Iran seeks to fingerprint all US visitors
TEHRAN, Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - Iran's conservative-controlled parliament is to debate a bill that would make digital fingerprinting compulsory for all …
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Sri Lanka logs 8.0% growth Jan-Sept: Treasury Secretary
October 3, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's economy has beaten most forecasts to lodge a 'near' 8.0 percent growth for the first nine months, the …
India’s top media groups to launch new daily together
NEW DELHI, Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - Two of India's top rival media houses Tuesday signed an agreement to launch a new daily newspaper in the Indian …
Sri Lanka halves foreign investment targets
October 3, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka may miss its ambitious target of attracting a billion dollars in foreign investments and instead end the year …
Norway in talks with Tigers on saving Sri Lanka peace
Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - A top Norwegian envoy headed for talks with Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday in a fresh bid to save Sri Lanka's troubled peace process, …
Expensive Dreams
October 03 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lankans are still snapping up luxury cars like Audi’s despite stiff government taxes, to discourage vehicle …
Sri Lanka delays talks but rules out war to end ethnic bloodshed
Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - Peacebroker Norway struggled Tuesday to bring Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger rebels to the negotiating table and avert full-scale war …
Air attacks dim Sri Lanka peace talk hopes
Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan air raids against Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday dimmed prospects of early peace talks between the two sides despite fresh …
Saudi Funds
October 03 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is in talks with Saudi Arabia to secure over 500 million dollars to expand the island’s oil refining …
Bangladesh’s top textile firm to raise 102 mln dlrs for expansion
DHAKA, Oct 2, 2006 (AFP) - Bangladesh's biggest textile manufacturer said Monday it would raise 102 million dollars abroad to finance expansion into …
ADB official calls for Asia-wide FTA, but says common market far off
MANILA, Oct 2, 2006 (AFP) - Major obstacles block Asia's prospects of becoming a common market, but a region-wide free-trade area is a realistic …
Global rules needed to curb trade in arms components: report
LONDON, Oct 2, 2006 (AFP) - Weapons merchants are profiting from the lack of an international judicial framework to supply arms to individuals with …
Talks underway to revive Sri Lanka peace bid
Oct 2, 2006 (AFP) - A Norwegian envoy held talks Monday with top Sri Lankan government officials aimed at reviving the island's stalled peace process …
Four Play
October 02, 2006 (LBO) – Dialog Telekom has picked up a radio and television frequency license, which gives them the edge to rollout a host of …
Native Mobile
October 02 2006 (LBO) – Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has sold over 5,000 handsets equipped with Sinhala language settings and …
Sri Lanka heading for snap polls by year’s end: state paper
Oct 1, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has asked his party to prepare for general elections before year's end if the main opposition fails to back …
Norwegian envoy resumes Sri Lanka peace bid
Oct 1, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway is set for a fresh attempt to end a seven-month deadlock in talks after the warring parties …
Gold Twist
October 1, 2006 (LBO) – In another twist to the continuing GoldQuest controversy, remaining officials of the anti-pyramiding unit, that probed …
Fresh violence claims 18 lives in Sri Lanka
Sept 30, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police commandos killed 15 Tamil Tiger rebels who attacked their camp in the east of the country on Saturday, while …
Sri Lanka backs SKorean for UN’s top job
Sept 30, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's candidate has pulled out of the race to succeed Kofi Annan as UN secretary general and the country has thrown its …
US charges six with shipping arms to Tamil Tigers, Indonesia
WASHINGTON, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - US authorities said Friday they had charged six Asian men with conspiracy to ship arms, including submachine guns …
New Ball
September 30, 2006 (LBO) -- Ceylon Petroleum Corp. (CPC) Chairman Jaliya Medagama resigned Saturday citing personal reasons. Medagama will be …
UN says Sri Lanka violence hitting tsunami aid work
Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - The United Nations said Friday ongoing fighting between government forces in Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger rebels had badly hit …
India logs 8.9 pct first quarter growth, beats forecasts
NEW DELHI, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - India, the world's second-fastest growing major economy after China, beat most forecasts Friday by reporting 8. …