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Money Wave

RATHGAMA, December 23, 2009 (AFP) - Billions of dollars were pledged after the 2004 Asian tsunami to help people like Pradeepa Niroshani who waited in vain for …

Iran Bound

SEOUL, December 21, 2009 (AFP) - A planeload of weapons from North Korea seized in Bangkok this month was bound for Iran, a newspaper report said Monday, …

Asset Sales

Dec 20, 2009 (LBO) - Court appointed officials liquidating assets of Golden Key Credit Card Company, a failed finance firm in Sri Lanka's Ceylinco group, are …

Indicted

NEW YORK, December 15, 2009 (AFP) - The founder of Galleon hedge fund, Raj Rajaratnam, was indicted Tuesday in a multi-million-dollar Wall Street …

UN Call

December 11, 2009 (AFP) - A top United Nations envoy asked Sri Lanka on Friday to release detained Tamil Tiger child soldiers and urged the authorities to …

Fake

BANGKOK, December 11, 2009 (AFP) - Thai authorities have arrested five people for producing and smuggling more than 300 fake EU passports and other official …

Speak Out

Dec 03, 2009 (LBO) - UN officials and human rights groups have praised the decision by the Maldives to decriminalise defamation. Freedom of expression is the …

Terror Funds

Dec 02, 2009 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government has identified some 600 bank accounts with links to the Tamil Tiger separatists and is trying to seize assets …

Fight

SYDNEY, November 23, 2009 (AFP) - Australia moved to tighten security at its main immigration centre on Monday after a riot by 150 asylum-seekers, reportedly …

UN Call

November 19, 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations on Thursday stepped up pressure on Sri Lanka to free thousands of war-displaced civilians held in state-run …

Index

Nov 20, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has slipped five places to 97 in the annual corruption perceptions index in an annual perception survey conducted among 180 …

Kiwi View

WELLINGTON, November 11, 2009 (AFP) - New Zealand does not want to offer a new home to a group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers involved in a stand-off with …

Wider Net

NEW YORK, November 6, 2009 (AFP) - Law enforcement officials in New York announced Thursday charges against 14 people in a widening probe into the largest ever …

Ship Link

VANCOUVER, November 3, 2009 (AFP) - Several of a group of 76 Sri Lankan asylum seekers picked up off the Canadian coast last month have ties to the Tamil Tiger …

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