Toyota is in damage control after it was forced to recall more than 400,000 Hybrid cars because of braking problems. The global recall includes 2,500 Prius vehicles in Australia. And the Japanese carmaker is facing another investigation in the US wit

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European Union leaders have agreed on a plan to recapitalise European banks to try and withstand the ongoing debt crisis. British Prime Minister David Cameron says the deal is reliant on the eurozone adopting a full package to protect the euro itself

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 10 August 2006 A Sri Lankan army soldier injured in an early morning battle with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels near Tincomalee, 10 August 2006 Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels are engaged

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This is AP News Minute About 3 million copies of theFrench satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo are hitting newsstands. It has acaricature of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed on the cover. Militant websites arecalling for more attacks against the newspaper,

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AS IT IS 2016-05-19 200 Families Feared Buried in Sri Lanka Landslides 斯里兰卡山体滑坡 传200户活埋 More than 200 families are reported missing in central Sri Lanka after landslides. 斯里兰卡中部发生山体滑坡,超200余个家庭

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 26 April 2006 Soldiers stand guard at the entrance of the Sri Lankan army headquarters Sri Lanka's military has launched fresh strikes on Tamil Tiger rebel areas in the co

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In Sri Lanka, the military says it has captured key areas held by Tamil Tiger rebels, in the north of the country. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the Sri Lankan army is on a major offensive to crush the rebels, who have been fighting for

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The situation in Sri Lanka, where government forces are fighting to eliminate the last stronghold of Tamil separatist rebels, was the subject of a U.S. congressional hearing Tuesday. Discussion of the military conflict and what the United Nations an

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Release of UN War Crimes Report Could Pressure Sri Lanka While the U.N.-commissioned report has not yet been made public, Sri Lanka's External Ministry rejected it Wednesday as fundamentally flawed. The ministry issued a statement saying the report d

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The Thai cargo ship MV Sun Sea arrived on Vancouver Island in Canada last month, carrying nearly 500 Tamils fleeing Sri Lanka. They claim to have faced murder, kidnapping and extortion back home and are now seeking refugee status. The Canadian govern

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 January 2008 A Sri Lankan government minister has been killed and10 others wounded in a bomb attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the latest attack follows the government's

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International aid agencies say conditions for Tamils displaced by fighting in Sri Lanka are improving, but food, water, sanitation and shelter are needed. The government is appealing for $50 million in foreign aid. 国际援助机构说,斯里兰卡内

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Australian Customs officers lower their life boat with Sri Lankan refugees on board as the refugees are transported from Oceanic Viking, an Australian Customs Service patrol ship, to an Australian-funded detention center in Tanjung Pinang, off the co

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 05 December 2007 There is a growing chorus of protest among international and local rights groups over the recent mass arrests of minority ethnic Tamils by Sri Lankan authorities. Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Del

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The footage shows the men - bound, blindfolded and all but one naked - lying and sitting on the ground. They are shot at close range by men in military camouflage. Margaret Besheer | United Nations 07 January 2010 U.N. Special Rapporteur Philip Alsto

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 04 August 2006 Aid workers say thousands of people are fleeing a town in eastern Sri Lanka where fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels has raged for more than a week. The fighting goes on as a senior peac

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 March 2008 In Sri Lanka, an international panel invited to monitor the investigation of human rights abuses has quit. Another human rights group has also attacked the government for its rights record, calling it one of

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 14 November 2007 A leading rights group says Sri Lankan domestic workers in the Middle East are victims of serious abuses. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, Human Rights Watch accuses Persian Gulf countries of fa

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The United Nations' top official, during a 24-hour visit to Sri Lanka, got a first-hand look at the country's largest camp for civilians displaced by the recently ended war. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also flew over the devastation where the final

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Sri Lanka's military victory over a 26-year long insurgency has come at a high cost to the nation's economy. With the war over, many Sri Lankans are now turning their attention to rebuilding the country's battered economy. 斯里兰卡为长达26年的

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