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Jaffna: The Tamil cultural capital turned killing field
Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops and Tigers are locked in fierce fighting over Jaffna, but analysts say the arid peninsula is of little real value to either party except as a symbol. Yet, more blood has been spilt over Jaffna than any other region in Sri Lanka. The latest fighting, which began […]
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Aug 20 (AFP) – A foreign team monitoring Sri Lanka’s crumbling ceasefire will be almost halved after Tamil Tiger rebels ordered members from European Union states to leave the country, the group said Sunday.The team will be reduced from a full strength of 57 members to 30 next month after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil […]
Mini Race
August 15 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s fuel efficient small car market is racing ahead, helped by high oil prices and prohibitive taxes on larger cars.So, customers are willing to wait.†Despite the lack of economies of scale available to China and India, the company is making inroads in to the small car market. Leading the […]
India takes Coca-Cola to court alleging high pesticide levels
BANGALORE, India, Aug 19 (AFP) – India’s southern state of Karnataka has filed a case against US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola, accusing it of selling products with unacceptably high pesticide levels, a minister said Saturday.The case was filed August 12 after state health department-supervised laboratory tests showed excessive amounts of pesticide in Coca-Cola product samples, […]
More clashes in Sri Lanka while refugee numbers rise
Aug 19 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops bombed an alleged Tamil Tiger seabase and traded fire with rebels in the northern Jaffna peninsula amid concern over supplies for thousands of civilians who fled fierce fighting, officials said Saturday.An airforce jet bombed a boatyard in Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) territory claiming it was used […]
Sri Lankan warplanes attack Tiger boat base
Aug 19 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s airforce Saturday said it had destroyed attack craft used by Tamil Tigers in an airstrike on a boatyard in rebel-held territory.The military said it had destroyed many boats in Friday’s raid on the yard in the northern Jaffna peninsula where the guerrillas were building boats to launch seaborne attacks […]
Crude oil slumps, dragging most commodities lower
LONDON, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) – Crude futures plunged this week, in line with many commodity prices, amid evidence of an economic slowdown in the United States and a lowering of tensions in the Middle East, analysts said. But nickel prices hit a fresh historic record on keen demand, while coffee soared on concerns over […]
‘s answer to Wal-Mart
NEW DELHI, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) – India’s biggest private company Reliance Industries said Friday it aims to launch its first store next month as part of a plan to build an Indian version of Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retail chain. Reliance, whose main business is oil and petrochemicals, has said it plans to invest […]
Tigers name 51 children killed in air raid
COLOMBO, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels Friday gave the names of 51 school children killed in an airforce bombing of what they said was an orphanage in guerrilla-held territory. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said 51 out of 55 people killed in Monday’s air raid were children. […]
Aid workers demand help for thousands as air raids continue in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) – Government warplanes attacked Tamil Tiger targets in northern Sri Lanka Friday as aid workers demanded access to tens of thousands marooned by a week of fierce fighting that left 500 dead. Government troops used a brief respite in heavy battles to consolidate defensive lines in the northern Jaffna peninsula […]