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Mauritius is a play on Broadway which opened on October 4, 2007 at the Biltmore Theatre and closed November 25, 2007. Written by Pulitzer Prize for Drama nominee Theresa Rebeck, it is her Broadway debut. It is about two sisters who inherit a stamp collection which might be worth a fortune. Many of the characters try to out con each other in the attempt to reap possible rewards. The premiere production was held in Boston by the Huntington Theatre Company at the Boston Center for the Arts'


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The Mauritius Football Association (MFA) is the governing body of football in Mauritius. It was founded in 1952, affiliated to FIFA in 1962 and to CAF in 1963. The association was formerly known as the Mauritius Sports Association but renamed to Mauritius Football Association in 1984 through the introduction of a Sports Act by the government. The founding members of the association were FC Dodo, Faucon Flacq SC (now renamed Flacq SC), CSC, Hounds, Royal College of Curepipe, and Saint Joseph


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Air Mauritius Limited is the national airline of Mauritius, based in the Air Mauritius Centre in Port Louis, the island's capital. It operates regional and international services to over 30 destinations with 80 flights per week. Its main base is Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Mauritius. The airline has the phaeton rubicola or Paille en Queue, a fish eating tropical bird, for its symbol. Air Mauritius was established on 14 June 1967 by Amédée Maingard initially as a handling


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The Mauritius Command is a historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian. It is fourth in the series of stories that follow the partnership of Captain Jack Aubrey and the naval surgeon Stephen Maturin. It retells in fictional form the real campaign carried out by the Royal Navy in 1810 under Commodore Josias Rowley. As is common to most of the stories, Aubrey's inspired tactical seamanship is a suitable foil for the dramatic and Machiavellian scheming of his medical man and intelligence expert


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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of Governors General of Mauritius


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The Mauritius Open is a golf tournament played on the island of Mauritius.


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The Mauritius Fody, Foudia rubra, is a bird endemic to the island of Mauritius. It is classified by BirdLife International as being Endangered, having a current estimated population of less than 250. Threats include loss of habitat and introduced predators.


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Mauritius Time, or MUT, is a time zone used by in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius. The zone is four hours ahead of UTC (UTC+4). Daylight saving time was used in 2008. Clocks were put forward to UTC+5 on October 26, 2008 and put back to standard time on March 29, 2009 at 3 AM local daylight time. The time change is no longer applied


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The Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) is a bird of prey from the family Falconidae endemic to the forests of Mauritius, where it is restricted to the southwestern plateau's forests, cliffs, and ravines. It is the most distinct of the Indian Ocean kestrels. It colonized its island home to evolve into a distinct species probably during the Gelasian (Late Pliocene). It is the most distant living species among the western Indian Ocean kestrels (Groombridge et al. 2002, qv Réunion Kestrel). It can