Indian league storm set to hit Sri Lanka
July 29, 2007 (AFP) - A multi-million-dollar rebel league in India seems set to take Sri Lankan cricket by storm with several top players approached to join …
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England happy with Sri Lanka security: officials
July 30, 2007 (AFP) - England's winter tours of Sri Lanka looked set to go ahead after local officials claimed Monday that a security assessment team sent by …
Former Bangladesh PM challenges extortion charges
DHAKA, July 29, 2007 (AFP) - Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed on Sunday challenged extortion charges brought by the military-backed …
English cricket official in Sri Lanka for security assessment
July 29, 2007 (AFP) - A top English cricket official has arrived in Sri Lanka to assess the security of potential venues before a planned tour in the war-torn …
Toyota to test electric plug-in hybrid Prius cars
SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, 2007 (AFP) - Toyota announced this week a partnership with the University of California to road test two plug-in hybrid cars, a step …
India’s Bajaj in talks with Renault to make small car
NEW DELHI, July 28, 2007 (AFP) - Indian two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto said Saturday it was in talks with French automaker Renault for a business partnership. …
Open Plan
July 28, 2007 (LBO) – An anti-graft action plan developed with the involvement of civil society and state agencies was presented to representatives of …
Sri Lanka™s Bogawantalawa Tea Estates loses money but enters export marketing
July 26, 2007 (LBO) – Bogawantalawa Tea Estates Ltd. has reported loss last year but its marketing subsidiary, about whose viability auditors have raised …
No Papers
RIYADH, July 28, 2007 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan minister on Saturday wrapped up a mission to Saudi Arabia aimed at securing clemency for a teenage maid condemned to …
Bruised Wall Street sees more losses as global markets reel
NEW YORK, July 27, 2007 (AFP) - The bruised US stock market slid further Friday as investors retrenched amid fears of a housing slump and a potential credit …
Saudi Sword
July 26 (LBO) – The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has urged the Sri Lankan government to ratify part of an international treaty to help save the …
US new home sales plunge 6.6 percent in June
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Vietnam jails ‘wife’ trafficking ring
HANOI, July 27, 2007 (AFP) - A Taiwanese man and five Vietnamese have been jailed for between five and 12 years for trafficking more than 120 Vietnamese women …
New Zealand central bank lifts interest rates
WELLINGTON, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - New Zealand's central bank raised interest rates Thursday for the fourth successive time this year due to sustained …
May to July in Britain wettest since 1776
LONDON, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - The three-month period from May to July has already become the wettest in history here, even before the end of the month, …
Moody’s upgrades China, Hong Kong, Macau ratings
HONG KONG, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - International ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said Thursday it has upgraded its currency ratings for China, Hong Kong …
Indonesia issues tsunami alert after 6.6-magnitude quake
JAKARTA, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning Thursday for the province of North Maluku after a 6. buy albenza online …
Sri Lanka to host Asian Rugby tournament
COLOMBO, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has been confirmed as host of the Asian Rugby championship in November after the world governing body was assured of …
Condemned Bulgarian medics freed by Libya after EU ‘blood money’ trade deal
SOFIA, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - Six foreign medics sentenced to death then life imprisonment in Libya in a controversial AIDS case were free in the Bulgarian …