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Five fishermen have gone missing off the Tangalle coast along with their fishing vessel. The fishermen who set out to sea on April 29 have yet not returned home while their communication devices have been unresponsive for the past four days. The Fisheries Department along with the Ministry of Fisheries are conducting an investigation into the disappearance.

Yahoo Inc and Alibaba Group will find it difficult to resolve their feud over the Chinese company's transfer of a major Internet asset, raising questions over how long its troubled marriage would last. Yahoo shares have fallen 11 percent since Tuesday when the U.S. Internet company said Alibaba had restructured Alipay, an online e-commerce payment system similar to eBay Inc's PayPal, to Alibaba Chief Executive Officer Jack Ma. Analysts said this reduced the value of Yahoo's 43 percent stake in Alibaba - considered one of its most valuable assets. After initially issuing contradictory statements, both companies said in a joint statement that they were in negotiations and were committed to resolving the dispute. However, analysts said the soured relationship between Alibaba and its major shareholder is a deep-rooted one and any attempts to improve ties will not be easy. "You will see more difficulties in communication and potential disagreements probably until the day Ya...

The State released 844 prisoners today (May 17) after being granted a Presidential public pardon. The prisoners will be handed over to their families after observing the customs at their respective religious institutions, the Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Ministry stated. Meanwhile, the UNP has requested that Sarath Fonseka be granted freedom during the Vesak celebrations today. Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe and UNP National Organizer Ravi Karunanayake visited the former General in prison last evening.

Eastern Province TMVP Member and political committee member, Pradeep Master was arrested by Batticaloa Police under no charges, Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan told Ada Derana. He added that the Police were attempting to falsely accuse Pradeep Master and hold him responsible for a string of shootings and other illegal activity in the Batticaloa area. He further stated that the party condemned the arrest and would seek legal action.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says it has still not received the solutions desired by the party even though 6 rounds of talks have been held with the government so far regarding a political solution. However, we expect a positive response from the government regarding the suggestion provided by our party (TNA) concerning the devolution of power, Parliamentarian M. Sumandiram said. Therefore we are looking forward to participate in future discussion with great expectations, he expressed. He pointed out that the TNA delegation had agreed to consider a proposal by the government party during the last round of talks to appoint a senate committee. First of all we expect the government’s response to the suggestions regarding power devolution, Sumandiram affirmed. The next session of talks will commence on July 23 and we look to extensively discuss the proposed devolution of power during these discussions, he added.

It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser . Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted t...

One person died while three others were injured when a speeding container lost control and crashed into a roadside shop in the Kirankulam area, Valaichchenai today (May 15). The Four customers who were in the shop at the time had been hit by the container as three of the customers sustained injuries while one woman was killed. The three victims who sustained injuries were rushed to the Valaichchenai Hospital while the Police are carrying out further investigations into the incident.