Friday, April 1, 2011

News in Brief.


Editor of Lanka news website arrested
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has escalated its “campaign of harassment’’ against the press by arresting an editor of a news website critical of the government, the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said. Bennett Rupasinghe, news editor of LankaeNews.com, was arrested Thursday on accusations he had been threatening a man.

William admits to pre-wedding jitters
LONDON: Prince William said his “knees started tapping quite nervously’’ recently in a rehearsal for his April 29 marriage to Kate Middleton, adding that “the whole thing’’ is giving him a few sleepless nights.

Italian anarchists claim Greek bomb
ATHENS: Greek police said an Italian anarchist group FAI has claimed responsibility for a parcel bomb intercepted at a maximum security prison here. The police said the bomb was defused late Thursday. Hours later, two packages in Italy and Switzerland injuring three people.

Pumps from US to help in Japan n-crisis
ATLANTA: Two gigantic concrete pumps — described as the largest such equipment in the world — will soon be on their way to join machinery being used to pour water on damaged reactors in Japan’s nuclear crisis, said Kelly Blickle, a spokeswoman for Putzmeister America Inc.
(source: indian express)
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