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Sri Lanka war triggers strike in Indian Tamil state
NEW DELHI, February 4, 2009 (AFP) – Opposition political parties in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu called a general strike Wednesday to protest civilian casualties from the war in nearby Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka’s Tamils share close cultural and religious links with the 55 million Tamils in Tamil Nadu, which is also home to thousands […]
Sri Lanka fighting kills 52 civilians: UN
February 4, 2009 (AFP) – At least 52 civilians were killed in Sri Lanka in shelling in one location on Tuesday, a UN spokesman said Wednesday, as the only hospital in the war zone was evacuated after being hit multiple times.“We have a report that 52 civilians had been killed in a shell attack at […]
‘s bunker: ministry
February 3, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops advancing in the north of the island have found an underground bunker complex believed to have been a home of the leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels, the defence ministry said Tuesday.The ministry said the two-storey-deep bunker had electricity generators, air conditioning and medical supplies, and was […]
‘s bunker: defence ministry
February 3, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops advancing in the north of the island have found an underground bunker complex believed to have been a home of the leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels, the defence ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said the two-storey-deep bunker had electricity generators, air conditioning and medical supplies, and […]
Sri Lankan troops capture last Tamil Tiger airstrip: military
February 3, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lankan government troops on Tuesday captured the last of several jungle airstrips used by the Tamil Tigers to launch air strikes across the island, the defence ministry said.The two-kilometre (1.25-mile) long runway and hangar for light aircraft was seized by troops advancing on the village of Thirivilaru in Mullaittivu […]
Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers urged to lay down arms
Feb 03, 2009 (LBO) – The United States and other powerful donors involved in Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict have urged Tamil Tiger rebels to surrender, to prevent further civilian casualties, saying their days were numbered. The co-chairs also urged the government and the rebels to declare a “temporary no-fire period” to allow for evacuation of […]
Australian man caught with pigeons in trousers
MELBOURNE, February 3, 2009 (AFP) – An Australian man was caught with two live pigeons stuffed in his trousers as he got off a flight from the Middle East, authorities said Tuesday. Customs officers body-searched the 23-year-old after he was allegedly found with two bird eggs in a vitamin container in his pocket during baggage […]
Trading Deal
Feb 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan software firm Millennium IT said it has won the contract to provide the trading platform for India’s new International Multi-Commodity Exchange (IMX). The exchange is expected to go live in the first quarter of the next financial year, subject to regulatory approvals, according to a statement by Indiabulls […]
Cheap PC
NEW DELHI, February 3, 2009 (AFP) – India has unveiled plans to produce a laptop computer costing just 10 dollars in a bid to improve the skills of millions of students across the country. New Delhi rebuffed a previous attempt to bring cheap laptops to India, led by MIT computer scientist Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop […]
Sri Lanka Galle Face group to build resort on Maldive island
Feb 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Galle Face Hotels Group plans to build a 100-room luxury resort hotel on an atoll in the Maldivian archipelago, a senior official said.The new hotel is sited on an uninhabited island which also has a domestic airport.and airport buildings. The new Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, during his recent […]
Ambiguity
Feb 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank says the ‘ambiguity’ behind a suspension of payments on oil derivatives sold to state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is causing uncertainty, and leaving it in a tight position. “Unless there is a strict instruction by the regulator we feel that we have to honor the counterparties […]
Support Package
Feb 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is developing a policy support package for registered finance and leasing companies that are facing liquidity problems, the Central Bank said. The Central Bank intervened to stop a run on Seylan Bank, dissolved its board of directors and put the bank under state-run Bank of Ceylon. Depositors says […]