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Sri Lanka record stand leaves Pakistan struggling
KARACHI, February 22, 2009 (AFP) – Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera smashed double hundreds during a world record stand of 437 as Sri Lanka left Pakistan with a mountain to climb in the opening Test here on Sunday.Jayawardene ended on 240 and Samaraweera struck a career-best 231 as the tourists declared their first innings at […]
Tigers kill 10 Sri Lanka villagers: defence ministry
February 21, 2009 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels gunned down 10 civilians, including two children, and wounded five more in eastern Sri Lanka on Saturday, the defence ministry said. Gunmen from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) overran the village of Kirimetiya on Saturday evening and began shooting at residents, the ministry said. “The […]
Bern protestors demand Sri Lanka ceasefire
GENEVA, February 21, 2009 (AFP) – Nearly 1,000 demonstrators in the Swiss capital of Bern called Saturday for a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict in Sri Lanka and for Switzerland to do more to secure it, the ATS agency reported. The rally in front of Bern’s federal palace came one day after at least 14,000 […]
Sri Lanka says 65 Tamil Tigers killed; territory shrunk
February 22, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lankan security forces killed at least 65 Tamil Tigers in a week of intense fighting that further reduced the territory under rebel control, the military said on Sunday. The Tigers have been driven back into just 73 square kilometres (28 square miles) of jungle, military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said, […]
Bigger Banks
Feb 22, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s banking sector is not at risk from the global credit crisis but needs consolidation to be able to improve returns and attract fresh capital, a senior banker said. Clearer regulatory guidelines were needed to cover changes in ownership in the banking sector and to handle the implications of […]
Sri Lanka reach 120-2 at lunch in first Pakistan Test
KARACHI, February 21, 2009 (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara and Malinda Warnapura hit half-centuries to help Sri Lanka reach 120-2 by lunch on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan here on Saturday.Sangakkara was unbeaten at the break on 51 with skipper Mahela Jayawardene on five not out after Sri Lanka won the toss […]
” of the game: Bird
LONDON, February 21, 2009 (AFP) – Money has been the “ruination” of cricket, former Test umpire Dickie Bird said Saturday, after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) terminated all contracts with alleged fraudster Allen Stanford.Bird called for a return to “old traditions and principles” in a comment piece in The Sun tabloid and said […]
Sri Lanka flay Pakistan in first Test
KARACHI, February 21, 2009 (AFP) – Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera hit punishing hundreds to lead Sri Lanka’s run charge against Pakistan on the opening day of the first Test here on Saturday as the tourists reached 406-3.Jayawardene was unbeaten on 136 — his 25th Test hundred — while Samaraweera notched 130 not out for […]
Sri Lanka Tigers used torch for air attack: military
February 21, 2009 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels who staged a suicide air raid on Sri Lanka’s capital used a pocket torch to navigate, but their planes were packed with high explosives, military officials said Saturday.One of the Tigers’ two light aircraft was shot down before it could hit its intended target — the main […]
Tamil Tiger air raid kills 2 injures 50
February 20, 2009 (AFP) – Tamil Tigers carried out a kamikaze-style attack in Sri Lanka’s capital on Friday night, smashing a light aircraft into the main tax building, killing two people and wounding 50, officials said. Sri Lanka’s air force said anti aircraft guns shot down one of the light aircraft that had flown over […]
Tamil Tiger raid a desperate bid to delay defeat: govt
February 21, 2009 (AFP) – A kamikaze-style attack by Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers on the capital Colombo may have been a last ditch attempt by the rebels to delay their defeat after 37 years of fighting, the government said.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) smashed a light aircraft into Colombo’s main tax office late […]
Indian Air Force on alert after Colombo raid: report
NEW DELHI, February 21, 2009 (AFP) – The Indian Air Force was placed on alert on the southern coast of the country Saturday following a deadly Tamil Tiger air raid on the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, a report said.The Press Trust of India news agency quoted air force sources as saying coastal radar and air […]