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I control therefore I am: chimps self-aware, says study
PARIS, May 4, 2011 (AFP) – Chimpanzees are self-aware and can anticipate the impact of their actions on the environment around them, an ability once thought to be uniquely human, according to a study released Wednesday. The findings, reported in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, challenge assumptions about the boundary between human and […]
”, GI tea logos
May 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has launched new logos for Ceylon tea to protect the island’s best known brand under the Geographical Indicators (GI) international trade regime and promote it as ozone friendly. The 1.5 billion US dollar Ceylon tea industry aims to use the new logos to market the tea as a […]
Fourth night of protests in Maldives
May 3, 2011 (AFP) – Anti-government protesters took to the streets of the Maldives for a fourth night on Tuesday, as police baton-charged demonstrators and arrested a senior opposition activist, eyewitnesses said. Police arrested opposition member Umar Naseer on Tuesday night as he led scores of people through the narrow cobbled streets of Male, demanding […]
Climate Finance
May 04, 2011 (LBO) Climate change is a burning issue under discussion today. As a small island nation, Sri Lanka is vulnerable to serious threats of climate change, causing both humanitarian and health hazards, as flooding in recent months has shown. British Foreign Secretary William Hague has described climate change as perhaps the twenty-first century’s […]
Jury Delay
NEW YORK, May 2, 2011 (AFP) – Jury deliberations in Wall Street’s biggest insider trading trial for a generation will be suspended for a day, a judge ordered Monday, as the wait for a verdict entered its second week. Judge Richard Holwell in New York federal court said deliberations would resume Wednesday after pausing “in […]
Probe Order
May 2, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s sports minister on Monday ordered a police inquiry into match-fixing allegations levelled by former international captain Hashan Tillakaratne. Tillakaratne, who played 83 Tests and 200 one-dayers during a 15-year career, said last week that Sri Lankan players had been involved in match-fixing since 1992 adding that he was […]
Maldives police use tear gas as protesters clash
May 3, 2011 (AFP) – Maldives police on Tuesday used tear gas and batons to break up an anti-establishment protest after a third night of clashes between government and opposition activists turned violent. Police spokesman Ahmed Shiyam said at least six people were arrested after activists started fires on Monday night along the cobbled streets, […]
India hikes key interest rates by 50 basis points
MUMBAI, May 3, 2011 (AFP) – India’s central bank on Tuesday raised lending rates by a bigger-than-expected 50 basis points, its ninth hike in 15 months to curb inflation, and warned that the move could slow economic growth. The Reserve Bank of India raised its repo — the rate at which it lends to commercial […]
Bin Laden killing casts doubt on Pakistan loyalties
ABBOTTABAD, May 2, 2011 (AFP) – The killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces at a palatial villa near the capital raised fresh questions Monday over Pakistan’s loyalties in the war against Al-Qaeda. For years, Western officials believed that the world’s most wanted man, with a million price on his head, was hiding in […]
Sri Lanka Talawakelle Tea buoyed by rubber, hydro power
May 02, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Talawakelle Tea Estates said March 2011 quarter net profit rose nine percent to 72 million rupees from a year ago with lower tea earnings offset by gains from rubber and hydro power. Profits from mini-hydro power soared 319 percent to 29 million rupees during the quarter from seven […]
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NEW DELHI, May 2, 2011 (AFP) – The killing of Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden near Islamabad is further evidence that terrorists find “sanctuary” in Pakistan, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday. “We take note with grave concern that part of the statement in which President Obama said that the firefight in which Osama […]
Sri Lankan tea prices fall
Apr 29, 2011 (LBO) – Larger crops following heavy rain and a drop in quality dragged down Sri Lankan tea prices at this week’s Colombo auction although the biggest harvest has eliminated a crop deficit, brokers said. “There was fair general demand mostly at lower levels for Low Grown varieties at this week™s auction,” Asia […]