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Sri Lankan monk dies after self...
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 5 hours ago
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A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk died yesterday of severe burns a day after setting himself on fire to protest the slaughter of cattle, an official said. Bowatte Indaratna, 30, succumbed to his injuries at the National Hospital in Colombo where he was
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13th Amendment could cause another conflict: Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 1 day ago
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Empowering a hostile provincial administration with land and police powers will have grave repercussions, Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said, opposing the holding of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) election here. In his
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Emotional scenes as 26 Karaikal fishermen arrive
Jaffna :: Sri Lanka | 1 day ago
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After having spent one-and-half months in Sri Lankan custody Amid chaotic scenes at the Karaikal harbour and muffled cries from women, 26 fishermen, released from Sri Lankan custody after one and half months, arrived here on Friday morning. Family
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IOC, Ceylon Petroleum set to form JV
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 1 day ago
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The Indian co will submit a proposal on the JV structure Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) are set to form a joint venture (JV) for taking up various initiatives in the oil and gas sector, including supply of LNG to
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Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs meets HE Qatari a...
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 3 days ago
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Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs, G.L Peiris has met with HE Qatar's Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Saeed bin Abdullah Al Mansouri, on the occasion of the expiry of his tour of duty in the country. During the audience, the Sri Lankan Minister voiced
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Sri Lanka: Penguin India brings out diary of LTTE Captain
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 3 days ago
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Captain [TamilNet, Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 23:01 GMT] The English edition of War Journey: Diary of a Tamil Tiger authored by the late Capt. Malaravan has been published and released by Penguin Books, India this month...As I scan the landscape of the
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Coast Guard to receive 26 Karaikal fishermen released by Sri Lanka
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 4 days ago
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Thursday morning after handing over nine Sri Lankan fishermen with their two boats to the Sri Lankan Navy. Coast Guard sources here said Rani Abbakka , an inshore patrol vessel, had already left Chennai for north Palk Bay with the nine fishermen and
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Chaos at deportation centers
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 5 days ago
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Irfan Mohammed & Khaled Al-Subiani Tuesday 21 May 2013 Last Update 21 May 2013 3:22 am Chaos prevailed yesterday across deportation centers in Jeddah as expatriates rush to register for repatriation. Thousands returned unsuccessfully after waiting
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Four years on, genocide continues off the battlefield
Jaffna :: Sri Lanka | 6 days ago
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Sri Lanka came to a harrowing end, Sri Lanka's genocidal offensive against the Tamil population of the North-East reached a peak. Four years on, as the Tamil nation scattered worldwide through decades of oppression and armed conflict remembers the
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Turtle Conservation in Sri Lanka
Oslo :: Norway | 6 days ago
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04 editor Our good friend Dr. Kingsley Mariadasan was an 8 year old boy when his father found work in Europe in the 1970s...The end of the war has made his visits more frequent and he was once again in Sri Lanka recently. Kingsley was my physician
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