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Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 3,000, millions destitute
BARGUNA, Bangladesh, Nov 18, 2007 (AFP) – The death toll from a massive cyclone that smashed through impoverished Bangladesh was 3,000 and continuing to rise Sunday with millions left homeless, hungry and without medical help.Three days after the disaster, rescue workers were still fighting their way to remote areas where entire villages on the coast […]
Chavez threatens US$200 a barrel oil
RIYADH, Nov 18, 2007 (AFP) – OPEC hardliners and moderates were deeply divided about whether oil should be used as a political weapon at a rare summit of the cartel on Sunday, with Venezuela and Saudi Arabia at loggerheads.The summit concludes later Sunday with a declaration expected to assure the world of sustainable oil supplies. […]
Smoke Policy
Nov 18, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka would tighten environmental protection regulations next year with vehicle emissions being a key target of the authorities, officials said. Sri Lanka also started to heavily subsidize fuel from 2004 sending the wrong price signals to the economy. Earlier this week the government launched a vehicle emission testing program […]
Gilchrist hits 100th Test six for dominant Aussies
HOBART, Australia, Nov 17, 2007 (AFP) – Adam Gilchrist blazed his way to 100 Test sixes as Australia plundered Sri Lanka’s bowlers for another 500-plus innings declaration. Later he made a plea for the person in possession of the ball which brought up his 100th Test six at Bellerive Oval here Saturday to return it […]
‘s Atapattu mulls Sydney move: report
HOBART, Australia, Nov 17, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan opening batsman Marvan Atapattu is considering quitting international cricket after the second Hobart Test and playing club cricket in Sydney, reports said Saturday.But he went on to score 51 in the first innings to keep his place in the team.In 89 Tests Atapattu has scored 5,397 […]
Bangladesh fears thousands killed by cyclone
DHAKA, Nov 17, 2007 (AFP) – Bangladesh said Saturday it feared thousands of corpses were littering its southern coast after the worst cyclone in years tore through the impoverished and low-lying area.Officials said the army and relief workers were still battling to reach the worst-hit districts, where village after village were flattened when cyclone Sidr […]
Head Above
Nov 17, 2007 (LBO) – Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has upgraded Sri Lanka Telecom’s foreign currency rating to ‘BB-‘, the rating agency said, though the country sovereign ceiling is still at ‘B+’. “¦there is a relatively material probability that the issuer would still be able to service its foreign currency obligations, even if the sovereign […]
Indian state leader in hot water over Thamilselvan poem
CHENNAI, India, Nov 15, 2007 (AFP) – The leader of a southern Indian state is facing allegations of treason after writing a poem mourning the killing in nearby Sri Lanka of a senior rebel and fellow ethnic Tamil. M. Karunanidhi, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu state, was last week so moved by the death […]
Sri Lanka warplanes strike Tiger targets
Nov 16, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan warplanes carried out bombing raids on suspected Tamil Tiger targets inside rebel-held territory on Friday, the defence ministry said.The raids were aimed at a boat manufacturing facility of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the northeast, the ministry said. There were no details of casualties. Officials […]
Sri Lanka police summon lawmakers ahead of budget vote
Nov 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan police questioned an opposition lawmaker and summoned two others Friday, drawing protests from the opposition leader, in the latest twist in political wrangling days ahead of a crucial vote on the government’s budget. United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake, a businessman who was a former trade minister, […]
Sri Lanka urges more action against terrorist front after US ban
Nov 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama Friday called on the international community to take action against front organizations of the Tamil Tigers after the United States froze the assets of a relief agency. “The US government becomes the first foreign government to take tangible action against an LTTE (Liberation Tigers […]
News agencies end Sri Lanka- Australia cricket coverage boycott
HOBART, Australia, Nov 16, 2007 (AFP) – Global news agencies ended a boycott of Australian cricket Friday after striking an agreement with the sport’s governing body that allows their photographers and reporters to cover matches.The agencies will immediately begin coverage of the second Test against Sri Lanka, which started in Hobart on Friday, in which […]