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Facebook might reach its one-billionth user by August according to predictions. Momentous? You got that right, momentous it is indeed. But before August, London 2012 plans to dazzle us with an array of performers and of course athletes, whose preparation can be seen through photos on its Facebook page. Finally, a little of the unusual as reported by the Facebook page of Le Monde.
What’s cooler than a million?

Mercredi 18 avril a donc marqué le cap des cent Jours avant les Jeux Olympiques de Londres. Derrière son allure de Pinocchio monté sur ressorts comme s'il était toujours en mouvement, Sebastian Coe, président du London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), dégage une étonnante impression de calme à l'approche de l'événement.

My cousin who was recently upgraded to first class on his London flight to Mauritius commented: “Never again on MK”. His remarks sum up the downward dip that the Kestrel has taken. Poor Air Mauritius. It has the bad fortune of being a state-owned company to be repeatedly abused by all Governments. It suffers from the terminal ailments that Mauritian public ventures are afflicted with. At each downturn, it has been given new leases of life with my taxes and your taxes just to allow mandarins and their protégés to have a great time.

The more than 1,000 fans attending a concert in Washington of Incognito, the UK-based jazz/soul/funk band, last week had no idea that the guitarist strumming the tunes onstage had developed his love for music on the beaches of Mauritius, listening to sega songs.

A recent study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit found New York City to be the most competitive city in the world, edging out London for the top spot, followed by Singapore. I have long believed that talent attracts capital far more effectively and consistently than capital attracts talent. The most creative individuals want to live in places that protect personal freedoms, prize diversity and offer an abundance of cultural opportunities. A city that wants to attract creators must offer a fertile breeding ground for new ideas and innovations.

Signing the petition will help prevent buck-passing by the US and UK governments. Both bear responsibility for past and present injustices inflicted on the Chagossians. However, both have become adept at conniving with the inaccuracies and obfuscations of their allies.  Thus, the US government will say that how the citizens of a UK overseas territory are treated is wholly a matter for the UK government. That is accurate in legal/ constitutional terms. What it fails to

The Archipelago-Republic of Seychelles was uninhabited before its first discovery by Arabs. Spreading over a maritime zone of over 1.3 million km2 and comprising 115 islands, it is situated in South-Western Indian Ocean starting from the North of Madagascar.
 After its conquest from the French who had been occupying it since 1756, the Seychelles was administered by the British from Mauritius, as its dependency, from 1810 to 1903.

With the implied and even active support of the Mauritian political class and through electors' behaviour, communalism will enter the Mauritian political lexicon with official recognition of four distinct communities : Hindus, Muslims, Chinese, and anybody not fitting in those three to a group euphemistically called General Population. Not only communalism but also casteism and, to cap it all, a clear demarcation of Hindus into Hindi-speaking and non-Hindi-speaking Hindus (Tamils, Telegu and Marathis).

We never cease to talk about globalisation, which seems to hold no secrets for us. Today, I invite you, my dear reader-friends, to reflect upon our country and the way we are slowly carving our own niche in this global society. There can be so many aspects that we can look at, but let us dive into the world of international arbitration and foreign investment – two areas that may be less familiar and less talked about, but which definitely deserve to reach out to our people.
Our country, the emerging arbitral seat

À un mois de la reprise des travaux de l'Assemblée nationale, le 20 mars, le moins que l'on puisse dire c'est que le jeu politique reste toujours extrêmement confus.

British Premier David Cameron has called a meeting: the London Conference on Somalia. Sitting through various news reports on the story, several things came to my mind. First, I was quite blown off by the importance of the leaders attending the meeting: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. State Secretary Clinton, The EU’s President Barroso, the Arab League, the African Union... and of course, our own dear PM. The Somali problem is therefore very high on the priority list for the participants, given the stakes on security and economic activity in ‘Pirate Ocean’.

Mauritius has been suffering for the past few months from a severe spell of electoral reform fever. Everyone is talking about it at home and even overseas.