Arms Allegation
SINGAPORE, December 25, 2009 (AFP) - A Singapore opposition party member has been extradited to the United States where he stands accused of trying to supply …
SINGAPORE, December 25, 2009 (AFP) - A Singapore opposition party member has been extradited to the United States where he stands accused of trying to supply …
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 …
JAKARTA, December 20, 2009 (AFP) - Fifteen of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who spent weeks refusing to get off the boat that rescued them near Indonesia have …
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, …
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 …
NEW YORK, December 15, 2009 (AFP) - The founder of Galleon hedge fund, Raj Rajaratnam, was indicted Tuesday in a multi-million-dollar Wall Street …
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 …
BANGKOK, December 11, 2009 (AFP) - Thai authorities have arrested five people for producing and smuggling more than 300 fake EU passports and other official …
December 9, 2009 (AFP) - The United States said Wednesday it was willing to extend more aid to Sri Lanka provided there was progress in political …
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 …
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 …
PARIS, November 23, 2009 (AFP) - A French court on Monday jailed 21 Tamil Tiger militants convicted of extorting millions of euros from the Tamil diaspora in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Nov 13, 2009 (LBO) - Intellectual property protection in Sri Lanka is still to weak to encourage companies to do research and develop new crop varieties with …
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 …
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 …
Nov 05, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and Kuwait has signed an Investment Promotion & Protection Agreement (IPPA) Thursday between the island's envoy to the country …
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 …