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BANGALORE, India, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - US technology giant IBM said Tuesday it will triple its investments in India to six billion dollars over the next three …
BANGALORE, India, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - US technology giant IBM said Tuesday it will triple its investments in India to six billion dollars over the next three …
BANGKOK, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - Thailand is offering to waive landing fees at Bangkok's new international airport to attract low-cost airlines to the facility …
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - The shattered dream of an Indonesian domestic maid, who lost her fingers and toes, following torture by her employer in the …
COLOMBO, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil rebels exploded bombs outside a naval base near Sri Lanka's capital Tuesday, wounding two people while three …
June 06 (LBO) – Lanka Indian Oil Corporation has asked the Treasury for a billion rupees of its unpaid subsidy bill to buy fuel, as petrol stocks …
NEW DELHI, June 6, 2006 (AFP) - A sharp hike in Indian fuel prices sparked uproar against the government Tuesday as both its communist allies and the main …
PARIS, June 5, 2006 (AFP) - Nearly one out of two airline tickets issued to travellers is currently in electronic form and paper tickets are on track to …
June 05 (LBO) - After pressure from Japan, the Sri Lankan tea trade is drawing up a uniform declaration for exporters to clear their tea shipments as free …
June 05 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will fight new Indian restrictions on duty free vanaspati exports, ahead of another round of Indo-Lanka trade talks at the end …
June 5, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to expand its mobile phone market to five players, in a bid to bring down costs of telephony, the telecom regulator …
DHAKA, June 5, 2006 (AFP) - A Bangladesh city will impose taxes on polygamists to deter the "outdated" practice of marrying more than one wife, an official …
NEW DELHI, June 5, 2006 (AFP) - Bountiful early monsoon rains are raking in millions of dollars for Indian bookies taking bets on the amount of rain that will …
SINGAPORE, June 5, 2006 (AFP) - Asians buy more designer wallets than any other region but luxury-brand loyalty varies from country to country, a global …
NEW DELHI, June 5, 2006 (AFP) - Visitors to Indian zoos often throw stones at animals, many of whom are already in pain and enclosed in filthy, concrete boxes, …
June 5, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels will this week question the impartiality of truce monitors from Denmark, Sweden and Finland in the wake of …
June 4, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's warring parties Sunday sent their respective delegations to Oslo, the capital of peace broker Norway, to discuss the safety of …
June 4, 2006 (AFP) - Two soldiers and a bus station guard have been killed in separate attacks in Sri Lanka's troubled northeast, the military said Sunday. …
June 4, 2006 (AFP) - Eight inmates, among them two Tamil Tigers being held for firearm offences, broke out of a jail in Sri Lanka's restive eastern province …
June 4, 2006 (AFP) - Stepped up international pressure encouraged Sri Lanka's warring parties to resume talks this week amid hopes of a new power-sharing deal, …
June 3, 2006 (AFP) - A Thai airways flight from Colombo to Bangkok made an emergency landing Saturday at Sri Lanka's only international airport shortly after …