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End Game (Strategy Page)
January 7, 2009: The government lost control of most of northern Sri Lanka in the late 1990s, during a series of embarrassing defeats. Since then, the army has become better trained, equipped and led, while the LTTE has suffered morale and leadership problems.
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Something to Declare (Belfast Telegraph)
The latest British Airways sale, which lasts until midnight GMT on 27 January, has plenty of good deals - notably Heathrow to Mumbai for £329 return, a reflection of both the terrorist attacks in November and the increase in competition: Kingfisher Airlines starts flying tomorrow from Heathrow to India's greatest city.
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The Tamil Tigers (Time Magazine)
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Aditi Phadnis: A Maldivian symphony (Business Standard India)
Its new President made all the right noises during his recent India visit. Of all South Asian politicians, the favourite of Delhi reporters has to be the youthful new president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, who was here from December 23 to 26 on his first state visit.
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Mihin flies to Dubai today (Daily News)
Mihin Lanka will commence operations from today with its flight to Dubai. Mihin Lanka was founded to provide 'low cost' air transportation to the travelling public of Sri Lanka. This gave an opportunity for a wider segment of society to travel abroad by air, at affordable prices.
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AMG comments on the impact of the current global slowdow (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Amsterdam, 5 January 2009 --- AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. ("AMG", EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: "AMG") expects lower than previously forecasted 2008 earnings due to the severe downturn of global economic activity and resulting lower sales volumes and decreased metals prices in the Advanced Materials Division. The significant drop in metal prices and lower sales volumes in the fourth quarter ...
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How the battle progressed (Daily News)
The LTTE had its domination mainly in the Kilinochchi, and Mullaittivu and some parts of the Mannar, and Vavuniya districts in the Northern Province before the present operations began.
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Woman gives her heart and soles (SouthtownStar)
Mona Purdy is a beautician on a mission to save the world one sole at a time. "Someday every needy person in every distressed corner of the world will have a pair of shoes," the Palos Park woman will tell you. "That's when our goal will be accomplished."
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World (The Christian Science Monitor)
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US retails sales affect Asian suppliers (Calcutta News)
United States retail sales have fallen by as much as four percent this year and analysts are warning of serious consequences if sales do not pick up.
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