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Car trunks key for Zimbabwean ‘millionaires’
HARARE, July 16, 2006 (AFP) – Becoming a millionaire in Zimbabwe is easy these days, but wallets and purses have given way to car trunks and suitcases as the crucial accessory for carrying wads of nearly worthless cash.As the southern African country battles hyper-inflation and grinding fuel and foreign exchange shortages amid a seven-year economic […]
Microsoft software to improve India’s cricket umpires
NEW DELHI, July 16, 2006 (AFP) – India’s cricket chiefs are negotiating with Microsoft for new software aimed at raising umpiring standards in the country, an official said on Sunday. The Indian board will record all domestic matches with six cameras and the footage will be analysed by the software to be developed by Microsoft, […]
Empty Space
July 16, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s private television stations said Sunday that they will be forced to stop broadcasting Hollywood blockbusters and serials following a controversial film tax that kicked in today. “Regrettably we will be forced to restrict our programmes and suspend popular dramas from tomorrow (Monday) if we don’t get a favourable […]
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HARARE, July 16, 2006 (AFP) – Becoming a millionaire in Zimbabwe is easy these days, but wallets and purses have given way to car trunks and suitcases as the crucial accessory for carrying wads of nearly worthless cash.As the southern African country battles hyper-inflation and grinding fuel and foreign exchange shortages amid a seven-year economic […]
‘s cricket umpires
NEW DELHI, July 16, 2006 (AFP) – India’s cricket chiefs are negotiating with Microsoft for new software aimed at raising umpiring standards in the country, an official said on Sunday. The Indian board will record all domestic matches with six cameras and the footage will be analysed by the software to be developed by Microsoft, […]
Sri Lanka press rebels for release of soldier after heavy battle
July 16, 2006 (AFP) – July 16, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka pressed for the release of a soldier captured by Tamil Tiger rebels following a heavy mortar duel at the weekend that killed at least 16 combatants, officials said Sunday.The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) returned the bodies of 12 soldiers killed […]
Bigger Mix
July 16, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Sunday invited new lubricant players to invest in the country, following interest from a few foreign companies. The government’s privatisation unit, PERC, said new players can either: 1) import, export, blend, produce, supply, distribute and sell lubricants in Sri Lanka; or 2) import, export, supply, distribute and sell […]
Newly appointed monetary board member Nimal Welgama declines the job
July 16, 2006 (LBO) – Businessman Nimal Welgama has declined a seat on the country’s Monetary Board due to an ongoing inquiry by the Central Bank, according to newspaper reports. Welgama, who was appointed to the board by President Mahinda Rajapakse on July 3, is currently the Managing Director of the Upali Group. The Upali […]
Sri Lanka Tiger official leaves hospital after heart treatment
July 15, 2006 (AFP) – A Tamil rebel official was discharged from hospital here Saturday after treatment for a heart problem and was provided with security as he returned to a guerrilla-held area, officials said.Velayudam Dayanidi, better known as Daya Master, the media coordinator of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was admitted to […]
Tigers return bodies of Sri Lankan soldiers
July 15, 2006 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels Saturday returned the bodies of 12 Sri Lankan soldiers killed by them in the island’s restive east, officials said.The fighting around the rebel-dominated village of Vakaneri was described by Sri Lankan government officials as the worst single incident since a June 17 sea battle in which 15 […]
Ex-captain Ranatunga, three others set to run Sri Lanka’s cricket
July 14, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s only World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga is among four cricketers recommended by ex-players to run the sport in the island nation, sources told AFP on Friday.Elections to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), scheduled to be held on Saturday, were cancelled on the advice of the country’s President Mahinda […]
Tourist arrivals dip in June as industry battles off-season, politics
July 14, 2006 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka slipped slightly in June as arrivals from some key markets in Europe, including the United Kingdom, turned negative. Arrivals dropped 3.6 percent in June to just over 44,000 tourists, Sri Lanka’s Tourist Board said, with the industry still in off-season and also battling political upheaval. […]