Outrage as Chinese slave scandal deepens
BEIJING, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - More than 450 people, including young children, have been freed from slavery in Chinese brick factories and mines but hundreds …
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Tokyo bourse buys stake in Singapore exchange
June 15, 2007 (AFP) - The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Friday that it had acquired a stake of almost five percent in the Singapore stock exchange operator as part …
China destroys Buddhist statue at Tibet’s oldest monastery
BEIJING, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - Chinese authorities have removed a giant Buddhist statue from Tibet's oldest monastery, in a move US-based rights group said …
Australians in running for Sri Lanka coaching job
June 14, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has short-listed a handful of Australian coaches to take over the national team, officials said Thursday. online pharmacy buy …
Sri Lanka names Bayliss as coach
June 14, 2007 (AFP) - World Cup finalists Sri Lanka on Thursday named ambitious Australian Trevor Bayliss as their new coach on a two-year deal. online …
US avoids labeling China ‘manipulator;’ lawmakers seek action
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2007 (AFP) - The US Treasury stopped short of branding China a "currency manipulator" Wednesday even as new efforts were launched in …
Polish ‘Rip van Winkle’ wakes up to new world order
DZIALDOWO, Poland, June 14, 2007 (AFP) - It is the stuff of fairytales and happy endings, the story of a Polish railway worker who woke up to a new world of …
Sri Lanka tea strike prunes profits at Maskeliya Plantations
June 14, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Maskeliya Plantations, which produces some of the island's best high grown teas, has reported a sharp fall in profits …
Blocked Call
June 14, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's highest court halted the sale of shares of the country's largest fixed access operator to a Malaysian firm Thursday, …
Wrong List
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2007 (AFP) - US Middle East allies Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, as well as key trading partner Malaysia were added Tuesday to a …
Woolmer died of natural causes: Jamaican police
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered but died of natural causes, Jamaican police said in a …
India goes for a local ‘shrewd thinker’ after Ford disappointment
NEW DELHI, June 12, 2007 (AFP) - India's cricket chiefs on Tuesday appointed former player Chandu Borde the manager-cum coach of the national team for the …
India’s chosen coach turns the offer down stays at home
LONDON, June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Graham Ford has snubbed an offer to become India's new coach in favour of staying on in his current role as director of cricket …
Saudi Arabia executions rise to new high this year
RIYADH, June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Not even the king can save a convict on death row for premeditated murder from the executioner's sword in Saudi Arabia. online …
Tourists to Nepal up 45 per cent since peace deal
KATHMANDU, June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Tourism arrivals to Nepal have shot up nearly 45 percent since former Maoist rebels ended their bloody "people's war" at the …
Go Back
June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has deported over 400 foreign nationals so far this year for overstaying their visas and working in the island illegally, the …
Asia sweep past Africa bagging the Afro-Asia series as Mahela strikes again
CHENNAI, India, June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Mahendra Dhoni and Mahela Jayawardene hammered centuries in a record stand to set up Asia's 13-run win over Africa in the …
Fernando fires Asia to series-clinching win in the second ODI
CHENNAI, India, June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Fast bowler Dilhara Fernando grabbed four wickets as Asia clinched the Afro-Asia cricket series with a 31-run win over …
South African Ford named India coach
CHENNAI, India, June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Graham Ford of South Africa has been selected as India's new cricket coach, the Board of Control for Cricket in India …
Deviltry
June 10, 2007 (LBO) - A popular folk story talks of a villager and a chance meeting of a demon in the forest and using his craftiness to get the demon to work …