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FOUR British women, including one from Wales, spoke today of their hope of becoming the first females to row across the Indian Ocean.

The island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean may be tiny, but boy, is it diverse and vibrant.

Thousands of workers in the textile and manufacturing industry in Mauritius have been forced into unemployment and poverty within the last few months, as factories announced multiple rounds of job cuts due to the global financial crisis.

Louis Onesime sits in the house he shares with 26 family members in Port Louis, Mauritius, in January 2005.

Delegates negotiating for a global climate deal at the cu rrent climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, have condemned Japan's disclosure o n Wednesday that it would reduce its emission by only 8% by 2020, saying "this la c ks any level of ambition." The announcement by Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso at a time when delegates are gathered in Bonn ...

After three days doing business in and around Port Louis, I used the weekend to drive the island.

Ghana's year-on-year annual inflation rate rose marginally to 20.56 per cent in April, up from 20.53 per cent in March, the Ghana Statisti c al Service said on Friday.

Mauritius Tourism together with the national carrier Air Mauritius is offering an all inclusive package starting from Rs.40,000 for 6 nights / 7 days from New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore.

A member of parliament from the Renaissance Pary of Beni n, Paulin Tomanaga, passed away on Thursday evening at the National University H ospital Centre of Cotonou, following a road accident which occurred on hi s way to Abomey city, in the south of the country.

Mauritian Foreign Affairs Minister Arvin Boolell has announced that Mauritian citizens will be travelling visa-free to Europe for a maximum period of three months duri ng a six-month period starting 1 June.

THEY SAY FOOTBALL is a universal language, but naming a whole village after an English Premiership team could be taking devotion to the beautiful game a bit too far.

Just like people, the items that we collect are random and individual. Some serious collectors have opened their unique finds for the public to enjoy.

Rwandan Head of State, Paul Kagame, on Saturday launch ed a national campaign against pneumonia, in a bid to reduce infant mortality ra t e in the small central African country where nearly 85% of children die from pneumococcus virus contamination before their fifth birthday.

The heads of two Rome- based food and agriculture agencies said on Thursday that they were stepping up support to keep Ghana on course in i t s fight against hunger and poverty, stressing that millions of people remained v u lnerable amid the global financial crisis and high food prices.

A chronology of key events: 10th century - Phoenicians, Malays, Swahili and Arab seamen visit island but do not settle.

Mauritius is an independent island republic with a democratic government. It lies in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar and forms part of the Indian Ocean Islands group associated with Africa.

Investors on the first day of trading after the long Eas ter break on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange placed 1.248 billion naira on 177.37 million shares in 5,510 deals as market capitalization fell to 4 . 14/04/2009 Congolese airline to resume flights to Brussels 2 May Brussels, Belgium - The Congolese airlines company, Hewa Bora , will ...

I am searching for the descendants of Samson Peersahib an indian interpreter and his wife Miriam Esther .

SMooth: Balinese girls in traditional dress dance on a beach during the Melasti ceremony where participants carry symbols of god to the sea.