One killed and 12 wounded in Sri lanka bomb blast

A bomb blast in northwestern Sri Lanka on Friday killed a 12-year-old school girl while wounding 12 others including schoolchildren. " (AP) — COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan police arrested an army bomb expert on Saturday who admitted to planting a bomb in a school van that...

Tuskers forcibly removed from an Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka

Two baby tuskers were forcibly removed from it's orphanage and separated from their mothers by the Diyawadana Nilame Nilanga Dela of Dalada Maligawa. Nilanga Dela is not only accused of ill-treating the two tuskers named Raju and Sindu, but also of other tuskers at the Dalada...

A low voter turnout at polls in northern Sri Lanka UPDATES

UPDATE 1:The Sri Lanka state television announced the results of the elections yesterday. The government secured 13 seats in Jaffna and the Tamil National Alliance. In Vavuniya, a party claimed to be a pro-rebel party secured 5 seats."According to state television, President...

Tamil refugees by the thousands dying in Sri Lanka camp

UPDATE 1:" GMOA spokesman Upul Gunasekera told the Sunday Times: “There were no nurses yesterday. We only saw one nurse and she too came from outside with a team of doctors. We need about 120 doctors and at least 300 nurses in the camps. At the Chettikulam hospital [an...

Sri Lanka's Tea Board barred from talking to media

The chairman of the Sri lanka Tea board told Reuters that the government had barred its officials from speaking to the media. " COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tea Board, responsible for promoting the nation's trademark export worldwide, on Thursday said the government had...

Red Cross ordered by Sri Lanka to scale down relief operations

The Red Cross says it has been ordered to scale down relief operations in Sri lanka. " COLOMBO (AFP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross said it had been ordered by Sri Lanka to scale down relief operations in the island where it has been helping civilian war...

Three Tamils walk from Chicago to Washington, D.C

Three Tamil students in their 20's are walking from Chicago to Washington, D.C. to tell America about rights violations in Sri Lanka.They began their walk on May 26 and will probably finish in October."CHAMPAIGN – Three minority Tamils from the island of Sri Lanka were in...

Malware spread through Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account

Malware was spread through Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account when a link in his Twitter feed, purported to lead to a sex tape featuring Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester. At first, Kawasaki denied reports that his Twitter account had been hacked. " Noted industry figure Guy...

Jackson's death first spread online and not from TV news anchor

News of Michael Jackson's death  first came from the internet and not from TV news anchor. TMZ.com was the first website to release the news of the 50 year-old pop star's death. But it was only after the more established news organisations confirmed the singer's death...

Britain hiring former computer hackers to secure cyberspace

To prevent cyber attacks on Britain's government, businesses and individuals from foreign spies, thieves and terrorists, Britain has turned to hiring former computer hackers and young computer geeks. They will be a part of a new security unit based in Cheltenham, in western...

China's Internet Users may switch off Computers on July 1

Internet users in China may switch off their computers for one day on July 1st as a protest against the mandatory Youth Escort Green Dam filtering software. "A computer boycott is being organized for July 1 in China as a protest against mandated filtering software. ...

Legal Indian immigrants harassed at British airports

The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) Forum said Indian immigrants with permanent residency rights in the UK are being harrassed by British immigration officers when they return back to the country from trips abroad.  " Indian immigrants with permanent residency...