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Sri Lanka facing dangerous propaganda war: president
Apr. 29 (AFP) – Sri Lanka is facing a propaganda war more dangerous than the recent violence in the country, the president said, as newspapers on Saturday accused foreign journalists of biased coverage. “Now we are confronted with a more dangerous war — that is the propaganda war,” President Mahinda Rajapakse told a meeting of […]
Sri Lanka suicide blast toll hits 11
Apr. 29 (AFP) – A woman soldier has died of her injuries, bringing to 11 the number of people killed in a suicide bomb attack against Sri Lanka’s army chief, a hospital spokeswoman said Saturday. The soldier died at the national hospital in Colombo on Friday, spokeswoman Pushpa Soysa said. The dead include 10 victims […]
Sri Lanka’s April inflation swings up
Apr. 28 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s inflation rate for April rose over consumer demands for bananas, fresh fish, milk foods and vegetables during the traditional New Year season, the Census & Statistics Dept. said Friday. On a point-to-point basis inflation for April rose to 9.2 percent over 6.4 percent reported in March, as the government […]
Keeping Pace
Apr. 28 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines Friday said it will raise fuel surcharge on ticket prices by up to 30 dollars from May 5, to partially offset soaring energy costs. The Dubai based carrier has a contract with the Sri Lankan government to run the airline and that expires on March 31, 2008. -Mel Gunasekera […]
Disappearing tattoos offer help for lovelorn
PARIS, April 26, 2006 (AFP) – Embarrassed by that tattoo with the name of that former lover? Or those characters in Chinese that you believed meant “eternal love” but later found out to mean “penguin hairball”?Laser treatment is the solution for getting rid of these unwanted body markings, but it can take up to a […]
Indian regulator cracks down on alleged IPO manipulation
MUMBAI, Apr. 28 (AFP) – Indian shares staged a knee-jerk plunge Friday, then rallied after the stock market regulator cracked down on two dozen operators, alleging manipulation of initial public share offerings. Mumbai’s benchmark 30-share Sensex index plunged 490 points or 4.1 percent to 11,344.61 in the first minute of trading before recovering sharply. After […]
Forget tea leaves, Indian fortune teller sees life in a coffee cup
BANGALORE, India, Apr. 28 (AFP) – Tucked away in a nondescript building in india’s high-tech city, Nawal Gani sits in her drawing room drying coffee cups after yet another session of telling people’s fortunes.In Hindu-majority India, where most people consult astrologers for matters ranging from marriages, new business ventures and even what time to step […]
Tigers tell of death, destruction under government bombardment
SAMPUR, Sri Lanka, Apr. 28 (AFP) – Houses in this rebel-held town were deserted and streets eerily empty Friday, three days after Sri Lanka’s military pounded it with a fiery blitz that a Tamil Tiger political officer said killed 15 people and injured 25. Foreign donors were to meet Friday in Oslo in a bid […]
Sri Lanka police find phone card used by suicide bomber
April 28, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan police have found the mobile phone card used by a female suicide bomber who tried to assassinate the country’s army chief and hope it will lead them to other suspects, they said Friday.Officials said Friday that Foneska, who was critically injured, was out of danger and improving. Investigators […]
UN calls on end to political killings in Sri Lanka
Apr. 28 (AFP) – The United Nations Friday urged both the Sri Lanka government and rebel Tamil Tigers to quickly end the political killings that have led to an upsurge in violence.“The dangerous escalation of the conflict in recent days is a direct consequence of killings being allowed to run unchecked,” said Philip Alston, UN’s […]