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Sri Lankans abort party amid air attacks
April 29, 2007 (AFP) – The Sri Lankan capital was enveloped in “total panic” early Sunday as Tamil Tiger air attacks forced World Cup cricket fans to flee their parties for safety.Fans dressed in the Sri Lankan team T-shirts and carrying the national flag had earlier braved the rain to gather in their hundreds at […]
Gilchrist sets new World Cup record in final against Sri Lanka
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 28, 2007 (AFP) – Australia’s Adam Gilchrist set a new record for the highest individual innings in a World Cup final when scoring 149 against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.His innings surpassed the previous best of 140 not out by Australia captain Ricky Ponting, at the crease when his record was broken, […]
Airlines suspend Sri Lanka flights after rebel air strike
COLOMBO, April 29, 2007 (AFP) – Emirates Airlines and Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific on Sunday suspended flights to Sri Lanka following a rebel air strike around the troubled island’s capital. “For Emirates, the safety of its passengers is of paramount importance,” a spokesman for the Dubai-based carrier said, adding that the situation would […]
”’ bomb targets in Colombo
April 29, 2007 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels used light aircraft to bomb key installations in and around Sri Lanka’s capital Sunday, forcing cricket fans to flee from parks as the World Cup final was being shown.There has been a surge in fighting since December 2005 leaving more than 4,000 people killed despite a truce […]
Shell buildings hit in suspected Tiger attack in Sri Lanka
April 29, 2007 (AFP) – A Shell building in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo caught fire early Sunday following a suspected aeriel attack by Tamil Tigers, an official with the energy group said.Shell, which acquired a 51 percent stake in the state-owned Colombo Gas Company when it was privatised in 1995 for 37 million dollars, […]
Sri Lanka Shell Gas terminal complex hit by suspected Tamil Tiger air raid
April 29, 2007 (LBO) – Fire engines were called to put out a fire in a gas terminal complex north of Colombo following a suspected Tamil Tiger aircraft air raid, officials said. . Updated Shell Gas’s media manager, Chamani Herath Pathirage told AFP that there had been an explosion in their facilities and buildings had […]
Little Damage
April 29, 2007 (LBO) – The Indian and Dutch partners of petroleum facilities targeted by Tamil Tigers, which are jointly owned with the government of Sri Lanka, are confident of resuming normal business as the damage is minimal, officials said. The Tigers first hit a petroleum facility in Kolonnawa, a suburb of Colombo, which is […]
Land Locked
April 28, 2007 (LBO) – A deal to sell a prime commercial property belonging to a troubled state trading firm to a state-bank has got deadlocked with creditors scrambling after the property, but the bank has recovered an advance that it paid, a top official said. Last year the bank made 1,919 million rupees in […]
China invests in key projects in Zimbabwe as West tighten economic sanctions
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, April 27, 2007 (AFP) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Friday that burgeoning economic ties with Asian countries were paying off for the country shunned by its former trading allies in the west. “I am pleased to report that significant headway has been made with a number of investment projects that have […]
Sri Lanka lose toss and fields in cricket World Cup final
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 28, 2007 (AFP) – Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the World Cup final at Kensington Oval here Saturday. Rain delayed the scheduled 09.30am local (1330GMT) start time but with the match due to get underway at 10.15am (1415GMT) the game remained a […]
Sri Lanka skipper says Aussies can be beaten
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 27, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene believes that Australia can be beaten in the World Cup final here on Saturday because they are human, not supermen.“Obviously they are a very good side, but they are also humans and in 100 overs people do make mistakes and we need to […]
”’ holding 194 child soldiers: UNICEF
April 28, 2007 (AFP) – A pro-government Tamil militant group is holding at least 194 child soldiers despite promises it would free underage combatants, UNICEF said Saturday. The UN agency for children said the Tamil Tiger faction known as the “Karuna group” was failing to honour its public promises not to recruit child soldiers. Out […]