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...earthquake in as many days hit the country's remote eastern Papua province. Casualty estimates for the second quake weren't immediately available, but scientists measured it at 7.1 on the Richter scale, higher than the initial temblor, which left more than two dozen dead. Let the People Decide SRI LANKA President Chandrika Kumaratunga dissolved the country's Parliament - paving the way for snap elections on April 2 - in a bid to win a bitter power struggle with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, majority leader of the 225-member legislature. Kumaratunga's ongoing feud with the Prime Minister has stalled peace...
...Colombo, Sri Lanka's busy commercial capital, the disco-loving night crawlers tend to be far removed from the city's working class. But there is one place where their two worlds intersect: Hotel de Pilawoos. No evening out in Colombo is complete without an after-midnight pit stop by this grungy eatery on the Galle Road. If you're put off by the rust-ridden iron furniture and curry-stained floors (Pilawoos doesn't win awards for hygiene), then follow the example of the local ?lite and chow down in the comfort of your car. Any time...
...make a decision whether I am to continue in the office of President until 2006 or not." Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan President, disclosing that she took a second, secret oath of office in 2000 and therefore may extend her six-year term as President...
...zone since World War II, 30 members of what will be a 1,000-strong humanitarian force left for Iraq. Polls show that about half of Japanese oppose the mission. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi argued the country has a responsibility to participate in Iraq 's reconstruction. On the Offensive SRI LANKA President Chandrika Kumaratunga sparked fresh political turmoil by declaring she would extend her term in office by a year, until December 2006. At the same time, Kumaratunga clinched a deal between her Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the leftist People's Liberation Front, signaling possible early parliamentary elections...
...There are plenty of tame and tethered elephants in Sri Lanka?just the previous night in Kandy, we had seen 80 of them paraded at the Kandy Perahera, the country's biggest religious festival...