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Breaking News Fri, 16 May 2008
Muttiah Muralitharan
Cricket   Pakistan   Photos   Sports   Srilanka  
 International Herald Tribune 
Sri Lanka recalls Jayasuriya, Muralitharan for Asia Cup
| : Sri Lanka has recalled star players Sanath Jayasuriya and Muttiah Muralitharan to its 15-member cricket squad named for next month's Asia Cup tournament in Pakistan. | The two veteran players were... (photo: AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
  Colombo, Sri Lanka
Colombo   Photos   Police   Sri Lanka   Terrorism  
 ABC News 
Suicide Blast Kills 10 in Sri Lanka
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press Writer | COLOMBO, Sri Lanka May 16, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press | FONT SIZE | A suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed into a bus carrying riot police in Sr... (photo: AP / )
Soldiers stand guard at the site of a suicide explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, May 16, 2008. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to a bus carrying police killing nine people, including seven policemen, and wounding 75 others in Sri Lanka's capital on Friday  International Herald Tribune 
Blast in capital of Sri Lanka kills at least 6
| : Nine people, including seven policemen, were killed when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber on a motorbike rammed a bus in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday, the military and hospital authoriti... (photo: AP / Gemunu Amarasinghe)
LTTE   Photos   Police   Sri Lanka   Terrorism  
 kingfisher airlines- travel- am1  The Times Of India 
Kingfisher Airlines mulling Sri Lankan operations
| COLOMBO: India's private air carrier Kingfisher Airlines is planning to operate flights to four more destinations including Sri Lanka by the year end. | "We would be flying to Bangladesh, Huston and... (photo: public domain)
Airlines   Emirates   India   Lankan   Photos  
Top Stories
Working in the rice paddy /ntf1 Hong Kong Standard
Neighbors may feel hunger pain of ruined rice fields
Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma's main rice- growing region, and may threaten exports meant to ease shortages in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the UN food agency warned. | //... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr)
Agriculture   Burma   Food   Hunger   Photos  
 Bangladesh Cyclone The Australian
Deadly power of 'delicate daffodil'
| NARGIS, the name of the killer cyclone that has devastated Burma, was revealed by Indian officials yesterday to be an Urdu language word meaning "delicate daffodil". | ... (photo: AP Photo / Pavel Rahman)
Climate   Disaster   Nature   Photos   Society  
 Villagers on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, catch boxes of food tossed from a US Navy (USN) helicopter during Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia on December 26, 2004. The Australian
US help could save thousands of lives
| ONE April day in 1991, the world awoke to the news that a devastating cyclone and tidal wave had struck the coast of Bangladesh. As bodies washed ashore by the thousand... (photo: US Navy file/PHAN Nicholas Morton)
Aid   Disaster   Photos   Society   US  
 Women wait in line to cast their votes for the Sri Lankan parliamentary elections in Attanagalle, a town on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001. Polling to elect Sri Lanka´s new parliament, began early Wednesday with women Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Sri Lanka govt wins election
Written By:BBC   , Posted: Sun, May 11, 2008 | Sri Lanka's ruling coalition has won a provincial election in the east of the island, seen as key t... (photo: AP Photo)
Election   Photos   Politics   Sri Lanka   Tamil  
 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, gestures to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during their meeting in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007. (mb1) AOL
Sri Lanka's president says election win a mandate for war against Tamil rebels
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's president on Sunday hailed his party's election victory in the country's tense Eastern Province as a mandate to push ahead with h... (photo: AP /Guang Niu, POOL)
Democracy   Election   Photos   Politics   Sri Lanka  
 Sri Lanka Civil War International Herald Tribune
Rights group unhappy that Britain did not charge ex-Sri Lankan rebel with alleged abuses
| : Amnesty International said it is concerned that Britain released a former Sri Lankan rebel leader without prosecuting him for alleged war abuses including killings, a... (photo: AP / Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Asia   Britain   Crime   Human Rights   Photos   Sri Lanka   Tamil  
Politics Market Watch
- Punjab appointment inflames Pakistan turmoil
- Myanmar's junta: Almost 78,000 dead in cyclone
- Burma: terror rampant amid death toll secrecy
- South Asian rivals divided again over week of unrest
 Accompanied by aides former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, center left, arrives for a meeting with former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center right, at his residence in central London Thursday Oct. 19, 2006. The two former prime minis
Rift in Pakistan government widens as Sharif protests key appointment
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- Malaysia evolution going by unnoticed
- The new real estate boom. Really.
- Wine and history in wunderbar Wurzburg
- Rice Slumps on Supply, Heads for Biggest Weekly Drop Since 2
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Tata Motors launches Indica V2 Xeta LPG
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Business Law
- Myanmar's junta: Almost 78,000 dead in cyclone
- Suicide bomber kills 10, injures dozens in Sri Lanka
- Suicide attacker targets police bus in Sri Lankan capital; 1
- Indian police release more sketches of blast suspects
  Colombo, Sri Lanka
Suicide Blast Kills 10 in Sri Lanka
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- Burmese junta claims initial relief phase is over
- Rain deepens Myanmar misery
- Suicide bomber kills 10, injures dozens in Sri Lanka
- Indian child opts for rich father
 Accompanied by aides former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, center left, arrives for a meeting with former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center right, at his residence in central London Thursday Oct. 19, 2006. The two former prime minis
Rift in Pakistan government widens as Sharif protests key appointment
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Education Environment
- Myanmar's junta: Almost 78,000 dead in cyclone
- Myanmar cyclone death toll nearly 78,000
- Myanmar cyclone death toll nearly 78,000
- Myanmar cyclone death toll nearly 78,000
Myanmar cyclone survivors wait in line for rice donations on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, May 16, 2008.
UN in dark about Myanmar cyclone disaster needs
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- Myanmar's junta: Almost 78,000 dead in cyclone
- Indian child opts for rich father
- Heavy Rains Lash Burma's Cyclone-Struck Irrawaddy Delta
- Myanmar suffers from serious shortage of humanitarian aid
Myanmar children eat food from local donations on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, May 16, 2008.
Red Cross says clean water most urgent need for Myanmar cyclone victims
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