Sri Lanka Supreme Court backs president’s third-term bid
September 7, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for a third term in office, saying the …
Sri Lanka civil society organizations oppose constitutional change
Sept 06, 2010 (LBO) - Civil society organization representing several interest groups in Sri Lanka have come out against proposed changes to the constitution …
Sri Lanka breakdown of remaining democracy slammed by newspapers
Sept 05, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's main English weeklies have slammed a proposed change to the country's constitution as the latest in a long list of moves by …
Expanding Gas
Sept 01, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan liquid petroleum gas (LPG) supplier Laugfs Gas is to expand with plans for regional storage facilities in the north and south, …
Sri Lanka supreme court takes up constitutional changes
August 31, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Tuesday began assessing a draft bill that would amend the island's constitution to allow President Mahinda …
Sri Lanka cabinet backs constitution change for president
August 30, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cabinet on Monday backed changing the constitution to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for office for a third term, …
Australia in political limbo after voters punish PM
SYDNEY, August 22, 2010 (AFP) - Australia was in political limbo Sunday after voters punished Prime Minister Julia Gillard for deposing her predecessor two …
Australia hung parliament ‘more and more likely’: officials
SYDNEY, August 21, 2010 (AFP) - Australia faced the "more and more likely" prospect of a hung parliament Saturday, with neither the government nor the …
Sri Lanka war hero braced for jail term
August 19, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka said Thursday he expects the government to put him behind bars to end his political career …
Iceland strives to become a global press freedom haven
REYKJAVIK, August 19, 2010 (AFP) - After Iceland's near-economic collapse laid bare deep-seated corruption, the country aims to become a safe haven for …
Oil Supply
Aug 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to extend a deal with Iran to buy two million metric tonnes of crude oil a year with a 120-day interest free credit facility, …
Canada takes hard line on Tamil migrants
VANCOUVER, August 17, 2010 (AFP) - A Canadian tribunal on Tuesday ordered continued detention for the first person interviewed in a group of 492 Tamil asylum …
Canada probes who paid for Tamil refugees’ travel
VANCOUVER, August 17, 2010 (AFP) - Canadian authorities are investigating whether Sri Lankan rebels financed the passage of nearly 500 Tamil refugees to Canada …
Sri Lanka Tamil on ship bound for Canada died at sea: Tamil Congress
MONTREAL, August 15, 2010 (AFP) - A Tamil man who travelled with hundreds of other Sri Lankan migrants aboard a cargo ship bound for Canada died during the …
Sri Lanka war hero’s party to appeal conviction
August 15, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka will appeal against a court martial conviction that stripped him of his rank, pension and …
Sri Lanka Tamil migrants in good condition: Canada
ESQUIMALT, August 14, 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamil migrants who arrived aboard a rusty cargo ship were in good condition after their three-month …
Sri Lanka Tamil migrants sail to uncertainty in Canada
VICTORIA, August 14, 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of Tamils seeking asylum from Sri Lanka sailed into Canada on Friday under the scrutiny of authorities, who vowed to …
Sri Lanka strips former war-hero of pension and prestige
August 14, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has formally stripped former army chief Sarath Fonseka of his rank, medals and pension after his conviction by a …
Sri Lanka refugee ship boarded by Canadian navy
VANCOUVER, August 12, 2010 (AFP) - The Canadian navy on Thursday intercepted a cargo ship carrying up to 500 Sri Lankan asylum seekers and prepared to screen …
Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief convicted by court martial
August 13, 2010 (AFP) - A court martial convicted Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka Friday of dabbling in politics and stripped him of his rank and …