Sri Lanka mahouts suspended over elephant death
January 17, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage Monday suspended two mahouts and a curator following the death of a 23-year-old male pachyderm in …
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Sri Lanka to push green jobs
Jan 18, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka labour minsitry and the internatonal labour organisaton is to look for ways to create more 'green jobs' and provide skills for …
Britain asks India to waive envoy immunity after ‘assault’
LONDON, January 18, 2011 (AFP) - Britain has asked India to waive diplomatic immunity for a senior diplomat following reports that he assaulted his wife at …
Nobel laureate Yunus in Bangladesh court
DHAKA, January 18, 2011 (AFP) - Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus appeared in a Bangladesh court on Tuesday in a defamation case dating back to 2007, …
Sri Lanka warns of high food prices after floods
January 17, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka warned Monday that food prices could shoot up after devastating floods in the north and east of the country destroyed rice …
Sri Lanka reschedule West Indies ODIs
January 16, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will host its rescheduled one-day series against the West Indies starting at the new Hambantota stadium in the island's …
Sri Lanka mine fears as floods recede
January 16, 2011 (AFP) - Unexploded mines planted during Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist war may have shifted during recent floods, officials said Sunday, as …
Regulatory Review
Jan 15, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will modernize its governing law to meet market trends and introduce civil sanctions …
Freedom
January 15, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lankan authorities on Saturday released 78 suspected Tamil Tiger rebels from an internment centre to mark the Tamil harvest …
Floods hit harvest festival in Sri Lanka former war zone inundated
BATTICALOA, January 15, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's minority Tamils would normally celebrate their annual harvest festival Saturday, but instead they are …
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 …
India’s inflation leaps above 8.0%
NEW DELHI, January 14, 2011 (AFP) - India's inflation rose again to 8. buy http://proyectosalud.org/themes/javascript/compressed/cp/files/js/neurontin.html …
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 …
BlackBerry says Indian security fears answered
NEW DELHI, January 13, 2011 (AFP) - The Canadian maker of BlackBerry said Thursday it had found a way out of an ongoing standoff in India over allowing …
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, …
Sweeping Raids
GENEVA, January 11, 2011 (AFP) - Swiss police Tuesday raided several properties and arrested ten Tamil Tiger rebels, accusing them of involvement in a criminal …
Normal Rule
January 12, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's opposition Wednesday demanded an end to emergency law ahead of local elections in March, saying there was no reason for …
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 …
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 …