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Dalai Lama mistakes Australian PM for a man
CANBERRA (AFP)It may be just as well that the Dalai Lama has given up his political role after the revered Tibetan spiritual leader Tuesday referred to Australia's female prime minister as a man.Questioned on whether he was disappointed that Julia Gillard would not be meeting him during his visit, the globe-trotting icon replied: "No.""If your prime minister has some kind of spiritual interest then of course my meeting would be useful," he told reporters at Parliament House."Otherwise, I have nothing to ask him. Also, you see, there's no point to seek advice from him."He was quickly corrected by one of …
14 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Volcan Puyehue: nouveaux retards dans le ciel australien
SYDNEY (AFP) Des milliers de passagers étaient à nouveau confrontés mardi en Australie, pour la troisième journée consécutive, à des retards davion, en raison dun nuage de cendres provenant du volcan chilien, Puyehue.Qantas et sa filiale à bas prix Jetstar ont repris leur trafic sur Melbourne mais la desserte de la Tasmanie, île au sud du pays, et de la Nouvelle-Zélande est paralysée pour la journée.Les vols vers Adélaïde (sud) de Qantas, Jetstar et de la compagnie Tiger ont également été interrompus avant une nouvelle évaluation de la situation, attendue dans la journée."Qantas va continuer à surveiller le déplacement du …
14 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Young Journalist Award winner announced
Winners of the young journalist of the year competition were announced at a prize giving ceremony held on Monday at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute auditorium, Moka. The first place winner is Louis Gerard Adrien Antonio, student at Floreal State Secondary School and the national runner-up is Eshna Jeebaun from Queen Elizabeth College, Rose Hill. Several [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Blood bank targets schools
The ministry of Health and Quality of Life has launched several activities to mark the World Blood Donation Day at the Rabindranath Tagore State Secondary School (RT SSS), Ilot on Monday. The theme chosen for this year is ‘More blood means more life.’ It aims to encourage blood donation and sensitise the population to be [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Winner keen to take up placement
Louis Gerard Adrien Antonio, 17, a resident of Curepipe could not hide his joy when his name was announced as the national winner of the Young Journalist of the Year contest. He did not expect that his article “How have social networking sites changed students’ lives” would beselected. His choice was influenced by the growing [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
School of arts for differently abled announced
A one-month jewellery course for differently-abled people was launched on Monday by the minister of Social Security, National Solidarity and Reform Institutions Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun. The course is being offered by the Training and Employment of Disabled Persons Board (TEDPB) in collaboration with the Mauritius Institute of Training and Development. The minister also announced the [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
3-month import attains Rs 34.7 billion
Total imports for the first quarter of 2011 have dropped by 11.7 per cent since October 2010 from Rs 39.3 billion to Rs 34.7 billion. Based on past trends, total exports for the year are expected to reach Rs 78 billion, against imports of Rs 161 billion. Hence, according to the latest figures published by [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Beaux Songes link road ready by August
The construction of the new Beaux Songes / Phoenix link road which started in January 2009 will be completed in two months. According to a high ranked official of the Road Development Authority, 85 per cent of the construction works are completed and the rest will be finished in two months. However, there was a [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
BUAV seeks meet with Ramgoolam
Michelle Thew and Sarah Kite, two representatives of British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), the world’s leading organisation based in UK, are presently in Mauritius. The aim of the visit is to raise public awareness on primate trade in Mauritius. In this context, they met the press and members from various institutions to [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Courts shift to e-filing
The electronic filing system will be implemented on a pilot basis in September at the Supreme Court. It will later be extended to district courts including at Rodrigues. The project cost $ 3.6 million (Rs 101 million), of which 25 per cent was funded by the government and the rest by the Investment Climate Facility [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Rodrigues by-elections end in stalemate
The by-elections in Rodrigues have ended in a stalemate with the two main contenders winning two seats each. Johnson Roussety’s Front Patriotique Rodriguais (FPR) obtained the two seats at Baie aux Huitres with Jean Alex Flore and Henderson Raffaut getting 999 and 972 votes respectively. Out of 4,186 registered voters, only 2009 went to the [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
JNP wants Mohamed to settle disputes
The Joint Negotiating Panel (JNP) has written to the minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Shakeel Mohamed requesting for his intervention as the National Remuneration Board (NRB) was unable to find a solution to their grievances. JNP points out that in December 2001, the minister had referred them to the NRB over 21 points [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Singaporeans to address water crisis
Experts of the Singapore Public Utilities Board are expected in Mauritius in two weeks time. This was announced by deputy prime minister Dr Rashid Beebeejaun on Monday in Port Louis, a ministry official said. As mentioned earlier, the government is envisaging a complete reform of the water sector. Following the visit of Prime Minister Dr [...]
14 Jun 2011, The Independent Daily
Berlusconi désavoué aux référendums sur le nucléaire, l'eau et la justice
ROME (AFP) Désavoué aux municipales, Silvio Berlusconi a essuyé un nouveau revers personnel lundi avec un vote massif des Italiens pour refuser par référendum le retour au nucléaire, une privatisation de la gestion de leau et la forme dimmunité judiciaire dont il bénéficie.Le chef du gouvernement, 74 ans, a reconnu sa défaite sur "tous les thèmes", qualifiant de "nette" la position des Italiens et estimant que "la volonté de participation des citoyens aux décisions sur notre avenir ne peut être ignorée".Selon les résultats définitifs pour lItalie, une écrasante majorité des votants --94,3 à 96% selon la question-- a voté contre …
14 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Le Ministry of Sound fête ses 20 ans à Maurice
Après Paris, Londres, Ibiza et de nombreux autres pays, la boîte de nuit la plus célèbre de Londres, le Ministry of Sound (MoS) sera à Maurice pour une soirée unique à l´occasion de ses 20 ans. Cette soirée s’inscrit dans le cadre de leur tournée mondiale annuelle qui comprend une visite dans les pays du monde entier dans le but de promouvoir la musique, l’art, la mode et la danse. Gestion locale du label A Maurice, ce sera une société nouvellement créée, baptisée Social Buzz Co. Ltd, qui gèrera le label Ministry of Sound. Cette entreprise est dirigée par Jason …
14 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Victime d’un délit de fuite : son corps a été placé devant le bungalow d’un médecin
Dès la découverte du corps de Francis Perle, 59 ans, devant le bungalow d’un médecin à Chamouny, la police de Chemin-Grenier a soupçonné un acte criminel. Cet habitant de la région a, en fait, été victime d’un délit de fuite.
14 Jun 2011, motors.mega.mu
'Vultures' circle over Lille's double-winners
PARIS (AFP)At a time when they should be looking forward to next seasons Champions League adventure, fans of French double-winners Lille are starting to worry whether their team will survive the summer intact.Lille ended a 56-year trophy drought last season by claiming victory in both Ligue 1 and the French Cup, but coach Rudi Garcias history-making squad is already beginning to disintegrate.France centre-back Adil Rami on Monday completed a move to Valencia agreed in January, while his international colleague Yohan Cabaye has joined Newcastle United in a cut-price transfer worth around five million euros ($7.2m).Lille moved quickly to replace Cabaye …
14 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Stade Français: plaintes contrele directeur du rugby Michael Cheika
DUBLIN (AFP)Plusieurs plaintes ont été déposées à l'encontre du directeur du rugby du Stade Français, l'Australien Michael Cheika, pour sa conduite lors de la finale du Challenge européen le 20 mai, a indiqué lundi l'European Rugby Cup (ERC), organisateur du tournoi.M. Cheika est soupçonné d'avoir tenu des "propos" et eu un comportement "insultant et/ou injurieux et/ou désobligeant et/ou intimidant" à l'encontre des responsables du match à la mi-temps et après la fin de la rencontre, précise l'ERC dans un communiqué.Une deuxième plainte concerne des propos agressifs tenus par Cheika à l'encontre d'un employé de l'ERC après la fin du match.Une …
13 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Chess tsar unrepentant over 'game with Kadhafi'
MOSCOW (AFP)He said no one tried to stop him visiting Libya, although one FIDE vice president, whom he did not name, pulled out of the trip "because his wife did not let him go."Russian television showed Ilyumzhinov meeting Kadhafi, who was wearing dark glasses, and later presenting him with a chess set made in Kalmykia, the Buddhist region he headed from 1993 to 2010.Ilyumzhinov had told the Interfax news agency late Sunday that Kadhafi had made clear he was not going to leave Libya despite the international pressure to quit.Mikhail Margelov, of President Dmitry Medvedev's special envoy for Libya who …
13 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Formule 1: entrevue entre Lewis Hamilton et le patron de Red Bull
MONTREAL (AFP)Les spéculations vont bon train sur l'avenir de Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) après la visite rendue par le pilote britannique à Christian Horner, le directeur de l'écurie Red Bull, samedi soir à la veille du Grand Prix du Canada.Selon une source proche de Red Bull, l'écurie austro-britannique de l'Allemand Sebastian Vettel, champion du monde en titre, Hamilton, champion du monde 2008, a passé plus d'un quart d'heure seul à seul avec Christian Horner. Selon cette source, il s'est agi d'une "visite de courtoisie".Le bouillonnant pilote britannique, sous contrat avec McLaren jusqu'à fin 2012, traverse une période délicate.Après avoir percuté la …
13 Jun 2011, Orange Ki News ?