Tag: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka blast deaths climb to 12
July 25, 2007 (AFP) – The death toll in a bomb attack against a military convoy in northern Sri Lanka rose to 12 as a wounded soldier died in hospital on Wednesday, police said.The Tigers have been fighting for a separate state for minority Tamils for 35 years, a conflict that has claimed more than […]
Renaissance
MCCLEAN LAKE, Canada, July 24, 2007 (AFP) – Twenty years after the Chernobyl disaster poisoned the world’s taste for reactors, a French firm is sniffing out fresh uranium supplies in Canada.And the race for nuclear power is back on.After the deadly Chernobyl reactor explosion in Ukraine in 1986 and a lesser scare at the Three […]
Sri Lanka seeks to attract Chinese investments
July 24, 2007 (LBO) – A Chinese trade and investment delegation is visiting Sri Lanka and is especially keen on doing business in the construction sector, Board of Investment officials said Tuesday. The team, from the China Council for the Promotion of Investment (CCPIT) in Shanghai, held talks with Investment Promotion Minister Sarath Amunugama and […]
Sri Lanka military convoy hit by land mine, 14 dead
July 24, 2007 (AFP) – Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful roadside bomb in northern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, targeting a military convoy and killing at least 14 people, police said.The latest attack came as security was stepped up in the capital Colombo amid fears of bomb attacks by the separatist rebels. The […]
At least 10 Sri Lankan soldiers killed in blast
July 24, 2007 (AFP) – At least 10 Sri Lankan government soldiers were killed and eight others wounded Tuesday when their military convoy was hit by a huge roadside bomb laid by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said.The victims, almost all off-duty soldiers, were travelling through the northern district of Vavuniya, close to the frontline […]
Sri Lanka violence kills 14 amid red alert
July 24, 2007 (AFP) – At least 14 Sri Lankan government troops were killed in Tamil Tiger attacks in the north of the island Tuesday as the capital was put on red alert over fears of more rebel bombings, officials said.At least 10 soldiers were killed when their military convoy was hit by a huge […]
Sri Lanka central bank warns of higher inflation in July
July 23, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank has warned of higher inflation in July as authorities started to apply brakes on rising interest rates by expanding domestic assets of the banking system. Analysts say the reserve outflow, which is believed to be fiscally induced, picked up pace further in early July. Sri Lanka’s […]
Tamil Tigers still getting arms from Cambodia: report
PHNOM PENH, July 23, 2007 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels are still getting weapons smuggled from Cambodia, which are fuelling spiraling unrest in Sri Lanka, a security journal reported.“Cambodia is one of the most significant single sources of weapons for the insurgent group,” Jane’s Intelligence Review said in a report published online last week, without […]
Sri Lankan aid worker shot dead in Jaffna
July 23, 2007 (AFP) – A Sri Lankan aid worker employed by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) was shot dead on Monday in the besieged government-held northern district of Jaffna, the charity said. “We are very shocked by this terrible event,” DRC representive Charles Macfadden said in a statement, adding that his group was unaware […]
Fresh violence in Sri Lanka kills 10 people
July 23, 2007 (AFP) – At least nine Tamil Tiger guerrillas and a civilian were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka, the military and the rebels said Monday.Government forces shot dead four members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) along the de facto border separating their areas of control in the Jaffna […]
Sri Lanka president rules out snap poll
July 22, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s president has ruled out a snap parliamentary election to increase his slender majority, after battlefield success against the Tamil Tiger rebels boosted his government. President Mahinda Rajapakse said he was keen that the current parliament serve its full six-year term.It was elected in April 2004, while the president […]
‘s meet
July 22, 2007 (AFP) – A powerful bomb was found at a market along a road leading to a conference venue where Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse addressed workers from his Freedom Party Sunday, police said.The bomb weighing about eight kilograms (17.5 pounds) was hidden in a bag at the roadside market in the Colombo […]