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Nov 11, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s chief selector Asantha de Mel on Sunday declined to comment after being called a “joker” by senior batsman Marvan Atapattu during the ongoing opening Test in Australia. “I do not want to comment and I want to ignore his comments. All that I am keen as the chief […]
Sri Lanka asks Australia to end Test blackout
Nov 11, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket governing body Sunday asked their counterparts in Australia to end the lock out of international media from the ongoing Test series between the two nations. The conditions imposed on photographers and journalists applying for credentials to cover cricket raise grave concerns about press freedom, the agencies said. […]
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SANTIAGO, Nov 10, 2007 (AFP) – Spain’s King Juan Carlos I told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to “just shut up,” bringing an Ibero-American summit to end in spectacular fashion on Saturday.Spain’s monarch stormed out just before the scheduled end of the forum, visibly furious at Chavez’s description of his former prime minister as a “fascist” […]
One Laptop Per Child: the dream starts to deliver
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 10, 2007 (AFP) – Low-cost computers meant to usher poor children worldwide into the digital age are being mass produced in China as US nonprofit One Laptop Per Child strives to deliver on its promise. The first of the XO laptops being built at a Quanta Computer facility in Changshu are destined […]
Commonwealth to debate Pakistan suspension after emergency rule
LONDON, Nov 11, 2007 (AFP) – Foreign ministers will debate whether Pakistan should be suspended from the Commonwealth over President Pervez Musharraf’s declaration of emergency rule at an extraordinary meeting Monday.Nations including Britain and Canada have called for tough action ahead of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group gathering and Secretary-General Don McKinnon described the state […]
Clashes kill 19 in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Nov 10, 2007 (AFP) – At least 19 people were killed and 24 injured during fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in the island’s north, the defence ministry said Saturday.Tens of thousands of people have died since the ethnic conflict began in 1972.Eighteen rebels were killed and 24 wounded in clashes […]
Bears feast as Wall Street gloom deepens
NEW YORK, Nov 9, 2007 (AFP) – The gloom on Wall Street has intensified with investor confidence shaken by the banking industry’s troubles and the economic outlook becoming darker. In a punishing week for the market, the main indexes fell sharply as record-high crude oil prices and a sagging dollar further undermined sentiment. The Dow […]
China tightens monetary policy; reserve ratio 13.5-pct
BEIJING, Nov 10, 2007 (AFP) – China’s central bank announced Saturday that it would raise the reserve ratio requirement for banking institutes by half a percentage point to 13.5 percent as of November 26. Despite repeated measures to cool growth largely driven by excess cash in circulation, China’s economy expanded by 11.9 percent in the […]
Sri Lanka rights body slams opposition, police, over media intimidation
Nov 09, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Free Media Movement said newspapers are not obliged to carry party statements after opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe pulled up a journalist for not publishing a party statement. “The Free Media Movement learns that UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has pulled-up Daily Mirror lobby correspondent for not publishing the UNP […]
‘s breakaway guerrilla faction hit by in-fighting
COLOMBO, Nov 9, 2007 (AFP) – A pro-government faction of Tamil Tiger defectors has been hit by major political in-fighting following the arrest in London of its leader, known as Colonel Karuna, military officials said Friday.Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, alias Karuna, was detained by immigration authorities in London last week and since then his followers in Sri […]
Cricket Australia slammed over row with agency lockout through Sri Lanka Test
BRISBANE, Australia, Nov 9, 2007 (AFP) – Australia cricket’s governing body came under fire Friday for imposing restrictions that have locked global news agencies out of the opening Australia-Sri Lanka cricket Test in Brisbane. “And with the Indian team arriving later this summer, backed by the world’s largest cricket audience, it would be a disaster […]
Commonwealth games decision in Sri Lanka today
Nov 9, 2007 – The Commonwealth Games Federation general assembly will vote Friday to decide whether Abuja of Nigeria or Scotland’s Glasgow hosts the 2014 games, officials said. Abuja and Glasgow will get a final opportunity to sway voters when they each make a 30-minute presentation and answer questions during a 10-minute period just before […]