‘sl will not relent on 13A amendment’
Colombo: Overruling India’s concerns, Sri lanka may go ahead with its proposed plans to amend the 13th amendment ahead of the provincial polls in Tamil-dominated northern areas in September, a top Minister has hinted. Basil Rajapaksa, the younger brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Economic Development Minister, who returned here from New Delhi after talks with Indian leaders, was non-committal about any conditions that New Delhi might have pushed for.
Prince William to inform of his baby
london: Breaking Britain’s time-honoured convention of informing a monarch of any royal birth with an official notice, Prince William will himself call his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II when his baby is born.
Bahrain violence kills cop; 5 hurt
Dubai: Two attacks outside the Bahraini capital Manama killed one policeman and wounded five, the interior ministry and police said on Sunday, in the latest unrest to rock the Sunni-ruled Shiite-majority Gulf State.
corruption scandal
hits Scotland Yard
london: Scotland Yard, one of the world’s premier police forces, has been rocked by a major corruption scandal over claims that some of its most sensitive units had officers in the pay of Britain’s gangsters.
south China river toxic: Officials
Beijing: Residents and water plants along Hejiang River in southern China have been warned against using its water after it was found to be polluted with toxic chemical substances.
14 Afghan soldiers, 64 Taliban killed
Kabul: The Government says 14 Afghan soldiers and 64 Taliban militants have been killed in fighting and roadside bombings across the country in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Defense said on Sunday the casualties include 10 Taliban fighters killed in a single operation in Wardak province, west of Kabul.
Toxic radiation again in Fukushima: TEPCO
Tokyo: Toxic radioactive substances have once again been detected in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said that the latest in a series of incidents at the tsunami-battered complex.
‘India should enact firm surrogacy law’
london: India should enact a strict surrogacy monitoring law as the business of providing “wombs on rent” in the country has catapulted it to a whopping trade valued at `25,000 crore, two leading Indian advocates have said.
Former drug kingpin dies in Myanmar
Yangon: A former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" by the US government has died in his home in Myanmar's main city, a source close to the family said on Sunday. lo Hsing Han died on Saturday in Yangon, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have authorisation to speak to the media, said, citing a relative of the former drug kingpin.