May to July in Britain wettest since 1776
LONDON, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - The three-month period from May to July has already become the wettest in history here, even before the end of the month, …
New Zealand central bank lifts interest rates
WELLINGTON, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - New Zealand's central bank raised interest rates Thursday for the fourth successive time this year due to sustained …
Sri Lanka to host Asian Rugby tournament
COLOMBO, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has been confirmed as host of the Asian Rugby championship in November after the world governing body was assured of …
Sri Lanka opposition groups in protest rally
July 26, 2007 (AFP) - Thousands of opposition activists and ruling party dissidents took to the streets of the Sri Lankan capital Thursday in protest against …
Sri Lanka court allows appeal against eviction of Tamils
July 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court said on Thursday it would hear an appeal challenging the eviction of nearly 400 minority ethnic Tamils from …
Sri Lanka to appoint joint mangers for sovereign bond
July 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka would choose more than one lead manager to the upcoming sovereign bond issue, with evaluations of bids to begin soon …
Flying Elephant
July 25, 2007 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has started to serve a popular ice cream brand of the island on its flights to India as part of a strategy to …
Sri Lankan agri-business offers support for farmers
July 25, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's National Agribusiness Council (NAC) has started a scheme to help farmers get better access to markets and other skills …
Trying Hard
RIYADH, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan minister said on Tuesday he was seeking Riyadh's help in obtaining clemency for a teenage maid condemned to death …
The high price of bullion; money printing Zimbabwe hikes gold by 760%
HARARE, July 25, 2007 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's central bank on Wednesday increased the price of gold by 757 percent in a bid to curb rampant smuggling of the …
Condemned Bulgarian medics freed by Libya after EU ‘blood money’ trade deal
SOFIA, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - Six foreign medics sentenced to death then life imprisonment in Libya in a controversial AIDS case were free in the Bulgarian …
Animal rescuers on red alert as it rains cats and dogs in Britain
OXFORD, England, July 25, 2007 (AFP) - It is not only humans who have been hit by Britain's worst floods in 60 years -- cats, dogs and donkeys are also …
New Zealander jailed for ‘murder in paradise’
SYDNEY, July 25, 2007 (AFP) - A New Zealander was jailed for 24 years Wednesday after being convicted of the first murder in 150 years on the tiny South …
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 …
Sri Lanka badmouthed by terrorists, sympathizers, political promoters, ignoramuses: CB Governor
July 25, 2007 (LBO) – Negative views about Sri Lanka's economy are promoted by terrorists, terror sympathizers, promoters of political agendas and people …
Investment banks in detailed bids for Sri Lanka sovereign bond
July 25, 2007 (LBO) – Investment banks vying to lead-manage a sovereign bond issue have started to make detailed presentations to the Sri Lanka …
Sea Guard
July 24, 2007 (LBO) – Tough security measures at Colombo harbour are causing delays both on the sea side as well as the land side, prompting port …
Bittersweet Battle
July 24, 2007 (LBO) – A former minister who oversaw Sri Lanka's privatization commission has gone to court seeking to block the sell down of a defunct …
Chinese style capitalism rattle Indian socialist democracy
MUNDHA KHERA, India, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - It's a hot, humid Sunday morning in northern India, but the oppressive heat does not deter a group of about 15 …
Japan to design stealth jet: report
TOKYO, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - Japan's defence ministry hopes to make a prototype of a next-generation stealth plane, the first new fighter jet designed by the …