Tigers, navy clash as bomb scares panic Sri Lankan capital
June 28, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels clashed with a naval patrol and mortared military positions in the restive north Wednesday as schools in the capital …
June 28, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels clashed with a naval patrol and mortared military positions in the restive north Wednesday as schools in the capital …
June 28, 2006 (AFP) - Several schools in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo shut Wednesday following fears that Tamil Tiger rebels may bomb them, officials and …
June 28, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas fired mortar bombs at an army camp in northeastern Sri Lanka Wednesday, killing one soldier and wounding three …
June 27, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse Tuesday launched a new state-own development bank aimed at assisting small and medium scale …
June 27, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Asha Central Hospital has bought land in Colombo to build a new 200-bed hospital, its Managing Director said Tuesday. …
NEW DELHI, June 27, 2006 (AFP) - Takeovers of major western companies by emerging market players, particularly from India and China, will escalate as they …
PARIS, June 27, 2006 (AFP) - Regional and bilateral trade pacts forged outside the scope of the World Trade Organization are increasingly attractive, …
BANGALORE, India, June 27, 2006 (AFP) - Hunted for centuries for its purported qualities as an aphrodisiac, asthma cure and as a kind of living voodoo doll, …
NEW DELHI, June 28, 2006 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel leader expressed regret Tuesday over the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister …
June 27, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Tuesday deployed more troops and threw up roadblocks in Colombo as the government tightened security following the …
June 27, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan peace broker Norway goes into crisis talks Thursday to try to salvage the island's faltering ceasefire, as the assassination …
June 26, 2006 (LBO) - Fitch Ratings Lanka on Monday assigned a 'BBB-(lka)' rating for People's Merchant Bank's long-term debt, citing its parental backing and …
June 26, 2006 (LBO) - Singer (Sri Lanka) Ltd secured a A+(lka) ratings for their upcoming four-year 600 million rupee debenture from Fitch Ratings Lanka, the …
NAIROBI, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Kenyan tea production dipped in May and is expected to fall between 10 and 16 percent in 2006 compared with a year earlier due …
June 26, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Monday asked satellite television broadcasters to get themselves registered and fixed an annual fee of 500,000 rupees. …
NEW DELHI, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - India's largest coffee producer, Tata Coffee Ltd. said Monday it signed a deal to buy U.S.-based Eight O'Clock Co. from …
UNITED NATIONS, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - The Kalashnikov assault rifle will remain the world's favorite killing machine in conflict zones for at least the next 20 …
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military Monday announced it will bring back tighter security measures across the country following the assassination of a …
OSLO, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Norway is determined to continue its mediation efforts in Sri Lanka despite a flare-up in violence on the island and uncertainty …
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - The Roman Catholic church opened a meeting here Monday, calling for peace in embattled Sri Lanka hours after a suspected Tamil Tiger …