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RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Slowly, Women Make Mark in Public Life
After a decade in public life in Sri Lanka, Indrani Gunawathi wants to quit in frustration.ECONOMY-SRI LANKA: Peace Prospects Good for Tourism, Growth
British nationals sip beer in a downtown Colombo bar. At the local test venue, they raise flags and cheer the test series won by their national team against Sri Lanka last week.SRI LANKA: New Homes For Slum Dwellers in a New Colombo
Sriya Kanthi lives with her family in a two-room shack in the shanty town of Wanathamulla in the Sri Lankan capital.ECONOMY-SRI LANKA: Banking on Peace to Revive Growth
Sri Lanka's government is banking on likely peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels to kick-start an economy slowed down considerably by the 18-year-old ethnic conflict in the Indian Ocean island nation.ECONOMY-SRI LANKA: Plantation Protest Threatens Main Export
A worsening wage dispute on Sri Lanka's plantations, is threatening the country's main export and is said to be slowing down the national economy.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Peace Bid on Track Despite British LTTE Ban
Britain's decision to put Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on its list of terrorist groups, is unlikely to spoil efforts to restart peace talks with the ethnic rebels, say political analysts.SRI LANKA: Women Cashew Workers No Longer Need Middlemen
Like many other women in this north-western Sri Lankan village, Sriyani Prithika works hard to produce delicious cashew nuts that are sold in big stores in the national capital.DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: War Dragging Economy Down
As Sri Lanka marked 53 years of freedom from British colonial rule this month, the country is feeling the economic and human toll of the 17-year-old conflict between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels seeking their own homeland.ENVIRONMENT-SRI LANKA: Govt. Neglecting Drought – Report
When social researchers asked people in a remote village of southern Sri Lanka what they needed most, they expected to be told about jobs and schools.REVIEW 2000-SRI LANKA: After Set-backs, Year Ends with Hopes For Peace
As Sri Lanka's bloody ethnic conflict enters its 18th year, there are signs that the year 2001 would see a de- escalation in the battle between Tamil Tiger rebels and government troops and even bring the former to the negotiating table.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Again, Crime Wave Fuels Calls for Death Penalty
Buyers of sophisticated weapons here can take their pick in the underworld market: an automatic rifle selling for 35,000 rupees (about 500 U.S. dollars), an automatic revolver for 357 dollars, a grenade for less than 30 dollars.HEALTH: Religious Backing Boosts Use of Contraception
Efforts to promote emergency contraception pills in Indonesia met unexpected success when a major Islamic group in the world's fourth most populous nation agreed to stock these in its clinics.ECONOMY-SRI LANKA: Tea Producers Angry with Cheap Imports
Three years ago, things were looking up for Batuwatagamage Chaminda. The Sri Lankan tea farmer was getting attractive prices for the produce of his one-hectare plot in the southern region of the world's biggest tea-exporting nation.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Kumaratunga Cool to Rebels’ Talks Offer
An early November mediation bid by Norway to end Sri Lanka's 17-year-old internal conflict, was floundering Thursday with the government showing its coolness to the offer of peace talks by Tamil Tiger rebels.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Kumaratunga Cool to Rebels’ Talks Offer
An early November mediation bid by Norway to end Sri Lanka's 17-year-old internal conflict, was floundering Thursday with the government showing its coolness to the offer of peace talks by Tamil Tiger rebels.CULTURE-SRI LANKA: English Schooling to Return After Half a Century
When a major Sri Lankan political party split in mid-October, this was blamed on a conflict between the English- speaking 'elite', which held the top spots in the organisation and its local language-speaking cadre./CORRECTED REPEAT/DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Sky-High Success for Poor Region Farmers
When passengers on Sri Lanka's national carrier eat their meals high up in the sky, little do they realise that the fine food has come from the country's poorest region.DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Sky-High Success for Poor Region Farmers
When passengers on Sri Lanka's national carrier eat their meals high up in the sky, little do they realise that the fine food has come from the country's poorest region.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Indecisive Poll Verdict May Slow Peace Bid
The indecisive verdict by Sri Lanka's over 12 million voters has made it more difficult for the ruling alliance, which looked set to retain office, to tackle the two decade-old ethnic violence in the Indian Ocean island nation.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: First Woman Premier’s Death Not to Affect Poll Result – Analysts
The death of the world's first woman prime minister Tuesday morning, on the day Sri Lanka chose a new parliament, was not expected to influence the outcome, which would decide her daughter's ability to bring peace to the nation troubled by ethnic violence.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Violence Drives Poll Campaign Indoors
Stepped up violence by Tamil Tiger rebels, has driven indoors, the poll campaign of Sri Lanka's top political leaders for next week's national election.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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