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Always On
DHAKA, Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) – AlwaysOn Network, Inc.of the United States will invest 60 million dollars to provide Internet services to most of Bangladesh within 10 years, a government spokesman said Monday. The company signed an agreement with the information and communication technology ministry on Sunday to establish Internet services in each of the […]
Scientists pore over data from NKorea blast
PARIS, Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) – Scientists took a dour wait-and-see attitude after North Korea claimed to have successfully conducted a nuclear test on Monday.Only careful analysis of data returned by seismic or atmospheric sensors will say whether the blast was a success or a damp squib, they said. Nor could they rule out the […]
US economist Edmund S. Phelps wins Nobel Economics Prize
STOCKHOLM, Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) – US economist Edmund S.Phelps won the 2006 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work on trade-offs in macroeconomic policy, the Nobel jury said, noting that his work had improved understanding of how policy affected welfare for present and future generations. List of Nobel Economics Prize laureates 2006: Edmund S. […]
Workers appeal for tighter rules in shipbreaking industry
LONDON, Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) – Indian shipbreaking workers on Monday called on industry chiefs meeting in London Monday for tighter regulations to cut the number of serious injuries and deaths in the sector, particularly in Asia.“We need the help of the world, we need the help of the people to help the workers,” Vidyadhar […]
Indian PM pledges to push for financial reform
LONDON, Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to push for reform of the banking and insurance sectors, and to raise investment in infrastructure, in an interview published in the Financial Times on Monday.“These are our two biggest priorities,” Singh told the newspaper. His remarks to the newspaper largely echo those […]
Sri Lanka vows to hit back amid artillery duels with Tigers
Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s government vowed Monday to keep up an offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels until they stopped “provocative actions” as both sides traded artillery fire. After two weeks, the military regained territory lost to the rebels following intense fighting that claimed hundreds of lives of both sides. President Mahinda Rajapakse […]
Ongoing bloodshed paralyses Sri Lanka peace bid
Oct 8, 2006 (AFP) – Foreign aid donors have demanded peace talks in Sri Lanka to avert full-scale war, but the daily bloodshed has reduced broker Norway’s ability to coax rebels and the government to the table, diplomats say.During a visit here last week, Norwegian envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer failed to secure agreement on a venue […]
Sri Lankan soldiers missing after heavy fighting
Oct 8, 2006 (AFP) – Twelve Sri Lankan government soldiers were missing Sunday following fierce fighting with Tamil rebels in the east of the island that left at least seven combatants dead, the defence ministry said. There were conflicting statements on casualties from the government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after […]
Sri Lankan troops preparing major offensive, Tigers say
Oct 8, 2006 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday accused Sri Lankan government troops of bracing for a fresh offensive around the northern peninsula of Jaffna after both sides suffered losses in a battle elsewhere.The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) also called on Norwegian peace monitors to step and check the frontlines, the […]
Records Intact
NEW DELHI, India, Oct 7, 2006 (AFP) – The body representing India’s booming outsourcing business insisted Saturday that the country was a safe place to do business following a British TV news sting showed alleged call centre fraud.Britain’s Channel 4 aired a documentary Thursday purporting to show how the data of thousands of British customers […]