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Disappearing tattoos offer help for lovelorn
PARIS, April 26, 2006 (AFP) – Embarrassed by that tattoo with the name of that former lover? Or those characters in Chinese that you believed meant “eternal love” but later found out to mean “penguin hairball”?Laser treatment is the solution for getting rid of these unwanted body markings, but it can take up to a […]
Keeping Pace
Apr. 28 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines Friday said it will raise fuel surcharge on ticket prices by up to 30 dollars from May 5, to partially offset soaring energy costs. The Dubai based carrier has a contract with the Sri Lankan government to run the airline and that expires on March 31, 2008. -Mel Gunasekera […]
Sri Lankan exports fall as earnings from clothes decline
Apr.27 (LBO) – Exports from Sri Lanka fell four percent for the two months to February as the island shipped fewer clothes, the central bank said Thursday. Exports dropped to 748 million dollars from Jan-Feb, dragged down by a 9.6 percent fall or 425 million dollars in earnings from shipping clothes. Garments now accounts for […]
Sri Lanka aid donors to meet in Oslo
OSLO, Apr. 27, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s main international aid donors will meet in Oslo on Friday to brainstorm on how best to provide assistance against a backdrop of renewed civil strife, the Norwegian government said Thursday.“The co-presidents of the donors conference will meet to discuss different means of furthering the peace process and […]
‘s Central Bank calls for better fiscal policies to maintain stability
Apr.27 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has called for better fiscal policies and continued reforms to maintain growth and economic stability, in its annual report on the country’s economic performance.The Bank said Thursday the country grew by 6 percent in 2005, a day after the Finance Ministry said it grew by 6.2 percent last […]
Thousands fleeing air strikes in northeast Sri Lanka: UN
HONG KONG, Apr. 27 (AFP) – Government air strikes in northeast Sri Lanka have caused thousands of people to flee their homes, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday.UNHCR spokesman Lyndon Jeffels said UN staff could not confirm local government figures in the district of Trincomalee that 40,000 had been driven from their homes by […]
Tigers seek foreign pressure to halt air attacks
Apr. 27 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday pleaded with the international community to pressure Sri Lanka’s government to prevent further air strikes against them and to save a ceasefire from complete collapse.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said they were “distressed” over the lack of foreign concern at the strikes carried out by […]
Five headless bodies found in Sri Lanka
Apr. 27 (AFP) – Five headless corpses were found in central Sri Lanka but police said Thursday the incident was not linked to the island’s conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels.The bodies were found in two places about 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of the capital, police said. “We suspect they may have been killed due […]
Sri Lanka: Ethnic melting pot on the boil
Apr. 27 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil separatist conflict is rooted in the nation’s history, but the past three decades have been the bloodiest on an island colonised by Europeans and invaded by Indians.At least 60,000 people have been killed since minority Tamils took up arms in 1972, about 24 years after the Indian Ocean […]
Sri Lanka to give aid to refugees fleeing violence
Apr. 27 (AFP) – Sri Lanka on Thursday set aside one million dollars in aid for thousands of people who fled their homes after an upsurge in violence in the northeast. President Mahinda Rajapakse named a retired naval officer to head a “Presidential Task Force” to allocate the relief money to displaced civilians, an official […]
Mine blasts kill five security personnel in Sri Lanka
Apr. 27, 2006 (AFP) – At least five security personnel were killed in three separate Claymore mine attacks in northern Sri Lanka Thursday, the military said. Three soldiers were killed and two wounded in Mannar district while two sailors riding a motorcycle were blown up in the Kayts islet, a military official said. He said […]
Masked gunmen bring death to a Sri Lankan village
SERUVILA, Sri Lanka, Apr. 27 (AFP) – The two men who came to kill her and her family wore masks and spoke Sinhalese, a wounded Josep Devi, wincing in pain, said from her hospital bed in this northeastern Sri Lankan town Thursday.“I managed to save my baby by rolling on her as I fell when […]