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Premier League Predictions – 2 and 3 April 2011
English Premier League 2011 predictions for football match scheduled between 2nd and 3rd April 2011 are as listed below. Good luck and share your best tips as usual in the comments below. Match for this round Arsenal - Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City - Bolton Wanderers Everton - Aston Villa Fulham - Blackpool Manchester City - [...]Premier League Predictions – 2 and 3 April 2011 is a post from: Island Crisis
01 Apr 2011, Island Crisis
English News Bulletin – April 01/04/11
01 Apr 2011, MBC
Del Piero out for fortnight
ROME (AFP)Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero will miss a fortnight's action with groin trouble, the Turin club said on Friday.Del Piero will miss Sunday's match against Roma and their following Serie A tie with Genoa but he hopes to be back in the ranks for the following match against Fiorentina.
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Alexandre Franchini : l'alliance du muscle, de l'esprit et de la religion
REIMS (AFP)Des biceps plein les manches, un esprit qui emprunte autant à Bruce Lee qu'à Jésus Christ : à 31 ans, Alexandre Franchini collectionne les podiums de culturisme, sert la messe chaque dimanche et publie à compte d'auteur ses pensées philosophiques.Le jeune homme, originaire de Moselle, a écumé en 2010 toutes les compétitions possibles du bodybuilding : 23 championnats pour presque autant de podiums. Il finira sa saison second au Musclemania World à Las Vegas en novembre après avoir raflé le titre de Monsieur Univers à Sapri en Italie et celui de Champion du monde IBFA (International bodybuilding et fitness …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
La bataille d'Abidjan fait rage, les troupes de Gbagbo résistent toujours
ABIDJAN (AFP)La bataille d'Abidjan faisait toujours rage vendredi, les troupes d'élite du président ivoirien sortant Laurent Gbagbo, qui s'accroche désespérément au pouvoir, opposant une résistance acharnée aux combattants de son rival Alassane Ouattara autour de sa résidence et du palais présidentiel. Loin de céder à la pression des armes, M. Gbagbo aurait quitté sa résidence pour regagner le palais, coeur du pouvoir situé dans le quartier du Plateau, en plein centre d'Abidjan, tandis qu'un de ses porte-parole répétait inlassablement qu'il n'"abdiquerait" pas.Au Plateau, les rafales de kalachnikov et les tirs d'arme lourde se succédaient à un rythme soutenu, dont certains …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Brazil's Ronaldo to be honoured at Real match
MADRID (AFP)Brazil legend Ronaldo, who announced his retirement from football in February, will be honoured on Saturday by his former side Real Madrid at the club's home match against Sporting Gijon.The 34-year-old will take the honorary kick-off prior to the match and will be given a replica of a statue that sits in front of the team's dressing room, the club said in a statement posted Friday on its website.Ronaldo joined Real from Inter Milan in 2002. He won two league titles, one Intercontinental Cup and one Spanish Super Cup with the club before being sold to AC Milan in …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Afghanistan : 10 morts dans une attaque contre l'ONU
KABOUL (AFP)Dix personnes ont été tuées vendredi lors de l'attaque du siège de l'ONU à Mazar-I-Sharif, grande ville du nord de l'Afghanistan, par des manifestants qui protestaient contre l'autodafé récent d'un Coran aux Etats-Unis, a annoncé la police à l'AFP.Selon la police, 10 employés étrangers ont été tués dans cette attaque.
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
He's back! Arnie to return as cartoon Governator
LOS ANGELES (AFP)Three months after standing down as California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger is making a comeback as a cartoon superhero version of himself, the Governator.The former champion bodybuilder turned Hollywood star -- catchphrase "I'll be Back" -- has teamed up with Marvel comics veteran Stan Lee to create the character that will star in an animated TV show and comic book.More details will be announced next week, but Schwarzenegger and Lee revealed the plans to Entertainment Weekly, which published details on its website this week."The Governator is very simple. It takes my entire career basically, if it is bodybuilding, if …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Record demand for Euro 2012 tickets: UEFA
WARSAW (AFP)Demand for tickets at Euro 2012 has hit a record of more than 12 million, UEFA said Friday, after an application deadline to see the championships in Poland and Ukraine closed.In a statement, European football's governing body said that a total of 12,149,425 ticket requests had been made by fans worldwide."This sets an all-time record for the UEFA European Football Championship," it added, noting that it represented a 17 percent increase on the 2008 edition in Switzerland and Austria.Demand for tickets traditionally outstrips supply at the quadrennial, 16-nation footballing showcase.More than 550,000 tickets are available for the general public …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Gudi Padwa : Modak and Kanawla recipes
Modak Ingredients: For the filling 2 cups of shredded fresh coconut ½ cup of mixture of unsalted pistachios and unsalted cashews ½ pinch of cardamom powder ½ cup of milk 1 cup of jaggery or sugar For the outer cover 1 cup of rice flour 1 tablespoon of ghee 1 cup of water ½ tablespoon of salt Preparation To prepare the filling, combine coconut, milk and jaggery (sugar with a caramel taste) or plain sugar, mix well. Cook it over medium flame, stir continuously till they are mixed properly. Add cashews and pistachios and cook for about one minute. Now …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Boateng's season all but over: Mancini
LONDON (AFP)Manchester City's Jerome Boateng has been ruled out for the rest of the season, bar the final two games, after being told he needs to undergo knee surgery.Boateng suffered the injury while on injury duty with Germany last week.City manager Roberto Mancini said Friday: "He will have surgery in the next two or three days. Maybe he will be fit for the last two games."There was more positive news regarding Micah Richards. Mancini said he was hoping that the defender, who suffered a hamstring injury last week while with the England Under-21 team, will be fit in time for …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Dolce and Gabbana tax fraud case thrown out
ROME (AFP)Fashion house duo Dolce & Gabbana will not stand trial for alleged tax fraud after an Italian preliminary hearing judge on Friday threw out the case against them, Italy's ANSA news agency said.Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana had been accused of fraud of around one billion euros ($1.4 billion) as part of an enquiry into reports the company had failed to declare 840 million euros in revenues.Judge Simone Luerti in Milan ruled there was not enough evidence to take the fashionista pair to trial, and closed the file on five other people who had been under investigation as well.The …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
L'espérance de vie et la fécondité augmentent en Europe
BRUXELLES (AFP)La fécondité a augmenté ces dernières années dans l'Union européenne, l'Irlande et la France enregistrant les taux les plus élevés en 2009, et l'espérance de vie ne cesse de croître, selon un rapport publié vendredi par l'institut européen des statistiques Eurostat.Le taux de fécondité a recommencé à augmenter dans l'UE en 2003, après avoir fortement baissé entre 1980 et le début des années 2000. Il est passé de 1,47 enfant par femme en 2003 à 1,60 en 2008, souligne cette étude.Sur la période 2003-2009, le taux de fécondité a augmenté dans tous les pays de l'UE à l'exception du …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Ugadi : recipes for Ariselu and Ugadi Patchadi
Ugadi Patchadi recipe According to the Telegu tradition, there are only 6 tastes that a person can experience. The tastes symbolize the ups and downs of life, the joys and the sorrows. To have mental equilibrium, the pair of opposites in life is accepted with the same state of mind (sama buddhi). The Ugadi Patchadi is bitter sweet chutney that reflects the different flavors of life and is shared with the family and neighbours early in the morning of Ugadi after the Mangala Snanam (auspicious bath). Ingredients: 1 cup of raw fresh mango cleaned, dried, finely chopped along with skin, …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Remise officielle de dictionnaires trilingues aux écoles Prevokbek
La remise officielle de dictionnaires trilingues s’est déroulée ce jeudi en présence du ministre de l’Education, Vasant Bunwaree, Jacques d’Unienville, CEO d’Omnicane et de différents recteurs et élèves qui représentaient les écoles prevocationnelles de la BEC ce mercredi 30 mars au collège du St Esprit à Quatre Bornes. C’était le mercredi dernier au collège du St Esprit que la fondation Omnicane a remis quelques 1200 dictionnaires aux élèves du prevocationnel du Bureau d’Education Catholique (BEC). Gilberte Chung, directrice du BEC a remercié Jacques d’Unienville et Shafick Osman de Books and Business. Elle reconnaît que peu de compagnies financent des projets …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Injured Real trio doubtful for Spurs clash
MADRID (AFP)Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said injured trio Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo appear unlikely to be fit to play Tottenham in the Champions League next week."According to the information that I have from the medical service, Cristiano can only play at Bilbao (on April 9), Marcelo can only play at Bilbao and Karim can only play at Bilbao," Mourinho told a news conference on Friday.The three players, who trained apart from the rest of the squad on Friday morning, would therefore to be unavailable for the Champions League quarter-final first leg clash with Tottenham in Madrid on …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Suède: feu vert du Parlement à l'envoi de huit avions de combat en Libye
STOCKHOLM (Suède) (AFP)Le Parlement suédois a approuvé vendredi à une large majorité la participation de huit avions de combat à la coalition internationale en Libye, à l'exception des frappes au sol, première intervention de forces aériennes suédoises à l'étranger depuis 48 ans.Le Riksdag a voté sans surprise en faveur d'une mission suédoise pour contribuer à la zone d'exclusion aérienne en Libye sous commandement de l'Otan: 240 membres du Parlement ont voté pour, 18 contre et 5 se sont abstenus, a-t-on appris de source parlementaire.Les JAS Gripen suédois ne sont néanmoins pas autorisés à effectuer des frappes au sol et se …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
BOM: invitation to tender security services
The Bank of Mauritius needs to consign on a regular basis to its branch in Rodrigues, notes and coins
01 Apr 2011, business.mega.mu
Raul the 'kid' hints at new Schalke deal
BERLIN (AFP)Former Real Madrid legend Raul has hinted he could extend his stay with Schalke 04 until 2013 because the German Bundesliga club has given him back his enthusiasm for playing football.Schalke are currently languishing in 10th in the table, a massive 29 points behind league leaders Borussia Dortmund, but have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the German Cup final.Raul signed a two-year deal with Schalke in July 2010, but he is ready to extend that by another year if the German club come calling."I think I've shown in the past eight months that I've come …
01 Apr 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Mauritius launches its first Islamic bank
Mauritius' first fully-fledged Islamic bank launched operations
01 Apr 2011, business.mega.mu