Tourist arrivals increase by 8% upto September
 

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka increased by 8 per cent after the end of the third quarter, a Sri Lanka Tourist Board official said. The total tourist arrivals up to September 2005 were 405,585, which is an increase of 8 per cent. There were 375,630 arrivals up to 2004 September.

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Women workers' rights violated in Asia
 

The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) in its latest survey report said that women workers in export processing zones in the Asia Pacific region face difficulties due to workers' rights violations.

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