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Citizendium
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 17, 2006 (AFP) – A co-founder of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia written in collaborative fashion by the Internet community announced Tuesday he is launching a rival service edited by experts.A test version of “Citizendium” to be launched this week in Harmon, California will use experienced editors and subject authorities to tune information […]
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GALLE, Sri Lanka, Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels staged an audacious suicide attack against Sri Lanka’s historic port of Galle Wednesday, killing at least two people and destroying three navy craft, officials said.The attack in Galle — a popular tourist destination regarded as Sri Lanka’s Riviera — came as foreign envoys pushed […]
Sri Lanka jets bomb Tiger territory: rebels
Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan war planes bombed Tamil rebel-held territory in the island’s restive east Wednesday, killing a woman and wounding two others, the guerrillas said.The air force had been carrying out tit-for-tat attacks since the guerrillas attempted to assassinate army chief Sarath Fonseka in April.Two Israeli-built Kfir jets attacked the village […]
Sri Lanka exhumes bodies of French charity workers
Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – The bodies of 15 aid workers massacred in Sri Lanka were exhumed in the northeastern town of Trincomalee on Wednesday in a fresh bid to determine who killed them, police said.The victims were among 17 mostly Tamil workers with the Paris-based Action Against Hunger (ACF) who were gunned down August […]
Two killed in major suicide attack on Sri Lanka port
Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels disguised as fishermen staged a suicide attack against Sri Lanka’s southern port of Galle Wednesday, killing at least two sailors and destroying three gunboats, officials said.The attack in Galle — an historic city and popular tourist destination — came as foreign envoys pushed for the Sri Lankan […]
Police open fire to quell rioting after Sri Lanka port attack
Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – Police opened fire and wounded three people Wednesday in a bid to quell rioting in the southern Sri Lankan town of Galle after Tiger rebels staged a suicide bombing against the naval port there, officials said.Mobs tried to attack shops owned by minority Tamil businessmen at Kittangi, a suburb of […]
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Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – A seaborne attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels on the Sri Lankan port town of Galle on Wednesday has highlighted the guerrillas’ lethal “Sea Tiger” arm, whose suicide wing claims to have inspired Al-Qaeda.Suspected rebel suicide bombers using at least five boats infiltrated Galle’s harbour and attacked a key naval […]
Sri Lanka slaps curfew on port town after suicide attack
COLOMBO, Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew on Sri Lanka’s port town of Galle Wednesday after Tiger rebels launched a suicide bombing against a key naval base there, Media Minister Anura Yapa told AFP. Police were ordering people off the streets and traffic was being diverted, the minister said, adding that […]
Malaysia leads investment flows into Sri Lanka for second year, Asia in investment boom
Oct 18 (LBO) – Malaysia will lead foreign investment into Sri Lanka for the second year running led by telecoms and infrastructure, as developing countries emerge as top investors in the region. The third world has emerged as significant global investors, the United Nations Conference of Trade and Development, said in its latest investment report, […]
Sri Lanka raises US$ 340 mn in foreign investments: BOI
October 18, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has managed to attract just over 340 million dollars in foreign investments for the eight months to July, the Board of Investment said Wednesday on account of telecom and clothing related projects. Over 60 percent of the investments have so far come from telecommunications, software developments and business […]
Sri Lanka issues maiden 2000 rupee note, but is no stranger to big bills
Oct 17, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka issued its first 2000 rupee note on Tuesday, but is no stranger to large denominations, with a ten thousand rupee note put into circulation in 1946. At the time, with Sri Lanka still under British rule and two years short of independence, notes were issued by a currency […]
Sri Lanka to raise US$150 mn loan in Nov; Tbonds to overseas investors next week
October 17, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to raise 150 million dollars via a syndicated loan from foreign investors, the central bank said Tuesday a day after announcing that the country was opening its government bond market for overseas players. The bank said it hopes to raise the loan in November, but stopped short […]