Sri Lanka facing attacks, international isolation: analysts
June 17, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has vowed to wage more attacks against Tamil rebels but analysts warn it faces the prospect of devastating retaliation and …
Synthetic Fuel
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2007 (AFP) - A fiery debate has been rekindled in Washington as US lawmakers mull proposed incentives to produce diesel fuel from coal. …
Sailing Away
June 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence conglomerate is exiting from its ship-owning business because of lower earnings from chartering and …
Digital Sheep
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - The FBI is in the process of locating and notifying the users of one million computers controlled by hackers through …
Heaven Sent
June 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's power utility has increased its hydro storage after heavy rains in the last three days, and if the trend continues it …
Sri Lanka downturn cushioned by Maldives profits of top leisure firms
June 15, 2007 (LBO) – Two of Sri Lanka's leisure sector players have managed to cushion a downturn in tourism on the island, with profits from resorts …
Telemedicine
June 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has equipped a rural hospital with computer facilities and a broadband link to offer patients remote consultation, …
Smoke Sales
June 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to set up a carbon fund to promote carbon trading and provide financial as well as technical support for potential …
China destroys Buddhist statue at Tibet’s oldest monastery
BEIJING, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - Chinese authorities have removed a giant Buddhist statue from Tibet's oldest monastery, in a move US-based rights group said …
Tokyo bourse buys stake in Singapore exchange
June 15, 2007 (AFP) - The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Friday that it had acquired a stake of almost five percent in the Singapore stock exchange operator as part …
Outrage as Chinese slave scandal deepens
BEIJING, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - More than 450 people, including young children, have been freed from slavery in Chinese brick factories and mines but hundreds …
New coach say Sri Lanka can win World Cup
June 15, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's new coach Trevor Bayliss Friday said he was hopeful that the island could win the next World Cup. buy advair rotahaler online …
Sri Lankan President says own steps under way to probe killings
GENEVA, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - President Mahinda Rajapakse of Sri Lanka and senior Sri Lankan officials said Friday that they were taking their own steps to …
Sri Lanka urged to invite UN monitors to probe rights abuses
GENEVA, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - Amnesty International urged Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to invite UN monitors to verify claims of human rights …
Off-Grid
June 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will be able to light up 60,000 rural homes and also connect new private-sector renewable energy to the urban power grid …
Sri Lanka tea strike prunes profits at Maskeliya Plantations
June 14, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Maskeliya Plantations, which produces some of the island's best high grown teas, has reported a sharp fall in profits …
Blocked Call
June 14, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's highest court halted the sale of shares of the country's largest fixed access operator to a Malaysian firm Thursday, …
Big Response
June 14, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's biggest mobile phone company, Dialog Telekom, said Thursday its 15.5 billion rupee cash call had been fully subscribed. …
Polish ‘Rip van Winkle’ wakes up to new world order
DZIALDOWO, Poland, June 14, 2007 (AFP) - It is the stuff of fairytales and happy endings, the story of a Polish railway worker who woke up to a new world of …
US avoids labeling China ‘manipulator;’ lawmakers seek action
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2007 (AFP) - The US Treasury stopped short of branding China a "currency manipulator" Wednesday even as new efforts were launched in …