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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Churchill too good for Vasco (rediff.com) A 4-0 victory gave Churchill Brothers their first victory in the Goa Professional League. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/aug/30foot.htm *** Can I get to Goa by ferry? (Times Online) The Sunday Times opens its travel clinic on a daily basis to answer your holiday queries. Today: ferries in India http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,26689-2333711,00.html *** Goa NGO to start laundry venture to help sex workers (New Kerala) Panaji, Aug 30: Victims of sex trafficking would soon own a small scale industry in Goa's Sancoale Industrial Estate, thanks to initiative by a non-government organisation. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=14882 *** Kotawala India acquires beach resort in Goa (New Kerala) Mumbai, Aug 28: Financial services firm Kotawala India Ltd today said it has acquired the Hotel Sunflower Beach Resort in Goa. The company said in a filing on the Bombay Stock Exchange that it acquired the resort situated in Calangute Bega, Goa. http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=13832 *** 'I want to avoid public glare' (The Times of India) Newly-wed Rahul Mahajan on choosing Seychelles over Goa http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1941155.cms *** Goa police recruits allege harassment at CRPF centre in TN (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 29: The newly-recruited police sub-inspectors, who were deputed for training at the Central Reserve Police Force training centre in Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu, have alleged lack of basic amenities and harassment. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=083011 *** Around 2 lakh foreign tourists expected to visit Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 30: Around 850 charter flights are expected to land in Goa in the ensuing tourist season bringing in nearly 2 lakh foreign tourists. Over 700 charter flights landed in the state last year bringing in around 1.5 lakh tourists. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=083154 *** Goa on the radar of terrorists: Chief Secy (Navhind Times) Panaji, Aug 29: The Chief Secretary, Mr J P Singh today said that along with the rest of India, Goa too was reeling under a constant threat of terror attacks because any terror activity here would attract international media attention on a unprecedented scale. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=083010 *** Insects in cola, Goa sues PepsiCo (Yahoo! India News) Food and Drug Authorities in Goa have filed a case as "foreign particles" have been found in Pepsi drinks. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060830/211/673n4.html *** Kotawala says buys Sunflower resort in Goa (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) MUMBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Financial services firm Kotawala India Ltd. said on Monday it had acquired Hotel Sunflower Beach Resort in Goa. http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060828/3/2p377.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org