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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:00 |
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COLOMBO - Protests by the public transport and fisheries sectors over a fuel price hike crippled Sri Lanka yesterday. Private bus operators went on strike saying the increase in the price of diesel would mean their expenses will go up. Thousands of passengers rushing to work were left stranded without adequate buses although state buses and trains were operating as usual,
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Murdoch's Sun hits back at ‘witch-hunt' |
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:00 |
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LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun yesterday said police raids against its journalists were part of a "witch-hunt" that had left Britain behind former Soviet states on press freedom. Days before Murdoch was due to fly in to reassure staff that he would not close the paper, associate editor Trevor Kavanagh said in an editorial that police were treating staff "like members of
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5 killed in Libya clashes |
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:00 |
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TRIPOLI - At least five people have been killed in clashes between rival tribes over control of territory in the far southeast of Libya, officials said yesterday, highlighting the challenge of policing the country's sparsely populated desert. Violence broke out on Sunday in the remote city of Al Kufra and continued into yesterday. Libya's National Transitional Council has struggled to
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Foreign trio nabbed over Egyptian riots |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 |
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CAIRO - Egyptian police arrested on Saturday an Australian journalist, an American student and their Egyptian translator on suspicion of paying Egyptians to stage protests against the authorities, a security official said. Freelance reporter Austin Mackell, American student Derek Ludovici and translator Aliya Alwi were detained in the Nile Delta city of Mahalla on the same day
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US$1bn cement project for Nigeria |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 |
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IBESE - Chinese company Sinoma has completed a US$1 billion cement plant in Nigeria that has the capacity to produce 6 million metric tonnes of cement a year. The plant which is owned by Dangote Cement Group was formally unveiled last Thursday evening by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan at Ibese in southwest Nigeria's Ogun State. In February 2008, the
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More Chinese footprints in US |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 |
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WASHINGTON - On January 17, days ahead of the Chinese Year of the Dragon, a roaring celebration featuring traditional Chinese dragon and lion dances was held at the local Hilton hotel. It was part of the "Welcome" programme launched in 62 Hilton hotels and resorts worldwide to serve guests from China, a key source of growth for the hotel chain. For global affairs
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Weapons, recognition next for Syria opposition? |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 |
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PARIS - Paralysis at the UN and a rejection of direct military intervention in Syria have made a Libya-style scenario increasingly likely: arms deliveries and recognition of the rebels as sole interlocutor. Since Russia and China on February 4 blocked UN Security Council action and President Bashar al-Assad's forces intensified their assault on protests, calls for action
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British bankers arrested in tax probe |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 |
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LONDON - Several British bankers have been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged tax-related criminal offences, the country's customs and revenue service said yesterday, including some from Royal Bank of Scotland. "As a result of an ongoing HMRC investigation into tax-related criminal offences, HMRC has arrested a number of people, some of whom work for UK
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India's election body seeks action against law minister |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 |
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NEW DELHI - India's independent poll panel has sought President Pratibha Patil's intervention against the Law and Minorities Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for flouting election rules while campaigning in northern state of Uttar Pradesh. "The Election Commission (EC) is shocked that instead of being remorseful about the violation of the Model Code, that carries the consensus of
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New banknotes to bear Mandela image |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 |
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JOHANNESBURG - New South African banknotes will bear the image of former president Nelson Mandela, President Jacob Zuma announced in Pretoria on Saturday. The notes would make South Africans remember their achievements, Zuma told reporters at a press briefing attended by dignitaries including SA Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus and Finance Minister
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Whitney Houston drowns in bathtub |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 |
 LEGENDARY singer and film star Whitney Houston drowned alone in a bathtub after two back-to-back evenings of out-of-control binges, it has been claimed. The star was found dead by her bodyguard in a luxury hotel suite said to have been littered with bottles of prescription pills. She was 48. Paramedics battled to revive the singer, but she was pronounced dead
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India, European Union agree to expedite talks |
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Saturday, 11 February 2012 00:00 |
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NEW DELHI - India and the European Union (EU) yesterday agreed to expedite talks on a broad-based trade and investment agreement and cut a deal, but cautioned against rashness in the process. "Both sides have made considerable progress in the negotiations on the Broad-Based Trade and Investment Agreement. There are complex issues involved, but we have both
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