pigments have faded, a grease 'shadow' is still visible," the Irish Cultural Centre said in a statement.Wilde left London after serving two years in prison for homosexuality, a crime in the eyes of Victorian society, and never regained the creative impetus that had made him a hugely popular, if controversial, playwright.When the disgraced Irishman died of meningitis in a Paris hotel, famously remarking that "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go," he was initially …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Rugby: Bayonne porte plainte contre le père d'Imanol Harinordoquy
BAYONNE (AFP)Michel Cacouault, le président de Bayonne battu (21-19) mardi soir à Biarritz en match en retard du Top 14, va porter plainte contre le père du joueur de Biarritz Imanol Harinordoquy, entré sur le terrain pour défendre son fils pris dans une bagarre avec un adversaire.Jugeant "l'évènement inacceptable", "le club va déposer plainte contre M. (Lucien) Harinordoquy", indique mercredi l'Aviron sur son site internet.Le président Cacouault dit par ailleurs vouloir regarder ce qui est "juridiquement" possible au club après cet incident intervenu en début de rencontre.La scène s'est déroulée à la 6e minute du match en retard de la …
30 Nov 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Foreign Workers: Labor Recruiters Will Be Better Regulated
The new regulations concerning the recruitment of foreign workers will be considered Friday, December 2 at the Council of Ministers. They will be binding on the recruiting agents who operate illegally .
30 Nov 2011, business.mega.mu