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Sri Lanka peace monitors want to double staff as war escalates
July 9, 2007 (AFP) – International peace monitors in Sri Lanka want to double their numbers as fighting between security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels intensifies, the chief monitor said Monday.The Tiger rebels are fighting for an independent homeland for the ethnic Tamil minority on the Sinhalese majority island.The Norwegian-led Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), […]
After Dark
July 8, 2007 (AFP) – Dubai’s Emirates Airline said Sunday that night flights to Sri Lanka will resume after the end of a curfew in response to Tamil rebel air raids, but other carriers have not followed suit.The rebels, who are fighting for an independent homeland for the tropical island’s minority ethnic Tamils, have bombed […]
”’ prepares to defend his crown
NEW DELHI, July 8, 2007 (AFP) – Kishore Biyani, known as India’s “King of Retail”, is spending the weekend his favourite way: trawling the aisles of one of his Big Bazaar supermarkets, eyeing what customers are loading up on.“Modern (chain store) retail makes up about eight percent of total retail in India and is expected […]
” Wonders of the World named amid controversy
LISBON, July 8, 2007 (AFP) – Seven “new” wonders of the world including the Great Wall of China and the Coliseum in Rome, selected by nearly 100 million voters and upsetting cultural experts, were announced late Saturday at a celebrity-studded televised ceremony in the Portuguese capital. The others are the Taj Mahal in India, the […]
Jet fighter canon injures four at Sri Lanka air base
July 8, 2007 (AFP) – Four airmen were seriously injured Sunday after a canon was activated on a jet fighter near the island’s only international airport, officials said.Tiger rebels have carried out attacks against the military base as well as the civilian airport, located just north of the capital Colombo. The war plane was being […]
‘s international airport
COLOMBO, July 8, 2007 (AFP) – A blast was heard near Sri Lanka’s only international airport Sunday, residents said.Police said they were investigating an “incident” inside the military air base, which shares a runway with the Bandaranaike international airport. No further details were immediately available. Tamil Tiger rebels have carried out attacks against the military […]
Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers say two killed in clash with navy
July 8, 2007 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels said Sunday they lost two fighters during a three-hour sea battle with the Sri Lankan Navy off the island’s eastern coast.The statement came after the defence ministry said three rebels were shot dead by naval troops in the nearby eastern coastal town of Trincomalee on Saturday. “Three […]
English Penalty
July 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s television industry aimed at English speakers have sought relief after a penal tax brought by Sinhala teledrama artistes threatened to put them out of business, officials said. The government had collected 160 million rupees and the money has been put in treasury bills Yapa said while a decision […]
Indian baby girl rescued after being buried alive
HYDERABAD, India, July 7, 2007 (AFP) – A baby girl buried alive by her grandfather in southern India was in good condition on Saturday after being rescued, hospital officials said. The child’s grandfather and mother have been arrested for attempted murder following the baby’s rescue in Mahbubnagar district, 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Hyderabad, […]
”: Boeing
SEATTLE, Washington, July 6, 2007 (AFP) – The revolutionary materials used to build Boeing’s ground-breaking Dreamliner 787 passenger jet look set to transform the civil aviation industry forever, officials said Friday. Speaking to journalists ahead of the 787’s formal roll-out on Sunday, Boeing officials declared that the composite plastics that make up around 50 percent […]
Sri Lanka names Twenty20 squad
July 7, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka on Saturday named a 30-man preliminary squad for the inaugural Twenty20 world championships in South Africa in September. Sri Lankan squad: Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Dilruwan Perera, Upul Tharanga, Sanath Jayasuriya, Avishka Gunawardene, Mahela Udawatte, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera, Michael Vandort, Jehan Mubarak, Thilina Kandamby, Chamara Silva, Farveez […]
Sri Lanka says 19 killed in attacks
July 7, 2007 (AFP) – Fifteen Tamil Tiger rebels were shot dead as they fled from troops on tractors, the Sri Lankan government said on Saturday, while four people were killed elsewhere in the embattled island.More than 60,000 people have been killed since the conflict erupted in 1972.The number of dead in violence on Friday […]