Joomla! site syndication http://atolltimes.com 2008-07-20T04:10:23+01:00 http://atolltimes.com http://atolltimes.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-06-06T12:27:04+01:00 http://atolltimes.com http://atolltimes.com/news/asia--region/deadly-blasts-hit-sri-lanka-buses.html Bomb attacks on two buses in Sri Lanka have left 22 people dead and about 100 injured, the first of them hitting a vehicle in a suburb of Colombo. Twenty people died and more than 80 were hurt in the blast in the capital while a later attack in the town of Kandy killed two and injured 20. Fighting is continuing between troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in the north. text/html 2008-05-30T05:42:58+01:00 http://atolltimes.com http://atolltimes.com/news/asia--region/nepal-protesters-and-police-clash.html Demonstrators celebrating the abolition of the centuries-old monarchy in Nepal have clashed with police near the royal palace in the capital, Kathmandu. The protesters shouted anti-king slogans, threw stones at the police and tried to storm the palace. text/html 2008-05-26T14:14:21+01:00 http://atolltimes.com http://atolltimes.com/news/asia--region/bomb-rocks-busy-sri-lankan-train.html At least eight people have been killed and 67 injured in a bombing during rush hour on a packed Sri Lankan commuter train, the military says.The blast hit the Colombo-Panadura train in Dehiwala station, in a suburb of the capital Colombo, Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. text/html 2008-05-21T14:26:49+01:00 http://atolltimes.com http://atolltimes.com/news/national-news/maldives-warned-by-us-on-freedom-of-religion.html The US government has cautioned the Maldives over new wording in the constitution in progress which means non-Muslims could lose their Maldivian citizenship, US ambassador Robert Blake said at a Tuesday press conference. “[The wording is] in conflict with some international obligations Maldives has already signed up for,” Blake said, in a probable reference to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, which enshrines freedom of religion. text/html 2008-05-19T16:59:56+01:00 http://atolltimes.com http://atolltimes.com/news/travel---business/astronomical-observatory-introduced-at-soneva-fushi.html Soneva provides the benchmark by which resort experiences in the Maldives are measured, and now the multi-award-winning Soneva Fushi has once again moved that mark by opening the only resort based astronomical observatory of its kind in the world. Set deep within the resorts dense lush jungle, the observatory provides a unique experience for anyone who has looked up at the night sky and found a desire to learn more about the universe and its surrounds.