Fiery World
NEW ORLEANS, May 16, 2010 (AFP) - US officials have told BP to clarify what costs it will pay for cleanup of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with crews …
Offshore Opportunity
May 14, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hemas group and Colombo Dockyard have teamed up with Singapore's Toll Offshore Petroleum Services to bid for Cairn India's …
Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief in court on new charge
May 12, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ex-army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was for the first time hauled before a civilian court …
Last Laugh
May 07, 2010 (LBO) - Laugfs Group, the sole rival of the Sri Lankan unit of Royal Dutch Shell, is keen to buy the multinational's operations in the island, …
Sri Lanka calls on West to crack down on Tiger funding
May 7, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister on Friday urged Western nations to crack down on Tamils using their soil to revive the Tamil Tiger separatist …
Sri Lanka ex-army chief vows to expose war crimes
May 6, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ex-army chief Thursday vowed to "expose" any war crimes committed during the end of the country's civil war last year and said …
Sri Lanka plans ethnic reconciliation panel
May 5, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka plans to set up a reconciliation commission to foster ethnic unity as the island emerges from nearly four decades of bloody …
Sri Lanka scales down state of emergency
May 5, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednesday scaled down tough state of emergency laws that were first introduced 27 years ago to deal with …
Rights groups welcome pardon for Sri Lanka editor
May 4, 2010 (AFP) - Media rights groups Tuesday welcomed Sri Lanka's decision to pardon a Tamil editor sentenced to 20 years in prison, but urged the …
Sri Lanka blocks cricketers visiting Dalai Lama
May 4, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka stopped national cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara and another player from calling on the Dalai Lama out of fear that a meeting …
Sri Lanka pardons jailed Tamil editor: minister
May 3, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday pardoned a convicted Tamil editor whose 20-year prison term last year for supporting "terrorism" drew international …
Sri Lanka suspends Fonseka court martial
May 3, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's court of appeal on Monday suspended a court martial against former army chief Sarath Fonseka, who tried to unseat the president …
Watchdog names 40 ‘predators of the press’
PARIS, May 3, 2010 (AFP) - Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders named Monday the world's 40 worst "predators of the press" including politicians, religious …
Sri Lanka US embassy salutes journalists
May 03, 2010 (LBO) - The US embassy in Colombo says the World Press Freedom Day which falls on May 03 is a reminder to citizens and government that a free …
Sri Lanka holds first post-war May Day
May 1, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's political parties were holding May Day rallies on Saturday for the first time since the ending of nearly four decades of ethnic …
Immigration debate shakes US to the core
NEW YORK, April 30, 2010 (AFP) - From the deck of New York Harbor's tour boat the Statue of Liberty looks as welcoming today as when greeting new immigrants a …
Sri Lanka demolishes Tiger chief’s house: politician
April 29, 2010 (AFP) - The ancestral home of Sri Lanka's slain Tamil Tiger rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has been demolished as it was becoming a tourist …
Reforms to allow Sri Lanka president to retain power: report
April 28, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling party will press ahead with constitutional reforms to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for a third term in …
Sri Lankan refugee camps emptying: UNHCR
GENEVA, April 27, 2010 (AFP) - More than 200,000 of some 280,000 mainly Tamil people displaced after the civil war in northern Sri Lanka have left their camps …
Sri Lankan detained in Malaysia after standoff: police
KUALA LUMPUR, April 26, 2010 (AFP) - Malaysian police Monday said they have detained 75 Sri Lankan migrants who refused to get off a fishing trawler, after …