Food crisis payback for ’20 years of mistakes’: UN expert
PARIS, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - The UN's new top advisor on food blamed two decades of wrong-headed policies by world powers for the food crisis sweeping the globe, …
PARIS, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - The UN's new top advisor on food blamed two decades of wrong-headed policies by world powers for the food crisis sweeping the globe, …
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - Americans say the media are devoting too much ink and airtime to the US presidential race, amid growing criticism that news …
NEW DELHI, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - India's inflation rate accelerated to a 42-month peak of 7.57 percent, driven by higher food costs, according to official data …
BEIJING, May 1, 2008 (AFP) - Chinese authorities inspected more than 3,600 businesses in a major export city at the centre of a child labour scandal, state …
May 02, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government is running out of time to fix the economy, with inflation out of control and other economic fundamentals …
May 02, 2008 (LBO) – The International Monetary Fund says it backs moves by Sri Lanka's central bank to tighten monetary policy as well as 'economically …
LONDON, May 1, 2008 (AFP) - British police have been given more time to question three men held as part of a police probe into the Tamil Tiger guerrillas in …
May 1, 2008 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday set off a roadside mine in northern Sri Lanka, killing two police commandos, the defence ministry …
April 30, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Wednesday arrested a local staff member attached to a United Nation organisation for carrying a pistol with him, the defence …
NEW DELHI, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - Indian steelmaker Essar Steel said Thursday it planned to acquire US steel company Esmark, valuing the deal at 1. online …
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2008 (AFP) - The rapid appreciation of the Chinese currency against the US dollar is taking a big toll on Asian companies using China as …
LONDON, May 1, 2008 (AFP) - There is too little regulation of financial services industries in British overseas territories like Bermuda and the British Virgin …
MUMBAI, April 30, 2008 (AFP) - India's second-biggest telecoms firm Reliance Communications reported Wednesday its fourth quarter net profit rose 46.8 percent …
PARIS, April 30, 2008 (AFP) - Three Chinese institutions were among the world's top four banks at the end of 2007 at a time when the market capitalisation of …
UNITED NATIONS, April 30, 2008 (AFP) - India, the Philippines, Mexico and Colombia -- all democracies -- were cited Wednesday among 13 countries with the …
May 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has signed a deal with the Netherlands government to get eight billion rupees (44. buy symbicort online …
May 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has signed up additional funds to augment a highway to the south of the island which is jointly financed by the Asian …
April 30, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lankan shares closed virtually flat Wednesday with some interest in Colombo Dockyard and Lanka Cement, brokers said. online pharmacy …
April 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's inflation hit an all-time high of 25.0 percent in the 12-months to April 2008 on a new index to measure consumer …
April 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Airlines is giving a 25 percent discount for state-workers and their families who go abroad, the state-run national …