British defence minister resigns over ties to best man
LONDON, October 14, 2011 (AFP) - British Defence Secretary Liam Fox resigned on Friday, forced out over his links to the best man at his wedding who posed as a …
LONDON, October 14, 2011 (AFP) - British Defence Secretary Liam Fox resigned on Friday, forced out over his links to the best man at his wedding who posed as a …
LONDON, October 12, 2011 (AFP) - British defence minister Liam Fox rejected calls to resign Wednesday over his links to the best man at his wedding, while …
Oct 13, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa said firearms kept by private 'guards' of politicians will be recovered in a special operation …
LONDON, October 13, 2011 (AFP) - Britain's defence minister faced renewed pressure Thursday over claims that rich backers paid for the best man at his wedding …
LONDON, October 10, 2011 (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday his defence minister had made "serious mistakes" in allowing a close friend …
LONDON, October 11, 2011 (AFP) - British officials interviewed a close friend of defence minister Liam Fox Tuesday to ask why he had joined the politician on …
LONDON, October 10, 2011 (AFP) - British Defence Secretary Liam Fox's political career hung in the balance on Monday as he prepared to face a parliamentary …
LONDON, October 8, 2011 (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday demanded an urgent report into claims his defence minister allowed a close …
Oct 09, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's ruling coalition of President Mahinda Rajapaksa won a a series of local councils except the capital Colombo and an eastern …
October 9, 2011 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan president's party won 22 out of 23 local councils in elections, results showed Sunday, as police investigated a gun …
October 9, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police launched an investigation on Sunday into an election-day gunfight between political rivals in which three people were …
October 8, 2011 (AFP) - Voters in Sri Lanka's capital went to the polls Saturday to elect a local municipal council, in a contest widely seen as a mid-term …
October 8, 2011 (AFP) - A presidential aide and his bodyguard were shot dead in a gunbattle involving opposing factions of the Sri Lankan ruling party during …
October 6, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Thursday announced a new move to address human rights issues in the face of international pressure over war crimes …
September 29, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's police detained 50 failed asylum seekers flown back to the country Thursday after being expelled from Britain, police …
UNITED NATIONS, September 26, 2011 (AFP) - States and armed groups that refuse to stop recruiting child soldiers must be subject to tougher pressure in the …
UNITED NATIONS, September 24, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Friday condemned "tainted" international allegations of a military massacre of civilians …
GENEVA, September 19, 2011 (AFP) - Tamils from across Europe demonstrated at the UN's European headquarters on Monday, calling for a probe into alleged war …
September 14, 2011 (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday urged Sri Lanka to deploy more minority Tamils to police the island's former northern conflict zone …
PARIS, September 12, 2011 (AFP) - The main economies in the world are set for a general slowdown, the OECD said on Monday on the basis of its leading index of …