China to build Sri Lanka airport
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
China is to lend Sri Lanka just under $200m to build a second international airport in the south of the island.
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China to build Sri Lanka airport
Posts Tagged ‘the-island’
Afghan criticisms unfair, PM says
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Gordon Brown labels as “unfair” criticisms over the timing of his weekend visit to British troops in Afghanistan.
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Afghan criticisms unfair, PM says
One dead in Sri Lanka poll attack
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Gunmen in Sri Lanka fire on a bus in the south of the island, killing a supporter of opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka.
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One dead in Sri Lanka poll attack
Cuba swine flu ‘from US tourists’
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro blames the growth of swine flu on the increased numbers of US visitors on the island.
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Cuba swine flu ‘from US tourists’
Trick or treat? US police threaten to arrest naked pumpkin runners
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Police in the US city of Boulder say they will arrest anyone who takes part in its annual naked pumpkin run.
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Trick or treat? US police threaten to arrest naked pumpkin runners
UK rejects pirates’ ransom demand
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
The government insists it will not pay a ransom to Somali pirates who kidnapped a British couple on a yacht in the Indian Ocean.
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UK rejects pirates’ ransom demand
How Brazilian Migration Transformed Martha’s Vineyard
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Today, Martha’s Vineyard – summer retreat for the likes of Bill Clinton, Harvey Weinstein, Spike Lee and now the Obamas – depends on thousands of Brazilians to do the hard labour.
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How Brazilian Migration Transformed Martha’s Vineyard
Family hails Sotomayor’s Puerto Rican roots
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor may not have been born in Puerto Rico, but friends and relatives say she is Puerto Rican through and through. Her roots go back to the southwestern town of Lajas, a sleepy “pueblito” known as a gateway to the island’s picturesque Caribbean coast, where Sotomayor’s mother was born in 1927.
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Family hails Sotomayor’s Puerto Rican roots
Family hails Sotomayor’s Puerto Rican roots
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor may not have been born in Puerto Rico, but friends and relatives say she is Puerto Rican through and through. Her roots go back to the southwestern town of Lajas, a sleepy “pueblito” known as a gateway to the island’s picturesque Caribbean coast, where Sotomayor’s mother was born in 1927.
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Family hails Sotomayor’s Puerto Rican roots
US may limit energy speculation
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
A US regulator announces it is to begin to hold hearings about whether it should clamp down on energy speculators.
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US may limit energy speculation
Europe targets manned spaceship
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
European industry is asked to study the requirements and cost of a spacecraft that could one day carry astronauts.
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Egypt reassures Israel on Shalit
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Egypt’s President Hosni Murbarak tells Israel’s Shimon Peres that a captured soldier in Gaza is in good health.
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Egypt reassures Israel on Shalit
More bombs in south Philippines
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
A bomb on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines has killed at least six people, a week after a similar attack.
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More bombs in south Philippines
Self-rule introduced in Greenland
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Greenlanders take another step towards independence from Denmark, as self-rule comes into force on the island.
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Self-rule introduced in Greenland
Some Gitmo Detainees Resisting Move To Palau
Friday, June 19th, 2009
The Obama administration’s drive to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has hit a new snag: At least some of the 13 detainees accepted for resettlement by the island nation of Palau don’t want to go there.
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Some Gitmo Detainees Resisting Move To Palau
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