Maldives court quashes flogging of rape victim
MALÉ, August 22, 2013 (AFP) - The Maldivian High Court has overturned a public flogging sentence for a 15-year-old rape victim whose conviction sparked …
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India’s Tata rebrands “world’s cheapest car” to boost sales
MUMBAI, Aug 22, 2013 (AFP) - India's top vehicle maker Tata Motors says it plans to reposition the Nano as a "smart city car" after its marketing pitch as the …
Indian minister says currency panic ‘unwarranted’ after injecting billions of rupee reserves to banks
NEW DELHI, August 22, 2013 (AFP) - India's finance minister said Thursday that intense selling pressure on the rupee was exaggerated and that the currency …
Puzzle over African coins reveals Aboriginal rock art
SYDNEY, August 22, 2013 (AFP) - Solving the mystery of how 900-year-old African coins ended up in remote Australia could not only recast the history of foreign …
Jumpy Vietnamese caterpillar shies the Sun: study
PARIS, August 20, 2013 (AFP) - The larva of a Vietnamese moth has devised a unique form of transport -- constructing a leaf cone and thrashing about inside to …
New alarmist IPCC report leaked as skepticism grows
WASHINGTON, August 21, 2013 (AFP) - Human activity is almost certainly the cause of climate change and global sea levels could rise by several feet by the end …
India’s RBI to sterilize interventions with long-bond purchases
MUMBAI, August 21, 2013 (AFP) - India's shares opened higher and bond yields eased Wednesday but its currency remained under pressure after the central bank …
India’s rupee slips to new record low against dollar
MUMBAI, August 20, 2013 (AFP) - India's rupee hit a new all-time low against the dollar on Tuesday on continuing fears that recent measures to stabilise the …
New contamination scare hits New Zealand dairy industry
WELLINGTON, August 19, 2013 (AFP) - A new contamination scare hit New Zealand's multi-billion dollar dairy industry on Monday after it was revealed a milk …
Sterilizing RBI’s neo-Mercantilist forex controls draw skepticism
NEW DELHI, August 18, 2013 (AFP) - Indian policymakers are looking increasingly panicky as they battle the worst currency crisis in more than two decades, and …
Indian PM rules out repeat of 1991 economic crisis
NEW DELHI, August 17, 2013 (AFP) - India's premier ruled out Saturday any suggestion the country could suffer a repeat of its 1991 balance-of-payments crisis …
Sri Lanka rejects night cricket Tests with pink ball
COLOMBO, August 16, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Friday turned down a request from Pakistan to play day-night Tests in the upcoming series in the United Arab …
India’s rupee hits new record low against dollar
MUMBAI, August 16, 2013 (AFP) - India's rupee plunged to a fresh record low against the dollar on Friday over fears that the central bank's measures may not be …
Botham braces for ‘daftest’ challenge in Sri Lanka
August 15, 2013 (AFP) - England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham said Thursday he has accepted his "daftest" challenge -- walking hundreds of miles under Sri …
Cricket: Pakistan plans day-night Test with Sri Lanka
KARACHI, August 15, 2013 (AFP) - Pakistan cricket authorities said Thursday they have proposed playing day-night Tests in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka …
India plunges into Mercantilist moves as currency slips
NEW DELHI, August 14, 2013 (AFP) - India slapped new controls Wednesday on foreign exchange outflows as it struggled to narrow a record current account deficit …
Sri Lanka’s Balangoda Plantations profits plunge 56-pct
Aug 14, 2013 (LBO) - Balangoda Plantations Plc, a tea farming company in Sri Lanka's Stassen group said profits fell 56 percent to 45.7 million rupees in the …
World-first study tracks dwarf minke whales
SYDNEY, August 14, 2013 (AFP) - Dwarf minke whales have been tagged and tracked in Australia's Great Barrier Reef in a world-first pilot study which hopes to …
Indian minister says lives lost in submarine blast
NEW DELHI, August 14, 2013 (AFP) - India's defence minister said Wednesday there were fatalities when a diesel-powered submarine exploded and sank at a dock in …
Missing Probe
August 14, 2013 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Wednesday ordered a new investigation into the disappearance of thousands of people in the island's northeast …