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"We lived like fishes in the water. We were not lazy. We worked hard. We lived a very natural way of life by eating fish and green vegetables and fruits that was abundant in the forests.

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The winning photographs of an eco-themed photo contest sho wed pro-environmental activities in Africa, featuring environmentalists planting trees in a water catchment area in Kenya, Moroccan women turning plastic bags in t o handbags as part of a trade fair project and a Kenyan couple planting a tree o n their wedding day.

Most African nations are corrupt, scoring less than 3.0 out of a possible mark of 10 in the 2009 Corruption Perception Index of the Berlin-based anti-corruption organ isation Transparency International , released Tuesday in Berlin, Germany.

NASA's MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite captured Cyclone Anja in the southern Indian Ocean on Nov.

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The Republic of Mauritius in collaboration with the World Health Organization Afro Region and the International Diabetes Federation today opened an International Conference on Diabetes & Associated Diseases in Port Louis, Mauritius to highlight their concern about the rapid growth of the diabetes epidemic throughout Africa.

The company gave a presentation at a conference hosted by the Mauritian Board of Investment.

Developing countries last week reasserted their eagerness to speedily conclude the Doha Development Agenda, so long as their interests are protected, Niveen Wahish reports It has become the norm for Egypt to hold an African trade ministers meeting ahead of major World Trade Organisation conferences.

New Delhi, Nov 5 India and Mauritius signed an agreement for enhancing coastal security during the visit of the Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor earlier this week, when he also handed over a Dhruv helicopter to the Indian ocean island state.

An International Monetary Fund mission headed by Atish Ghosh visited Mauritius during October 19-31, 2009 to conduct Article IV consultation with the authorities.

Armadillo and Dodo at Local Stamp Club. THE October 7 meeting of the Stroud and District Philatelic Society turned out to be an unusual one for members when they arrived to show a Few of their Favourite Things.

Mauritius has invited two experts of the famous Madhubani paintings of Bihar to train its artists and art teachers at a workshop beginning Nov 4, an official said here Monday.

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.

CHENNAI: Apollo Hospitals has registered a net profit of Rs. 78.86 crore in the first six months ended September 30, 2009, against Rs.

The Postage stamp collector rings Twice: William Haden and Katie Huard in the village playhouse's Mauritius Mauritius Oct.

The European Commission has decided to launch a Plan of Action to find a permanent way to improve and strengthen the transportation l i nks between Africa and Europe, PANA reported from here Friday.

Mauritian Industry, Science and Research Minister , Dharam Gokhool, said the time has come for Africa, a land of knowledge, to red i scover itself and embark on the route to regeneration, renaissance and renewal.

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For decades, governments and non-governmental organizations have been trying to bring electricity to the world's poorest and most isolated regions through million-dollar donations and large-scale projects.