Minister opens Doha Academy school building in Mauritius (The Peninsula)

DOHA: The Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council HE Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud inaugurated the new building of primary school at the Doha Academy in Mauritius.

Minister opens Doha Academy’s new premises in Mauritius (Gulf Times)

HE the Minister of Education and Higher Education Saad bin Ibrahim al-Mahmoud has inaugurated the primary stage new premises of the Doha Academy in Mauritius.

U.N. chief Ban launches inquiry into Guinea violence (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched an international inquiry headed by an Algerian diplomat to look into a bloody crackdown on protesters in Guinea last month, the United Nations said on Friday.

SES WORLD SKIES’ NSS-12 Satellite Successfully Launched on-board Ariane 5 (SpaceRef)

SES WORLD SKIES’ NSS-12 Satellite Successfully Launched on-board Ariane 5

Sue Montgomery: Dettori raring to conquer world (Independent)

Jumping shares the spotlight with Flat racing on this afternoon’s programme as the pulse of one branch of the sport quickens and the other slows, on the domestic front at least. This afternoon marks the last afternoon until next April that horses will stride out in anger at Newmarket and after one more weekend, the [...]

Indiabulls Power Declines on Trading Debut in Mumbai (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Indiabulls Power Ltd., a utility partly owned by billionaire Lakshmi Mittal that raised 17.6 billion rupees in an initial public offering, declined on its trading debut.

Blogs Last updated: October 29, 04:27 (Cyclingnews)

On the western coast of Mauritius is a village called Tamarin. It has the most favourable weather on the Indian Ocean island. Wind and kite surfers from all over the world converge on this piece of coastline to pursue their passions. Mountain bikers can now be added to the list of visitors.

Mauritius puts its stamp on dark comedy (Charleston City Paper)

You may have cast them a glance and wondered how they stay in business: those drab little holes-in-the-wall that specialize in comics or vinyl records, used books or musical instruments, coins or ceramic-somethings. by Jon Santiago You may have cast them a glance and wondered how they stay in business: those drab little holes-in-the-wall that [...]

CBI team in Mauritius to probe Satyam scam (rediff.com)

Top officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation are in Mauritius as part of the investigation into the multi-crore Satyam scam, which its founder B Ramalinga Raju confessed to in January.

CBI team leaves for US, Mauritius to probe Satyam case (Express India)

A CBI team has left for Mauritius and the United States to probe alleged diversion of funds by disgraced Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju to these countries.