Mongolia’s ‘eco-Nazis’ target foreign miners in rising nationalism
ULAN BATOR, October 10, 2013 (AFP) – A silver swastika hanging around his neck, Boldbaatar Gombodorj points out his targets on a map of Mongolia like a …
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Canada threatens to pull Commonwealth funding
NUSA DUA, October 8, 2013 (AFP) – Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper has threatened to withdraw funding for the Commonwealth in an escalating …
Australia’s new PM to head to Commonwealth despite boycott call
NUSA DUA, October 7, 2013 (AFP) – Australia’s new prime minister said Monday he would attend a Commonwealth summit next month despite calls for a …
Sri Lanka firms have to change, connect with the world to face the future
Oct 04, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lankan firms will have to face changes sweeping across the world and by becoming more connected firms can be successful in the …
Sri Lanka President meets US business networking group
Sept 27, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa had met representatives of the Business Council of International Understanding, a …
Sri Lanka President on Twitter Q&A from New York
Sept 24, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa will answer questions posed on Twitter, a micro blogging site, after addressing a …
Sri Lanka President in New York for UN assembly
Sep 23, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa has arrived in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly to be held …
Tamil party heads for big win in Sri Lanka vote
JAFFNA, September 21, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party was Sunday headed for victory in the first regional elections to a semi-autonomous …
Tamils win landslide in Sri Lanka’s post-war vote
JAFFNA, September 22, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party Sunday won a whopping landslide in the first semi-autonomous council elections in …
Sri Lanka’s Tamil party wins landslide victory in key poll
JAFFNA, September 22, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party won a landslide victory Sunday in landmark elections in the battle-scarred north, …
Sri Lanka’s Tamils vote after decades of war
JAFFNA, September 21, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s minority Tamils began voting Saturday to elect what they hope will give them a shot at self-rule …
Sri Lanka’s poor unmoved by Australia’s new boat people policy
UDAPPUWA, September 20, 2013 (AFP) – As Australia’s new government launches tough measures to halt asylum seekers arriving on boats, some dirt-poor …
Foreigners monitor Sri Lanka’s ex-war zone vote
JAFFNA, September 18, 2013 (AFP) – Foreign observers held talks with officials and candidates in Sri Lanka’s former war zone Wednesday to ensure …
Sri Lanka police find explosives in seized truck after 17 years
COLOMBO, September 13, 2013 (AFP) – Police in Sri Lanka have discovered 100 kilos (220 pounds) of TNT on a truck impounded at a Colombo police station …
Sri Lanka frees 736 convicts on prison day
COLOMBO, September 12, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka on Thursday released 736 convicts after they were given a presidential pardon to mark the country’s …
UN raises fresh fears for Sri Lanka rights defenders
GENEVA, September 9, 2013 (AFP) – The UN rights chief Monday raised fresh concerns for the safety of Sri Lankan journalists and activists she said had …
Sri Lanka Muslim leader warns against extremism claims
COLOMBO, September 6, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s main Muslim political leader, who is also the justice minister, criticised his own government Friday …
Sri Lanka faces terror threat after war: defence official
COLOMBO, September 3, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka risks a “re-emergence of terrorism” as Tamil Tiger rebels and their sympathisers living abroad …
Sri Lanka accuses UN rights chief of ‘transgressing mandate’
COLOMBO, September 1, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Sunday hit back at UN rights chief Navi Pillay for “transgressing” her mandate, a day after she …
Sri Lanka rights group says it was harassed after UN meeting
COLOMBO, September 2, 2013 (AFP) – A Catholic-run human rights group working in northeastern Sri Lanka said Monday it had been harassed by security …