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Sri Lankan president warns Tigers as violence escalates
May 14, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse has warned Tiger rebels not to take his patience for weakness and vowed to defend his country against attacks.Rajapakse, 60, said in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper he was committed peacefully to settling the Tamil separatist conflict and had ordered recent air attacks […]
Violence kills 19 in Sri Lanka as Tigers vow to use navy
May 14, 2006 (AFP) – May 14, 2006 (AFP) – At least 19 people have been killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka, officials said Sunday, as Tamil Tigers vowed a “war” to deploy their navy even though truce monitors say it violates a ceasefire. Thirteen of the victims were gunned down in separate incidents […]
Global economy, led by China, shrugs off soaring commodity prices
LONDON, May 14, 2006 (AFP) – The prices of commodities such as oil, copper, aluminium, platinum and sugar are smashing records — and will head higher owing to fierce demand from economic powerhouses India and China, analysts say. With sizzling rates of growth in the two emerging giants, home to one third of the world’s […]
Microsoft, Google gear for titanic clash
NEW YORK, May 14, 2006 (AFP) – Microsoft and Google are girding for battle for supremacy over the information technology sector, a duel watched closely by others in the sector.The spectacular rise of Google in the past few years has raised questions about whether the Internet search titan is on track to dethrone Microsoft and […]
”s win
NEW DELHI, May 14, 2006 (AFP) – The clamour is growing for Rahul Gandhi, scion of India’s most powerful political dynasty, to step into the spotlight after steering his mother Sonia Gandhi to a landslide by-election win.“Son Rises,” said the Times of India in a headline after Sonia racked up a record 417,000-vote victory margin […]
Sri Lanka likely to maintain key interest rates, despite deteriorating security situation
May 14, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank is likely to maintain its policy rates for the fifth straight month amidst a possible bottoming out of inflation, analysts said Sunday. “The present uncertainty (in the security situation) would keep the authorities away from any downward revisions…It’s too early to look at any upward revisions […]
EU criticises Sri Lanka Tigers over sea battle, warns on escalation
May 13, 2006 (AFP) – The European Union criticised Sri Lankan rebels Saturday for staging a deadly sea attack and warned that the escalation in violence could wreck any chance of returning to peace talks.The statement came two days after a Tamil Tiger suicide attack on a navy gunboat that killed its 18-man crew, dealing […]
‘s warring sides to resume dialogue
UNITED NATIONS, May 12, 2006 (AFP) – UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday made a fresh appeal to Sri Lanka’s government and Tamil rebels to end violence and resume Norwegian-brokered peace talks.UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Annan, who is on a visit to Austria, was “disturbed by the news of major sea and aerial […]
Jayasuriya denies President behind Test return
LONDON, May 13, 2006 (AFP) – Sanath Jayasuriya has insisted the President of Sri Lanka played no role in his decision to end his retirement from Test cricket.The 36-year-old former Sri Lanka captain, who arrived in England on Saturday, could only watch from beyond the boundary at Lord’s while his erstwhile team-mates followed-on in the […]
Sri Lanka bombs Tamil Tiger airfield to “deter further attacks”
May 12, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s airforce bombed a rebel airfield in the island’s north to “deter further attacks” by the guerrillas after they sank a navy gunboat and killed 18 people, the government said Friday. The airforce carried out a “limited operation” to bomb the airfield of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam […]
‘s deadly foes
May 12, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s truce prevents Tiger rebels from venturing out to sea, but “Sea Tiger” sailors are openly defying the ban and testing the resolve of the government and Nordic peace monitors, officials say.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sparked a fresh row over their right to operate their deadly […]
Tigers slams monitors after sea battle, Sri Lanka looks for bodies
May 12, 2006 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger Friday rejected a ceasefire ruling against them and demanded “sovereign rights” as Sri Lanka’s military hunted for the bodies of 18 people killed in a major sea battle.The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) insisted they will operate naval and air wings and slammed Scandinavian ceasefire monitors […]