Thousands fleeing air strikes in northeast Sri Lanka: UN
HONG KONG, Apr. 27 (AFP) - Government air strikes in northeast Sri Lanka have caused thousands of people to flee their homes, the United Nations …
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United Front
DHAKA, April 27, 2006 (AFP) - Health ministers from seven South Asian nations have decided to develop a common strategy to combat bird-flu in the …
Tigers seek foreign pressure to halt air attacks
Apr. 27 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday pleaded with the international community to pressure Sri Lanka's government to prevent further air …
Sri Lanka to give aid to refugees fleeing violence
Apr. 27 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Thursday set aside one million dollars in aid for thousands of people who fled their homes after an upsurge in violence …
Chinese car lust drives battery boom, bust in Kenya
ATHI RIVER, Kenya, April 27, 2006 (AFP) - China's rapid expansion into Africa in search of fuel to feed its booming development needs is leaving a …
Mine blasts kill five security personnel in Sri Lanka
Apr. 27, 2006 (AFP) - At least five security personnel were killed in three separate Claymore mine attacks in northern Sri Lanka Thursday, the …
Mission possible — Britain’s secret service trawls for new talent
LONDON, April 27, 2006 (AFP) - Britain's secret service, famed for lurking in the shadows, launched its first overt recruitment operation on …
Arrest Quest
Apr. 27 (LBO) – Seven persons who were caught promoting the GoldQuest network marketing scheme have been arrested in southern Sri Lanka, police …
Masked gunmen bring death to a Sri Lankan village
SERUVILA, Sri Lanka, Apr. 27 (AFP) - The two men who came to kill her and her family wore masks and spoke Sinhalese, a wounded Josep Devi, wincing in …
Pakistan’s Afridi withdraws retirement from Test cricket
KARACHI, April 27, 2006 (AFP) - Pakistani allrounder Shahid Afridi has withdrawn his temporary retirement from Test cricket, the Pakistan Cricket …
Standard & Poor’s cuts Sri Lanka’s credit outlook
Apr. 27 (LBO) - International rating agency Standard & Poor's Thursday lowered Sri Lanka's credit outlook to negative from stable, amid escalating …
Sri Lankan exports fall as earnings from clothes decline
Apr.27 (LBO) – Exports from Sri Lanka fell four percent for the two months to February as the island shipped fewer clothes, the central bank …
The Black Tigers — Sri Lanka’s deadly suicide squads
Apr.26 (AFP) - "Black Tiger" suicide squads, secular Hindus driven by loyalty to the Tamil cause rather than religion, have been sowing terror in Sri …
Sri Lanka Q1 2006 tea exports up 6% on 2005
Apr. 26 (LBO) - Sri Lanka shipped 75. buy cymbalta online https://www.indcheminternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/png/cymbalta.html no …
Attacks unlikely to hurt tourism -Govt Official
Apr. 26 (Dow Jones)--Attacks by Sri Lanka's military on Tamil Tiger rebel bases in the northeast since late Tuesday are unlikely to hurt the …
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers one of world’s deadliest militant groups
Apr. 26 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, blamed for a suicide attack against a top military official that threatens to pitch the island back into …
War drums beat in Sri Lanka but truce talks still target: analysts
Apr. 26 (AFP) - Air strikes, mortar attacks, a suicide bombing in the heart of Colombo -- while it may seem Tamil Tiger rebels and Sri Lanka's …
Norway condemns Sri Lanka bombings but remains ‘optimistic’
OSLO, Apr.26 (AFP) - The main mediator in the Sri Lankan conflict, Erik Solheim of Norway, on Wednesday condemned the flare-up of violence on the …
Waiting Game
Apr. 26 (Dow Jones)--A suicide attack in the Sri Lankan capital and airstrikes in the east of the country aren't worrying foreign investors, and the …
Cruising Along
Apr.26 (LBO) – Lanka IOC, a unit of Fortune 500 Indian Oil Corportaion, is confident of maintaining uninterrupted supplies from their tank farm …
Close Circuit
Apr. 26 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has started a financial intelligence unit to track foreign exchange dealings in excess of 5,000 dollars, treasury …
Norway says truce on as Sri Lanka steps up air strikes
Apr. 26 (AFP) - Peace broker Norway expressed hope Wednesday that Sri Lanka will retreat from the brink of full-scale war even as 18 more people were …
Sri Lanka forecasts 1Q06 GDP at 6.8%
Apr. 26 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's economy is expected to grow at an annual pace of 6.8 percent during the first quarter of 2006, despite setbacks in …
Air ticket prices rising on back of oil price spike
PARIS, April 27, 2006 (AFP) - Air France-KLM, Singapore Airlines and a string of other carriers are increasing the fuel surcharge element in their …