Provides the latest RSS feeds for Southeast Asia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sri Lankan News.net http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/cat/303b19022816233b/ en-us Sun, 26 May 2013 01:20:02 -0400 Sun, 26 May 2013 01:20:02 -0400 30 Controversial Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf will fight to clear his name after he was called for questioning in the ongoing spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League, according to family sources. The International Cricket Council (ICC) this week withdrew Rauf from next month's Champions Trophy in England in the wake of media reports that he was under police investigation, Sport24 reports. ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214772331/scat/303b19022816233b Sun, 26 May 2013 00:50:03 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214772331/scat/303b19022816233b The chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his group will not stand by while the neighboring government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is attacked. Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech Saturday Hezbollah was fighting in Syria to protect Lebanon from the threat of radical Islamists. It was the first time Nasrallah has publicly confirmed Hezbollah's fighting presence in Syria. The speech was ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764350/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:15:12 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764350/scat/303b19022816233b U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called for an end to sexual assaults in the military Saturday in a commencement speech to graduates of the West Point military academy in New York state. Hagel called sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military a "profound betrayal" of sacred oaths and trusts and a "scourge" that must be stamped out. A day earlier, President Barack Obama ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764347/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:15:11 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764347/scat/303b19022816233b Police say suspected Maoist rebels have attacked a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 16 people and wounding many others. Suspected insurgents fired at the vehicles on Saturday in the Sukma area of Chhattisgarh state. View Larger Map Local reports say some senior party leaders were among ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764346/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:15:09 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764346/scat/303b19022816233b Russian police arrested at least 30 gay rights activists and their opponents in the capital, Moscow, Saturday, enforcing the city's ban on gay rights demonstrations. The arrests coincided with the first-ever gay rights rally in neighboring Ukraine, which was allowed by authorities and protected by police. The demonstrators in Russia gathered in front of the nation's lower house of ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764345/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:15:07 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764345/scat/303b19022816233b ISTANBUL Next month's Washington - Moscow talks to end the Syrian conflict appear in doubt. The Syrian opposition, at a meeting in Istanbul, remains divided on electing new leadership and it is still unclear if the opposition will attend the talks. Western backers of the opposition are pushing for a broader and more diverse leadership. But attempts to weaken the power of the Islamist ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764344/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764344/scat/303b19022816233b A man wielding a knife or box cutter has stabbed a French soldier in the neck near Paris. Police union spokesman Christophe Crepin released a description of the suspect to the public Saturday. ''We know that he is tall, athletic, we think he was wearing a white tunic and sneakers. Things are evolving, in any case everything has been recorded on video and we will find him.'' French ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764341/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:15:04 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764341/scat/303b19022816233b Thirty-six African countries have formally condemned the use of cluster bombs and urged all of Africa to join a global ban on the deadly weapons. Delegates at a conference in Lome, Togo say they are gravely concerned about the ongoing use of cluster munitions and the mounting number of victims, including women and children. They say 14 African countries have a cluster bomb problem, ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764340/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764340/scat/303b19022816233b Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a message published in Myanmar official media here Saturday that his current official visit to Myanmar will bring Japan-Myanmar cooperation to even higher level and serve as an opportunity to lay down a foundation for turning a new page in history. Abe said he will exchange views with President U Thein Sein in the forthcoming meeting, expected to take ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756950/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 06:50:01 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756950/scat/303b19022816233b There are growing tensions in northern Sri Lanka as Tamils are trying to prevent the Sinhalese-dominated army from taking over their land. In a new development, villagers have driven out a group of surveyors sent by the authorities. Thousands others are involved in a court action trying to win back the land they were displaced from years ago. According to the BBC, two thousand people are ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756806/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 06:10:03 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756806/scat/303b19022816233b Preparations are on for the four-day festival of Barsi, said to be the largest Sikh event outside of the Punjab state in India, in Gurdwara Sahib Malacca in the Malaysian state of Malacca, starting May 30. The festival commemorates the death anniversary of Sant Baba Sohan Singh Ji, a Sikh saint who lived in Malacca and passed away in 1972 at Ipoh General Hospital near the Malaysian capital of ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756597/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 05:20:01 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756597/scat/303b19022816233b The Pakistan Government has repeated its view that drone strikes by America in its territory were illegal. The rhetoric from Pakistan came after President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for the use of he unmanned vehicles. According to the Daily Times, Obama mounted a firm defence of the covert drone war as 'legal' in a major speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday. He, however, ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755344/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 03:40:04 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755344/scat/303b19022816233b The Sindh High Court has dismissed a plea from a Jamaat-e-Islami candidate, who challenged the results of the election of Karachi's PS-39 seat, which has been won by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The move from the high court comes while hearing a string of appeals against the outcome of the elections. According to the Express Tribune, upholding the returning officer's decision, the bench headed ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755342/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 03:40:03 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755342/scat/303b19022816233b The Foreign Office in Pakistan has urged Afghanistan to consider the regional security situation while pursuing an arms purchase deal with India. At a media briefing on Friday, Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jillani said as a sovereign country Afghanistan can pursue its own policies, but it should mind the overall peace and security situation in the region. According to Dawn News, Jillani was ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754958/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 03:20:05 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754958/scat/303b19022816233b President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners has been welcomed by two key countries affected by the policies - Pakistan and Yemen. At the same time, Pakistani officials criticized Obama for not announcing an end to drone strikes against Islamic militants in the country in his landmark speech on Thursday, as they have long demanded. According to the ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754957/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 03:20:05 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754957/scat/303b19022816233b Beijing, May 25 (Xinhua-ANI): China and Pakistan agreed to cement their strategic partnership and deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation in various areas, according to a joint statement issued Thursday during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the South Asian country. In the statement, China reaffirms that its relationship with Pakistan is always a priority in its foreign policy and ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754949/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 03:20:03 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754949/scat/303b19022816233b An army brigadier and two soldiers were injured late Friday night when Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions, violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Tutmari Gali sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Brigadier Sanjeev Langar and the two soldiers suffered minor injuries, army sources said here on Saturday. The exchange of fire took place around 7.15 p.m. India and Pakistan ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754383/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 02:50:01 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754383/scat/303b19022816233b At least 15 children were killed Saturday when the gas cylinder in their school van blew up in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report said. The massive explosion took place at about 7.40 a.m. when the school van was heading towards a private school in Gujrat city after collecting students from four villages. There were an estimated 25 people on board and the students were aged between 8 and ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754378/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 02:50:01 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754378/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan Test and one-day captain Misbah-ul Haq has said that it is a must for his team to improve in all three departments of the game ahead of the series decider with Ireland, before the ICC Champions Trophy. Kevin O'Brien hit a dramatic four off the last ball of the first one-day international on Thursday to deny Pakistan victory and earn Ireland a dramatic tie, the 28th in ODI history, ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754381/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 02:50:01 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754381/scat/303b19022816233b A collapsing structure injured 23 workers on Monday at a Cambodian factory producing garments for a top Western brand, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about regional industrial safety. At least 23 workers were injured at a Cambodian factory that produced garments for a top Western brand on Monday, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about industrial safety in ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214772011/scat/303b19022816233b Sun, 26 May 2013 00:21:55 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214772011/scat/303b19022816233b Pampered by fast food and comforted by imported and industrial food commodities, many customers no longer question the food they buy or serve at the table. Slow Food aims to change that.The international movement, founded by Carlo Petriniback in 1986 in the small town of Bra in Northern Italy, encourages a sustainable and eco-friendly food system -- bringing good, clean and fair food to the ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214772012/scat/303b19022816233b Sun, 26 May 2013 00:20:22 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214772012/scat/303b19022816233b Massive flooding from torrential rains in the San Antonio area of Texas left at least two people dead Saturday and sent emergency workers rushing in boats to rescue more than 200 residents stranded in cars and homes.One woman became trapped in her car and climbed to the roof before being swept away in floodwaters, said San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Christian Bove. Her body was later found ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214772013/scat/303b19022816233b Sun, 26 May 2013 00:20:21 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214772013/scat/303b19022816233b Neymar said Saturday he will be joining Barcelona after the Confederations Cup, the latest addition to a star-filled roster that already includes four-time FIFA Player of the Year Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta.The decision came a day after Neymar's Brazilian club, Santos, said it had accepted offers from Barcelona and Spanish rival Real Madrid, and that it was up to him to ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214772014/scat/303b19022816233b Sun, 26 May 2013 00:20:19 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214772014/scat/303b19022816233b Nearly 40 centimeters of rain has fallen in some parts of the city since early Saturday. Rescuers have spent much of the past several hours pulling more than 200 people from their flooded cars and homes. San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro is imploring people to stay off the ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771497/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 23:27:46 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771497/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 1 The Education and Culture Ministry considers transforming the national senior high school exams into online tests following distribution delays of this year's test materials and allegations of widespread leaking. Deputy Education and Culture Minister for Education Musliar Kasim said on Saturday the plan was feasible since the ministry was able to conduct online tests ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771498/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 23:25:57 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771498/scat/303b19022816233b The race for the IOC presidency is getting crowded, with Switzerland's Denis Oswald becoming the fifth declared candidate to succeed Jacques Rogge.Citing his long experience as an Olympic athlete and administrator, the 66-year-old lawyer and president of the international rowing federation announced his decision Friday to run for election."My 40 years of service to the Olympic movement ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771499/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 23:25:55 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771499/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 1 It is easy for vegetarians to consider themselves morally superior than to the meat-eating crowd.It is easy to dislike meat simply because it is the most mainstream food item in almost every culture and civilization.In modern times, the voice of the gospel of vegetarianism has grown louder not least because of the ill that is modern cattle farming.Industrial farming, ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771500/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 23:25:54 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771500/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 2 A number of lawmakers from the Jakarta Legislative Council have put their signature to support the planned political move to interpellate or question Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo over the popular free healthcare program for Jakartans. Democratic Party councilor Taufiqurrahman said that 32 lawmakers, including himself, had so far given their support to the ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771503/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 23:25:53 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771503/scat/303b19022816233b Students sign their names on the announcement board at SMA 38 high school in Jakarta on Saturday. All of the school's 270 students passed the National Examination ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771502/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 23:25:52 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771502/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 2 Thousands of Buddhists celebrating Waisak, or Buddha's Day of Enlightenment, in the yard of Mendut Temple in Mungkid, Magelang, Central Java, on Saturday prayed for an end to the Rohingya ethnic conflict in Myanmar."Hopefully the Myanmar government will be able to end the conflict soon," one of the Buddhist monks said as he led the prayers at an altar in ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771501/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 23:25:51 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771501/scat/303b19022816233b A US teenager who intended to blow up his school will be charged with attempted aggravated murder after six bombs were found in his bedroom, a prosecutor said late Saturday. Grant Acord, 17, planned to attack his school in Oregon in a plot "forged and inspired" by a 1999 mass shooting at a high school in Columbine, Colorado, said Benton County District Attorney John ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771933/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 23:25:41 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771933/scat/303b19022816233b The World Bank (WB) will provide assistance worth of 27,000 US dollars annually for the development of village tracts in Kyunsu township, Myanmar's southern Tanintharyi Region, local daily reported Sunday.An initial assistance for three years worth of 81,000 dollars will be spent for education, health and social affairs for the township, said the 7-Day Daily.In February this year, the Kyunsu ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771407/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 23:18:04 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771407/scat/303b19022816233b KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) - Malaysia's divisive election has left a bitter taste for millions of people that risks creating a long-term problem of legitimacy for Prime Minister Najib Razak's long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The outrage was clear at a busy intersection across from one of Kuala Lumpur's fanciest shopping malls, where a huge poster of Mr Najib and his deputy ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771015/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 22:29:24 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771015/scat/303b19022816233b Hougang United FC last Wednesday."I'm not happy with the result, but I'm happy with how we played."I couldn't have asked for more from my players."We were horribly unlucky but I don't ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771016/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:48 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771016/scat/303b19022816233b A group photo of all participants from PLM, UBD and SVSB with BSP MD Ken Marnoch (12th R, standing) at the blessing ceremony and test run held for Shell Eco-Marathon Asia participants at UBD. Picture: BT/Ikhwan ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771017/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:45 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771017/scat/303b19022816233b Minister of Home Affairs YB Pehin Dato Ustaz Hj Badaruddin (R) receives a courtesy call from the visiting Chairman of the Nanjing People's Congress Standing Committee, China, Chen Shaoze. Picture: BT/Sally ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771018/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:43 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771018/scat/303b19022816233b Minister of Industry and Primary Resources YB Pehin Dato Hj Yahya (3rd L) attending the signing ceremony for the MoUs on 'academic exchange and research collaboration' in halal science yesterday at the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources, Berakas.Picture: BT/Ubaidillah ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771019/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:40 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771019/scat/303b19022816233b HRH Prince Mohamed Bolkiah (R), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade receiving in audience His Excellency Mohamed Saad Ibrahim Ebeid (L) the newly-appointed Egyptian Ambassador to Brunei. Both audiences were held at Balai Penghadapan, Bukit Kayangan. Picture: BT/Md Asdeny ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771020/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:36 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771020/scat/303b19022816233b Darussalam yesterday presented letters of credence to five newly-appointed Brunei envoys and received letters of credence from two non-resident envoys to the country.His Majesty presented the letters of credence ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771021/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:33 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771021/scat/303b19022816233b IGS College for their commitment and dedication towards helping graduates achieve success in becoming valuable assets to the country. He highlighted that creating high calibre human resources with necessary skills essential in nation building is the main objective of the country's education system.He also paid recognition to the college's collaboration with Limkokwing University of ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771023/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:30 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771023/scat/303b19022816233b TWO accidents occurred yesterday; the earlier one resulted in a fatality while the multi-vehicle pile-up in the afternoon caused a massive traffic jam.In the first accident, four foreign males were involved in a car accident along ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771022/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 22:20:29 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771022/scat/303b19022816233b YANGON, Myanmar -- Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence.Local officials said Saturday that the new measure would be applied to two Rakhine townships that border Bangladesh and have ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771024/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 22:14:44 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214771024/scat/303b19022816233b CANNES -- A man pretending to be South Korean rapper Psy talked his way into glitzy parties at the Cannes film festival and posed with fans until he was spotted drinking champagne by the real Psy's manager. Psy, in Singapore on Thursday night to perform at the inaugural Social Star awards, said that Scooter Braun spotted the imposter, took a photo and sent it to ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214770338/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 21:33:31 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214770338/scat/303b19022816233b Former U.S. soccer international Robbie Rogers has joined Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, the team said on Saturday, making him the latest openly gay male athlete in an American professional team sport. Rogers, who came out in February on the same day he retired from the game, will be on the Galaxy's roster for Sunday's home match against the Seattle Sounders if his ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214770337/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 21:33:31 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214770337/scat/303b19022816233b YANGON, Myanmar ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214770996/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 21:19:36 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214770996/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistani leaders who have long demanded an American exit from their region may get their wish, but a broader disengagement is also likely to diminish the financing, prestige and political importance Pakistan held as a crucial player in global counterterrorism efforts, and could upset its internal ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214770366/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 21:11:05 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214770366/scat/303b19022816233b The city of San Antonio, Texas is under a flash flood warning with more heavy rain expected Saturday night in the already flooded area. As much as 39 centimeters of rain has fallen in some parts of the city since early Saturday. At least one person was killed when floodwaters swept away her car. Rescuers have spent much of the day pulling more than 100 people from their flooded cars and ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768911/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:24:32 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768911/scat/303b19022816233b U.S. President Barack Obama makes a poignant visit Sunday to the city of Moore, Oklahoma which is just starting to recover from last week's deadly tornado. President Obama will meet with and console residents of the midwestern town where 24 people were killed and more than 200 others hurt. Some people lost everything they owned when the twister obliterated entire neighborhoods. The ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768910/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:24:32 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768910/scat/303b19022816233b CANNES -- A documentary using small clay figurines to tell the story of how Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's family perished under the Khmer Rouge regime won the top prize in the second most important competition at ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768819/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:24:32 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768819/scat/303b19022816233b British police have arrested three new suspects in connection with Wednesday's murder of a British soldier in London. Scotland Yard issued a statement saying three men in their 20's were arrested Saturday, two of them at a residential address in southeast London and one on a London street. Officers used stun guns in two of the arrests, but no one was hospitalized. All three were ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768802/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:24:32 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768802/scat/303b19022816233b Yangon, May 25 : At least 11 people were killed and 15 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus overturned on Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw highway in Myanmar, reported Xinhua citing state-run ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768960/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:16:52 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768960/scat/303b19022816233b Websites of PM and state agencies targeted Facebook users have joined an anti-government campaign by changing their profile pictures to the white mask of Guy Fawkes and posting messages against ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768961/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:16:46 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768961/scat/303b19022816233b Angkhana Neelaphaijit, a leading rights advocate for Thai Muslims, has voiced concern over continued sexual assaults against Muslim women by security officials stationed in the southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. The widow of abducted lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit, who has been providing legal assistance to Muslim suspects in the three southern border provinces, voiced concerns ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768963/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:16:44 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768963/scat/303b19022816233b Pheu Thai Party yesterday hit back at the opposition Democrat Party, dismissing its claim that the government has failed to curb rising food prices. Pheu Thai Party deputy spokesman Anuttama Amornwiwat said the rising food prices were seasonal and the Ministry of Commerce had ensured a suitable price structure of consumer goods at production, trade and consumer level. She said the ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768962/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:16:44 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768962/scat/303b19022816233b Thailand faced a stiff challenge from Puerto Rico before subduing their rivals in five hard-fought sets to finish second overall in the China International Women's Volleyball Tournament second leg in Shenzhen, China, on Friday. Hosts China, who stamped their authority in the first leg in Ningbo last week, made it two-in-a-row with a clean sweep of victories in the four-team two-phase ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768964/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:16:43 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768964/scat/303b19022816233b Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan has issued an open letter for the tyrant of Pakistan, General Kayani. This letter has been issued on the completion of year abduction of Naveed Butt, the spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Pakistan. The title of this letter is "The year-long abduction of Naveed Butt will not delay or prevent your end at the hands of a Khaleefah Rashid." General Kayani's ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768965/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:15:06 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214768965/scat/303b19022816233b Bandar Seri Begawan - The Brunei Civil Society Forum on Asean Organisation saw a large turnout of students and members of Non-government Organisation (NGOs) at the Oil and Gas Discovery Centre (OGDC) Theatre yesterday ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214769000/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 20:09:52 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214769000/scat/303b19022816233b Bandar Seri Begawan - The credibility and integrity of Brunei Darussalam's Halal brand is set for a boost in the eyes of the global Halal industry following the signing of MoUs between three well-known institutions with the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam on the Academic Exchange and Research collaboration. This was noted by Awang Sabri Md ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764888/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 19:26:33 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764888/scat/303b19022816233b Six years ago, the world cheered the monks behind Burma's Saffron Revolution. Now, a horrific new eruption of religious slaughter is being blamed on a 'Buddhist Bin Laden'. So what happened to the mantra of ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764718/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 19:21:48 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764718/scat/303b19022816233b Satun, Southern Thailand - Brunei Darussalam could play a role in helping resolve the unrest in Southern Thailand through the dissemination of information via the media to enable the insurgents to come to an understanding with the Thai ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764892/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:32 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764892/scat/303b19022816233b VIENNA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, singer Elton John and actor Hilary Swank joined thousands of costumed revelers on Saturday at Europe's biggest AIDS charity event, Vienna's Life ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764690/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:35:11 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764690/scat/303b19022816233b Indonesia as local and multinational companies have been encouraged to seize and then deforest customary land - land owned by indigenous people and administered in accordance with their customs. More than 600 were recorded in 2011, with 22 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The true number is probably far greater, say watchdog groups.The Indonesian national human rights commission reported more ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764409/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:32:03 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764409/scat/303b19022816233b A woman cries as she sticks a poster of a a family member on the wall of a school turned makeshift morgue for Rana Plaza victims. Bhuiyan said MIB and other large companies with which he is familiar comply with international labor laws, but even for bigger companies, that isn’t easy."There is a tremendous pressure to maintain the minimum level of compliance," he said. "You ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764469/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:23:52 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764469/scat/303b19022816233b Police officers and soldiers in southern Thailand escaped death in bombings Saturday, one day after a bomb killed five military rangers, authorities said. A roadside bomb hit a truck carrying five soldiers in Narathiwat province, the Bangkok Post reported. Police officers in the same province responding to a report of gunshots were ambushed by a bomb but escaped without injury. Other bombings ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764156/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 17:41:42 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214764156/scat/303b19022816233b Psy impersonator fools Cannes festival stars A documentary using small clay figures to tell the story of how Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's family perished under the Khmer Rouge regime won the top prize in the second most important competition at the Cannes film festival. L'Image Manquante (The Missing Picture) was among the 18 films that premiered in the Un Certain Regard category ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214763627/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 16:34:57 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214763627/scat/303b19022816233b The remark was Vujicic's only direct reference to his faith in a night that was otherwise motivational. Most people in the audience were not Christians. Vujicic's appearance is a sign of how a government that once severely restricted religion is now taking a slightly more relaxed attitude. Those associated with Vujicic's Vietnam tour said it was the first by a foreign Christian -- ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214763628/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 16:24:24 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214763628/scat/303b19022816233b CANNES, France - A French-Cambodian film, "The Missing Picture," which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot's dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, has won the "Un Certain Regard" prize at the Cannes Film Festival. To rousing applause, director Rithy Panh collected the award at a ceremony Saturday night, expressing his gratitude to be able "to have the freedom to ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214763342/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 15:40:00 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214763342/scat/303b19022816233b This past Friday, GlobalPost'sKarachi Correspondent Mariya Karimjee gave us a behind-the-scenes look at the famed Port of Karachi and Kiamari District. Mariya shared her remarkable breadth of Karachi knowledge -- beginning with some Pakistani history lessons, and finishing up with some colorful images of tragically polluted waters, exotic fish from the Arabian Sea, and vibrant vessels tied ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214763001/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 15:11:47 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214763001/scat/303b19022816233b LAHORE, Pakistan -- Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214763004/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 15:09:42 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214763004/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan’s founder "Quaid-i-Azam" Mohammad Ali Jinnah dreamt of a country that would be Islamic and at the same time secular. The basic ideals behind the creation of Pakistan underscored security, welfare and cooperation of the people of all religions. Thanks to extremism and radicalization, today Pakistan is counted among the most dangerous places to live. Unfortunately, ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214762635/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 14:06:32 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214762635/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistani women were often blocked from voting in recent elections, but many were compelled to vote, usually for their husband's or father's ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214762636/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 14:03:57 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214762636/scat/303b19022816233b The Western Police received a call from the victim, who works as a mechanic, after being stabbed by the two escaped attackers in an industrial area near ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214762084/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 13:30:42 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214762084/scat/303b19022816233b PETALING JAYA, Malaysia (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people rallied near Malaysia's capital Saturday night against alleged electoral fraud, further raising the political temperature after divisive recent polls.The latest in a series of protest rallies over the May 5 elections -- which the opposition says were won fraudulently by the 56-year-old ruling coalition -- saw a large crowd gather in ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214761569/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 12:29:45 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214761569/scat/303b19022816233b CHIKHWAWA DISTRICT, MALAWI -- A few years ago, residents of Malawi's southern district of Chikhwawa were often stricken with diarrhea often caused by cholera, an illness spread by unclean drinking water from unprotected sources like wells and rivers. Today, the situation is under control, thanks to an international NGO that's drilling boreholes in the area for fresh drinking water and ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760889/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:48:33 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760889/scat/303b19022816233b Police say the bomber detonated her explosives in the central square in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital. At least two of the wounded are in critical ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760888/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:48:33 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760888/scat/303b19022816233b Retired Major General Peter Phillips at home in Canberra with ten-year-old grand daughter Sarah. He says his experiences in Vietnam as a D Company Commander were "life changing". Picture: Ray ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760926/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:24:57 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760926/scat/303b19022816233b Few, if any, similarities exist between the redactions of the Benghazi e-mails and the deletions and distortions made by Richard Nixon in his taped ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760828/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:22:51 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760828/scat/303b19022816233b Wholehearted support: Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi meets with visiting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Yangon on Saturday. | ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760900/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:22:49 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760900/scat/303b19022816233b South Korean pop star Psy will perform in Indonesia at a concert celebrating diplomatic ties between the two countries, his management agency said Saturday. The performance -- which will not be staged as a solo concert -- will mark Psy's first visit to Indonesia, the Jakarta Globe reported. The "Gangnam Style" singer will perform July 6 at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760927/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:14:51 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760927/scat/303b19022816233b KYIV -- About 100 Ukrainian gay rights activists held the country's first gay rally Saturday, helped by police who arrested 13 people for trying to break up the march. The activists walked for about 250 meters along Prospekt Peremohy (Victory Avenue) in the capital, Kyiv, while Orthodox Christian activists nearby chanted slogans denouncing them. "Ukraine is not America. Kyiv is ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760292/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 10:49:23 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760292/scat/303b19022816233b Naiyipid, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, met a wide range of activities during the first three days of an official visit to Myanmar, highlights the digital website of the NHK Japanese television. Abe and his wife Akie, laid a wreath at the Martyrs' Mausoleum in Yangon, the country's largest city. It is a monument dedicated to General Aung San and his comrades ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760404/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 10:44:37 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760404/scat/303b19022816233b Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a passenger aircraft was escorted through British airspace by fighter jets and redirected to land at Stansted airport in ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760406/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 10:29:47 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760406/scat/303b19022816233b Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence. Local officials said on Saturday that the new measure would be applied to two Rakhine townships that border Bangladesh and have the highest ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760407/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 10:23:14 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760407/scat/303b19022816233b Officials in Nepal said five missing mountain climbers were likely killed by an avalanche on Mount Kanchenjunga earlier this week. The Nepal tourism ministry said the group went missing while descending the mountain and included climbers from Nepal, Hungary and South Korea. "All our efforts to trace them have failed," Mingma Sherpa, the organizer of the expedition, told the BBC. ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760408/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 10:15:44 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760408/scat/303b19022816233b Gabonese authorities have managed to secure investments worth a total of US$ 1.7 billion from Singapore, including a new fertilizer plant to be set up outside Port Gentil and palm oil ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760381/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 10:11:50 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214760381/scat/303b19022816233b Protesters hurl eggs at the Philippines representative office in Taipei, Taiwan and the Philippines are embroiled in a diplomatic row over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine Coast Guard personnel earlier this month. -- PHOTO: ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759872/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 09:46:31 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759872/scat/303b19022816233b President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan congratulates Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of the Republic Day of Azerbaijan. News.Az reports citing the AzerTag website that the letter reads: "Excellency, It gives me immense pleasure to extend my heartfelt felicitations to you and the people of Azerbaijan on the auspicious occasion of the Republic Day of Azerbaijan. I am sure that ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759874/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 09:43:28 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759874/scat/303b19022816233b Five soldiers were injured in a roadside bomb attack Saturday in Narathiwat's Reu So district while another roadside bomb in Yala's Yaha district, targeting a bomb squad police car, left four policemen and two civilians wounded. The bombing in Narathiwat occurred at 11am on Tha Reu-Kota Baru Road in Tambon Batong. Police and bomb squad officials rushed to inspect the scene where they ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759875/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 09:43:20 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759875/scat/303b19022816233b China Seas region. The two countries reached a diplomatic impasse after a Taiwanese fisherman was shot dead on May 9 by the Philippine Coast Guard in waters claimed by both sides. Philippine President Benigno Aquino's personal apology was not accepted by Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, who regarded it insincere for the lack of official representation and compensation. Taipei held naval ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759839/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 09:39:39 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759839/scat/303b19022816233b ADDIS ABABA -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is working with the African Union to end violence along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. America’s top diplomat met separately with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Kerry says Sudan and South Sudan "are in a very delicate place right now" and it ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759200/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 08:47:16 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759200/scat/303b19022816233b As Americans observe Memorial Day weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on his fellow citizens to remember the men and women who have given their lives in service to the country, and to remember the military families who make sacrifices of their own. In his weekly address Saturday, Obama noted that members of the U.S. military often risk their lives without seeking the limelight or ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759201/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 08:47:15 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759201/scat/303b19022816233b A police official said banker Edison Tampubolon to seek further treatment in Jakarta, because his wounds are so severe. Edison Tampubolon, head of BRI's Palu branch was shot by an unidentified person while heading home from work on Friday night and is still hospitalized at a local hospital. "He needs to be sent to Jakarta as soon as possible," Central Sulawesi police ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759286/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 08:44:54 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759286/scat/303b19022816233b Men stand around a burnt-out school bus, after a gas cylinder on it exploded, killing seventeen children, about 200 kilometres from Islamabad. ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759184/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 08:44:45 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759184/scat/303b19022816233b Soldiers load the bodies of Filipino marines killed during a clash with Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu province south of the Philippine capital Manila. At least seven marines and four militants have been killed as the military launched an offensive against gunmen blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road project in Sulu. -- PHOTO: ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759287/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 08:43:09 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759287/scat/303b19022816233b Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal must resign to take responsibility for the blackout in all 14 provinces of the South last Tuesday, according to the majority of respondents in an Abac Poll. Of the 2,075 respondents, 55.7 per cent said the energy minister should be held responsible for the embarrassing power outage. They said he must also take responsibility for the damage to electricity ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759288/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 08:40:06 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759288/scat/303b19022816233b LAHORE, Pakistan - Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to be engulfed in flames, police said. Police officer Ijaz Ahmad said five children were also injured, three of whom were listed in critical condition, in the blaze in Gujrat about 200 kilometers (120 miles) northwest of ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759289/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 08:21:19 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214759289/scat/303b19022816233b Syrian anti-government activists say Syrian troops have launched the heaviest barrage of gunfire yet in a week-long battle to re-take the strategic town of Qusair from rebel ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758106/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:43:41 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758106/scat/303b19022816233b Authorities in the southern Philippines say at least 11 people have been killed in a clash between government troops and a Muslim militant gang. Military spokesman Brigadier General Domingo Tutaan said seven Philippine marines and at least four members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group died early Saturday in a firefight on the outskirts of Patikul town on the island of Jolo. Tutaan ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758192/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:43:41 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758192/scat/303b19022816233b YANGON (AFP) - Japan's premier on Saturday pledged "all possible assistance" to kick-start Myanmar's ailing economy, hailing a major industrial zone near Yangon as a symbol of development for the impoverished nation.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is touting the potential of Japanese businesses to boost the once junta-ruled nation's economy, visited the Thilawa project -- ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757894/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:41:55 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757894/scat/303b19022816233b People infected with HIV/AIDS still face discrimination in health facilities in Lampung. Mariana, a patient, said it was usual for medical practitioners to wear multiple covers when dealing with people with HIV/AIDS. "A doctor even told my friend that she deserved to be infected. My friend's condition got even worse after the visit," she told the audience at the Independent ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758194/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:41:21 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758194/scat/303b19022816233b Dozens of writers, bloggers and journalists have gathered in Makassar to attend a two-day citizen journalism festival held on May 23-24. The conference, which was aimed at strengthening community voices to increase transparency, accountability and responsiveness of public services, was organized to mark the first ever citizen journalist festival held in Eastern Indonesia. The conference ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758195/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:41:19 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758195/scat/303b19022816233b Paris, May 24 (CNA) Taiwan's representative to France, Michel Lu, visited the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP) Friday to promote economic exchanges, eyeing closer business ties between the two countries.Lu, along with the secretary of the Taipei representative office's economics division, Liang Chia-chen, met with Pierre-Antoine Gailly, president of the CCIP, and Gilles ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758196/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:40:25 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758196/scat/303b19022816233b YANGON (AP) - Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya's Buddhist neighbors after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said Saturday. Local officials said the new measure - part of a policy that will also ban polygamy - will be applied to two Rakhine ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758197/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:39:40 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758197/scat/303b19022816233b A Pakistan International Airlines source says an incident which led to a plane being diverted by fighter jets outside London was sparked by a family ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758198/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:38:45 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758198/scat/303b19022816233b Seventeen Pakistani children have been killed after a gas cylinder on the bus taking them to school exploded. Ten children were injured in the blaze on the outskirts of Gujrat, 170km southeast of Islamabad, DawnNews said. Many vehicles in energy-starved Pakistan are powered by relatively cheap compressed natural gas and cylinder blasts are ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758199/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:38:28 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758199/scat/303b19022816233b Three-time champion South Korea defeated Thailand 3-1 here on Saturday to reach its seventh Sudirman Cup final.South Korea will meet the winner between defending champion China and Denmark, who will take on each other later Saturday.Thailand, making its debut in the world team badminton championships, lost to South Korea for the second time in five days.On Saturday, South Korean pair Ko Sung ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758121/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:32:30 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758121/scat/303b19022816233b Myanmar and Japanese firms on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on development of Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), in Myanmar's Yangon.The MoU on significant cooperation between nine Myanmar public companies and a Japanese consortium including -- Mitsubishi Corp., Marubeni Corp. and Sumitomo Corp which are engaging in the zone development, was signed between U Win Aung, ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758123/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:32:14 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758123/scat/303b19022816233b China's Fu Haifeng (L) with partner Cai Yun plays a shot during their men's doubles match against Indonesia's Saputro Rian Agung and Pratama Angga at the quarterfinals of the Sudirman Cup World Team Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur, May 23, 2013. ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758127/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:29:15 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758127/scat/303b19022816233b Premier Li Keqiang is congratulated by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari after being conferred the Nishan-e-Pakistan honor, for the highest degree of service to Pakistan, in Islamabad on Wednesday. [Pang Xinglei/ ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758128/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:29:04 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758128/scat/303b19022816233b Map: Pakistan At least 17 people were killed when a school van exploded in central Pakistan earlier today.The van erupted in flames when a faulty gas cylinder exploded in the city of Gujrat, south-east of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. Seven children were taken to hospital with injuries, five of them in a serious condition. "The fire erupted in the vehicle when the children were only ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758201/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:26:49 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758201/scat/303b19022816233b A gas cylinder blast on a Pakistani school bus has killed 16 children and their teacher in the center of the country. The ensuing fire, which injured another seven children, completely destroyed the vehicle. The wounded children are now being treated at a nearby hospital, and five of them are currently in critical condition.The minivan was taking the children to a private school in Gurjat, ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758202/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:25:02 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758202/scat/303b19022816233b File image - Eleven people were killed in the southern Philippines as troops clashed with a militant group blamed for the country's deadliest terror attacks. (AP Photo/Bullit ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758204/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:19:29 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758204/scat/303b19022816233b According to media reports quoting police sources, the controversial umpire may have left the country either on May 20 or 21. This effectively means that the 58-year-old cannot be questioned by the Indian police in connection with spot-fixing investigations, at this ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758206/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:18:51 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214758206/scat/303b19022816233b Burma have been ordered not to have more than two children in an attempt by the government to stop Buddhist attacks on Muslims.State officials said the two-child limit in the state of Rakhine would ease tensions between Buddhists and their Muslim Rohingya neighbours.Local officials said the new measure was part of a policy that will also ban polygamyin two Rakhine townships that border Bangladesh ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757314/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 06:47:46 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757314/scat/303b19022816233b The earthquake and tidal waves that took the lives of more than 23,000 in countries around the Indian Ocean was the latest and biggest of a series of natural disasters in 2004, one of the worst years in recent memory. The other events include:February 24Morocco. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit the northeastern region of Al Hoceima, killing 628 and injuring more than 900. March ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757360/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 06:39:36 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757360/scat/303b19022816233b WAM SHARJAH, May 25, 2013 (WAM)--The Third UAE-Korea Economic Partnership Forum that opens tomorrow will help provide a direct impetus to the travel and tourism industry in Sharjah and the UAE by way of more Korean and Asian tourists and investments in the promising tourism and hospitality sector, said Mohamed Ali Al Noman, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority. This ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757361/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 06:33:36 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757361/scat/303b19022816233b Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was today adjourned till June 1 as the government is yet to appoint a chief prosecutor to handle the case. The trial suffered a major setback when chief ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757333/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 06:33:32 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757333/scat/303b19022816233b MAKHACHKALA, Russia - A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said. Police spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said the bomber blew herself up in the central square in the provincial capital, Makhachkala. He did not give details about the injured children. Since 2000, at least two ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756859/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 06:21:37 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756859/scat/303b19022816233b ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD: At least 17 children and a female teacher were burnt to death when a gas cylinder fitted into a school van exploded on Saturday in Pakistan's eastern city of Gujrat. At least 10 more children also sustained injuries when the van caught fire. According to police officials, the children were aged between five and 15 years. Emergency teams reached the scene to rescue the ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756840/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 06:10:44 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756840/scat/303b19022816233b YANGON, Myanmar - Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya's Buddhist neighbours after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said Saturday. Local officials said the new measure -- part of a policy that will also ban polygamy -- will be applied to two Rakhine ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756748/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 05:58:25 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756748/scat/303b19022816233b ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757847/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 05:32:10 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214757847/scat/303b19022816233b YANGON (AFP) - Japan's premier on Saturday backed the development of a major industrial zone near Yangon on a visit to Myanmar aimed at deepening economic ties with the former junta-ruled nation.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe observed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding at the Thilawa project on the first day of a trip promoting Japanese business in a country which desperately needs ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756636/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 05:31:51 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756636/scat/303b19022816233b AUTHORITIES in Myanmar's (Burma) western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with their Buddhist neighbours after deadly sectarian violence. A local official said on Saturday that the new measure would be applied to two townships that border Bangladesh and have the highest Muslim population in Rakhine. State spokesman Win ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756639/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 05:21:21 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756639/scat/303b19022816233b JAKARTA (Reuters) - Between 35 and 40 percent of workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit returned to work on Saturday to carry out maintenance work after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 people, a union official said. The resumption of work was a possible sign the firm was gearing up towards restarting operations at the world's No. 2 copper mine. ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756520/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 05:11:12 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756520/scat/303b19022816233b The first Pakistan fund, the Melchior Selected Trust Pakistan Opportunities Fund (MSTPOF), will be launched on 19 June by Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP, advised by KASB Funds in Karachi. At launch, it is believed that MSTPOF will be the only Luxembourg UCITS Fund dedicated to investing in Pakistan equities. Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP believes that Pakistan warrants particular ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756060/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:34:24 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756060/scat/303b19022816233b Hundreds of pilots of leading carrier Garuda Indonesia staged a strike on Thursday that cause flight delays and cancellations in several airports in the country.The strike started since midnight Thursday after the president of Garuda Pilot Association Stephanus Gerardus told his colleagues to stop flight."This morning (Thursday) at 03:15 a.m. Jakarta time we instructed (the pilots) not to ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756061/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:28 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756061/scat/303b19022816233b Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (2nd R) meets with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem (2nd L) in Bali, Indonesia, July 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Chen Duo)Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said in Bali Thursday that China hopes to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance the bilateral relations on the right track. China and Vietnam have established a ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755883/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:27 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755883/scat/303b19022816233b Russia, South Korea and Singapore signed a cooperation deal on developing nanotechnology Thursday.A memorandum of understanding signed Thursday on the sidelines of the 2011 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum broadens investment in the Asia Nanotechnology Fund, which was set up last September by the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnology (RUSNANO), the Singaporean Economic Development ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755948/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:27 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755948/scat/303b19022816233b At least 17 people were killed and about 30 others injured as a goods laden truck and a night passenger bus collided head on in Bangladesh's Shajahanpur sub- district of Bogra district, 197 km northwest of the capital Dhaka, on Thursday morning.Police was quoted by private news agency UNB as saying that the Dhaka bound truck collided head on with the passenger bus, leaving 11 passengers dead ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756062/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:20 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756062/scat/303b19022816233b One person was killed and another injured when a light plane used for spraying pesticide over plantations crashed in southern Philippines late on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.Bonifacio Cabansag, 42, a traffic control personnel for banana firm Dole Philippines died after being hit by the company's spray aircraft as it landed on an airstrip in Mapawa village, Maragusan town, in ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756063/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:13 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214756063/scat/303b19022816233b JAKARTA, May 25 (Reuters) - Between 35 and 40 percent of workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit returned to work on Saturday to carry out maintenance work after a training tunnel collapse that killed 28 people, a ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755559/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:07:55 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755559/scat/303b19022816233b GUNMEN have killed seven police in an ambush attack in Taliban-plagued northwest Pakistan, officials say. The target of the late Friday attack was top police officer Dilawar Bangash who "survived with minor injuries" two officials said on Saturday. Bangash was heading from the region's main city of Peshawar to the garrison town of Kohat near the lawless tribal region when the attack ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755532/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:05:47 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755532/scat/303b19022816233b AFRICAN leaders have opened celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. African Union (AU) chairman and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, in a speech to open the ceremony on Saturday, said the celebrations would look forward to "create a continent free from poverty and ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755525/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:02:17 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214755525/scat/303b19022816233b PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK): The opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat has pushed its party polls deadline to May next year from November this year, extending the mandate of its leadership by up to six months. The PKR delegates unanimously agreed to the motion to put off the polls proposed by secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail during the party congress on Saturday. He ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754505/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 02:53:05 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754505/scat/303b19022816233b A Buddhist believer meditates during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at Wat Dharmmakaya in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok on May 24, 2013. ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754506/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 02:43:32 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754506/scat/303b19022816233b /enpproperty--> ISLAMABAD - At least 15 children were killed in a school van gas cylinder blast that took place early Saturday morning in Gujrat, a district in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab, reported local media Dunya. The blast also killed a teacher on board, said local media, adding that the killed included 13 boys and two girls. Nine including eight children and a driver were ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754507/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 02:43:31 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754507/scat/303b19022816233b probe to foreign shores. According to sources, FIU may seek the help of the international Egmont Group sharing financial information across member countries to spot money laundering. The Centre had set up the FIU-IND in November 2004, and India is a member of the Egmont Group. The Reserve Bank Of India has already decided to set up a coordination committee to look into the Ponzi and Collective ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754508/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 02:40:20 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754508/scat/303b19022816233b reported about its publisher's experience with an extortion scam by Sri Lanka Immigration Officers. eTN is now pleased to report that due to our article, the Controller General team of the Sri Lanka Department of Immigration and Emigration, Mr. W.A.C. Perera reached out to eTN Publisher Juergen T. Steinmetz and confirmed the following: 1) The Immigration Officer listed on your arrival ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754512/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 02:28:24 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754512/scat/303b19022816233b The police said 45,000 people. Some politicians claimed it was 60,000. Other independent estimates were as high 150,000 individuals. Such squabbling over crowd numbers at political events isn't unique to Malaysia, but nonetheless likely sets the adversarial tone for the coming weeks or months until the next parliamentary election, due to be called by the end of April. "We want a free ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754513/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 02:22:54 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214754513/scat/303b19022816233b Asia’s golf tourism industry will be gathering on China’s tropical island of Hainan next spring as the region’s most important golf tourism convention moves to award-winning golf resort Mission Hills Haikou. The baton for the 3rd Asia Golf Tourism Convention was passed to China at a signing and hand-over ceremony on the final day of AGTC 2013, held at the Royal Cliff Hotel ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753787/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 01:51:39 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753787/scat/303b19022816233b A Southern California teenager turned heads at his prom when he showed up with a Danish model as his date. Sports Illustrated model Nina Agdal agreed to step in as Jake Davidson's date for the traditional high school dance Thursday night after he got turned down by supermodel Kate Upton. The teenager appeared in a YouTube video that was viewed more than 2.5 million times asking Upton to ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753863/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 01:49:48 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753863/scat/303b19022816233b A baby gorilla has been born to first-time parents at an Ohio zoo. The healthy 5-pound (2.2-kilogram) male gorilla arrived Thursday at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, joining 16 other gorillas there. It's the first offspring for mother Kambera, who has displayed a lack of maternal skills. Animal care experts are raising the baby in an environment that provides around-the-clock neonatal ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753864/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 01:49:47 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753864/scat/303b19022816233b MANILA (AFP) - Eleven people were killed in the southern Philippines early Saturday as troops clashed with a militant group blamed for the country's deadliest terror attacks, the military said. The fighting left seven Filipino marines dead and nine others wounded on the island of Jolo, said Colonel Jose Cenabre, a local military commander. Four members of the Abu Sayyaf group were also ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753865/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 01:48:27 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753865/scat/303b19022816233b The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753867/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 01:19:31 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753867/scat/303b19022816233b ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- On Memorial Day - Monday, May 27 this year - Americans remember those in the military who died while serving their country. Ahead of that day, soldiers place American flags in front of the more than 360,000 gravestones in Arlington National Cemetery, outside Washington. Army Colonel James Markert places a flag at the tombstone of Christopher Henderson, who was killed in ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753109/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:43:18 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753109/scat/303b19022816233b A local banker was shot by an unidentified person while heading home from work on Friday night, with the assailant fleeing the scene and taking nothing from the victim. The victim was identified as Edison Tampubolon, head of BRI's Palu branch, Central Sulawesi. Edison is now hospitalized at Budi Agung General hospital with wounds to his left cheek and hand. According to ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753165/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:40:59 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753165/scat/303b19022816233b A PAIR of suspected militant attacks have killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan. In the deadlier of Friday's two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20km south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior police officer Shafiullah Khan. In the second attack, ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753866/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:35:16 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753866/scat/303b19022816233b PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.In the deadlier of the two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753166/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:17 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753166/scat/303b19022816233b So it will be her - Kris Olson Olexa Harrison, now of Lee’s Summit - who will represent the family Saturday morning on a football field in Olive Branch, Miss. A repatriation ceremony there will honor the recently recovered remains of Olson’s crew, lost in the wreck of a spy plane over Laos.“Every family has its memory keeper and I guess, among my siblings, that’s me,” Harrison, 54, said this ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753167/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:33:55 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753167/scat/303b19022816233b Indonesia is seeking to more than triple its spice exports in 2015 to take advantage of the world's growing spice trade, a move that could see it revive its glory years as a world renowned spice exporter. Agriculture Minister Suswono said in Jakarta on Thursday that given the world's growing demand for spice products, Indonesia would be able to more than triple its spice exports to ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753168/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:27:32 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753168/scat/303b19022816233b A Brigadier and two jawans were injured on Friday night when Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Tutmari Gali sector in Jammu and Kashmir.Brigadier Sanjeev Langar suffered minor injuries in the firing along with the two jawans, Army sources said. "The Pakistan Army started firing at our positions in Tutmarigali in Kashmir ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753169/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:19:44 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214753169/scat/303b19022816233b U.S. Vice President Joe Biden telephoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday to express concern over the recent rise in violence, including bombings. The White House says Biden pledged continued U.S. support for Iraq in its fight against terrorism. A statement says Biden and Maliki agreed on the importance of reaching out to all political leaders in Iraq and the need for a ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214752331/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:36:35 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214752331/scat/303b19022816233b Malaysian police will appeal against a decision by a magistrate to deny remand to the opposition members and pro-opposition activist who had been detained to facilitate investigations under the Sedition Act 1948, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has said. -- FILE PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214752364/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:32:57 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214752364/scat/303b19022816233b A militant attack on a police convoy near the city of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least six policemen. Several others were wounded, including the district police officer, in the attack Friday on the Indus Highway. Local media say the militants armed with rockets ambushed the convoy, which was on its way from Peshawar to Kohat. A wounded driver was able to reach Kohat, ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751560/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 22:29:38 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751560/scat/303b19022816233b U.S. President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones - vowing to strengthen oversight, rules of targeting and the protection of civilians - will be met with deep skepticism among the vast majority of Pakistanis, who see the strikes as a violation of national sovereignty and responsible for the deaths of innocent ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751677/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 22:27:17 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751677/scat/303b19022816233b More than a thousand people died because of one man - as an official inquiry into last month's garment factory collapse in Bangladesh blamed the owner for violating building codes. Many of the victims are now seeking compensation. But some workers might not receive a penny. It's been reported that their ID cards were confiscated when they got their final pay packets. ITV's Jonathan ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751678/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 22:22:25 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751678/scat/303b19022816233b Shi Yuting continued her impressive form at the Beijing Challenge Friday as the Chinese amateur registered a hole-in-one en route to a second round 70 for a share of the 36-hole lead with Thais Tanaporn Kongkiatkrai (69) and Walailak Satarak (69) in the fourth leg of the China LPGA Tour season.Playing under overcast skies and windy conditions at the Orient (Beijing) Pearl Golf Country Club, the ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751679/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 22:18:37 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751679/scat/303b19022816233b After a landmark visit by Thein Sein, the United States is looking to a new phase of greater cooperation to encourage reform with Myanmar as it runs out of major symbolic ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214752152/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 22:15:12 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214752152/scat/303b19022816233b Source: Reuters Two men on a Pakistan Airlines flight to England tried to force their way into the cockpit and threatened to blow up the plane, British media report. British fighter jets escorted the passenger plane to Stansted Airport where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. Nearly 300 passengers were on board. Passenger Umari Nauman told The ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751624/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 22:12:42 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751624/scat/303b19022816233b , hoping to connect a billion or so people in emerging countries to the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. According to the report, Google is "deep in the throes" of the effort to build wireless networks for people outside major cities where wired Internet connections are scarce. It said Google plans to team up with local companies in some of the countries to develop ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751680/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 22:06:58 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214751680/scat/303b19022816233b The United Nations is appealing a U.N. tribunal's ruling in favor of a whistleblower who accused senior colleagues of retaliating after he alleged corruption in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. Last week, representatives of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon filed an appeal challenging the finding by the U.N. Dispute Tribunal and the $65,000 award to James Wasserstrom, an ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214750871/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 21:19:19 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214750871/scat/303b19022816233b AITI's Information Management System - is built on the Microsoft SharePoint platform and is slated to bring about a "new way of working for ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214750873/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 21:06:27 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214750873/scat/303b19022816233b Some of the 36 UBD and ITB students, who will be going to Japan as the second batch of Bruneians under the JENESYS 2.0 programme for this year, listening to a pre-departure briefing at the Japanese Embassy in Kiulap on May 16, 2013. Picture: BT/Ubaidillah ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214750872/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 21:06:25 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214750872/scat/303b19022816233b Acting Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health Hjh Siti Mariam (C), Acting Senior Nursing Officer of Suri Seri Begawan Hospital in Kuala Belait Hjh Mariah (L), and Speech and Language Therapist at Suri Seri Begawan Hospital Meela Adreeyana (R), during the symposium at the Kuala Belait Convention Hall. Picture: BT/Sally ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214750874/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 21:06:23 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214750874/scat/303b19022816233b YOUNG people in Brunei must be imbued with certain values to ensure the preservation of Malay ethical structures and establish "Malay-ness" within the global culture, which is dominated by the English ... http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214750875/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 24 May 2013 21:06:21 -0400 http://www.srilankannews.net/index.php/sid/214750875/scat/303b19022816233b