Indian PM pledges to push for financial reform
LONDON, Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to push for reform of the banking and insurance sectors, and to raise …
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October 9, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Monday signed up for 20.5 million euros or a 2.67 billion rupee loan from the Dutch government to improve the …
Sri Lanka vows to hit back amid artillery duels with Tigers
Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government vowed Monday to keep up an offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels until they stopped "provocative actions" …
Workers appeal for tighter rules in shipbreaking industry
LONDON, Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) - Indian shipbreaking workers on Monday called on industry chiefs meeting in London Monday for tighter regulations to cut …
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Oct 09 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has brought in restrictions on imports of remote controlled toys fearing the remote control unit and the …
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October 9, 2006 (LBO) – Unions affiliated to Sri Lankan state banks are pressing for a second pension for staff who joined after 1996, though …
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PARIS, Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) - Scientists took a dour wait-and-see attitude after North Korea claimed to have successfully conducted a nuclear test on …
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Sri Lankan troops preparing major offensive, Tigers say
Oct 8, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday accused Sri Lankan government troops of bracing for a fresh offensive around the northern peninsula of …
Sri Lankan soldiers missing after heavy fighting
Oct 8, 2006 (AFP) - Twelve Sri Lankan government soldiers were missing Sunday following fierce fighting with Tamil rebels in the east of the island …
Ongoing bloodshed paralyses Sri Lanka peace bid
Oct 8, 2006 (AFP) - Foreign aid donors have demanded peace talks in Sri Lanka to avert full-scale war, but the daily bloodshed has reduced broker …
Sri Lanka troops, rebels keep up attacks as peace bid stalls
Oct 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels kept up attacks against each other for a second day Saturday, as the rebels said the new …
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October 7, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s deadly ethnic conflict is possibly the biggest challenge that is holding down the business process …
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NEW DELHI, India, Oct 7, 2006 (AFP) - The body representing India's booming outsourcing business insisted Saturday that the country was a safe place …
Fresh fighting erupts as Sri Lanka peace bid stalls
Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - Heavy sea and land battles erupted Friday in Sri Lanka with the military reporting the recovery of 22 bodies of Tamil rebels …
Charities demand access to 200,000 in Sri Lanka war zones
Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - International relief agencies on Friday demanded access to some 200,000 people displaced by Sri Lanka's worsening ethnic conflict …
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - Scientists who answered questions such as why woodpeckers don't get headaches, whether dung beetles …
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WASHINGTON, Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - The days of donating at church by dropping money into a basket may become a thing of the past if Marty Baker has his …
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VICTORIA FALLS, Zambia, Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - For years it was regarded as a backwater and the poor relation to its southern neighbour, but the …
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Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka plans to increase overall defence spending by 45 percent in calendar 2007 amid an upsurge in fighting between security …
Sri Lanka peace bid hits new snag
Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - Norwegian peace brokers were Thursday struggling to get Sri Lanka's warring parties to agree on a venue for talks, with Tiger …