Sri Lanka suspends school sports after bomb
Feb 7, 2008 (AFP) - All school sports have been suspended in Sri Lanka after a Tamil Tiger suicide bomb attack in the capital killed nine pupils and a baseball …
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Sri Lanka says tea exports earned record billion dollars
Feb 7, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka earned a record one billion dollars from tea exports last year despite a drop in volumes, the island's tea board said Thursday. …
Rohit Sharma fined for dissent in Sri Lanka match
BRISBANE, Australia, Feb 5, 2008 (AFP) - Indian batsman Rohit Sharma was fined for dissent after India's one-day international cricket wash-out against Sri …
Sri Lanka’s Coke unit in cricket talent search
Feb 6, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Coca Cola unit has teamed up with former cricket star Aravinda de Silva to launch ˜Cricket pathway’, a project to …
French minister calls for more US consultation with G7
PARIS, Feb 5, 2008 (AFP) - Europe will press the United States to show "more cooperation" in dealing with the global financial crisis at a weekend meeting of …
Wall Street hammered as survey points to US recession
NEW YORK, Feb 5, 2008 (AFP) - US stocks went into a tailspin Tuesday as a shockingly weak reading on service sector activity bolstered the notion that a …
Maldivians clear path for a woman on top, but will there be footprints?
Feb 06, 2008 (LBO) - Maldives have cleared the bar to elect a woman president, but the glass ceiling is unlikely to shatter soon as the incumbent strongman …
India 267 against Sri Lanka with Gambhir century
BRISBANE, Australia, Feb 5, 2008 (AFP) - A magnificent Gautam Gambhir century and an unbeaten 88 from captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India's recovery in …
Chinese named World Bank chief economist
WASHINGTON, Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) - The World Bank named Monday Justin Lin Yifu, who defected from Taiwan to China and rose to become a top economic strategist for …
Red Flag
Feb 05, 2008 (LBO) – Journalists unions and associations from across the Asia-Pacific region have asked Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to protect …
G7 to meet amid fading hopes of joint action on economy
TOKYO, Feb 5, 2008 (AFP) - Slumping global stock markets and fears of a US recession are set to dominate a weekend meeting here of the world's top finance …
Australia hikes rates to 7.00-pct, a 12-year-high
SYDNEY, Feb 5, 2008 (AFP) - Australia's central bank Tuesday lifted its key interest rates 25 basis points to 7. online pharmacy buy abilify with best prices …
Sri Lanka to take leaf from Indian cricket book
Australia, Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said his team were looking to copy India and take the attack to Australia on their own turf …
Google concerned over Microsoft bid for Yahoo
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) - Internet giant Google said Sunday it finds "troubling" Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar bid to acquire rival Yahoo and urged …
Kenya killings overshadow peace hopes
NAIROBI, Feb 2, 2008 (AFP) - Dozens died in clashes in western Kenya, police said Saturday, shattering hopes for an accord by political rivals to make efforts …
ECB expected to stand firm on rates, despite concerns
FRANKFURT, Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) - Faced with record inflation, the European Central Bank is expected to resist pressure for an interest rate cut when its …
Singapore to buy Westin Hotel Tokyo from Morgan Stanley
TOKYO, Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) - The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has agreed to buy the Westin Tokyo luxury hotel for 77 billion yen (723 million …
Sri Lanka wants security after egg attack on Murali
SYDNEY, Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Sunday said it has asked Cricket Australia for beefed up security in the aftermath of an egg attack on its touring …
Dirty Finance
Feb 02, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has tied up with Malaysia's central bank to combat cross-border money laundering and …
Sri Lanka thrashed by Tasmania in one-dayer
HOBART, Australia, Feb 2, 2008 (AFP) - Opener Sanath Jayasuriya was hit in the jaw as Sri Lanka slumped to a disappointing defeat here Saturday in their final …