A PLASTIC surgeon has told how he chose a dowdy girl as his bride – so he could sculpt her into his ideal wife. Reza Vossough hated 33-year-old Cany’s body, but they tied the knot anyway after he spotted her “potential”. Cany … in 2005 He performed EIGHT operations to change her chest, thighs, eyes [...]
The world’s largest cruise liner on Friday began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding out from a shipyard in Finland with an amphitheater, basketball courts and an ice rink on board. The 16-deck Oasis of the Seas spans 1,200 feet from bow to stern. Its 2,700 cabins can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew. Commissioned [...]
Hilary Clinton chastised Pakistan yesterday for not making enough effort to seize senior al-Qaeda leaders who she said were hiding in the lawless tribal region bordering Afghanistan. “I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and could not get them if they really wanted to,” the US Secretary [...]
Members of the extended family were inundated with messages of sympathy,solidarity and support from relatives, friends and well-wishers when New York based Hedge fund billionaire and philanthropist Raj (Rajakumar) Rajaratnam was arrested and produced in a Manhattan court on Friday October 16. The beleaguered billionaire whose net worth was estimated by “Forbes” to be US$ [...]
Standard Chartered Bank, Sri Lanka’s second largest international bank, announced the launch of an all women’s branch in Kirulapone aimed at providing greater financial independence to its female customers. This is the first all women’s branch by any international bank in Sri Lanka. The branch, located at Ms. Maya Avenue, was inaugurated by Standard Chartered [...]
The Australian government has announced plans to significantly expand a detention centre on Christmas Island to cope with the influx of asylum seekers. The capacity will be increased to more than 2000 beds from the original level of 1200. The government said it was in response to a surge in arrivals, particularly from Sri Lanka. [...]
A prototype track-mounted combat platform tailored to use Russian weapons has been unveiled at an arms show in Moscow. Producers say it beats the similar American bot widely used in Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns. The bot, called MRK-27-BT, was produced by the robotics lab of the Moscow Bauman Technical University. It was shown to the [...]
A Somalian man who claims to be 112 years old has married for the sixth time, to a 17-year-old girl. A crowd of hundreds attended the wedding between Ahmed Muhamed Dore and Safia Abdulleh in Guriceel, in the Galguduud region of Somalia. Mr Dore said: “Today God helped me realise my dream.” Mr Dore and [...]
Price cuts are even greater than last year, especially for luxury, long-haul breaks. But to really get good value winter-sun holidays, time your trip carefully and haggle. Nick Trend offers advice This time last year, as the recession began to bite, banks tottered and jobs disappeared, holiday prices were falling through the floor. Those who [...]
Microsoft Sri Lanka yesterday launched its latest Operating System in Colombo following months of ever increasing excitement and buzz, and close on the heels of an electrifying international launch of the highly anticipated Windows 7, the latest version of its flagship desktop operating system. The local launch event was presided over by Mr. Ken Wye [...]
Comments about Tamil asylum seekers by the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia, Mr Senaka Walgampaya, provide a strong reason why the asylum seekers should not be returned to Sri Lanka. Is also makes it almost certain they will meet the criteria of Refugee Convention, even if they didn’t before. Mr Walgampaya, who speaks of [...]
Sri Lanka’s agreement to probe war crimes allegations related to its defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels is a smokescreen to avoid an international inquiry, a human rights group said Wednesday. The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Sri Lanka of trying to buy time and questioned the sincerity of the government’s decision to investigate [...]
The United States on Friday announced funding for up to 1,000 former Tamil guerrillas to reintegrate in society by starting their own businesses or learning new skills. The US embassy here said they were giving equipment and supplies to ex-fighters while vocational training was also being made available to help them start small enterprises in [...]
Sanath Jayasuriya‘s cricketing future has been put in the balance with Sri Lanka’s selectors saying today that his days as an opener are effectively over and that following the upcoming tour of India he will be picked on performance alone. Jayasuriya, 40, has been picked in the one-day squad as an allrounder who can bat [...]
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