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Tempête tropicale Emily: après la Martinique, la République dominicaine et Haïti en alerte rouge
SAINT-DOMINGUE (AFP)La République dominicaine a été placée en alerte cyclonique maximale (alerte rouge) mardi dans six provinces et en état de vigilance préventive dans sept autres régions avant le passage de la tempête tropicale Emily, a annoncé le centre des opérations d'urgence.Les autorités dominicaines ont également suspendu tous les activités de loisirs et aquatiques sur toutes les côtes et les rivières du pays.Dans l'Etat voisin d'Haïti, les autorités ont également décrété mardi l'alerte rouge sur l'ensemble du territoire à quelques heures du passage d'Emily, en appelant les habitants à quitter les zones à risque.A 21H00 GMT mardi, Emily se trouvait …
03 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Dette américaine: l'accord voté au Congrès, Obama veut recentrer le débat sur l'emploi
WASHINGTON (AFP) Barack Obama a exhorté mardi le Congrès à se pencher sur l'économie et la création d'emplois, quelques instants après l'adoption finale au Sénat d'un t texte évitant un défaut de paiement aux Etats-Unis tout en prévoyant des réductions budgétaires.Le président a rapidement promulgué le texte, quelques heures à peine avant l'ultime limite fixée par le Trésor mardi à minuit (mercredi 04H00 GMT). Les sénateurs ont approuvé le texte par 74 voix contre 26 au lendemain de son adoption à la Chambre des représentants par 269 voix contre 161.La menace du défaut de paiement écartée au moins jusqu'en 2013, …
03 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Real Madrid agree tie-up with China's Evergrande
GUANGZHOU, China (AFP)Real Madrid and Chinese Super League leaders Guangzhou Evergrande have agreed to a tie-up that could see player exchanges and the Spanish giants opening an academy in China.Madrid, who play Evergrande later Wednesday in a pre-season friendly in Guangzhou, are striving to promote their brand in fast-developing China, as are a host of other top European sides.The two sides on Tuesday signed what Chinese state media called "a letter of intent", with an eye on cooperation on player exchanges, brand promotion and the opening of the largest football academy in China."We are building a close relationship with Guangzhou …
03 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
JIOI : les premiers locataires déja au Village des Jeux
Les premiers occupants du Village des Jeux, situé sur l´île Persévérance, ont pris leur quartier dans l´après-midi de mercredi. La délégation seychelloises, forte de près de 400 membres, étaient les premiers à s´y installer. Les membres du Comité organisateur, ainsi que plusieurs personnalités politiques et sportives du pays ont rendu visite aux Village d´où ils ont rencontré les athlètes seychellois. Les premières délégations étrangères arrivent aux Seychelles aujourd´hui. Pour ce qui est des Mauriciens, l´équipe de football au complet a débarqué à Mahé dans la soirée de mercredi. Ce matin un gros contingent mauricien a rallié Mahé sur un vol …
03 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Mohan Babu's daughter Laxmi Manchu to make Bollywood debut with Department
Veteran Telugu superstar Mohan Babu's daughter Lakshmi Manchu is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Ram Gopal Varma's Department. She will be paired opposite Sanjay Dutt. Lakshmi Manchu is not new to the world of showbiz, she is well known for her talk shows like 'Lakshmi Talk Show' and 'Prematho Mee Lakshmi'. She received a lot of appreciation for her negative performance in her debut Telugu film Anaganaga O Dheerudu. She has also acted in the American Television series Las Vegas and Desperate Housewives. Lakshmi has earlier acted in RGV's low budget Telugu flick Dongala Mutha. Impressed with …
03 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
No breakthrough in political deadlock
The current political situation, with strange bedfellows, was best described by the Prime Minister in his address at the Inner Temple last week when he was elected overseas bencher. Citing Ronald Reagan, he said that politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession, but he (Reagan) was constantly reminded that it bears a very [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Indian professor decodes Vedic maths
Professor Ravi Kumar Iyer is the international joint coordinator at Sewa international, a non-profit organisation for self-management, disaster management and humanities. He has worked at training camps for yoga and basic Hinduism and has coordinated more than 300 workshops on Vedic Mathematics. Iyer is in Mauritius on a holiday. On Monday, he delivered a lecture [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Dayal asks Parliament to cut short holidays
Former police commissioner and leader of the Mouvement Démocrate National (MDN), Raj Dayal, requested that the National Assembly sessions resume soon. He also wants the Evidence Bill should also include measures to be taken against those who make false allegations. The bill should aim to show the work done by the investigators when a person [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Man gets 10 years
On Tuesday, magistrates Azam Neerooa and Kesnaytee Bissoonauth sentenced François Stéphane Praire to 10 years imprisonment for a rape case. The accused had pleaded guilty. The court took into consideration that Praire had apologised and regretted having committed the crime. The court also considered the fact that the accused was going to marry the victim [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Countdown for IOI Games begin
The final countdown for the 8th edition of the Indian Ocean Island Games has started. The games will kick start on August 5 in Seychelles. Mauritius is being represented by a strong delegation of 350 athletes and officials. Boxing champion Bruno Julie has been designated flag bearer for the country. The 2011 games will revolve [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Qantas axes Travolta video as union battle heats up
SYDNEY (AFP)Qantas is axing Hollywood actor John Travolta's safety video from flights in a move the pilots' union Wednesday claimed was linked to their industrial dispute with the Australian airline.In the pre-flight video, the Saturday Night Fever star -- a certified pilot and owns an ex-Qantas Boeing 707-138 airliner -- tells passengers "there is no one I'd rather have at the controls than a Qantas pilot".The Australian and International Pilots Association claims the airline is planning to replace pilots with outsourced and offshore alternatives and said the Travolta message was now considered inappropriate."Admittedly, the John Travolta in-flight video had its …
03 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
508 low-cost housing units ready by year-end
Some 508 social housing units in 10 different places will be delivered between late September and the end of the year. With these 508 houses of the National Housing Development Company (NHDC), several families will find a home. The government had to look for a sum of about Rs 325 million for the construction of [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Tengur attacks TM over deal on energy
The shift from the production of energy to the so-called green energy is giving rise to an interesting debate. Many countries have chosen to opt for a change by abandoning fossil fuels. In Mauritius, it has been nearly a decade since the use of bagasse was presented as an alternative. Unfortunately, as it is produced [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Plaines Wilhems daily water supply down to five hours
The water level in reservoirs continues to drop. On Tuesday, Mare aux Vacoas, the biggest reservoir of the island was filled at 31.1 per cent with only 8.05 million cubic metres of water. The other reservoirs are also drying up quickly. Piton du Milieu is currently filled at 42 per cent of its capacity while [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Chinese netted for fishing sea cucumbers
The Flic en Flac National Coast Guard (NCG) arrested Pan Ila Dong, a 40-year-old man of Chinese national, on Sunday with five 25-litre tins of sea cucumbers. He was caught fishing in front of the Villas Caroline Hotel, Flic en Flac, with a group of men of other nationalities. This was despite a ban on [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
President appoints new electoral commissioners
President Sir Anerood Jugnauth decided to appoint four persons as members of the Electoral Supervisory Commission (ESC) and the Electoral Boundaries Commission. They are Nargis Bundhun, Oograssen D Cowreea, Pramahunse Bissessur and Vedita Devi Peerun. Jugnauth used the power vested in him under the Constitution to take this decision in consultation with the leader of [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Pritam files police complaint against lyricist Mohammed Azam
We all know that the song 'Character Dheela' (from the film Ready) has proved to be a chartbuster of the year. Needless to say, everybody associated with this song is on cloud nine…except for one person who goes by the name of Mohammed Azam, a Turkish songwriter. For the uninitiated, Azam is the same guy who had filed a case against Pritam, accusing him of allegedly plagiarizing his lyrics for the said song. But, the Bombay High Court dismissed his petition, reasoning that Pritam is not a lyricist, something that triggered Azam to threaten Pritam stating that he would go …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Marseille s'offre un bel entraînement (8-2) face à une sélection de Manchester
MONACO (AFP)L'Olympique de Marseille s'est offert un entraînement de choix mardi face à une sélection de Manchester United balayée 8 à 2 (mi-temps: 2-2), à Monaco, lors d'un match au profit de l'association humanitaire "Un sourire, un espoir pour la vie" pour les enfants malades.En prévision de l'ouverture de la Ligue 1 samedi face à Sochaux (21h00), Didier Deschamps a pu réaliser une intéressante revue d'effectif face à une faible opposition où seuls Park, Evra, sifflé par Louis-II, et, à un degré moindre, Smalling sont titulaires. Malgré un Fabien Barthez encore affûté dans les buts, la sélection mancunienne d'Alex Ferguson …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Kareena Kapoor agrees to play the lead in Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine
Download image as wallpaper All the speculations regarding UTV Motion Pictures and Madhur Bhandarkar's most ambitious film project Heroine finally come to an end as actress Kareena Kapoor agrees to step into the shoes of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and play the lead role in Heroine. Heroine has been facing obstacles since the beginning; first Kareena who was the actual choice for the role refused the film as she was not happy with the script and had date issues. Then Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was signed on for the film but after 10 days of shoot, she announced her pregnancy. There were …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Ajay Devgn to star in Hindi remake of The Arab, The Camel & P Madhavan Nair
Ajay Devgn is in a wildly experimental mood. Swinging from the hardcore mainstream Singham, he now goes into what is arguably the quirkiest film of his career. The film to be entitled The Arab, The Camel & P Madhavan Nair is currently on the verge of completion in Priyadarshan's mother tongue Malayalam. The original stars the inimitable Mohanlal. As the film neared completion, Priyadarshan felt Ajay Devgn was the only actor in Bollywood who could do justice to the part in Hindi. Apparently, Priyadarshan was sent feelers from Akshay Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan for the role that's been described …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?