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Chennai college students on indefinite hunger-strike condemn US resolution
[TamilNet, Friday, 08 March 2013, 18:24 GMT]Eight students of Loyola College, Chennai, who have begun an indefinite hunger-strike on Friday calling for a UN referendum among the Eezham Tamils, have...
View ArticleColombo attempts to resurrect bogey of suicide terror in Geneva
[TamilNet, Saturday, 09 March 2013, 02:35 GMT]Palitha Kohona, as part of the Sri Lanka mission to Geneva, and the International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Penn State University co-sponsored...
View ArticleGiving bicycles and taking land: New Delhi’s ‘rehabilitation’ policy on...
[TamilNet, Saturday, 09 March 2013, 00:31 GMT]India donates 10,000 bicycles to assist the rehabilitation of the war displaced in the North, said The Hindu on Thursday, citing the Indian High Commission...
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U.S. formally submits the resolution on Sri Lanka to UNHRC
Sat, Mar 9, 2013, 12:13 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Mar 08, Colombo: The United States Friday formally submitted the draft resolution on Sri Lanka to the United Nations Human Rights...
View ArticleMurdered British tourist's brother "shocked" by Sri Lankan gov't inaction
COLOMBO, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The brother of the British tourist murdered in Sri Lanka said Friday that he is shocked by the government's failure to bring the killers to justice even after the lapse of...
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Chimney fitted on Sistine Chapel roof for pope election
Thousands of faithful are expected to watch the chimney to track the progress of the conclaveFirefighters have fitted a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican ahead of the conclave which...
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The Great Escape- bbc.com
Relatives of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng speak outFrom sleeping in pigsties to sneaking past sleeping guards, new accounts emerging are making the tale of Chen Guangcheng's escape from house...
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Chinese activist Lu Haitao in US
By Yuwen WuBBC ChineseMr Lu was interrogated after Mr Chen's escapeThe US State Department has confirmed that Chinese dissident Lu Haitao and his wife are in the US. Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland refused...
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Pakistan PM Ashraf offers prayers at Ajmer dargah amid protests by lawyers...
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf on Saturday offered prayers at the historic dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti during his private visit here that was marked by protests.The brief trip of...
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Khurshid hosts lunch for Pak PM, says this is not the right time to discuss...
Symbolism may well be the sole working theme of the troubled Indo-Pak peace process, but even that seemed lost on external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday.Khurshid disregarded rumblings...
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Piyush Pandey,TNN Mukesh Ambani’s $10-billion telecom foray set to alter...
It aims to become India's largest telecommunications player within three years of the launch and to break even by the end of third year. MUMBAI: MukeshAmbani's love for telecom is no secret. Reliance...
View Article, PTI Delhi gangrape prime accused commits suicide in Tihar Jail PTI
NEW DELHI: Ram Singh, the prime accused in the December 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old girl here, allegedly committed suicide in a high-security cell in Tihar Jail early this morning. 33-year-old Singh...
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Alibaba appoints Jonathan Lu Zhaoxi as chief executive
Mr Lu has led various key divisions of the Alibaba Group over the past few yearsChina's e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, has named Jonathan Lu Zhaoxi as its new chief executive. Mr Lu will replace the...
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Australia's central bank targeted by hackers
The bank says no data had been lost as a result of the attacksAustralia's central bank has confirmed that it has been targeted by hackers.The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said it had "on occasion...
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Cardinals gather for final pre-conclave discussions
By Michael HirstBBC News, RomeCardinals will gather in conclave from Tuesday to decide the new popeGlobal leaders of the Roman Catholic Church meeting in the Vatican have held their final group...
View ArticleSri Lanka second airport aviation fuel terminal ready: CPC
Mar 11, 2013 (LBO) - State-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has built an aviation fuel terminal at Sri Lanka's second international airport in Mattala, which has storage capacity of 250,000 litres, the...
View ArticleHalal food label withdrawn in Sri Lanka after protests
March 11, 2013 (AFP) - Islamic clerics announced the withdrawal of a halal labelling system for food in Sri Lanka on Monday "in the interests of peace" after protests from Buddhist hardliners on the...
View ArticleQueen urged to boycott Sri Lanka summit over killing
COLOMBO, March 8, 2013 (AFP) - An English politician Friday urged the Queen to boycott the Commonwealth summit in Colombo later this year to protest against Sri Lanka's failure to prosecute the killers...
View ArticleSri Lanka CPC owed Rs30.9bn by state airlines: report
Mar 10, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, to which state-run airlines owe 30.9 billion rupees and a petroleum utility 28.3 billion rupees will limit credit to state...
View ArticleSINKING PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN Sinking State Ajit Kumar Singh Research Fellow, Institute for Conflict ManagementIn a development heavy with irony, on March 7, 2013, Pakistan's Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani - who...
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