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Ship passengers to land on Thursday

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Over 1,000 people on the crippled Italian cruise ship from the same fleet as the tragedy-struck Costa Concordia were being towed on Tuesday to the main Seychelles island and were due to arrive there within two days. After the Costa Concordia was shipwrecked near an Italian island in January, another incident occurred to a ship [...]

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Police tear down Occupy London camp

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Police tore down the anti-capitalist camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London on Tuesday, arresting 20 people as they brought a swift end to the last major Occupy protest around the world. Dozens of police officers and bailiffs moved in shortly after midnight on Monday and within hours the encampment, which sprung up in October [...]

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Business

Foreign buyers offer lifeline at Milan Fashion Week

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International buyers have packed out the shows at Milan Fashion Week, offering a lifeline for an industry that is headed for another slump this year as Italy grinds through a painful recession. “It’s a more commercial market than New York or London,” Ekaterina Moiseeva, commercial director for Russian fashion chain Bosco di Ciliegi, told AFP [...]

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Sports

Virat stands tall in Indian victory

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Virat Kohli blasted an unbeaten 133 off just 86 balls as India’s stunning seven-wicket bonus point victory over Sri Lanka kept them alive in the tri one-day series in Hobart on Tuesday. The 23-year-old right-hander produced his highest ODI score to propel the World Cup champions to a remarkable 321 for three off just 36.4 [...]

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Magazine

Suffering hunger pangs

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Some of us eat too much, too quickly and too much, while others do not have a balanced diet, drink too little or take in too much fat, salt or sugar. Virtually all of us have a few problems in our eating habits. Lent is often the time of year, with spring looming, for thinking [...]

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Phoenix Beverages launches equipment to boost cycling

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On Tuesday, Phoenix Beverages unveiled the new equipment for the Mauritian Cycling Federation (MCF)at the Phoenix House. Present at the event, minister of Youth and Sports, Devanand Ritoo urged the youngsters to participate in cycling. “Our athletes are doing well at the national level and now we are doing well in international competitions beyond the [...]

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Fair urges firms to take in student interns

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In order to encourage companies to accommodate students on internships while they are pursuing their studies, the ISITECH Business School organised the Internship Fair 2012 at the Business School Campus last Friday. Around 20 renowned companies were present and the theme this year was ‘Take Control of Your Career’. The aim behind hosting the fair [...]

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300 mental well being nurses to be trained by 2015

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The president of the Nursing Association, Bagooaduth Kallooa has stated that the School of Nursing is expected to train 300 mental health nurses by 2015. Currently, there are around fifty specialised nurses. “We have always stressed the need for qualified nurses in psychiatry to provide quality care to patients in Brown Sequard hospital,” said Kallooa. [...]

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Mktg key to efficiency: Duval

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On Monday, Xavier Luc Duval, vice prime minister and minister of Finance and Economic Development, attended Philip Kotler’s seminar at Swami Vivekananda International Conventional Centre (SVICC), Pailles. Talking to The Independent, Duval said, “What is special about Kotler is that he does not only associate marketing with products but also relates it to social issues.” [...]

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