India leads foreign tourists in Sri Lanka (Lead)
July 20th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 20 (IANS) Sri Lanka received a record 452,867 foreign tourists in the first half of this year, with India leading the pack with
85,426 tourists.This is an 18.7 percent ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Tourism to Sri Lanka is booming
July 20th, 2012 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 20 (IANS) Sri Lanka's post-war tourism is booming. In the first half of this year, a total of 452,867 people including 85,000 from India, visited the island nation, ... Read more...
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Almost half of Cuba’s foreign visitors are Canadians
April 28th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, April 28 (IANS/EFE) Just over 48 percent of foreign tourists who visited Cuba in the first quarter of 2012 came from Canada, according to figures released Friday by the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Senior al-Qaeda member surrenders to authorities in Yemen
June 8th, 2010 - 2:09 am ICT by BNO News
MAARIB, YEMEN (BNO NEWS) – A senior ranking al-Qaeda operative on Monday surrendered to regional authorities in Yemen, the BBC reported.Hamza Saleh al-Dayan turned himself in to regional government authorities in the ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda leader surrenders in Yemen
June 7th, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), June 7 (DPA) A senior member of Al Qaeda accused of planning the 2007 suicide bombing of a travel convoy that left eight Spanish tourists dead gave himself up to ... Read more...
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Yemeni Al Qaeda commander killed in air strike (Lead)
January 16th, 2010 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Jan 15 (DPA) A top commander of Al Qaeda in Yemen was among six suspected members of the terrorist network who were killed in an air strike on two cars Friday, ... Read more...
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Seven killed as Yemen police clash with Al Qaeda suspects
August 12th, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Sana'a (Yemen), Aug 12 (DPA) Two police officers and five suspected Al Qaeda members were killed and six people, including four policemen, were injured in a clash in southeast Yemen Monday, a ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Yemen bomb attack
July 28th, 2008 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Sanaa, July 28 (DPA) An Al Qaeda wing in Yemen has claimed responsibility for Friday's suicide car bomb attack on a police compound that killed a policeman and wounded 18 others. The ... Read more...
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Egyptian held in Yemen for attacks against US targets
April 20th, 2008 - 3:05 am ICT by admin
DPA
Sanaa, April 20 (DPA) Yemeni security forces have arrested a member of the Egyptian militant Jihad group believed to have connections to terrorists behind a series of recent attacks against US targets ... Read more...
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