Sri Lanka rejects Norway deal with Tigers, battle for water resumes
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Sunday rejected peace broker Norway's deal with Tamil Tiger rebels to lift a water blockade at the root …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Sunday rejected peace broker Norway's deal with Tamil Tiger rebels to lift a water blockade at the root …
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Fifteen local employees of a French aid agency have been found dead in a town in northeastern Sri Lanka at the centre of heavy fighting …
HARARE, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Zimbabweans last week flooded banks to hand in old notes after the central bank slashed three zeroes from the local currency, but …
HARARE, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Zimbabwe has ordered a new freeze on prices of goods following a spate of increases on the heels of last week's currency reforms to …
Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - At least 152 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in northeastern Sri Lanka as security forces established full control over a Muslim coastal …
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops tightened security Saturday in the island's northeast for 20,000 Muslim refugee families fleeing …
Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - Peacebroker Norway headed for crucial talks with Tamil Tiger rebels Saturday in a bid to stop bloody fighting that has claimed 326 lives by …
DAMASCUS, Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - More than 700 Filipinos and Sri Lankans were evacuated from Lebanon Saturday after being trapped when Israeli air raids destroyed …
Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - Tiger rebels massacred at least 100 refugees in Sri Lanka, raising to 426 the number of people killed in 11 days of violence, the defence …
August 4, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's trade deficit expanded 48.0 percent to 1,793 million dollars for the six months to June, compared with the same period …
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Norway launched high-level talks Friday in a bid to pull Sri Lanka back from all-out war as thousands of Muslims fled the bloodiest …
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Five Muslim civilians were killed in shell attacks in the Sri Lankan town of Muttur Friday, raising the death toll from clashes between the …
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday it had failed to get relief to thousands of civilians trapped by fierce fighting …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Thousands of civilians clambered onto bull-drawn carts, tractors and other rickety vehicles Friday to flee fighting …
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police Friday found a large haul of land mines and grenades and arrested two men who were transporting the cargo deep into a …
HONG KONG, Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Hong Kong people have the least sex in the world, managing it less than once a week, a survey has found. "Pressures from life …
NEW DELHI, Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - India's Supreme Court has told US beverage giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to supply it with details of the chemical composition …
TOKYO, Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - The Bank of Japan faced a fresh scandal Friday as it admitted giving 73 million yen (632,800 dollars) in excessive travel expenses …
GENEVA, Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Overnight bombings in Lebanon cut off an "umbilical cord" for relief supplies and halted evacuations from the country to Syria, …
August 04, 2006 (LBO) – Feeder vessels operating in Colombo said they would remove a cost recovery surcharge imposed on ships calling on the island, from …