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G7 mulls global currency, hedge funds, amidst Wolfowitz scandal
WASHINGTON, April 13, 2007 (AFP) – Global finance chiefs launched a new bid Friday to bridge gaps on economic and currency policy at talks clouded by a growing scandal threatening the tenure of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the […]
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WASHINGTON, April 13, 2007 (AFP) – The world’s seven richest nations said Friday a WTO deal to tear down global trade barriers was “imperative,” following a measure of progress achieved by leading players at talks in India. “We believe that a successful conclusion of the Doha Development round is imperative,” Group of Seven finance ministers […]
World monetary policeman ponders own reform
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2007 (AFP) – IMF policymakers on Saturday are to press on with a campaign to save their 60-year-old body from irrelevance at a time when their sister institution, the World Bank, has been shaken by a pay scandal involving its president, Paul Wolfowitz. The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee, representing the Fund’s […]
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COLOMBO, April 13, 2007 (AFP) – The Tamil Tigers vowed Friday to hit back against an advance by government troops in the east of Sri Lanka, accusing the military of “genocidal activities” there.The rebels denied military claims they were retreating in the face of an onslaught in the Eastern Province, where they were ejected from […]
Sri Lanka Tigers deny using satellite illegally
COLOMBO, April 13, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday rejected allegations that they were illegally using a commercial satellite to broadcast overseas.“We are accessing it legally and there is no signal piracy,” a spokesman for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Rasiah Ilanthiriyan, said by telephone from the rebel-held northern […]
Sri Lanka veteran bowling attack smash New Zealand
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 12, 2007 (AFP) – Chaminda Vaas ensured Sri Lanka didn’t miss Lasith Malinga by removing New Zealand’s top three in a six-wicket World Cup Super Eights win at Grenada’s National Stadium. Sri Lanka, set 220 to win, finished on 222 for four to move level on eight points with New Zealand […]
Sri Lanka skipper praises Vaas and Murali old pals act
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 12, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene paid tribute to old stagers Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan who created the platform for Thursday’s six-wicket World Cup win over New Zealand. The veteran duo, two of the survivors from the 1996 World Cup winning team, shared six wickets between them […]
Aussies steamroller Irish to storm into semi-finals
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 13, 2007 (AFP) – Australia required just five overs of hostile pace to storm into the World Cup semi-finals with a crushing nine-wicket win over a hapless Ireland in a Super Eights match here on Friday. Pacemen Glenn McGrath (3-17) and Shaun Tait (3-39) reduced the match between the defending champions and […]
‘s Tamil Tigers using satellite illegally: Intelsat
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2007 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka have been illegally using a satellite of US giant Intelsat to beam their radio and television broadcasts overseas, the company said Wednesday.The issue was also taken up by Sri Lanka at a meeting of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization in Paris last month, […]
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by Stefan Smith BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka, April 12, 2007 (AFP) – Tensions are running high in Sri Lanka’s east as government troops fight what they insist is the “climax” of a battle to clear vast jungle areas of Tamil Tiger rebels. Still trying to recover from the 2004 Asian tsunami, the eastern coastal town of […]
Sri Lanka uses anti-terror laws to crush media: rights group
April 12, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka is using tough anti-terror laws to suppress democratic dissent and journalists who expose human rights abuses, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) charged Thursday. New measures introduced in December were being deployed against those who question the government’s handling of the separatist war with the rebel Liberation […]
Seven villagers shot dead in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, April 12, 2007 (AFP) – Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday shot dead seven villagers of the majority Sinhalese community in northern Sri Lanka on the eve of the traditional New Year, police said.Gunmen from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) raided the village of Avarantalawa in the district of Vavuniya where heavy fighting […]