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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sri Lanka Source.com http://www.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:47:24 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:47:24 -0400 30 Three white supremacists with a sniper rifle and high on drugs who were arrested near the Democratic convention in Denver will not face charges even though officials believe that they wanted to assassinate Barack Obama. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400032/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:13:14 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400032/cs/1/ Iran has executed two youths who were convicted of murder when they were fifteen years of age. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400082/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:30:06 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400082/cs/1/ Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has insisted that he does not want to dazzle a TV audience estimated to be in the tens of millions with "a bunch of a high-flying rhetoric", but instead, intends to focus on the kitchen-table economic issues facing American voters. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400031/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:06:03 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400031/cs/1/ Russian-backed paramilitaries are ethnically cleansing villages on Georgian soil, The Times has quoted refugees and officials, as saying. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400029/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:02:58 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400029/cs/1/ The G7, the seven most industrialised nations, have issued a stinging condemnation of the Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399998/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:56 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399998/cs/1/ The death toll in Haiti from tropical storm Gustav has risen to 14. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399992/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:58:25 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399992/cs/1/ St Stanislaus College, in Bathurst, New South Wales, is under fire over child-sex allegations, following which the police sex crimes squad has been called in to investigate the claims involving a former college boarder subjected to alleged late-night sex sessions. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399991/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:55:39 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399991/cs/1/ Barack Obama has swept to the Democratic presidential nomination after thousands of national convention voted him in. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399795/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:08:10 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399795/cs/1/ New Guinean authorities, with the help of the Australian, US and Japanese governments, are investigating the discovery of what is thought to be the skeleton of a World War II pilot. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399785/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:23:28 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399785/cs/1/ Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband has used a visit to Ukraine to warn Russia not to start a new Cold War. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399784/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:22:09 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399784/cs/1/ London, Aug 28 (Xinhua) Former London mayor Ken Livingstone will act as an adviser to the Venezuelan government in refurbishing the country's capital, Caracas. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400108/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:01:06 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400108/cs/1/ Moscow/Paris, Aug 28 (RIA Novosti) European Union (EU) countries are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the Georgia crisis, the French foreign minister said Thursday. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400087/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:10 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400087/cs/1/ London, Aug.28 : European leaders like British Foreign Secretary David Miliband have condemned Russia for jeopardizing European security by recognizing Georgia's two breakaway regions -- Abkhazia and South Ossetia. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400086/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:10 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400086/cs/1/ Thailand's criminal court has issued arrest warrants for eight leaders of an anti-government protest group that took over several state buildings to try to force the administration to resign. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399789/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:35:24 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399789/cs/1/ Iraqi forces are due to take over Anbar province. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399783/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:20:43 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399783/cs/1/ Nearly 80 suspected Taliban militants were killed in coalition airstrikes and clashes with Afghan forces, while four Afghan policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern region on Wednesday. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399782/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:19:33 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399782/cs/1/ President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has granted an executive pardon to 700 prisoners, both UAE nationals and expatriates, lodged in various jails across the country ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399781/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:18:21 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399781/cs/1/ Washington, Aug 28 : American actor Brad Pitt was stunned when he was handed over the Best Actor trophy he had won last year for 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400063/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:01:09 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400063/cs/1/ Bangalore, Aug 28 (ANI/Business Wire India): Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro Ltd and a leading provider of IT and business transformation services announced that it has won the prestigious Intel Global Innovation Award for Storage at the Intel Developer Forum 2008 in San Francisco. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400041/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:00:11 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400041/cs/1/ London, August 28 : Monopoly fans in London joined forces with players in 22 cities across the world on Wednesday to attempt a world record for the most people playing the game at any one time. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400023/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:02:22 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400023/cs/1/ Beijing, Aug 28 (Xinhua) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) have entered into a partnership to support rebuilding of southwest China's Sichuan province devastated by the May 12 earthquake, the UN agency said Thursday. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400015/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:02:05 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/400015/cs/1/ Patients discontinuing statin medication after acute myocardial infarction, increased their risk of dying over the next year, said researchers at McGill University. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399967/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:14 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399967/cs/1/ Washington, Aug.28 : The United States, Europe and several of their allies have termed Russia's decision to recommend independence to two Georgian rebel provinces of South and North Ossetia as "shortsighted." http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399959/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:06 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399959/cs/1/ Islamabad, Aug 28 : Pakistan would not be able to get civilian reactors from the West, which would in fact bring along nuclear acceptance from the World community, until its Army controlled its nuclear arms, said a report in the Financial Times on the basis of opinion of a host of Western diplomats. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399953/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:39 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399953/cs/1/ London, August 28 : NASA has confirmed that a computer virus made its way into space, through a laptop carried to the International Space Station (ISS) in July this year. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399952/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:37 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399952/cs/1/ New York, Aug.28 : Indian American Indra Nooyi, the Chairman and CEO of Pepsico U.S., has been ranked as the third most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399927/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:56 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399927/cs/1/ Spain striker David Villa finally negotiated a deal to improve his contract and stay at Valencia, as the club turned down an offer from Real Madrid. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399911/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:11 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399911/cs/1/ Atletico Madrid powered their way into the Champions League with an impressive 4-0 thrashing of German giants Schalke 04. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399909/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:05 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399909/cs/1/ Supermodel Kate Moss says breast implants are 'awful' but she admits she might change her mind when she gets old. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399900/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:01:20 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399900/cs/1/ 'Star Wars' actor Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey liplock for the black comedy 'I Love You, Phillip Morris'. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399899/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:01:17 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399899/cs/1/ Nicole Scherzinger, lead singer of Pussycat Dolls, has written an emotional song for her boyfriend, F1 racer Lewis Hamilton. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399897/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:01:09 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399897/cs/1/ British comic actor Steve Coogan has named his new character after 'Matrix' star Keanu Reeves. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399878/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:25 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399878/cs/1/ Hanover goalkeeper Robert Enke will be first choice under the bar for Germany when the World Cup qualifying campaign gets underway next month, coach Joachim Loew said. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399876/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:20 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399876/cs/1/ Spanish champions Real Madrid could not have imagined a more difficult start to their league programme than away to Deportivo La Coruna. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399874/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:11 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399874/cs/1/ New Delhi, Aug 28 : The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will organise a two-day workshop on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) at Baroda in Gujarat from tomorrow. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399870/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:02 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399870/cs/1/ Socialite heiress Paris Hilton made his boyfriend Benji Madden wear a T-shirt with the word 'Obey' written on it and paraded him in front of paparazzi to defuse rumours that he has dumped her. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399851/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:00:09 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399851/cs/1/ British singer George Michael, who gave his farewell concert recently, makes his acting debut on a US TV show. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399848/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:00:01 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399848/cs/1/ Gaydon (Britain) Aug 28 (DPA) Aston Martin has released scant details and sketches of its new super car codenamed One-77 that will sell for at least 1.3 million euros excluding tax ($1.95 million), making it the most expensive car on the market. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399832/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:01:32 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399832/cs/1/ NATO has reassured Ukraine about its prospects of joining the transatlantic alliance, with both sides condemning Russia's decision to recognise Georgia's breakaway regions. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399831/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:01:28 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399831/cs/1/ Many of the sanctuaries for coral reefs in the Indian Ocean are unable to protect the reefs from the worst of climate change, a team of international scientists has warned. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399829/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:01:21 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399829/cs/1/ Somali gunmen have released the head of the UN refugee agency's office in Somali capital Mogadishu after two months in captivity, the agency said. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399824/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:00:54 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399824/cs/1/ London, Aug 28 (Xinhua) Britain Wednesday formally presented its territorial claim over south Atlantic Ascension Island to the UN. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399801/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:31 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399801/cs/1/ Following is the scorecard of the fourth one-day international here Wednesday in which India beat Sri Lanka: http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399771/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:25 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399771/cs/1/ NATO member states Wednesday called on Russia to reverse its recognition of the independence of two breakaway Georgian regions, warning Moscow that Georgia's security and stability were 'important' to the alliance. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399755/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:00:29 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399755/cs/1/ After the middle order batsmen had put India in a strong position, the tourists failed to accelerate in the death overs and were bowled out for 258 with two balls to spare against Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international at the R. Premadasa Stadium here Wednesday. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399737/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:03:03 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399737/cs/1/ Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Wednesday unveiled his vision for a knowledge-driven world in which creativity and courage would help future generations. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399717/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:28 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399717/cs/1/ Berlin, Aug 27 (RIA Novosti) Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili has said he will not attend a European Union (EU) summit to address his country's conflict with Russia, as he fears Moscow would not let him return. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399715/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:22 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399715/cs/1/ Russian newspapers Wednesday supported President Dmitry Medvedev's decision to recognize the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but expressed fears the move could harm Moscow's relations with the West. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399698/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:01:46 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399698/cs/1/ Pope Benedict XVI condemned Wednesday deadly attacks on Christian churches in the eastern Indian state of Orissa during religious riots that have left almost a dozen dead since Monday. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399692/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:01:24 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399692/cs/1/ India were bowled out for 258 in 49.4 overs against Sri Lanka in their fourth one-day international of the five-match series here Wednesday. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399681/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:01:05 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399681/cs/1/ International Cricket Council (ICC) President David Morgan paid rich tribute to Sir Donald Bradman on his birth centenary Wednesday. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399671/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:29 -0400 Sri Lanka Source.com http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/399671/cs/1/ The leading Republican vice-presidential hopefuls have been auditioning this week – not in front of friendly rallies but here in the lair of the enemy, crashing the Democratic convention party... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280922/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:25:49 -0400 Belfast Telegraph http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280922/ Yankees pitcher Sidney Ponson, talking with catcher Ivan Rodriguez during the first inning, gave up four earned runs in 4 2-3 innings against the Red Sox on Wednesday. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279555/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:26:14 -0400 MSNBC http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279555/ spokesman Doug Myers said 10 departure flights and 10 arriving flights were delayed Tuesday as a result of the glitch with the FAA’s computer system that handles aircraft flight plans. The comp... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280938/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:34:43 -0400 Business Journal http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280938/ Steven Gerrard ruled out of England's opening two World cup qualifying games Liverpool captain Gerrard is having surgery on a troublesome groin injury Gerrard struggled through Liverpool's extra-time ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279838/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:43 -0400 CNN http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279838/ RUSSIA today won support from China and Central Asian states in its standoff with the West over the Georgia conflict as the European Union said it was weighing sanctions against Moscow. Russia's Pre... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280956/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:18:12 -0400 News.com.au http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280956/ Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, could be the next flashpoint in the new Cold War. And any violent disturbance in Crimea could provide the political seismic shock to... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280921/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:25:50 -0400 Belfast Telegraph http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280921/ An elderly man was trapped overnight for eight hours after catching his leg on a wire fence. Kenneth Bain was found yesterday morning at around 7am close to property he owns near Dornoch in the Highl... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279596/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:07:06 -0400 The Herald http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279596/ Traffic on the M8 came to a standstill early today after a major crash. Thousands of rush-hour motorists were caught in queues which at one stage stretched from Provan to Newhouse - a distance of aro... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279598/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:07:03 -0400 The Herald http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279598/ Amara, Iraq - An earthquake hit parts of southern Iraq early on Thursday, causing panic among residents, an AFP correspondent said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage.... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280925/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:16:56 -0400 IOL http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280925/ KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and international forces killed or wounded more than 30 militants in fighting in the south and southeast of the country, the Defense Ministry and the U.S. military said on Thu... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280934/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:15:44 -0400 Reuters http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280934/ BEIJING - China hailed Thursday a three-billion-dollar oil agreement with Iraq as a win for both nations, as it sought to reassure the rest of the world that it should not be concerned by the deal. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280927/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:58:53 -0400 Business Times http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280927/ 4. In the UK, a boy born in the Calton suburb of Glasgow is likely to live, on average, 28 years less than one born a few miles away in Lenzie. 5. Life expectancy at birth for men in Hampstead, no... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279857/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:55:55 -0400 Times Online http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279857/ MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has a lower incidence of HIV than most of its neighbors despite sharing many of the risks, but health officials warned on Thursday that many new cases were now comin... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280933/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:15:45 -0400 Reuters http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280933/ The Russian-backed Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov will inaugurate the "largest mosque in Europe" on October 17 in Chechnya, the Russian official news agency Novosty reported. Over 10,000 worshi... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280957/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:44:06 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280957/ The director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe today announced he is to step down. Jon Morgan, who has been in the role just over a year, leaves the job only days after it was revealed ticket sales fo... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279593/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:07:12 -0400 The Herald http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279593/ Afghanistan British forces are being killed in Afghanistan at a faster rate than at the height of the war in Iraq, according to an analysis of casualty figures. The death rate among British troops was... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280926/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:58:36 -0400 IRNA http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280926/ Republicans, too, have been targeted in recent years. In the 1970s and 1980s there were failed attempts on the lives of presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. Fears of an attack are compounded i... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279607/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:17:10 -0400 IOL http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279607/ DENVER - Barack Obama stands before delegates and the nation Thursday — the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech — to accept the Democratic presidential no... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279553/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:26:16 -0400 MSNBC http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279553/ STHG ) announced that it has signed an agreement with Active International Group on a marketing research and development partnership. Active International Group is a complete global solution for a... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280918/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:45:46 -0400 Market Wire http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280918/ LONDON (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has cleared the way for the extradition to the United States of a British man who hacked into secret U.S. military computers. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279526/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:27:03 -0400 USA Today http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279526/ Islamabad - Pakistani lawyers on Thursday staged protests in several cities to press for the reinstatement of judges sacked by the country's former president Pervez Musharraf. The black-suited lawy... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279606/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:17:14 -0400 IOL http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279606/ U.S. gross domestic product grew by 3.3% in the second quarter - much more than previously stated. Economists say the economic stimulus package contributed to the rise. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279603/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:41 -0400 CNN http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279603/ Federal prosecutors are trying to shorten the prison term of Jack Abramoff, a powerful Washington lobbyist convicted on corruption charges. Here, Abramoff is seen leaving federal court in Washington i... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279533/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:27:01 -0400 USA Today http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279533/ The US military will transfer security control of Anbar province, scene of some of its bloodiest battles since the 2003 invasion, to Iraqi forces on September 1, the provincial police chief said."Sept... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280937/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:20:57 -0400 SBS http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280937/ MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia successfully tested a long-range Topol missile designed to avoid detection by anti-missile defence systems from its Plesetsk launch site, a Russian military spokesman said on... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280930/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:15:52 -0400 Reuters http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280930/ An investigation was under way today into seven cases of E.coli in a single Scottish village. NHS Grampian and Aberdeenshire Council said those diagnosed with the O157 strain shared a private water s... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279597/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:07:05 -0400 The Herald http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279597/ TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 28, 2008) - World Financial Split Corp. (TSX:WFS)(TSX:WFS.PR.A) (the "Fund") announces results for the six months ended to June 30, 2008. Net realized loss before ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279735/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:45:54 -0400 Market Wire http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279735/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Conditions in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where a brutal insurgency once ruled, have improved so dramatically that the United States is handing over responsibility fo... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280929/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:04:04 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280929/ A jury didn't find one either, deliberating just three hours Wednesday before recommending a death sentence in the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a 9-year-old boy. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279525/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:27:08 -0400 USA Today http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279525/ Three brothers who were fighters for a regional militia commander were convicted of raping a woman in the village of Ruyi Du Ab in the northern province of Samangan in 2005, Afghan officials said. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279527/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:27:04 -0400 USA Today http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279527/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people, as fighting between security forces and extremists flare... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280939/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:42:44 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280939/ Richard Daley has taken pains to try turning Chicago into a fashion town, hiring a fashion czar and setting up programs to keep fledgling designers from fleeing to the coasts. But it could well be ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279854/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:14:04 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279854/ Tropical Storm Gustav expected to gain strength over next 48 hours, forecasters say Storm killed at least 22 in Haiti and Dominican Republic, including six children Gustav likely to enter Gulf of Mexi... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279604/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:43 -0400 CNN http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279604/ Boeing named Charlie Miller vice president of international corporate communications on Wednesday. Miller, 52, will report to Tom Downey, senior vice president of communications, and Shep Hill, presi... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279803/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:33:16 -0400 Business Journal http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279803/ D ENVER - Sen. John F. Kerry took on both President Bush and Sen. John McCain last night, saying both have “misled the country,” in a signal that the Bay State senator will be a biting att... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280953/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:14:57 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280953/ BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thousands of demonstrators, some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks, defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound on Thur... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280943/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:42:36 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280943/ THE world just got a tiny bit safer. Iraq has agreed to an international ban on nuclear explosions, reducing the risk of a nuclear conflict in the Middle East. Iraq is the 179th country to sign the C... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280928/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:02:50 -0400 New Scientist http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280928/ MUMBAI, India (AP) -- A regional political party has threatened to attack stores in Mumbai that place English-language signs more prominently than ones in the local Marathi language or refuse to use M... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280941/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:42:33 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280941/ Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters at a rally in Nevada earlier this month. He becomes the first black candidate for U.S. president on a major party's ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280948/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:37 -0400 CBC News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280948/ New Delhi - The skinny would-be kingpin and his fearless bike gang were seemingly everywhere. When someone was shot or robbed in this city of 16-million, where murder is relatively rare, police poi... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279609/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:17:04 -0400 IOL http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279609/ DUBAI - Port operator DP World said on Thursday business was accelerating in the second half, as emerging markets trade mitigated a global economic downturn, after first-half profit more than doubled,... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279763/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:58:55 -0400 Business Times http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279763/ NEW YORK - Baseball's replay central is an 18-by-24 foot room on the fifth floor of a former baking factory in Manhattan's Meatpacking District that's crammed with so many computers and television scr... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279554/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:26:15 -0400 MSNBC http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279554/ South African government is also spending about $15bn to modernize the OR Thambo International Airport in Johannesburg and another six billion Rand to develop two other airports in preparation for the... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279851/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:11:39 -0400 All Africa http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279851/ BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi official says that U.S. forces have arrested Ali al-Lami, a top Shiite in charge of keeping senior supporters of Saddam Hussein out of the government. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280954/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:27:33 -0400 USA Today http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280954/ German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice both appear on Forbes magazine's list of the world's most powerful women. Merkel tops the list, Rice placed seventh.... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280917/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:13:38 -0400 CBS News http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280917/ Japan and for many of the other prosperous nations of East Asia. In numbers that alarm their governments, Asian women are delaying marriage and postponing childbirth. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279557/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:26:13 -0400 MSNBC http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279557/ The death brings to 21 the number of U.S. soldiers who have died in Iraq this month. That's more than the 13 American soldiers who died in July but still well below the monthly tolls of a year ago. http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279531/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:27:05 -0400 USA Today http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279531/ The US city of New Orleans is bracing itself for the possible arrival of a powerful hurricane in the coming days. The city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina three years ago and residents are being ... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280923/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:25:46 -0400 Belfast Telegraph http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17280923/ DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) — Russia's president appealed to the leaders of China and four Central Asian countries for support Thursday amid the fallout over Moscow's invasion of Georgia and its re... http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279534/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:27:00 -0400 USA Today http://story.srilankasource.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/17279534/