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Jayalalithaa urging international investigation cum interim setup slips in...
[TamilNet, Monday, 18 March 2013, 23:28 GMT]Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa in a letter addressed to Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday, demanded India to “strengthen” the US...
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Sri Lanka expresses strong reservations on the HR High Commissioner's report...
Wed, Mar 20, 2013, 06:45 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka today expressed 'strongest' reservations on the content of the report prepared by the United Nations...
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Sri Lanka will not interfere with internal affairs of India
Wed, Mar 20, 2013, 05:41 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 20, Colombo: The Government of Sri Lanka will not interfere with internal matters of India and deal only with sovereign...
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Sri Lanka requests a vote on the resolution at the UNHRC
Wed, Mar 20, 2013, 11:04 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka Tuesday said it intends to request for a vote when the United States sponsored draft resolution is...
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Sri Lankan government accused of trying to pass bills not in the budget
Wed, Mar 20, 2013, 09:40 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says the government is trying get approval for some...
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Sri Lanka parliament in chaos due to conflict with Chair
Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 08:59 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Mar 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka parliament was adjourned for five minutes today due to a tense situation due to opposition...
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Sri Lanka's petroleum authority accumulates losses of Rs. 100 billion for...
* Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 08:43 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 21, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) affiliated anti-corruption movement, Voice Against...
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President opens Sri Lanka's largest solar power plant
Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 08:24 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Mar 19, Hambantota: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today opened the largest solar power plant in the country in...
View ArticleLTTE fighters were dressed in Indian Army uniforms: Fonseka Mar 20, 2013 |...
The LTTE fighters were dressed in Indian Army uniforms during the final battles of the nearly three-decade long civil war, former Sri Lankan Army Chief Sarath Fonseka has said.Fonseka in an address to...
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Pope Francis to wash feet of prisoners in pre-Easter Mass
Pope Francis has called for Roman Catholics to be closer to the poor and disadvantagedPope Francis will celebrate Mass on Thursday next week by washing the feet of prisoners in a youth detention centre...
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Sanjay Dutt: Bollywood actor sent back to jail for 1993 Mumbai blasts
Sanjay Dutt is hugely popular for his role of a loveable gangster in Munnabhai moviesIndia's Supreme Court has ruled that Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt must return to prison for his connection with the...
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China IP address link to South Korea cyber-attack
Around 32,000 computers at six organisations were affected by Wednesday's attackA cyber-attack on South Korean banks and broadcasters came from an internet address in China, South Korean officials say,...
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'Marmageddon' over as New Zealand shops restock Marmite
Marmite supply in New Zealand was scarce last yearMarmite has returned to supermarket shelves in New Zealand for the first time in over a year, after shortages caused by the Christchurch quake. The...
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UN passes resolution against Sri Lanka rights record
Pro-government demonstrators have been protesting outside the US embassy denouncing the resolutionThe UN's Human Rights Council has passed a resolution highly critical of Sri Lanka's record.The...
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MK Stalin: India DMK leader's house 'raided' in Chennai
Mr Stalin is a leader of the DMK partyPolice have raided the home of a leader of a former ally of India's ruling coalition in connection with alleged import of foreign cars.MK Stalin, whose house is...
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India votes against SL, calls for credible probe into HR violations and...
March 21, 2013, 10:08 pmBY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI, March 21: India today voted in favour of the United States-sponsored resolution along with 24 other countries against Sri...
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P’karan’s son guarded by man wearing Indian camouflage uniform -SF
March 21, 2013, 10:02 pmFormer Army Commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka Tuesday night strongly disputed allegations that LTTE leader Prabhakaran’s 12-year-ild son, Balachandran, had been in the custody of...
View ArticleGovt. prepared to face any threat from US and allies
March 21, 2013, 10:35 pmby Zacki JabbarThe government said yesterday that the basis of the US Resolution, on accountability and reconciliation in Sri Lanka, which was adopted by the UNHRC in Geneva,...
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Actress claims Rs. 500mn in damages for defamation
March 21, 2013, 12:00 pmBy Chitra WeerarathneFilm and teledrama actress Semini Iddamalgoda yesterday filed a defamation plaint, against actress Damitha Abeyarathna, in the District Court of Colombo.The...
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Parliament must act against cruelty on its menu
March 21, 2013, 7:54 pmRecently on a request made by some MPs the Speaker allowed the introduction of pork to the menu of the parliament canteen.In addition to pork, other expensive foods such as...
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