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NEW DELHI, Oct 7, 2007 (AFP) – India has recalled its top spy in Sri Lanka following complaints of “irregular” relations with a woman from regional rival China, officials said here on Sunday.Ravi Nair “has been recalled and he will report back to the headquarters,” said a senior government official who asked not to be […]
More Class
Oct 07, 2007 (LBO) – DIMO, distributors of Mercedes Benz in Sri Lanka, says it hopes the newly introduced C-Class will revive sales but notes the increase in interest rates is a concern for the luxury vehicle market. The new C-Class known as W204, is expected to take-over from the old C-Class, the W203, as […]
” in Sri Lanka
Oct 6, 2007 (AFP) – Three men were shot dead in execution-style killings in Sri Lanka, police said Saturday, amid heightened international attention on the island’s deteriorating human rights record.Two blindfolded men whose hands had been tied behind their backs were found shot through the head in the northwestern Chilaw area while another body was […]
Sri Lankan troops, Tigers swap bodies
COLOMBO, Oct 6, 2007 (AFP) – Government forces and Tamil Tiger guerrillas swapped on Saturday the bodies of combatants killed in recent fighting in northern Sri Lanka, doctors said.Government troops sent four bodies of Tamil Tiger rebels to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) through the International Red Cross, a doctor at the Vavuniya […]
Marion Jones just the latest in long list of sensational revelations
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Oct 5, 2007 (AFP) – BALCO, the San Francisco lab that peddled performance enhancing drugs to athletes, continues to rock the sports world four years after it became a byword for cheating.Marion Jones, once the golden girl of US athletics, Friday pleaded guilty to lying to a federal agent about her […]
Super Road
Oct 06, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has asked a Malaysian firm to study the prospects for a highway from the Galle Face area of Colombo to the fast growing suburb of Malabe, PJI Holdings a Kuala Lampur listed firm, has said. This year the government is expected to spend around 170 million dollars on […]
Sri Lanka to start victim and witness protection
Oct 05, 2007 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government announced Thursday it will soon introduce regulations to protect and compensate victims and witnesses of crimes with the aim of improving the efficacy of the criminal justice system. Policy guidelines have already been prepared by the Attorney General that will help formulate a legal framework to […]
England taste rare one-day success in Sri Lanka
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, Oct 4, 2007 (AFP) – Ryan Sidebottom and Stuart Broad shared four big wickets as England ended a 25-year wait with a 65-run win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international here on Thursday. The pace duo built on man-of-the-match Owais Shah’s superb 82 as England dismissed the World Cup runners-up […]
Sprint queen Marion Jones admits doping: report
WASHINGTON, Oct 4, 2007 (AFP) – Sprint superstar Marion Jones, who has dodged doping allegations for years, has admitted using steroids before her triumphant 2000 Olympics campaign, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.The Post, in a story posted on its website, said Jones had written to family and friends to tell them she would plead […]
European, UK central banks sit tight on rates
VIENNA, Oct 4, 2007 (AFP) – Europe’s two biggest central banks kept interest rates on hold Thursday as they scoured financial and economic data for signs of damage in the wake of a global banking crisis.“This underpins our call for the ECB to be firmly on hold for now,” Bartsch said.The European Central Bank and […]
Nobel prize season opens Monday
STOCKHOLM, Oct 5, 2007 (AFP) – The 2007 Nobel prize season opens Monday with the announcement of the medicine prize, as the fight against climate change is tipped for the Nobel Peace Prize and speculation is rife for the literature award. Laureates receive a gold medal, a diploma and 10 million Swedish kronor (1.53 million […]
Teen on mechanical heart gets transplant
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5, 2007 (AFP) – A Malaysian teenage girl desperately looking for a new heart has successfully undergone a transplant operation after being hooked up to a mechanical heart for over a year, reports said Friday. Tee Hui Yee, 14, received a heart in a 10-hour operation at the National Heart Institute late […]