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Sri Lanka gets 'speculative' credit rating COLOMBO (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 Sri Lanka was awarded its first sovereign rating Thursday, with a disappointing "speculative" credit ranking ahead of a bond issue to help rebuild its war-damaged and tsunami-hit economy. Tsunami no-confidence vote looms for Swedish FM 0 STOCKHOLM (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 A parliamentary vote of no-confidence against Sweden's foreign minister for her handling of last year's tsunami crisis became more likely Thursday as a major opposition party backed the call for a vote. Strong earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea JAKARTA (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale struck off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, seismologists said. |
NATO to leave quake-hit Pakistan by February BRUSSELS (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 NATO will end its operations to transport aid and provide expert help in quake-ravaged Pakistan at the end of January, a spokesman said Thursday. Sri Lanka raises taxes and spending in populist 2006 budget COLOMBO (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 Sri Lanka raised taxes for companies and salary earners and pledged to spend more to help farmers in its revised federal budget for 2006 unveiled by the president and finance minister Thursday. New fears for aid effort two months after South Asia quake MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 Two months after the South Asian earthquake killed 74,000 people, survivors face new threats such as tent fires and possible flooding from new lakes created by landslides, officials said Thursday. |
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Aceh reconstruction to speed up in 2006: World Bank, activist JAKARTA (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 After a slow start, the rebuilding of Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province is expected to pick up in 2006, a World Bank official and a humanitarian activist said Thursday. Australian FM lauds rebuilding in Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer toured Indonesia's Aceh province Thursday and praised progress being made in reconstruction after last year's catastrophic tsunami. Sri Lanka wins first international credit rating COLOMBO (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 Sri Lanka was awarded its first international credit rating Thursday, setting the stage for it to issue bonds and raise money to help rebuild its war-damaged and tsunami-hit economy. |
Sonia Gandhi to celebrate birthday with Kashmir quake survivors NEW DELHI, India (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 India's ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi will shun birthday celebrations at home on Friday and spend the day with survivors of the October 8 earthquake in Indian Kashmir, reports said. Two dead, more than 60,000 displaced by Philippine flooding MANILA (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 Two people have died and more than 60,000 people have been forced to evacuate after heavy rains caused massive flooding in three Philippine provinces, disaster relief officials said Thursday. Japan hopes to look past China rift at East Asia meet TOKYO (AFP) Dec 08, 2005 Amid high tensions with China, Japan will try to bolster alliances with the rest of the continent at the inaugural East Asia Summit even without the United States by its side. |
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