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Legal Meet
Jan 23, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s lawyers are hosting an ICT law conference in Colombo next week, to debate emerging legal issues with the heavy use of information technology (ICT), its organizers said. Intellectual Property and Information Technology (IT), Legal issues arising out of outsourcing software development contracts, Telecommunication and legal implication on Mobile […]
Tech Battle
WASHINGTON, January 23, 2009 (AFP) – Barack Obama celebrated the first triumph of his presidency on Thursday, revealing he will get to keep his beloved BlackBerry.“I have won the fight but I don’t think it is up and running yet,” Obama said, during an impromptu visit to the White House briefing room. At a time […]
Sri Lankan army says Tamil Tigers close to losing firepower
January 23, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops have advanced to a key area held by Tamil Tigers and are on the verge of destroying the rebels’ artillery, a military official said Friday.Soldiers were on the verge of taking the village of Visuamadu in the district of Mullaittivu, where Tamil Tiger rebels have been forced […]
Lubanga trial will open eyes to child soldiers: ICC prosecutor – Interview
THE HAGUE, January 23, 2009 (AFP) – Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo hopes to alert the world to the plight of child soldiers when he finally faces Congolese militiaman Thomas Lubanga next week at the International Criminal Court’s first-ever trial.“This case is about how serious it is to enlist hundreds of children and transform them into killers,” […]
Sri Lanka apparel exporters look East as Western markets slow down
Jan 23, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan apparel exporters are looking for new markets like India, China and Japan as demand slows down in established markets where recession has begun to bite, an industry official said. Ajith Dias, chairman, Joint Apparel Association Forum, said they want to market high value garments in India with a […]
Sri Lanka newspaper editor assaulted
Jan 23, 2009 (LBO) – An editor of a Sri Lankan weekly newspaper and his wife had been have been assaulted, a staff member said, weeks after an editor of a newspaper critical of the government had been gunned down. Noyahr then left the country. The ownership of the newspaper firm then changed hands. The […]
Airing Deal
January 22, 2009 (LBO) — Nimbus Sports International on Wednesday said it bagged the worldwide rights to broadcast India’s upcoming cricket tour of Sri Lanka. Nimbus bags rights for Sri Lanka Cricket India last toured Sri Lanka in July-August last year, losing the Tests 2-1 before winning the one day series 3-2. Sri Lanka Cricket, […]
Capacity Problem
Jan 22, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s top markets regulator has said an accounting and auditing watchdog body was severely understaffed and lacked the ability to do its job effectively.Channa de Silva, director general, of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said the lack of staff at the watchdog body was one reason it could not […]
Profitable Calls
NEW DELHI, January 22, 2009 (AFP) – Top Indian mobile phone firm Bharti Airtel reported a third-quarter net profit rise of 25 percent Thursday after signing a record number of users in the world’s fastest-growing cellular market. Net profit in the three months to December-end jumped to 21.59 billion rupees (434 million US dollars) from […]
Sri Lankan Tigers block UN staff from leaving
January 22, 2009 (AFP) – The United Nations Thursday accused Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers of preventing its staff from leaving rebel-controlled areas in the north of the island.The UN said several of its local staff and their families were prevented from leaving Thursday with a convoy that had earlier taken food and emergency supplies to […]
Sri Lanka says troops seize Tiger command centre
January 22, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops have seized a Tamil Tiger command centre in the island’s north as ground troops advance further into the rebels’ remaining territory, a military official said on Thursday.Security forces found briefing rooms containing detailed maps at the facility in the district of Mullaittivu, where the Liberation Tigers of […]
Malaysian police on alert for Tamil Tiger leader: report
KUALA LUMPUR, January 22, 2009 (AFP) – Malaysia is on alert for Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, saying he may have fled here after troops surrounded his last remaining stronghold, according to reports Thursday.Police chief Musa Hassan told the New Straits Times daily he had ordered a nationwide alert following reports that Prabhakaran, […]