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Zimbabwe adds 500 mln Dollar Note as Prices Rocket
Zimbabwe's central bank introduced 500 million Zimbabwe dollar notes worth just $2 yesterday in the latest sign of spiralling hyperinflation, only a week after issuing the 250 million bill.
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An official mission to avoid the HIV infections.
The UNAids regional director for Southern and Eastern Africa is back after two years on an official mission to assess the local situation. He will also see how he can give more support to improve the health situation.
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Painful Reality of Rape in Marriage
"Who would believe you if you tell people that your own husband has raped you? They would laugh at you and tell you it is his right since he is legally married to you. Even when he does it with a butcher's knife under your throat, you have to keep quiet and cannot go to the police," said Amen, with a lump in her throat.For two years, Amen struggled to stop her husband from raping her. "It did not take long after my wedding for my husband to demand sex at any time of the day," she recalls. "Three to four times a day was not enough for him. But the worst was in the night when he had a butcher's knife under my throat. When I struggled he threatened me with the samurai sword he kept under bed." Leaving after two horrendous years, even then her fear did not stop, as she received harassing telephone calls from him. She changed telephone numbers several times. Finally, her divorce went through.
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Supreme Court Orders Free Access to Beach
Mauritians and tourists alike are now able to visit the islet - sit and sunbathe on the beach - without having to pay any fee. This is what Justice Hamuth decided in a detailed ruling in Court last Monday.
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Securing the place of mauritius as a regional services hub
Our country has the strengths and potential talents to become the bridge between Asia and Africa. However, it must devise the strategies that will turn it - with the help of friendly countries - into a key player in the region.
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Bring Out Your Talent and Creativity
Young writers and lovers of Mauritius, get to your quills and parchment and start scratching! Who knows, your love story might see the day. A story from my heart is the theme of a short story competition organized by the British Council and the ministry of Education and Human resources. It summarizes the whole concept of the prestigious "Le Prince Maurice Prize", which looks for love stories on an international ground.
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The Greener Side of Human Rights
The topic of human rights encompasses the protection of the environment. Indeed, the dwindling of the earth's natural resources has led to many conflicts, which, in turn, have led to an erosion of human rights. In its annual report for the year 2007, the National Human Rights Commission (NHCR) refers to the United Nations Global Compact "to promote corporate social responsibility". Several Mauritian firms have signed the compact, thus committing themselves to "sustaining the protection of the environment" and "promoting awareness of environmental protection".
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"Of All Of Them, I'll Stick to My Father"
"First of all, I would like to emphasise that I had different teachers who had a positive impact on me, at the various academic stages in my life. I started in a primary school in Plaine-des-Papayes. I still remember the difficulties I had to express myself as the only languages I was fluent were Hindi and Bhojpuri. But I was lucky enough because my Standard one teacher, Mrs. Gunputh, helped me feel at ease despite this constraint. Because of that problem, I felt forsaken and sometimes left apart. Nevertheless, I perceived her behaviour as if she was mollycoddling me. As a result I felt well supported as I managed better this transition between home and school.
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On Rectors, Pupils and Parents
Enough of teams and teachers. How about students and their parents? Too often we take a narrowly scholastic view of the learner - as though he was a school unit, raw material to be converted into a successful graduate by the school, which is a large impersonal factory.
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A Plan to Help Teachers Stay Connected
The professional mentors have submitted to the ministers of Education and Finance an in-house training project for their younger colleagues. In small groups, the latter would be constantly coached and reskilled.
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Mauritian Republic of Us
Now that the macho my-crowd-was bigger-than-yours posturing has begun to die down, the country's leaders can get back down to the nitty-gritty of governing the country. Or maybe not. For wont of an "early harvest" to sink our teeth into, we might as well turn to the US presidential elections for a glimpse at something worth getting excited about.
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Expert Witnesses fight For Fees
Expert witnesses called upon to testify in courts have just seen their fees reduced from a sum varying between Rs 150 and Rs 1500, depending on the magistrate's discretion, to Rs 50. A decision of the State Law Office (SLO) that infuriates habitual witnesses who see this as a measure that will do a disservice to justice.
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Resurrection Day- Whatever affects One Directly, affects All Indirectly.
May Day this year brought about a new phenomenon on the already colourful political scene of this country: that of Resurrection. First, there is Père Grégoire who has resurfaced but, unlike Jesus Christ, he is not back to save the whole of Mankind but only part of it. In a nation where everybody needs everybody, any emotional talk, clamouring for division and disunity, is dangerous and condemnable, no matter how much it may be cushioned in political language and the opportunism of appealing to other communities. Division and discrimination are poor chisels in the carving out of a harmonious and egalitarian nation, which should be built on the solid foundation stones of meritocracy rather than the shifting sands of racial quotas.
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Is the Rice Crisis a Trade Manipulation?
Whilst confronting journalists recently, the Prime minister said that China and India have stopped exporting flour and rice to other countries, including Mauritius. As we know, rice is the staple food of the vast majority of our population. There has been unprecedented demand for rice during the past few years.
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Central Bankers sound Alarm Over Food Prices
A young man was shot and killed when thousands of Somalis protested in Mogadishu on Monday over food traders' refusal to take old currency notes amid spiralling inflation, witnesses said.
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'Climate Change is About More Than Renewable Energy'
Congratulations on the success of your Green Day! What is your own appraisal?
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Of Hold-Ups and Banks
I have not had the pleasure of reading Mr Peter Craig's letter to you of the 26th August 2007 concerning a cheque drawn on an American bank which apparently took 2 months to be credited to his account.
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Dirty Little Island
The necessity of transforming Mauritius into a sustainable island seems to be taking root in each and everyone's mind. The bulk of the population now realizes that the country has to turn to renewable energies if it is to ensure its energy security in the future. It is also dawning on many that the viability of "renewables" hinges on curtailing our energetic profligacy. So far, so good. Yet how can we aspire to such sweeping changes if we are unable to keep our island free of litter? How can we pretend to love our country if we treat its beaches, fields and streets like dustbins?
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Private Colleges Press For Per Capita Grants At Par With State Schools
Since education became free thirty years ago, the disparity in State financial grants has been a bone of contention; the federation of managers has obtained from the ministry that a committee be set up to take up this burning issue. Private secondary schools like Saint-Andrews College have proved that they can compete with State schools. Why should they be worse off financially?
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Businessman Talks About His Teachers
"There are several teachers who have made an impact on me. In fact, there are three of them and I came across all three during my studies at Royal College of Port-Louis. The first one was Mr. Allken.
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