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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
October 7, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s deadly ethnic conflict is possibly the biggest challenge that is holding down the business process outsourcing …
Oct 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels kept up attacks against each other for a second day Saturday, as the rebels said the new fighting …
WASHINGTON, Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - The days of donating at church by dropping money into a basket may become a thing of the past if Marty Baker has his way. …
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - Scientists who answered questions such as why woodpeckers don't get headaches, whether dung beetles like their …
Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - International relief agencies on Friday demanded access to some 200,000 people displaced by Sri Lanka's worsening ethnic conflict and …
Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - Heavy sea and land battles erupted Friday in Sri Lanka with the military reporting the recovery of 22 bodies of Tamil rebels after a …
October 5, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to spend more and borrow further next year as expenses for defence hardware and fuel related subsidies escalate. …
Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka plans to increase overall defence spending by 45 percent in calendar 2007 amid an upsurge in fighting between security forces and …
NEW DELHI, Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - Tata Tea, the world's second-biggest branded teamaker, said Thursday it has bought a 33 percent stake in leading South African …
Oct 05 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has shipped less value added teas for the eight months to August, as a key buyer Libya is yet to place any big orders, a …
VICTORIA FALLS, Zambia, Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - For years it was regarded as a backwater and the poor relation to its southern neighbour, but the spiralling crisis …
Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Thursday it was probing the activities of several foreign aid groups operating in areas controlled by both the government …
Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - Norwegian peace brokers were Thursday struggling to get Sri Lanka's warring parties to agree on a venue for talks, with Tiger rebels …
October 5, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Thursday cut retail fuel prices, but raised prices for alcohol and cigarettes, as the government disclosed plans to …