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Crise de la dette: la zone euro envisage de voler à la rescousse de l'Italie
BRUXELLES (AFP)La zone euro étudie la possibilité d'offrir l'assistance de son fonds de secours financier à l'Italie afin d'éviter la contagion de la crise de la dette mais peine toujours à trouver un accord avec les banques pour soulager la Grèce surendettée.Les pays de l'Union monétaire réfléchissent à une possible activation du Fonds européen de stabilité financière (FESF) pour acheter de la dette italienne afin d'éviter que les taux d'emprunt du pays ne s'envolent, ont indiqué lundi deux sources diplomatiques à l'AFP.Rome se finance actuellement à des taux proches de 6%. Un niveau difficilement compatible dans la durée avec une …
25 Oct 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Deux enfants périssent dans un violent incendie
La police soupçonne un possible cas de “foul play” dans un terrible incendie survenu dans le village de Grande-Sable, lundi matin, au cours duquel deux enfants de deux ans ont trouvé la mort. Benito Colas et son demi-frère, Thierry Fabrice Colas, se sont réfugiés sous le lit mais ils ont été carbonisés. Toutefois, les enquêteurs ont relevé plusieurs zones d’ombre dont l’explosion d’une bonbonne de gaz au cours du sinistre, alors que Jacques Laval Colas, le père des petits, a soutenu à la police qu’il n’y avait pas de gaz chez lui ! En sus, les Scene of Crime Officers …
25 Oct 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Coupe de la Ligue: Marseille et Lens en ouverture des 8e de finale
PARIS (AFP)Marseille (L1) et Lens (L2), tous deux en difficultés dans leur championnat respectif, sont loin de bomber le torse avant leurs retrouvailles mardi en ouverture des 8e de finale de la Coupe de la Ligue qui voient l'entrée en lice des clubs européens. Sur la forme du moment, l'avantage est toutefois aux Marseillais, qui viennent de renouer avec la victoire contre Ajaccio (2-0) après trois matches sans. Mais actuellement, l'atmosphère semble tellement viciée dans la cité phocéenne qu'une rechute n'est pas totalement à exclure.Et si pareil cas de figure devait se produire chez le double tenant de l'épreuve, nul …
25 Oct 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Two children dead in fire, foul play suspected
Police officials suspect that there was foul play in a fire that claimed the life of Thierry Fabrice Colas and Benito Colas, both aged two, at Grand Sable on Monday morning. The victims’ mother, Daniella Prosper, 41, was also injured in the incident. Investigators are suspicious of the father’s recalling of the incident as Jacques [...]
25 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily
UoM bags 23 golds at sports meet
The University of Mauritius (UoM) ranked gold in the inter-tertiary institution sports competition organised from October 13 to 20 at the UoM gymnasium, Réduit. The university bagged 23 gold, 19 silver and 18 bronze medals. It was closely followed by the Mauritius Institute of Education that won 17 gold, 14 silver and 10 bronze medals. [...]
25 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily
Haemovigilance network to be set up soon
Mauritius will soon be taking one step forward towards blood management with the setting up of a haemovigilance network. Physicians from regional hospitals and other medical staff met for a one-day workshop at Pailles on Monday to discuss the implementation of a haemovigilance network. This workshop was a joint initiative of the Ministry of Health [...]
25 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily
CCM invites public to give feedback on My.T package
The Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) has launched an investigation into Mauritius Telecom’s new product, My.T, launched on February 21. The Statement of Issues, a document that outlines the main areas of concern at the preliminary stage of the investigation has been issued to Mauritius Telecom. Following the Statement of Issues, Dr Sean Ennis, CCM [...]
25 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily
Réduit campus opens business school
The growing demand for tertiary education has made it imperative to create more space to accommodate additional students. The construction of new university campuses is among the government’s top priorities. In the same context, a business school is currently under construction at Ebène, in collaboration with the University of Mauritius (UoM). The school is part [...]
25 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily
GTU to protest against amending education act
The Government Teachers’ Union (GTU) is planning to organise a mass meeting on Saturday, October 29 to challenge the amendments to the Education Act. Teachers will be mobilised at Quatre Bornes at around 10 am to express their dissatisfaction with the changes. Speaking at a press conference held on Monday at the GTU seat in [...]
25 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily
Zimbabwe to aid Mauritius boost trade
Enterprise Mauritius and the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote exchange of information, exhibition, skill transfer and market collaboration. The MoU was signed during the buyers and sellers meet that was held in Harare from October 12 to 14. The island was represented by the minister of [...]
25 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily
Rapists get over 20 years jail term
Judge Saheeda Peeroo of the Assizes on Monday sentenced five men, all residents of Bois Marchand and aged between 21 and 24 years, for gang raping a 26-year-old woman. “No respect was shown to a human being. They showed their wicked nature and dangerous attitude,” the judge said. The five suspects pleaded guilty at the [...]
25 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily
Scaffolding accident claims first victim
On Monday, Vicky Djapermal, 27, succumbed to injuries he sustained in the scaffolding accident at Bramer House last week. He was admitted to the intensive care unit of Apollo Bramwell hospital on October 19. The post mortem carried out by chief police medical officer Dr Sudesh Kumar Gungadin revealed that the victim died from cerebral [...]
25 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily
No parliamentary questions today
The parliament will meet on Tuesday with the original agenda reduced to bare minimum with all parliamentary questions withdrawn. The House will also be spared any private notice question from the leader of the Opposition Paul Bérenger. Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolam’s motion, “that all the business on today’s order paper be exempted,” will be [...]
25 Oct 2011, The Independent Daily
Divali : La fête des lumières...
S´il y a une fête que tous, grands et petits, riches et pauvres, attendent avec impatience en Inde et tout autour du globe, c´est justement la fête de Divali, parfois appelée Dipavali ou Diwali. Divali c’est la victoire du bien sur le mal, la lumière sur les ténèbres et les connaissances sur l’ignorance. Symboliquement, pour les hindous à travers le monde, il s’agit d’imposer la lumière des diyas (lampes à huile en terre) sur la nuit la plus sombre de l’année, selon le calendrier hindou. À Maurice, cette fête a aujourd’hui transcendé le contexte culturel pour embrasser une dimension plus …
25 Oct 2011, Orange Ki News ?
A septuagenarian killed by a bus - the driver: "I applied the brakes, but in vain"
Goolam Hossen Fatehmamode Cader, 70, living in St. Edward, Port-Louis, returning from McDonald, Friday, 18.25 when he was fatally hit by a bus from the National Transport Corporation (NTC).
25 Oct 2011, motors.mega.mu
Imran Khan to star in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
One may recall that Vishal Bhardwaj and Fox Star Studios had announced a comedy film titled Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola a short while ago which was to star Ajay Devgn and Anushka Sharma in the lead. However Ajay opted out of the film and the makers were on the lookout for another male lead. Now the makers have finalized Imran Khan to play the main lead in the film. This would be the first time that Imran and Anushka would be paired together in a film. Vishal was impressed with Imran after watching his films like Delhi Belly and …
25 Oct 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Vivek Agnihotri to make an erotic thriller titled Hate Story
We've seen and heard of many 'Love Stories' being made in Bollywood but now director Vivek Agnihotri (of Chocolate, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal fame) is all set to make a film titled Hate Story. The film is being produced by Vikram Bhatt's ASA Films Vivek even confirmed this on Twitter. "So, 'Hate Story' is the official title of my film.", he tweeted. The film, as Vivek claims, is India's first real erotic thriller. Hate Story would star Bengali actress Paoli Dam. Shooting of the film commenced yesterday.
25 Oct 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Cheers for queen at sombre Australian war memorial
CANBERRA (AFP)The queen is on a 10-day visit to the former British colony where she is much respected despite the country's occasional moves towards becoming a republic, with thousands turning out to see her engagements so far.In what some have said could be her last visit to her realm Down Under, the queen has already paid special tribute to Australia's involvement in war, including in the decade-long conflict in Afghanistan.In an address at Parliament House on Friday, the queen said Australians made a significant contribution to world peace-keeping."This does not come without a price, and we are all conscious of …
25 Oct 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Giant-killers Dresden eye Dortmund shock
BERLIN (AFP)Giant-killers Dynamo Dresden are hoping to pull off another upset victory in the second round of the German Cup on Tuesday when the second division team take on league champions Borussia Dortmund.Dresden pulled off the shock of the first round when they fought back from 3-0 down at home to first division Bayer Leverkusen to inflict a 4-3 defeat in extra-time on Michael Ballack's team.Their reward was to travel to face Bundesliga champions Dortmund at home in the second round and they warmed up with a 2-0 win at Eintracht Braunschweig on Saturday, but coach Ralf Loose said he …
25 Oct 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Akshay Kumar makes donation to school computer lab in Canada
Last week, Akshay Kumar visited Khalsa School in Malton, Canada, for a ribbon cutting ceremony. He surprised the kids there with a high tech computer lab. Akshay, who is also a Canadian citizen, has a home in Toronto and the school is in one of the neighboring localities. Akshay and his friend Ajay Virmani, who is a Toronto-businessman, generously donated state of the art equipment to this computer lab including the latest computers and visual display devices. The technology supplied to this learning institution will make it one of the most advanced in the province and will allow them to …
25 Oct 2011, Orange Ki News ?