Families bury massacre victims amid tight security
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 8, 2006 (AFP) - Relatives Tuesday sprinkled perfumed water and buried aid workers gunned down inside their office in …
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Sri Lanka’s tourism arrivals slip 2.5% in July
August 8, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka greeted fewer visitors for the second straight month in July, as holidaymakers shied away amidst heavy …
Sri Lanka offers probe into massacre of French aid workers
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will order a "clean and independent" investigation into the reported killing of 15 workers of a French charity during …
Lock picking child’s play at major US computer hackers conference
LAS VEGAS, Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Locks commonly used at homes and businesses worldwide were so easy to pick that children could do it, computer hackers …
Evacuation of migrant workers from Lebanon resumes
GENEVA, Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Evacuations of thousands of Asian and Ethiopian migrant workers trapped in war-torn Lebanon have resumed, the …
People the Achilles’ heel of computer security: hackers, pros
LAS VEGAS, Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - The most vexing weakness in computer security is not in the hardware or the software, it is in the people who use the …
French group finds slain workers in Sri Lanka
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - The bodies of 16 slain aid workers were found in Sri Lanka on Monday as new fighting between security forces and Tamil Tiger …
Choices: Brand or generic?
August 7, 2006 (LBO) – Generic is cheap and utilitarian. Brand is expensive and status conferring. That's the common wisdom. But those in the new, …
Sri Lanka sells 3-year bonds at 11.05%
August 7, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Central Bank sold three-year treasury bonds at yields of 11. online pharmacy buy abilify with best prices today in …
Senior police officer killed in Sri Lanka blast
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - A senior police officer was killed and his driver critically wounded in a powerful mine explosion in central Sri Lanka Monday, …
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August 7, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has picked up 12 million rupees to date from taxing foreign movies, dramas and sitcoms aired on local …
French NGO probing killing of 15 aid workers in Sri Lanka
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - A French aid agency said it was trying to find out who shot dead 15 of its employees in northern Sri Lanka but that government …
Chief peace monitor hits out at Sri Lanka water attack
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's chief truce monitor has criticised government troops for shelling Tamil rebels as they tried to reopen a bitterly …
Aid agency probes Sri Lanka massacre as monitor slams shelling
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - A French aid agency was Monday trying to find out who shot dead 15 of its employees as a Nordic truce monitor hit out at the Sri …
Fresh artillery strikes in Sri Lanka, French struggle to find killers
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka mounted fresh artillery attacks against Tamil Tiger rebels Monday, a day after the guerrillas warned that shelling …
Frustrated relief workers demand protection in Sri Lanka
KALLAR, Sri Lanka, Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Tired and hungry aid workers labor ceaselessly in crowded refugee camps on the edge of Sri Lanka's conflict …
Friendship Bridge
August 7, 2006 (LBO) – The United States government Monday kicked off a project to build a 10.6 million dollar high-tech bridge at Arugam Bay, …
French aid group to review Sri Lanka presence after bloodiest hit
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - A French aid agency said Monday it would review its presence in Sri Lanka after 15 of its workers were found shot dead in the …
How the US super-rich ‘dodge’ taxes
WASHINGTON, Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - If you had a billion dollars in the bank and lived a jet-set lifestyle out of a string of luxury homes filled with …
Mouse Trail
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - High-tech passports touted as advances in national security can be spied on remotely and their identifying …
Sri Lanka rejects Norway deal with Tigers, battle for water resumes
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Sunday rejected peace broker Norway's deal with Tamil Tiger rebels to lift a water blockade at …
Bodies of 15 aid workers found in Sri Lanka
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Fifteen local employees of a French aid agency have been found dead in a town in northeastern Sri Lanka at the centre of heavy …
Sri Lanka rebels warn full-scale war if strikes resume
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels who agreed to end a bitter water dispute Sunday warned peace broker Norway that they would resort to …
Zimbabwe’s ‘cosmetic’ cash reforms rapped
HARARE, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Zimbabweans last week flooded banks to hand in old notes after the central bank slashed three zeroes from the local …