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Secretary-General to Visit Country
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 29, 2007
Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon will pay an official visit to Mauritius on 3 December ... more
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Teachers should be able to detect sexual abuse
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 29, 2007
mpowering teachers to help them deal with potential victims of sexual violence. This was the main objective of a workshop organised by the MFPWA jointly within the ... more
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MAURITIUS: Clean needles out of reach for injecting drug users
Topix - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We come from this area, so they know us, they are comfortable with us. It's important that they trust us" PORT LOUIS, 28 November 2007 - Every weekday afternoon, two outreach workers go to a derelict apartment block that used to house men working on the... more
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Free yoga sessions to manage diabetes and related complications
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
ow that the yoga teacher is settled in Mauritius again, he will put what he learnt in India at his fellow countrymen's disposal. He is starting on Saturday with a full day dedicated to those suffering from ... more
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Ombudsperson for children - "Cases are obviously underreported"
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
he youths who took part in the workshop against violence organised by the Ombudsperson for Children last ... more
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Stop hijacking young lives
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
t is sometimes hard to believe we are living on a paradisiacal island when light is shed upon real life tragedies whether by word of mouth or through the ... more
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New bill sets strict norms for pre-primary schools
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
arliament is expected to adopt a new bill to 'harmonise' pre-primary early next year. This has become a must so as to give the same opportunities to all children before primary school ... more
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Shifting paradigms
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
aradigms are general ways of looking at or understanding an area. Although it can often seem that there is only one way to understand a particular domain of knowledge, writers such as Kuhn (1962) have emphasized that paradigms often change radically over ... more
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Free education does not guarantee happy citizens
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
t takes more than material considerations for a roof and four walls to turn into a home.Similarly free academic education does not on its own guarantee the formation of well balanced happy ... more
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MAURITIUS: Dangerous paradise - sex, drugs and HIV
Topix - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I was 20 when I became addicted" It is hard not to resort to clichA©s when writing about Mauritius: the white, sandy beaches, sunny blue skies and swaying palm trees. via PlusNews.org ... more
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Islamic Financial Services Board appoints new Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson for 2008
Topix - Monday, November 26, 2007
p> The Council of the Islamic Financial Services Board has resolved to appoint H.E. Dr. via AME Info ... more
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Commonwealth fails to back climate targets
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 26, 2007
he Commonwealth said climate change threatened the existence of small island members faced with rising sea levels but it failed to back binding targets on reducing greenhouse gas ... more
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The long way of energy
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 26, 2007
ew avenues for the generation of electricity are inevitably linked to considerations for environment conservation. This is shown in the time span needed to give the green light to the new Gamma waste-to-energy ... more
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Political donations
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 26, 2007
he Supreme Court will soon hear a case of political donations by companies. At issue is a shareholder, who has launched a lawsuit against Fuel on the basis that donations made to political parties for the 2005 general election have reduced the amount of dividends that he and other shareholders... more
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Commonwealth steers clear of binding emissions cuts
Topix - Saturday, November 24, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Between now and that time there are four months to go... In any event we have a working mechanism and it is for his (McKinnon's) team or for himself to make observations on issues of this nature" Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown sits next to Prime... more
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Red tape prevents rapid decisions
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 23, 2007
s the appointment of new mayors gets closer, there was a need to look at their real power or, in some cases, their regrettable lack of power. Some present and former mayors give their ... more
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Cost cutting call centre technology.
Topix - Friday, November 23, 2007
p> Thanks to new technology solutions, Air Mauritius has been able to cut operational costs by 15% and length of calls by 40%. Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and ... via 4 Hoteliers ... more
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"Violence is sometimes socially and culturally accepted"
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 22, 2007
n Monday, you held a talk on the children's rights, respect and responsibility. Why is it necessary to talk of children's ... more
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Private sector denounces the STC's "abuse of power"
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 22, 2007
spokesman for the private sector considers that the State Trading Corporation overstepped its limits. Direct negotiation is against fair competition and can have an impact on product ... more
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Raise the bar of service - The "Maison Rurale Familiale" in Calebasses
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 22, 2007
All of us in Rotary know that we are a part of something larger than ourselves. We know that Rotary is an organisation that transcends the boundaries of religion, language and ... more
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