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Sri Lanka security high for early May Day rallies
April 30, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan police stepped up security in the capital Monday as political parties prepared to stage May Day rallies a day ahead of the rest of the world, officials said. Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels launched a suicide bomb attack in 1993 during a ruling party May Day rally and assassinated […]
Sri Lanka inflation falls despite rising oil prices in April as money printing tapers off
April 30, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s inflation fell for the third month in a row in April after the Central Bank stopped printing money to finance the budget deficit and tightened monetary policy from December 2006. Consumer price increases in the past twelve months measured by the Colombo Consumer Price index fell to 16.3 […]
Air Attack III
April 29, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka cut power to the capital Colombo early Sunday local time, when millions were watching their team bat in the finals of the World Cup, after a suspected Tamil Tiger aircraft intrusion from the north western part of the island. Go to LBO front page at www.lbo.lk for updates […]
Sri Lanka – Australia final; Crowe says Rudi Koertzen was talking about allowances
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 29, 2007 (AFP) – Match referee Jeff Crowe took the blame for the farcical finish to the World Cup final which saw Australia celebrate victory twice and forced Sri Lanka to bat in pitch-black darkness.But he suggested third umpire Rudi Koertzen may have initiated a process which led to chaotic scenes at […]
Sri Lankans abort party amid air attacks
April 29, 2007 (AFP) – The Sri Lankan capital was enveloped in “total panic” early Sunday as Tamil Tiger air attacks forced World Cup cricket fans to flee their parties for safety.Fans dressed in the Sri Lankan team T-shirts and carrying the national flag had earlier braved the rain to gather in their hundreds at […]
Gilchrist sets new World Cup record in final against Sri Lanka
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 28, 2007 (AFP) – Australia’s Adam Gilchrist set a new record for the highest individual innings in a World Cup final when scoring 149 against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.His innings surpassed the previous best of 140 not out by Australia captain Ricky Ponting, at the crease when his record was broken, […]
Airlines suspend Sri Lanka flights after rebel air strike
COLOMBO, April 29, 2007 (AFP) – Emirates Airlines and Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific on Sunday suspended flights to Sri Lanka following a rebel air strike around the troubled island’s capital. “For Emirates, the safety of its passengers is of paramount importance,” a spokesman for the Dubai-based carrier said, adding that the situation would […]
”’ bomb targets in Colombo
April 29, 2007 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels used light aircraft to bomb key installations in and around Sri Lanka’s capital Sunday, forcing cricket fans to flee from parks as the World Cup final was being shown.There has been a surge in fighting since December 2005 leaving more than 4,000 people killed despite a truce […]
Shell buildings hit in suspected Tiger attack in Sri Lanka
April 29, 2007 (AFP) – A Shell building in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo caught fire early Sunday following a suspected aeriel attack by Tamil Tigers, an official with the energy group said.Shell, which acquired a 51 percent stake in the state-owned Colombo Gas Company when it was privatised in 1995 for 37 million dollars, […]
Sri Lanka Shell Gas terminal complex hit by suspected Tamil Tiger air raid
April 29, 2007 (LBO) – Fire engines were called to put out a fire in a gas terminal complex north of Colombo following a suspected Tamil Tiger aircraft air raid, officials said. . Updated Shell Gas’s media manager, Chamani Herath Pathirage told AFP that there had been an explosion in their facilities and buildings had […]