Tag: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka rebels say no peace talks until fighting stops
May 20, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s separatist Tamil rebels on Sunday vowed never to return to peace negotiations unless the government halts a military campaign against them. . The leader of the political wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), S. P. Thamilselvan, said attacks by government forces would not force them […]
Sri Lanka – Jordan govts and trade chambers sign new deals ahead of G11 summit
SHUNEH, Jordan, May 19, 2007 (AFP) – Heads of state and representatives of 11 developing countries meet in Jordan on Saturday to draw up a platform of cooperation with the G8 industrialised nations and bolster multilateral trade.The G11 summit grouping Croatia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Georgia, Honduras, Indonesia, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Paraguay and Sri Lanka meets […]
Five family members massacred in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, May 19, 2007 (AFP) – Five family members, including two boys aged four and eight, were hacked to death on Saturday in a town just outside the Sri Lankan capital in what police said may have been a family feud. Unidentified attackers killed K. W. Tillakaratne, 36, his wife, their two children and the […]
Money printing Zimbabwe central bank push inflation to 3,714% in April
HARARE,, May 17, 2007 (AFP) – Zimbabwe’s annual inflation surged to 3,714 percent in April, ahead of a new pricing and incomes law approved by President Robert Mugabe in a fresh bid to rein in the inflation spiral. “The… annual inflation rate at the end of April rose to 3,713.9 percent,” the state-run Herald newspaper […]
Sri Lanka fighting kills 20 Tamil rebels
May 17, 2007 (AFP) – Security forces shot dead at least 20 Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka in a fresh outbreak of fighting, the defence ministry said Thursday.More than 4,800 people have been killed in the latest upsurge of fighting that began in December 2005.Troops on Thursday recovered bodies of six of the […]
”’ guerilla air force will face losses within months: analyst
May 17, 2007 (LBO) – The Tamil Tiger guerilla air wing will bear losses before the year-end as the military gains technology and experience to counter the little intruders, a former Sri Lanka air force commander said. Related Third Dimension: Sri Lanka’s battle for air supremacy and the Tamil Tiger ‘Bedcheck Charlie’ strategy . The […]
Suspected Sri Lanka arms smuggling trawler sunk in Maldives
COLOMBO, May 17, 2007 (AFP) – A trawler suspected of smuggling weapons, possibly for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels, has been sunk by the coastguard of the Maldives, the latter’s foreign minister said Thursday.“Five people in the trawler jumped overboard when it was attacked and we are going to question them,” Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahamed […]
‘s balance of payments
COLOMBO, May 16, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka recorded a trade deficit of 659.5 million dollars in the first quarter, but foreign remittances pushed the overall balance of payments into positive territory, the central bank said Wednesday.Sri Lanka’s exports in the first three months of 2007 earned 1.71 billion dollars while imports cost 2.37 billion […]
Sri Lanka appoints new minister for ports and aviation
May 16, 2007 (LBO) — Sri Lanka Wednesday appointed Chamal Rajapakse, brother of President Mahinda Rajapakse, as the new minister of ports and aviation filling a post held by sacked minister Mangala Samaraweera, officials said.President Rajapakse had sworn in the new minister early Wednesday, prior to meeting the heads of newspaper editors at his heavily […]
Sri Lanka will not depend on aid: president
May 16, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s president vowed on Wednesday not to depend on foreign aid after Britain said it would suspend debt relief to its former colony until Colombo improves its human rights record. President Mahinda Rajapakse said he would accept “genuine aid,” but will not depend on it, his office quoted him […]
Sri Lanka police questioning of editor over Goldquest expose deplorable: rights body
May 16, 2007 (LBO) – Police has questioned a newspaper editor over reporting of the activities of the Goldquest scheme in Sri Lanka, and a subsequent controversial investigation by the country’s Central Bank. “Ms. Samarasinghe’s right to publish information as she sees fit in her capacity as a professional journalist, is no exception to the […]
Sri Lanka seeks to diversify investment into agro, metal industries
May 15, 2007 (LBO) –Sri Lanka is keen on attracting investments in sectors such as agro and metal industries, the island’s minister of investment promotion, Sarath Amunugama, said Tuesday. He was speaking at a function at the Board of Investment where some 600 million dollars worth of investment deals were signed with local and foreign […]