Feb 07
OVERSEAS ASSETS: Properties earmarked for sale are inSri Lanka, Seychelles, Singapore and Vietnam, whichcould fetch US$170m, says source TYCOON Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun’s Berjaya Land Bhd (BLand)is looking to divest a majority of its existing hotel properties abroad, sources say.the hotel assets in Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Singapore and Vietnam, if sold, could fetch …
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Feb 01
Home Calcutta News.NetSaturday 7th January, 2012 Tweet A major fire broke out at Shastri Bhawan, which houses many ministries, in central Delhi Saturday morning, police said. no injuries have been reported.the blaze broke out around 9.10 a.m. on the second floor of the building.’Six fire tenders were rushed to the spot and they managed to …
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Jan 23
The fight for survival is heating up at the UN Climate Talks in Durban. Today, the ambassadors of Grenada, Seychelles, and Nauru joined a big crowd outside the official negotiations to call for bold and immediate action to cut emissions and safeguard the survival of people across the planet. “We are all islanders here in …
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Jan 18
When: November 25, 1981 Where: Seychelles Background: the cold War. the year is 1977, and pro-Western leader James Mancham has just been deposed by his former prime minister, British socialist France-Albert René, alias “the Boss”. in 1979, René’s party, the Seychelle’s People’s United Party, becomes the only legal party in the island nation. in 1979, …
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Jan 18
First holiday memory? Bournemouth. No one went abroad during the war, so we used to drive to the coast every summer for a family holiday. I remember being terribly excited. we would stay in a boarding house set back from the seafront and spend hours on the wild, sandy beach. Best holiday? India. I’ve been …
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Jan 16
There’s an old Seychellois expression; pa tou lafet ki tonm Dimans which translates as ‘not every holiday falls on a Sunday’ or figuratively ‘you don’t get lucky every day’. Nonsense. by Les Aupiais The old codger had landed with his feet firmly in the cocoa-butter. his property stretched as far as his rheumy eyes could …
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Jan 14
The Maldive Islands, called the Maldives, can be a group of islands in the Indian Ocean. There are about thousand compact islands and twenty-six atolls within their structure. Not only the situation, but there’s also the tradition of people residing there. they have got extremely outdated custom and loaded background of royal people. Throughout the …
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Jan 05
Image from Seychelles Tourism Board Dec 20, 2011 It is reported from the islands of the Seychelles and La Reunion that arrangements for their March 2012 carnival is gathering momentum. more press than ever before seen in the Indian Ocean region have confirmed that they will visit the Vanilla Islands to cover the 2012 carnival, …
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Jan 03
Image Courtesy of RAAS, Jodhpur Keeping with tradition, the Yatzer family welcomes a new Year with the breathtaking beauty and artistic wonder we have become known for sharing. We couldn’t think of a better example of the two than the RAAS Hotel in Jodhpur, India, member of Design Hotels™ and the World’s best Holiday Building …
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Jan 02
In the warm waters of the Indian Island lies the archipelago of the Seychelles, made up of 115 small islands waiting to be discovered by you. Each island has its own character and something different from the next to offer you, however whichever one you do choose you will feel like you have found a …
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