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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan elections officials said Friday that the nation would hold early presidential elections on Jan. 26 in what is expected to be a battle between two men revered for their efforts to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Melinda Ann Burkhart Tate was recognized with the Women in Aerospace International Affairs Achievement Award at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 26.
Dubai's debt crisis rattled major indexes, but they closed off their lows. The energy- and commodity-heavy NYSE composite fell 2.2%, paring losses...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 26 (IPS) - Public money in Brazil is being used by the state development bank to finance deforestation projects and others that trample rights, concentrate wealth, and encourage "imperialist" expansion of large national companies, according to activists at a three-day meeting in this southeastern city. Inter Press Service read more
This year when a Tall Ship anchored in Santa Barbara, Katherine Ferry climbed aboard for a sail, a swashbuckling opera, and an overnight shift as a safety officer on the Spirit of Dana Point , replica of an 18th Century schooner.
Shoppers stood in line for up to five hours hoping to nab a Black Friday deal or two.
India secured a crushing innings and 144-run victory over Sri Lanka with four sessions to spare in the second Test at Kanpur to take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series, with one match left.
This is a snippet from a recent issue of the Gold Forecaster with Subscriber-only parts excluded. It took a few days for the market to understand the impact of the Indian Reserve Bank’s purchase of 200 tonnes of the I.M.F.’s gold sale of 403.3 tonnes, but eventually the market did respond.
(RTTNews) - The leaders of the 53-member Commonwealth nations began a summit in Trinidad on Friday, with climate change and related issues expected to dominate proceedings.
London - Novak Djokovic did his part Friday to reach the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Final, defeating second seed Rafael Nadal 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. But the final fate of the Serb rests on the racket of Nikolay Davydenko, who ta...
World's largest consumer of bullion cuts back as cost soars
Harare - Zimbabwe and neighbouring South Africa, Africa's most powerful economy, together signed an agreement in Harare to protect investments in each other's country, in a bid to open the stricken Zimbabwean economy to desperately needed foreign bus...
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets: ...
Port-of-Spain/Washington - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown Friday vowed to block Sri Lanka's bid to host the next Commonwealth meetings, citing its alleged human rights abuses in suppressing the Tamil rebellion. Brown signalled his opposition t...
SSTL's Sri Lanka deal could provide launch platform for new Astrium small-satcom bus
You might know Anthony Horowitz as the guy behind the BBC-TV series "Foyle's War." But kids know him as the author of the Alex Rider books, international best-selling adventure novels that have been called "the not-so-secret weapon" in getting boys to read.
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