London | 6 days ago
Buddhist violence against Muslims in Myanmar 'wrong': Dalai Lama
London, April 24 - Amid damning reports showing official Myanmar complicity in ethnically cleansing entire Muslim towns and villages, the world's foremost Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, has condemned the violence that has left hundreds dead and an estimated hundreds of thousands homeless.In an interview with Channel 4 News, he told Cathy Newman that violence is wrong. When he was asked whether ... read more

London | 7 months ago
Fanning meets cancer survivors
London, Sep 16 - Actress Dakota Fanning, who plays the role of a leukemia patient in Now Is Good, got a chance to meet cancer survivors during the promotional trip for the movie.Fanning plays the role of a young woman battling the killer illness in Now Is Good, and during a promotional trip to Britain. she met with Jennie-Lou Hodge and Clara Markiewicz, who are both in remission from the disease, ... read more

London | 11 months ago
36 Sri Lankans deported, reach Colombo
London, June 1 - Thirty-six Sri Lankans, including 28 Tamils, reached Sri Lanka Friday after being deported from Britain, media reports said.The deportation took place after the British government rejected their asylum requests, Xinhua reported.According to the Sri Lankan Immigration and Emigration department, the 36 Sri Lankans included 28 Tamils. They reached the island nation on a special chart ... read more

London | 11 months ago
Tamil deportations stopped from Britain
London, June 1 - About 40 Sri Lankans, due to have been deported from Britain on a charter flight Thursday, have had their removal orders overturned. Most of them are said to be Tamils.About 40 failed asylum seekers were granted dramatic last-minute stays, Channel 4 reported.Immigration lawyers ascribe the high court judges' apparent change of heart to serious concerns over Sri Lanka's dismal huma ... read more

London | 1 year ago
Unseen Jobs' interview to be released
London, April 28 - A never-before-seen interview with Apple founder Steve Jobs will premiere next month. In the interview, Jobs speaks about how he pulled off a prank call to the pope, saying he was US secretary of state Henry Kissinger.Jobs was interviewed by journalist Bob Cringely in 1995 for a Channel 4 series titled Triumph Of The Nerds, the Daily Mail reported.The Apple founder - who died in ... read more

Colombo | 1 year ago
Buddhist clergy step out to support Sri Lanka at UNHRC
Colombo, March 19 - Hundreds of Buddhist clergy gathered for a vigil in the capital to protest a US-backed war crimes resolution on Sri Lanka as the government released a new video countering allegations, an official said here on Monday.Large numbers of Buddhist clergy attended a special vigil and pooja to offer prayers and bless the government in its efforts to defeat the US backed resolution at ... read more

Colombo | 1 year ago
Sri Lanka rejects latest war crimes video
Colombo, March 15 - Sri Lanka Thursday rejected a new video aired on Britain's Channel 4 which levelled fresh allegations of war crimes against the country's leadership and military.In response to the video Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished, the defence ministry re-released several videos and documents to counter the claims, reported Xinhua. The ministry categorically rejects the v ... read more

Chennai | 1 year ago
Tamil Nadu parties again demand India back US UNHRC resolution
Chennai, March 12 - The demand of Tamil Nadu's political parties that India support a US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council - got stronger Monday with a picture surfacing of a bullet-ridden body of a boy said to be the 12-year-old son of slain LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran.Speaking to reporters here, DMK president M.Karunanidhi said: India should support the US backed r ... read more

London | 1 year ago
Lily Allen apologises for 'bullyish' remark
London, Nov 26 - Singer Lily Allen has apologised for making 'bullyish' remarks about a comedian on Twitter.The 26-year-old poked fun at David Vitty after watching his appearance on telivision cookery show 'Drop Down Menu' Thursday, reports contactmusic.com.In a post on Twitter, she wrote, 'Comedy Dave on Channel 4's Drop Down Menu being unfunny as per,' prompting her followers to post mocking mes ... read more

London | 1 year ago
Man opts for mummification for TV documentary
London, Oct 19 - A man in Britain has become first individual to be mummified in the style of ancient Egyptians for at least 3,000 years.Using the techniques that preserved king Tutankhamun's body after his death in 1,323 BC, scientists have embalmed the 61-year-old Alan Billis of Torquay town in Devon county, following his death from lung cancer, the Daily Mail reported.Billis, who worked as taxi ... read more