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Sri Lanka tightens security ahead of Tamil Tiger funeral
Nov 4, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan security forces on Sunday increased already tight security ahead of a funeral planned in rebel territory for a top Tamil Tiger leader killed in a air strike, officials said. Checks at all entry points into Colombo were intensified and snap road blocks set up within the city of […]
Sri Lanka braced for more war after top Tiger killed
Nov 4, 2007 (AFP) – The killing of a top Tamil Tiger rebel in a Sri Lankan government air raid is likely to strengthen hawks on both sides of the bitter ethnic divide and herald more violence on the troubled island, analysts say.The already dim hopes of salvaging a moribund peace process took another blow […]
Pakistan TV stations off air amid emergency speculation
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3, 2007 (AFP) – Pakistan’s private television channels suddenly went off the air Saturday amid reports President Pervez Musharraf was likely to impose a state of emergency.A senior official at Dawn television, which broadcasts in English, said transmition had been shut down.“Our channel has been taken off the air and it seems it […]
Citigroup CEO to resign: report
NEW YORK, Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) – Citigroup Chief Executive Charles Prince is planning to resign at a board meeting Sunday, amid growing turmoil surrounding the US banking giant, the Wall Street Journal reported late Friday.The report, citing people familiar with the matter, said Prince, 57, after four troubled years of tenure had decided to […]
Sri Lanka fight back after bad start against Queensland
BRISBANE, Australia, Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka fought back after an early innings collapse to claim four Queensland wickets on an eventful opening day of their three-day tour match at Allan Border Field here Friday.The Queenslanders won the toss and had the tourists struggling at 81 for six in the 27th over before […]
Sri Lanka, Australia announce Warne-Muralitharan trophy
SYDNEY, Nov 3, 2007 (AFP) – Australia and Sri Lanka will play for the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy this month in honour of the two leading wicket-takers in Test history, Cricket Australia and Sri Lanka Cricket announced Saturday.Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, who have taken more than 1400 Test wickets between them, have lent their names to […]
Sri Lanka braced for retaliation as Tigers honour slain chief
Nov 3, 2007 (AFP) – The elusive leader of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday paid his respects to his slain deputy and five others who died in a government air raid, as security was stepped up across the island.Velupillai Prabhakaran honoured S.P. Thamilselvan, head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s (LTTE) political […]
Sri Lankan peacekeepers sent home over Haiti sex scandal
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) – More than 110 Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in Haiti are to be sent back home over charges that they paid for sex, the United Nations said Friday, in the latest such scandal to besmirch the world body. Most of the nearly 100,000 troops serving […]
” arrested in Britain
LONDON, Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) – Colonel Karuna, the leader of a breakaway faction of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers rebel group, has been arrested in Britain and is being held in immigration detention, the interior ministry said Friday.A 2002 truce brokered by Norway began to unravel in December 2005, and since then more than 5,400 […]
Too Slow
Nov 02, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s motor trade is lobbying the government to discourage used car imports and change import duty to make brand new vehicles more affordable. The Ceylon Motor Traders’ Association (CMTA) says the government has still not responded to repeated proposals to restructure vehicle tax regulations and introduce a method of […]