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Tournoi de tennis de San Diego: Radwanska surprend Zvonareva en finale
SAN DIEGO (Etats-Unis) (AFP)La Polonaise Agnieszka Radwanska, 13e joueuse mondiale, a remporté le tournoi de tennis de San Diego en surprenant la grande favorite, la Russe Vera Zvonareva, N.3 mondiale, 6-3, 6-4, dimanche en finale, pour soulever le 5e trophée de sa carrière.La Polonaise de 22 ans a fait preuve d'une grande maturité et beaucoup d'efficacité pour dominer Vera Zvonareva, 26 ans et toujours à la recherche du 13e titre de sa carrière. Radwanska jouait toute la semaine avec un bandage à l'épaule droite.Après deux succès en autant de finales cette année (Doha et Baku), la Russe n'a jamais été …
08 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Décès de la résistante australienne Nancy Wake, dite "la Souris blanche"
SYDNEY (AFP)Nancy Wake, héroïne australienne de la Seconde guerre mondiale et membre éminent de la Résistance française, est morte à Londres, suscitant lundi quantité d'hommages en Australie.Nancy Wake, surnommée "la Souris blanche" pendant la guerre en raison de sa capacité à échapper aux soldats allemands, est morte dimanche dans un hôpital londonien quelques jours avant son 99è anniversaire. Elle avait été un temps la personne la plus recherchée par la gestapo.Elle a été "un saboteur et une espionne magnifiquement efficace", a déclaré lundi le Premier ministre australien Julia Gillard.Nancy Wake "était une femme dotée d'un courage et de ressources exceptionnels, …
08 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
African stars aim to prove their worth at Premier League
LONDON (AFP)Didier Drogba and his African team-mates go into the new Premier League season determined to convince Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas they deserve to be part of the club's future.Villas-Boas has promised to give everyone a chance to impress after his close-season arrival at Stamford Bridge and that will be music to the ears of Drogba, Salomon Kalou, John Obi Mikel and Michael Essien.But although the Portuguese coach is only 33 -- the same age as Drogba -- his rapid rise to the top has been characterised by tremendous self-belief, which suggests he wouldn't hesitate to dump even seasoned performers …
08 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Great Australian WWII heroine dies at 98
SYDNEY (AFP)"And all Australians feel very proud of this wonderful woman," he said.Wake ran away from home aged 16 and by the early 1930s was living in Paris, where she worked as a journalist.Witnesses to the rise of fascism in Europe, Wake and her wealthy industrialist husband Henri Fiocca joined the fledgling Resistance after France's surrender in 1940.She once described a visit to Austria in 1933 as a first-hand look at Nazi cruelty."In Vienna they had a big wheel and they had the Jews tied to it, and the stormtroopers were there, whipping them. When we were going out of …
08 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
JT de 19h30 – Lundi 08/08/11
Title: JT de 19h30 Channel: MBC 1 Start Time: 19:30 Date: 2011-08-08 End Time: 20:15
08 Aug 2011, MBC
Zournal Kreol – Lundi 08/08/11
Title: Zournal Kreol Channel: MBC 2 Start Time: 19:00 Date: 2011-08-08 End Time: 19:25
08 Aug 2011, MBC
News Bulletin – Monday 08/08/11
Title: News Bulletin Channel: MBC 3 Start Time: 21:00 Date: 2011-08-08 End Time: 21:25
08 Aug 2011, MBC
Samachar – Monday 08/08/11
Title: Samachar Channel: MBC 1 Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2011-08-08 End Time: 18:25
08 Aug 2011, MBC
Sao Tomé: Pinto da Costa, l'ex-homme fort, élu président
SAO TOME (Sao Tomé-et-Principe) (AFP) Vingt-et-un ans après avoir quitté le pouvoir, Manuel Pinto da Costa, qui a dirigé Sao Tomé d'une main de fer sous l'ère du parti unique communiste de 1975 à 1990, a été élu président de la République à l'issue du 2e tour disputé dimanche.M. Pinto da Costa a obtenu 52,88% des suffrages (35.110 voix) contre 47,12% (31.287) à son rival, le président de l'Assemblée nationale Evaristo Carvalho, lors d'un scrutin plus serré que prévu au taux d'abstention de 25,96%, a annoncé dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi le président de Commission électorale nationale (CEN) …
08 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Rs 2 millions offerts aux artistes mauriciens
15 groupes d´artistes ont reçu une aide financière d’un montant de plus de Rs 2 millions au cours de l´année 2011. Ceci s’inscrit dans le cadre du International Development Grants Scheme (IDGS). C’est ce qui a été annoncé par le ministre des Arts et la Culture, Mookhesswur Choonee, lors d´une cérémonie de remise de chèques. Des chèques d´un montant de Rs 250 000 chacun ont été remis au School of Chinese Music et au groupe and Négro pour la Vie pour leur participation respective au 3e Festival international de Shanghai qui s’est déroulé du 13 au 15 mai 2011 en …
08 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Londres: nouveaux incidents et pillages dans plusieurs quartiers
LONDRES (AFP) De nouveaux incidents ont eu lieu dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi dans plusieurs quartiers de Londres où des groupes de jeunes ont harcelé la police et des magasins ont été pillés, ont rapporté la police et des journalistes de l'AFP.A Brixton (sud) des centaines de personnes ont participé au pillage d'une grande surface de matériel électrique et des groupes de jeunes jetaient des projectiles sur les forces de l'ordre.Selon Scotland Yard, des pillages ont eu lieu dans plusieurs quartiers, "inspirés" par les émeutes de la nuit de samedi à dimanche à Tottenham, un quartier multiethnique où …
08 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
MSM decides to sit in Opposition
Two weeks after the six Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM) ministers resigned from the Cabinet, MSM leader Pravind Jugnauth announced on Sunday that with the exception of Jim Seetaram, the remaining 11 were quitting the Alliance de l’Avenir. They will sit as Opposition members. Seetaram has crossed the floor and accepted a ministerial post.At the press [...]
08 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
National Lottery offers 2nd chance
The National Lottery is back with the concept of ‘One draw, two bonuses’. Last year, the National Lottery had started this system and provided the winners of five correct numbers the opportunity to win more. Moreover, Loto players had quite approved of the bonus system which gave away prizes to six correct numbers and than [...]
08 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Pre-budget consultation begins
In line with the preparation of the budget document in about three months, the Financial Secretary Ali Mansoor has reworked the limits of budget departments. The relaunch of the Mauritian economy is not yet confirmed. The Circular Number 7, CF/PBB/PREP/2012, published last week by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, to collect suggestions from [...]
08 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Ju-jitsu students obtain black belts
On Saturday, the Curepipe Defence Association held its second prize giving ceremony at Camp Caval, Curepipe, to confer belts, awards and certificates on 40 of its members who received training in the Japanese martial art form, Ju-jitsu. Two students were awarded black belts on this occasion. Preetam Muhem, who founded the non-profit association six years [...]
08 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Three selected to attend IGE in Kenya
Three Mauritians have been selected by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) unit and the Gold Award Holders Association (GAHA) to represent Mauritius at the 13th International Gold Event (IGE) Kenya 2011 from September 2 to 16. Kamalassen Coolen of Quatre Bornes, Nived Barah of L’Escalier and Dilesh Chuttoo [...]
08 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Girl, 60 year old robbed, man arrested
One girl was robbed of her mobile phone in broad daylight on Friday. The victim told the police she was walking along the Riche Mare main road when she was approached by a man on a bicycle. The man asked her whether he could use her mobile phone to make a call. The victim acquiesced [...]
08 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Chedumbrum emphasises importance of technology
The National Computer Board organised the first ICT Expo on August 6 and 7 at Riviere des Anguilles community centre. The event provided the inhabitants of the region an opportunity to discover the latest technologies. The minister of Information and Communication Technology, Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum, who was present on the occasion pointed out that technology [...]
08 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Tengur stresses PM in control of Government business
The Mouvement Militant Mauricien has succeeded where others have failed. Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam’s regime survived barely 15 months of successive and repeated criticisms from the Opposition. The targets of the Opposition were sometimes Ramgoolam and sometimes Pravind Jugnauth. However, with the MedPoint case, Opposition leader Paul Bérenger has driven the point home. This was [...]
08 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily