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The one year itch
Mauritius, with its history of coalition politics, is once again at the crossroads. The Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolam’s homecoming does not come at the happiest of times but both his supporters and detractors are awaiting his next move earnestly. Just one year into marriage with heavyweight partner Parti Travailliste, the Mouvement Socialiste Mauricien (MSM) [...]
30 Jul 2011, The Independent Daily
Bomb hoaxers strike 4 times in 2 weeks
Four bomb scares have been recorded across the island over the past two weeks. The latest one was reported at the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Grand Baie branch on Friday morning. This is more than average hoax calls, an officer of the Line Barracks told The Independent. An average of five cases is [...]
30 Jul 2011, The Independent Daily
Seven injured in midair turbulence scare
Midair turbulence injured six cabin crew members and one passenger aboard an Air Mauritius flight from Johannesburg to Mauritius on Thursday. Flight MK 852 had 65 passengers and 13 crew members aboard and faced turbulence about 10 minutes prior to landing. The crew members and the passenger had suffered minor injuries and, after examination, were [...]
30 Jul 2011, The Independent Daily
First e-ID card
[/caption The first electronic national identity card is expected to be issued by early July 2012, the Cabinet announced on Friday. The multi-usage card using smart card technology will be equipped with security features such as biometric data to render card counterfeiting almost impossible. While there is no doubt that the smart card will make [...]
30 Jul 2011, The Independent Daily
Judge backs Lopez over home video row with ex
LOS ANGELES (AFP)A US appeal court sided with superstar Jennifer Lopez in a privacy dispute with her ex-husband over the use of the former couple's home videos.The singer and actress, who annnounced last week that she was splitting from actor husband Marc Anthony, is seeking $10 million from her ex, Ojani Noa, and writer Ed Meyer.Lopez says the video footage, which is not of a sexual nature, contains private information about her and her relationship with Noa, whom she married in 1997 but divorced 11 months later.The 42-year-old, who originally sued Noa and Meyer in November 2009, alleges that the …
30 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
No show for Khap in Haryana
Khap, the movie on honour killings in Haryana directed by Ajai Sinha, starring Om Puri, Mohnish Bahl, Govind Namdev and Uvika Chaudhary was released across the country on Friday, except in Khap land - Haryana. The cinema owners in Haryana decided to play it safe by not screening the movie in the entire state as they did not want to provoke Khap Panchayats who were against its screening. Posters of the film were also removed from cinema halls. Khap highlights the role of the Khap Mahapanchayats in honour killings in Haryana. The film ran into trouble on Friday after many …
30 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
RGV files caveat in court to protect his film Not A Love Story
Ram Gopal Varma wants to make sure that his forthcoming film Not A Love Story doesn't face any unnecessary objection close to its release on August 19. The maverick filmmaker has filed a caveat in the court to a avoid stay on the judgment on the release of his film. It is a caveat against an unknown person. The film starring Mahie Gill, Deepak Dobriyal and Ajay Gehi, is based on the life of Kannada actress Maria Susairaj who was accused of allegedly murdering Neeraj Grover along with her lover Emile Jerome Mathew. Not A Love Story has already faced …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
USA: un soldat soupçonné de projeter un attentat au Texas inculpé
KILLEEN (Etats-Unis) (AFP)Un procureur fédéral a inculpé vendredi un soldat américain soupçonné de projeter un attentat dans un restaurant des environs de la base militaire de Fort Hood, au Texas, et d'être en possession illégale d'explosifs et d'arme à feu.Naser Jason Abdo, 21 ans, avait été arrêté mercredi dans un motel de Killeen (Texas, sud des Etats-Unis), à moins de deux kilomètres de la base américaine de Fort Hood.La police a confirmé qu'elle avait retrouvé dans sa chambre du matériel pour fabriquer une bombe ainsi que de la littérature jihadiste, dont un exemplaire du magazine anglophone "Inspire" de l'organisation extrémiste …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Rallye de Finlande: Loeb toujors en tête malgré lui
JYVASKYLA (Finlande) (AFP)Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) partira en tête samedi pour la dernière journée du Rallye de Finlande malgré tous ses efforts pour tromper ses principaux rivaux, son coéquipier Sébastien Ogier et le Finlandais Jari-Matti Latvala."On avait rien à perdre, il fallait tenter quelque chose", a lancé le septuple champion du monde vendredi soir après avoir échoué dans sa tentative de dernière minute de faire passer ses adversaires devant lui à la veille d'une journée cruciale.Laissant le malchanceux Mikko Hirvonen (Ford), victime d'une sortie de route la veille, remonter comme une fusée au classement général - vainqueur de 5 spéciales sur …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Fox Star Studios' Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes to open in record number of screens
After the super success of X-Men: First Class, Fox Star Studios is all set to release another biggie next week, one of the most anticipated Hollywood films of this year, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. Come August 5, the film will open in a record number of 450 single screens, doubly trumping any previous Hollywood films such as Harry Potter and X-Men: First Class, which itself opened in 250 single screens. No other Hollywood film has seen such a massive and aggressive opening, especially in the dubbed languages (Hindi, Tamil and Telugu), as the producers feel that the …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Yémen: pro et anti-régime manifestent, signes d'exaspération des habitants
SANAA (AFP)Des dizaines de milliers d'adversaires et de partisans du président Ali Abdallah Saleh, hospitalisé en Arabie saoudite, ont manifesté vendredi à Sanaa où des habitants ont commencé à montrer des signes d'exaspération, six mois après le début des protestations hostiles au régime.Rassemblés massivement pour une journée de "patience et de résistance", les protestataires ont manifesté dans le calme sur la rue Sittin, jouxtant la "place du Changement", près de l'Université de Sanaa, épicentre de la contestation, a rapporté un correspondant de l'AFP."Pas de dialogue, pas de marchandage, la victoire est proche", "Résistance, résistance. Non au désespoir, non à la …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Dette américaine: Obama appelle les deux partis à sceller un compromis
WASHINGTON (AFP)Le président Barack Obama a appelé vendredi ses alliés démocrates et ses adversaires républicains à sceller un compromis pour éviter un défaut de paiement aux Etats-Unis d'ici à mardi, notant que les positions des deux partis au Congrès n'étaient pas si éloignées.Lors d'une courte intervention depuis la Maison Blanche, M. Obama a aussi souligné l'urgence de la situation et appelé les Américains à "maintenir la pression" sur leurs élus à Washington pour qu'ils trouvent une solution rapide à la crise actuelle.
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Blackburn boss keen on Indian players
HONG KONG (AFP)Blackburn manager Steve Kean said Friday he expects to see Indian players join the team's setup now the club is under the ownership of the Rao family."It would be silly because we have got Indian owners not to look at that market," Kean said, adding that he thought it would not "be too long before there's at least some of those lads in the system".Kean visits India each month for a meeting with the club's new owners, and held a youth football clinic there in June with team captain Ryan Nelsen."The first sport is obviously cricket but I …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Dette américaine: intervention de Barack Obama à 16H20 (14H20 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AFP)Le président des Etats-Unis Barack Obama va s'exprimer vendredi matin à propos de la crise politique sur le relèvement du plafond de la dette, au lendemain du report d'un vote à la Chambre des représentants, a annoncé la Maison Blanche. M. Obama va intervenir face à la presse à 10H20 (14H20 GMT) "à propos de l'état des négociations sur le plafond de la dette", a précisé la présidence dans un communiqué.Malgré l'acuité de la crise, à quatre jours de la date après laquelle la première économie mondiale risque un défaut de paiement faute d'accord au Congrès, il s'agira seulement …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Arsenal's Diaby sidelined after ankle surgery
LONDON (AFP)Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby will miss the start of the new Premier League season after surgery on an ankle injury.Gunners boss Arsene Wenger revealed on Friday that Diaby is currently undergoing a 10-week recovery programme after the operation, which took place earlier in pre-season, and he doesn't expect the France star to be back in action before the end of August.Diaby was troubled by the ankle problem towards the end of last season and missed Arsenal's pre-season tour to Asia and the club's training camp in Germany as a result.The 25-year-old is out of Arsenal's opening three Premier League …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
No decision on World Cup final venue: FIFA
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP)No decision has yet been made concerning the venue of the 2014 World Cup final despite comments attributed to FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke that it would be staged in Rio de Janeiro, world football's governing body insisted on Thursday night."Jerome Valcke merely evoked the possibility of a final in Rio. The official decision has still not been taken," FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot told AFP.The final decision will be made at FIFA's next executive committee meeting on October 20-21 in Zurich, when the venue for the opening match will also be decided.Valcke had been quoted in the …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Sécheresse en Afrique: nouveaux appels à l'aide, calme précaire à Mogadiscio
MOGADISCIO (AFP)Les agences humanitaires ont lancé vendredi de nouveaux appels à la mobilisation internationale en faveur des millions de victimes de la sécheresse dans la Corne de l'Afrique, en particulier pour les enfants somaliens dont plus d'un million ont un besoin urgent d'aide selon l'Unicef.Le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) a annoncé avoir effectué le deuxième vol de son pont aérien sur la capitale Mogadiscio, et acheminé ainsi 28 tonnes sur la capitale somalienne depuis le début de l'opération mercredi.Un avion avec à son bord cinq tonnes de biscuits énergétiques a aussi atterri à Gedo (sud).Au total, l'agence onusienne compte en …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Mondiaux de natation: l'or pour les USA, l'argent pour la France sur le 4x200 messieurs
SHANGHAI (AFP)La France s'est offert sa première grande médaille sur le relais 4x200 m nage libre messieurs en décrochant l'argent, avec un record de France à la clé (7.04.81), derrière les Etats-Unis et devant la Chine, vendredi lors des Mondiaux-2011 à Shanghai.Avec cette nouvelle médaille, la France bat son record historique de médailles. Elle compte déjà 7 médailles, dont 2 en or, soit mieux qu'en 2007 à Melbourne (6 médailles dont 2 en or).L'argent du relais 4x200 m libre s'ajoute à l'or de Jérémy Stravius et Camille Lacourt sur 100 m dos, l'argent sur le relais 4x100 m libre messieurs, …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
New Chelsea boss looks to youth
HONG KONG (AFP)New Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas says he is looking to the club's teenagers to make the leap to the first team this season as he looks to rejuvenate his ageing squad.The former Porto manager singled out 18-year-old midfielder Josh McEachran, 16-year-old centre back Nathaniel Chalobah and 17-year-old goalkeeper Jamal Blackman as candidates to move up from Chelsea's youth development scheme."For all these young boys, the biggest step they have to do as they finish their reserve-team time is to make the step to the first team," Villas-Boas said."We can look into the future with a couple of them …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Espagne: Zapatero annonce des élections anticipées le 20 novembre
MADRID (AFP)Le chef du gouvernement socialiste espagnol José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero a annoncé vendredi des élections législatives anticipées le 20 novembre, assurant avoir mis le pays sur les rails de la reprise économique.Les élections "auront lieu le 20 novembre", a déclaré M. Zapatero lors d'une conférence de presse, alors que le scrutin était prévu en mars 2012.Le chef du gouvernement, arrivé au pouvoir en 2004, a annoncé dès avril qu'il ne représenterait pas à l'issue de son deuxième mandat.Son numéro deux, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, a été désigné candidat du Parti socialiste espagnol (PSOE) face au leader du Parti populaire (PP) …
29 Jul 2011, Orange Ki News ?