Sri Lanka cricket runs out of cash, looks for Indian loan: Ranatunga
Feb 1, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's new cricket chief and former captain Arjuna Ranatunga has revealed his board has no money left and is banking on financial …
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Electronic Crime
Feb 01, 2008 (LBO) – Canadian police are probing links with Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers in a bank payment card fraud involving suspects of Sri Lankan …
OPEC to keep oil output steady; Venezuela wants higher prices
VIENNA, Jan 31, 2008 (AFP) - OPEC ministers turned down calls for extra output on Thursday, voicing concern that the weak US economy may cause oil prices to …
Bernanke cuts rates to protect financial system
WASHINGTON, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve has stepped up its campaign to head off recession with another half-point rate cut as part of an …
Higher Numbers
Jan 31, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's inflation rose by 3.0 percent in January driving 12-month inflation to 20.8 percent on a revised index of consumer …
Shell profits surge to record 31 billion dollars in 2007
LONDON, Jan 31, 2008 (AFP) - Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday that net profits leapt 23 percent last year to a record 31. online …
IMF lowers global growth forecast, citing financial crisis
WASHINGTON, Jan 29, 2008 (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday lowered its 2008 global growth outlook, citing a US slowdown and financial market …
Coal prices surge to catch up with oil
SYDNEY, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - Floods in Australia, freezing weather in China and transport bottlenecks in Indonesia have helped stoke a sharp rise in the price …
Singapore ready to bailout another global bank: newspaper
SINGAPORE, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), fresh from multi-billion-dollar capital injections into troubled …
Strong quake rocks Indonesia’s Maluku, tsunami alert sounded
JAKARTA, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on Wednesday, prompting the issuing of a …
Sri Lanka wins over Australia PM’s cricket XI
CANBERRA, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka kicked off their limited overs tour of Australia in good style, beating the Prime Minister's XI by four wickets here …
French rogue trader freed after escaping fraud charges
PARIS, Jan 28, 2008 (AFP) - French judges placed rogue trader Jerome Kerviel under formal investigation on Monday but stopped short of charging him with fraud …
Dollar drops against yen with all eyes on Fed
TOKYO, Jan 29, 2008 (AFP) - The dollar slipped against the yen in Asian trade on Tuesday as traders bet on another US interest rate cut this week to try to …
India’s Harbhajan cleared of racial abuse charge
ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 29, 2008 (AFP) - Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was cleared Tuesday of racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds, the …
Subprime crisis sends chill through Arctic Circle
OSLO, Jan 29, 2008 (AFP) - Perhaps the most unlikely victims of the US subprime crisis are eight small Norwegian towns currently licking their wounds after …
Death Row
Jan 29, 2008 (LBO) -- Two more Sri Lankan have been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, media reports said, while Amnesty International said they were …
Sri Lanka needs more agricultural investment to boost productivity, cut poverty: World Bank
Jan 29, 2008 (LBO) – The World Bank says Sri Lanka's agriculture needs more investment to diversify into high value products and boost productivity in …
Tigers shell Sri Lanka’s northern military base; troops retaliate: military
Jan 28, 2008 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Monday shelled Sri Lanka's main military base in the island's north, defence officials said. online pharmacy buy …
Privacy Regime
Jan 28, 2008 (LBO) – Developing countries should first enlighten state officials and citizens on privacy to implement a privacy regime that helps develop …
SG says rogue trader had fictitious counterparties; lawyers protest innocence
PARIS, Jan 27, 2008 (AFP) - French investigators on Sunday extended the detention of accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel over a seven-billion-dollar fraud as …