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Colombo - Months after ending a 26-year civil war in Sri Lanka that claimed over 100,000 lives, fresh hopes have been raised about building ethnic unity, although scars rem...
Nagpur, Dec 8 (PTI) Sri Lanka's star off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is likely to miss tomorrow's first Twenty20 International against India because of a bruised ligament injury on his fingers, visiting captain Kumar Sangakkara said today.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka says 94,000 civilians remain in the main transit camp in the north as the government tries to meet a January deadline to settle all displaced people held since the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels in May.
Between his Christian ministry, full-time job as director of a senior living center and volunteer work with Buccaneers youth football, Jim Duran is surrounded by people of all ages.That’s just how the 49-year-old Ventura native and father of six likes it.“I get my motivation from all the wonderful people around me,” said Duran, named citizen of the year at the Ventura Chamber of Commerce’s ...
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - December 8, 2009) - AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V.'s ("AMG," EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: "AMG") 46.0% owned affiliate, Timminco Limited ("Timminco"; TSX: TIM) announced today that it has agreed to issue approximately 900,000 common shares, representing approximately 0.6% of Timminco's current issued and outstanding shares, as full and final settlement of ...
NEW YORK----Remote Lands, the New York and Bangkok-based ultra-luxury Asia private tour operator, is reintroducing its highly personalized, white-glove service itineraries for Sri Lanka.
Leading runscorers in test cricket (x-active): 12,970-- x-Sachin Tendulkar, India (162 tests) 11,953-- Brian Lara, West Indies (131) 11,456-- x-Ricky Ponting, Australia (138) 11,256-- x-Rahul Dravid, India (137) 11,174-- Allan Border, Australia (156) 10,927-- Steve Waugh, Australia (168) 10,277-- x-Jacques Kallis, South Africa (131) 10,122-- Sunil Gavaskar, India (125) 9,120-- x-Mahela...
LONDON (AP) -- Leading wicket-takers in test cricket (x-active): 792-- x-Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka (132 matches) 708-- Shane Warne, Australia (145) 619-- Anil Kumble, India (132) 563-- Glenn McGrath, Australia (124) 519-- Courtney Walsh, West Indies (132) 434-- Kapil Dev, India (131) 431-- Sir Richard Hadlee, New Zealand (86) 421-- Shaun Pollock, South Africa (108) 414-- Wasim Akram ...
The devil will be in the details of the balance sheet when hyperinflation hits. And while lots of companies have been using leverage to drive their ROE (and their stock prices), the structure of their debt may spell the difference between prospering and perishing.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Korea , diversifying foreign-exchange reserves away from a falling dollar, said additional gold holdings aren’t attractive as most other central banks aren’t buying and the metal offers no cash returns.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Most urban bookstores have a local writers section, though “local” can cover a vague, regional set of boundaries. That’s not the case at Metropolis Books: At the small, independent bookstore in the Old Bank District, local means, quite specifically, Downtown Los Angeles.
Stock prices in most international markets have risen faster than in the U.S. this year, with the biggest numbers in emerging markets. Here's a look at year-to-date gains for some key market indexes, and details on the countries that make up each index:
It's time to rewrite the Olympic record books: There was no gold medal winner in the women's 100 meters at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Barcelona, Inter Milan, Stuttgart and Olympiakos advanced in the Champions League on Wednesday to complete the 16-team lineup for the next round. Defending champion Barcelona needed an 86th-minute free kick by Lionel Messi to win 2-1 at Dynamo Kiev and edge...
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Galleon Group LLC’s Singapore-based staff have held discussions about the possibility of joining Fortress Investment Group LLC following the arrest of founder Raj Rajaratnam , said a person familiar with the matter.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Galleon Group LLC’s Singapore-based staff have held discussions about the possibility of joining Fortress Investment Group LLC following the arrest of founder Raj Rajaratnam , said a person familiar with the matter.
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