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Mauritius Horse Racing Tips 2011 – Week 9
Welcome to the 9th week of the Mauritius Horse Racing Tips challenge. All the best for the coming week. How To Participate All participants must share their tips by latest before the start of the first race of the week. Tips must be shared for all the 8 races at one go. If you [...]Mauritius Horse Racing Tips 2011 – Week 9 is a post from: Island Crisis
20 May 2011, Island Crisis
Tour d'Italie: victoire de Rujano devant Contador
GROSSGLÖCKNER (Autriche) (AFP)Le Vénézuélien Jose Rujano (Androni) a remporté la 13e étape du Tour d'Italie cycliste, vendredi au Grossglöckner (Autriche), devant l'Espagnol Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) qui a conforté son maillot rose de leader.
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Anelka sues newspaper over World Cup rant
PARIS (AFP)Former France striker Nicolas Anelka began his 150,000-euro libel action against French newspaper L'Equipe on Friday for their reporting of his foul-mouthed World Cup rant at former coach Raymond Domenech.The Chelsea striker is also demanding that a front page apology be published by the daily sports newspaper.Anelka has never denied ranting at Domenech during half-time in the World Cup group match against Mexico on June 17, which France were drawing 0-0 at the time and went on to lose 2-0. But he has said the newspaper distorted his words splashed across the front page with the expletives included.The French …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
French star Cotillard has baby boy
PARIS (AFP)French Hollywood star Marion Cotillard has given birth to her first child, a boy whom she named Marcel after the lover of her greatest film role, the singer Edith Piaf, her agent said Friday."Marion Cotillard gave birth yesterday in Paris," a spokesperson for the Adequat artists' agency told AFP. "It is a little boy named Marcel. Everything went well."The agency said the baby boy was named after Marcel Cerdan, a boxer who was the great love of Piaf, as portrayed in the 2007 biopic "La Vie en Rose." Cotillard, 35, won a best actress Oscar for her performance as …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Irlande: la reine achève sa visite par une journée touristique
CASHEL (Irlande) (AFP)La reine Elizabeth II a achevé vendredi un déplacement historique en Irlande, le premier d'un monarque depuis l'indépendance en 1922, par une journée touristique, parcourant les étals d'un marché couvvisite avec sonb mari ert et visitant un site médiéval.La souveraine s'est rendue dans la matinée au Rocher de Cashel (sud-ouest), site médiéval qu'aurait fréquenté Saint-Patrick, saint-patron de l'Irlande. Accompagné de son époux le prince Philip, elle s'est fait guider à travers les bâtiments de style gothique avant de signer un livre d'or au son d'une harpe celtique.Poursuivant son chemin plus au sud, la souveraine s'est par la suite …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Injured Schweinsteiger to miss Germany qualifiers
BERLIN (AFP)Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger will play no part in a friendly against Uruguay on May 29 or in two Euro 2012 qualifiers next month because of injury, the German football federation (DFB) said Friday.The 26-year-old Bayern Munich midfielder, one of the stars of Germany's strong 2010 World Cup performance, broke a toe in his right foot in a Bundesliga match on April 23 but continued playing despite the pain.Now though Schweinsteiger, who is vice captain and who has 87 caps for Germany, "needs to have a lengthy break," the DFB said in a statement.Germany have back-to-back Euro 2012 qualifiers …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Cannes juror Thurman breaks off for funeral
CANNES, France (AFP)Hollywood actress Uma Thurman, a Cannes juror, excused herself from the film festival on Friday to attend a family funeral in Monaco, sources close to her said."Uma Thurman left Cannes for the day and she will be back for the end of the competition," one of the sources said. "She wishes to keep her commitments to the festival, despite the circumstances."The identity of the deceased family member was unknown."Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill" star Thurman, 41, is among the nine members of the jury led this year by Robert De Niro that will decide which of 20 films …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
China police say Ai Weiwei firm evaded tax
BEIJING (AFP)Up until now, the Chinese government had only said that Ai was under investigation for economic crimes, but police have so far failed to issue a formal arrest warrant.Chinese authorities, apparently spooked by the wave of pro-democracy uprisings sweeping the Middle East, have detained dozens of lawyers, artists and other perceived critics in recent weeks.Many of the detainees have been beaten while in custody.Ai was able to meet with his wife Lu Qing last Sunday and appeared to be in good health, his sister told AFP, in what is believed to be the first known face-to-face contact between him …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Terim set to return as Galatasaray coach
ISTANBUL (AFP)Turkish first division side Galatasaray, nearing the end of a disastrous season, announced Friday that agreement has been reached with popular Turkish coach Fatih Terim to take over."An agreement has been reached in principle with Fatih Terim to coach our professional football squad," the club said in a statement.Terim, dubbed "The Emperor," said a three-year deal has been agreed."We have an agreement for three years. But we plan to sit down every year to analyse the situation," Terim told Haberturk TV channel.Terim, 57, previously coached Galatasaray from 1996-2000 and 2002-2004.He has coached Italian teams Fiorentina and AC Milan and …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
A Madrid, les manifestants déterminés à braver l'interdiction
MADRID (AFP)Dans le camp de bâches et de tentes planté au beau milieu de la Puerta del Sol, dans le centre de Madrid, des centaines de jeunes, plus déterminés que jamais, se préparaient vendredi à braver l'interdiction de manifester à la veille d'un week-end électoral."Nous allons rester sur la place. Il ne s'agit pas d'une manifestation, mais d'un mouvement citoyen", assurait Juan Lopez, chômeur de 30 ans et l'un des porte-parole de ce mouvement alternatif désormais baptisé Toma la plaza (Prends la place).A deux jours d'élections régionales et municipales qui s'annoncent désastreuses pour les socialistes au pouvoir, le chef du …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Corsairfly passe à quatre vols par semaine entre Paris et Plaisance
A compter du 5 novembre prochain, Corsairfly intensifiera sa présence à Maurice, ajoutant une quatrième rotation hebdomadaire vers l’aéroport de Plaisance.
20 May 2011, business.mega.mu
Mauritian PM left for Namibia to attend the Southern African Development Community summit
20 May 2011, business.mega.mu
412 ex-employees of sugar estates got land in Mauritius
The ceremony was held for people under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS II) and Early Retirement Scheme (ERS)
20 May 2011, business.mega.mu
Rugby: Brive annonce trois nouveaux joueurs, dont Geraghty
BRIVE-LA-GAILLARDE (AFP)Le club de rugby de Brive (Top 14) a annoncé vendredi au cours d'une conférence de presse la signature de trois nouveaux joueurs, parmi lesquels l'ouvreur international anglais de Northampton Shane Geraghty et l'ailier de Bath Jacques Boussuge.Geraghty, 24 ans (1,80 m, 83 kg), est un ouvreur, capable de jouer au centre, international à six reprises, qui a porté les couleurs des London Irish de 2004 à 2009 avant de s'établir depuis deux saisons à Northampton qui dispute samedi la finale de la Coupe d'Europe contre le Leinster.Boussuge, 26 ans (1,87 m, 87 kg) est un ailier français, international …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
16th meeting of the Governing Council of the Eastern and Southern Africa Region in Mauritius
Exchange of information and international cooperation is at the heart of the meeting
20 May 2011, business.mega.mu
Water crisis in Mauritius up a notch
By mid-June, if there is no significant rainfall, the supply regime will be once every two days in the Plaine Wilhems region
20 May 2011, business.mega.mu
Goodlands health day on Sunday, May 22
The event will take place at the Gymnasium of the SSS Sharma Jugdambi Secondary School and will run from 9am to 1pm.
20 May 2011, business.mega.mu
FIFA boss Blatter woos African voters
JOHANNESBURG (AFP)FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrived here Friday to meet African football chiefs as his campaign for another four-year term moves into overdrive.The 75-year-old Blatter is slugging it out with Qatari billionaire Mohamed bin Hammam, 13 years his junior, for the right to rule the international football kingdom over the coming four years.A secret June 1 ballot at FIFA headquarters in Zurich in which each of 208 member states has one vote will determine whether Blatter wins a fourth term or Hammam becomes the first president from Asia.There are 53 African votes up for grabs and many international observers believe …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Syrie: l'appel à manifester suivi dans plusieurs villes
DAMAS (AFP)Des militants pro-démocratie sont descendus dans les rues de plusieurs villes syriennes vendredi, suivant l'appel lancé par l'opposition, manifestant avec des branches d'olivier à la main ou le torse nu, pour signifier leur non-violence, ont rapporté des témoins à l'AFP.Dans les environs d'Alep, deuxième ville du pays située dans une région kurde du nord de la Syrie, des centaines d'opposants scandaient "non à la violence, oui au dialogue" et "nous ne sommes pas islamistes ni salafistes, nous voulons la liberté", a raconté par téléphone Radif Mustapha, dirigeant d'une organisation kurde de défense des droits de l'Homme."Personne n'appelle à la …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Twitter a 'waste of time', says Sir Alex
MANCHESTER, England (AFP)Sir Alex Ferguson has joined the debate about footballers' use of the social networking Twitter site by branding it "a waste of time".The veteran Manchester United manager was speaking at the end of a week in which his club's high-profile forward Wayne Rooney attracted unwanted headlines for an on-line dispute with one follower.Rooney was also embroiled in a spat with the broadcaster Piers Morgan, an ardent Arsenal supporter.Earlier this season, United midfielder Darron Gibson opened a Twitter account only to close it within minutes after he received a large amount of abuse from his own club's supporters.After Arsenal …
20 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?