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*** Goa family turns house into footy museum (NDTV) The Chodankar family in Goa has taken their love of football to a new level by turning their house into a museum in honour of the 2006 World Cup. Their house in the Mapsa area of Goa, which is filled with quaint cottages and houses, can be spotted from a distance with flags and banners on display. http://www.ndtv.com/template/sportstemplate.asp?sportname=Report&story=Goa family turns house into footy museum&id=29141&template=Fifa2006 *** Ravikanth and Kiran register another win (The Hindu) HYDERABAD: Defending champions V. Ravikanth Reddy and M. Kiran Reddy recorded their second consecutive win defeating Suresh Shirodkar and Ravi Shirodkar of Goa-II 21-12, 21-19 in the men's section of the ninth senior National beach volleyball ... http://www.thehindu.com/2006/07/07/stories/2006070708281700.htm *** Sombre mood in Goa as Portugal is beaten in World Cup (New Kerala) Panaji: Sombre mood ruled over the football fans in Goa, an erstwhile Portuguese colony, after Portugal lost to France in FIFA World Cup at Munich last night. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=18717 *** Goa laments Portugal's loss in FIFA World Cup semi-finals (New Kerala) Panaji: Goan fans of the Portuguese national football team lamented its penalty kick loss to France in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup. Dressed in Portuguese colours, jerseys and draped in Portugal's flag, the fans were left shocked by the defeat. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=18879 *** Closure of vernacular schools: Goa forms committee (New Kerala) Panaji: Concerned over closure of vernacular medium primary schools, Goa government today formed a nine-member committee to study the causes and the situation that prompted the closure of such schools. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=18824 *** Goa to allow small motorised canoe for fishing from July 15 (New Kerala) Panaji: The Goa Government will lift ban on fishing on July 31. However, it has decided to allow fishing by small (36-feet long) motorised canoe from July 15. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=18137 *** Goa to have smaller garbage treatment plants (New Kerala) Panaji: The Goa government will go in for smaller garbage treatment plants in all 13 municipal councils to tackle the problem of solid waste management, Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao said today. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=18305 *** Power Grid Corp asked to estimate Goa's power need (New Kerala) Panaji: The Goa government has entrusted the Power Grid Corporation with the task of estimating the state's power requirement for the next 12 years. http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=18779 *** Meet Portugal€„¢s lady fan in Goa (Yahoo! India News) The Portugal-France match has a special edge in India, especially in Goa as one would expect. http://in.news.yahoo.com/060705/211/65mwo.html *** A Little History: Churches of Old Goa (About.com) People go to Goa for mostly hedonistic reasons, right? To tan their breasts, let their hair down, attend a few wild parties. But Old Goa, or Velha Goa as it... http://goasia.about.com/b/a/257266.htm Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
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