AK-47 to remain world’s favorite killing machine for next 20 years — report
UNITED NATIONS, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - The Kalashnikov assault rifle will remain the world's favorite killing machine in conflict zones for at least …
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Catholics call for peace after suicide bombing in Sri Lanka
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - The Roman Catholic church opened a meeting here Monday, calling for peace in embattled Sri Lanka hours after a suspected Tamil …
India’s Tata Coffee pays 220 million dollars for US’s Eight O’Clock
NEW DELHI, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - India's largest coffee producer, Tata Coffee Ltd. said Monday it signed a deal to buy U.S.-based Eight O'Clock Co. …
Norway reiterates commitment to Sri Lanka peace process
OSLO, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Norway is determined to continue its mediation efforts in Sri Lanka despite a flare-up in violence on the island and …
Sri Lanka announces tighter security after suicide bombing
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military Monday announced it will bring back tighter security measures across the country following the …
Key dates in Sri Lanka’s armed conflict
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels deployed a motorcycle riding suicide bomber to kill Sri Lanka's number three army officer, Major …
Top Sri Lanka army general assassinated
COLOMBO, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - One of Sri Lanka's most senior army generals was assassinated Monday in a powerful bomb attack just outside the …
Body parts litter Sri Lanka highway after suicide blast kills general
PANNIPITIYA, Sri Lanka, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Blackened body fragments littered the highway and gardens of this Sri Lankan suburb after a suspected …
Army general killed in suicide bombing near Sri Lanka capital
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber assassinated the Sri Lankan army's deputy chief of staff Monday, dealing another blow to …
Fitch rates Singer’s four-year debenture ‘A+(lka)’
June 26, 2006 (LBO) - Singer (Sri Lanka) Ltd secured a A+(lka) ratings for their upcoming four-year 600 million rupee debenture from Fitch Ratings …
Cable Guys
June 26, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Monday asked satellite television broadcasters to get themselves registered and fixed an annual fee of 500,000 …
Sri Lanka blast aimed at scuttling peace: president
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - The assassination of a top army general Monday was aimed at sabotaging Sri Lanka's peace process, President Mahinda Rajapakse …
People’s Merchant Bank gets a ‘BBB-(lka)’ rating
June 26, 2006 (LBO) - Fitch Ratings Lanka on Monday assigned a 'BBB-(lka)' rating for People's Merchant Bank's long-term debt, citing its parental …
Women turning backs on matrilineal society in India’s northeast
SHILLONG, India, June 25, 2006 (AFP) - It's not that Rosanna Lyngdoh Mawphlang isn't grateful that under her Khasi tribe's matrilineal system she, …
Pressure Points
BANGALORE, India, June 25, 2006 (AFP) - Soaring salaries and poor quality of manpower are prompting foreign firms to shut their outsourcing …
Norway’s next step is key to Sri Lanka’s faltering peace: analysts
June 25, 2006 (AFP) - A tense calm has settled over Sri Lanka as the government and Tamil Tiger guerrillas await a decision from peace broker Norway …
Nice Fit?
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25, 2006 (AFP) - Malaysia's top mobile phone operator Maxis Communications is bidding for Sri Lanka's fifth mobile operator's …
Company riches to grow on rubber boom, stocks to get re-rated
June 25, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lankan plantation companies are expected to rake in the riches in the ongoing rubber boom, with analysts expecting stocks …
Sri Lanka hits back at Tigers over truce mission
June 24, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday said the Tamil Tigers had laid down a "hostile deadline" after the rebels said European Union (EU) …
Indian PM calls for dialogue to solve Sri Lankan conflict
BANGALORE, India, June 24, 2006 (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday urged dialogue and cooperation for solving the ethnic conflict …
On Paper
June 23, 2006 (LBO) - Malaysia will build Sri Lanka's Colombo-Kandy Highway, with an agreement for a feasibility study signed by the two sides this …
Humble Abode
June 23, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's housing authority is to set up a low income housing fund to help re-locate people in Colombo's under-served areas, …
Sri Lankan president to visit Bangladesh
DHAKA, June 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will visit Bangladesh next month, the foreign ministry said Friday. Rajapakse …
Sonic booms cause panic in Sri Lanka’s capital
June 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's capital Colombo was thrown into panic Friday after sonic booms caused by jet fighters were mistaken for bomb blasts …