Sri Lanka struggles with flood havoc
BATTICALOA, January 14, 2011 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan military and aid agencies struggled Thursday to bring relief to a million people displaced by floods that …
Environment
Sri Lanka floods toll hits 18
January 12, 2011 (AFP) - At least 18 people have died and nearly one million have been made homeless by flooding in Sri Lanka after days of heavy rains, …
Sri Lanka’s capital cools to a 2-year low
Jan 13, 2011 (LBO) - A combination of a cloudy sky and a cold stream from Himalayas pushed temperature at Sri Lanka's capital Colombo to a two year low of 18. …
Floods force a million Sri Lankans from homes
January 13, 2011 (AFP) - Flooding in Sri Lanka has forced more than one million people out of their homes, the government said Thursday as it began …
Toyota unveils family of Prius hybrids
DETROIT, January 10, 2011 (AFP) - Toyota unveiled new siblings for its popular Prius hybrid Monday, introducing a brand new midsized wagon, a plug-in, and a …
Sri Lanka floods worsen, toll hits 12
January 10, 2011 (AFP) - Heavy rains lashed Sri Lanka's central and eastern regions Monday with the death toll from mudslides rising to 12 and 900,000 people …
Sri Lanka floods kill seven, leave 750,000 homeless
January 9, 2011 (AFP) - At least seven people, including two children, were killed in mudslides in Sri Lanka where more than 750,000 people have been driven …
Sri Lanka floods kill two, 600,000 homeless
January 9, 2011 (AFP) - Two children were buried alive in mudslides on Sunday in Sri Lanka where more than 600,000 people have been driven out of their homes …
Sri Lanka tea exporter goes carbon neutral
Dec 16, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea firm Eswaran Brothers Exports has got 'Carbon Neutral' certification by reducing emissions and buying carbon offsets from a …
Nations set up global climate fund
CANCUN, December 11, 2010 (AFP) - Global talks on climate change on Saturday set up a new fund to manage billions of dollars in aid to poor nations in a …
Sri Lanka turns former Tiger hideout into wildlife sanctuary
Sri Lanka turns former Tiger hideout into wildlife sanctuary November 30, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is to turn a vast jungle area that was a base for the …
Sri Lanka gets ADB help to cope with climate change
Nov 13, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has drafted a national strategy for climate change adaptation with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a statement …
Fish stocks dwindle as trawlers empty South East Asia’s seas
PENANG, November 10, 2010 (AFP) - Overfishing in Southeast Asian seas has left garoupas and sea bass in dire straits, searching for mates on denuded seabeds, …
World’s oldest axe found in Australia
SYDNEY, November 5, 2010 (AFP) - Archaeologists Friday revealed they have found a piece of a stone axe dated as 35,500 years old on sacred Aboriginal land in …
Novel material gives nod to ‘invisibility cloak’
PARIS, November 4, 2010 (AFP) - Physicists in Scotland said on Thursday they had devised a flexible material that manipulates light, marking a small step …
Earth-size planets abound in Milky Way: study
WASHINGTON, October 29, 2010 (AFP) - One out of four Sun-like stars in our Milky Way galaxy could host Earth-size planets, making life-bearing systems like …
137 dead as Indonesia hit by tsunami, volcano
JAKARTA, October 27, 2010 (AFP) - At least 112 people were killed and hundreds remained missing in Indonesia Wednesday after a tsunami triggered by a powerful …
Australian scientists say Asia’s corals hit by mass die-out
SYDNEY, October 19, 2010 (AFP) - Coral reefs in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean are dying from the worst bleaching effect in more than a decade, Australian …
US to go back to Mars in probe of ‘lost atmosphere’ mystery
WASHINGTON, October 6, 2010 (AFP) - The US space agency NASA announced Tuesday it has given the green light to a mission to Mars aimed at investigating the …
Sri Lanka US envoy’s old car gets green treatment
Oct 06, 2010 (LBO) - The official car used by the US envoy in Colombo has been shipped to its German maker for recycling, instead of being buried in the sea …