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Sri Lanka opens first four lane highway - Southern Expressway

Sri Lanka's first highway, 'Southern Expressway', with four lanes and eight interchanges opens to the public. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16th...

by Tharaka Ruwansiri in Sri Lanka on 16/11/2011

Our World

Southern Expressway almost complete in Colombo

The 126km long Southern Expressway which is also the first E class highway in Sri Lanka, is almost completed before its inaugural opening on the 27th...

by Dhammika Heenpella in Sri Lanka on 13/11/2011

Politics

Hundreds of indigenous people arrive in La Paz to support TIPNIS

Hundreds of indigenous people from Bolivia's highlands arrive in the country's main city, La Paz, in support of the indigenous march...

by Mattia Cabitza in Bolivia on 10/10/2011

BREAKING NEWS

16/11/2011 - Sri Lanka opens first four lane highway - Southern Expressway - Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's first highway, '...
13/11/2011 - Southern Expressway almost complete in Colombo - Sri Lanka - The 126km long Southern Expressway...
10/10/2011 - Hundreds of indigenous people arrive in La Paz to support TIPNIS - Bolivia - Hundreds of indigenous people from...
28/09/2011 - President Bronislaw Komorowski at new Southern Ringroad of Gdansk - Poland - President of Poland Bronislaw...
15/09/2011 - TIPNIS highway protest in La Paz - Bolivia - Activists marched in La Paz to protest...
19/08/2011 - Plight of the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway - Bangladesh - Due to poor maintenance one of the...
28/07/2011 - Bus and truck collision kills at least 18 in Bangladesh - Bangladesh - At least 18 people were killed and 30...
17/07/2011 - Cape Town renames major highway in honour of Nelson Mandela - South Africa - The City of Cape Town has finally...
21/06/2011 - Police charge 37 year-old after early morning Crash - Toronto - Canada - Ontario Provincial Police have charged...
30/04/2011 - Saturday morning crash closes Westbound Highway - Toronto - Canada - A serious collision between a car and...

Latest News

China financed Thika super-highway almost complete - Kenya
Thika Road is a major road in Kenya linking the City of Nairobi and Thika town. The road is currently under major construction to expand it to a superhighway consisting of an eight-lane...
Snow chaos halts traffic in Bulgaria
Traffic in Bulgaria is severely affected by tlatest heavy snowfalls. Trucks over 10 tons are banned from driving, several passes are closed and many country roads are impassable. Pazard...
Fatal accident closes Highway 427 - Toronto
The Ontario Provincial Police closed Highway 427 following a fatal head-on collision between a southbound car and a northbound car that crossed the centre median. Canada. 6th February 2...
Heavy snowfall block many highways in Ghor province
Heavy snowfall has blocked many highways in Ghor province, creating numerous problems for residents. Afghanistan, 6th February 2012
Italy snowed under
Italy has been in the snow for three days, the trucks blocked by the police, many roads and highways closed to the traffic. Isolated villages are left with no electricity. Italy. 2nd-4...
Problems on the road because of the fuel price hike in Nepal
The government hiked fuel prices by an average of over 11 percent, burdening the general public with the biggest-ever oil price hike in monetary terms in recent history. Kathmandu. 20th...
Taxi drivers strike over 'competition' proposal in Italy
Thousands of miles of Italian roads were crippled, with truckers blocking accesss to much of the Italy's highways, as a wave of fresh strikes kicked off over government plans to in...
Italian taxi drivers in strike over Mario Monti 'competition' proposal
Thousands of miles of Italian roads were crippled, with truckers blocking accesss to much of the Italy's highways, as a wave of fresh strikes kicked off over government plans to in...
Biswa Ijtema World Congregation of Muslims ends
The Biswa Ijtema, or the World Congregation of Muslims, concluded with the faithful in their hundreds of thousands seeking peace and welfare of humanity. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 22nd January...
Giant Billboard Crashes Down On BQE in Brooklyn
A billboard on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between Meeker Ave. and Metropolitan Ave. has collapsed and fallen onto the highway and street below. The billboard fell 200 feet, and has ...
Kosovo Albanian protestors dispersed on Serbian border
Anti-riot police used batons and pepper spray to push back several hundred Kosovo Albanian protestors from a checkpoint as they tried to blockade the northeastern border with Serbia. Dh...
Day two of protests against the removal of fuel subsidies - Lagos
Protesters demonstrate against the government's decision to remove the fuel subsidy. Nigerians block the highway from all traffic during protests. Nigeria. 10th January 2012
Sugarcane fields are torched before harvest - Belle Glade
Sugarcane is Florida's most valuable field crop. But, before Florida's sugar is harvested, the massive fields are burned; killing visibility and creating a beautiful spectacle...
Kashmir Valley becomes covered with a layer of snow
Many parts of the Kashmir Valley were covered with a layer of snow even as minimum temperatures increased in the region bringing respite to residents, who faced nearly a month-long peri...
Protesting against non-supply of Sui gas - Hyderabad
Residents of Ghareebabad gather at the National Highway as they are protesting against the non- supply of Sui gas in their area of Hyderabad. Sui gas field is the biggest natural gas fi...
Hammersmith flyover closed for urgent repairs - London
Transport for London (TfL) announced it will be closing the Hammersmith flyover which carries traffic onto the A4 and M4. The closure just before the UK. 24th December 2011
Staying safe in bicycle city
With an estimated 881,000 bicycles in Amsterdam for a population of 780,559 and an estimated 3.5million visitors, walking the streets of the Top Bicycle Friendly Cities, requires some s...
Bordo Poniente landfill Closes - Mexico City
The Mexican government began the closure and replacement of the capital’s Bordo Poniente landfill, located on Highway Penon-Texcoco, meeting one of the major goals outlined in the Gre...
Mexico Navy arrest Leader and Co-Founder of Los Zetas Drug Cartel
Raul Lucio Hernandez Lechuga (aka) "The Lucky" and / or "Z-16" is captured in a military operation. Considered one of the most dangerous drug traffickers by the gove...
Oil-tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces stand still  - Karachi
The government decision to restrict the movement of vehicles carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan enters into its 13th day with queues of loaded trucks building along many o...