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Security tightened in Sri Lanka for the funeral of the self-immolated...
Sun, May 26, 2013, 10:50 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.May 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka police sources say that security has been tightened in Kahawatta area of Ratnapura to avoid chaos when...
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Monks protest over last rites of self-immolated monk in Sri Lanka
Sun, May 26, 2013, 01:43 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. May 26, Colombo: A group of Buddhist monks belong to an organization called Sihala Ravaya has staged a march to protest a...
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US set to launch electronic war from Trincomalee’ - Champika - Nation.lk
Unlawful agreement with Urban Council infringes on sovereigntyPolitical analysts warned that setting up information and activity centers, known as ‘American Corners’, in the country would pave the way...
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May 25, 2013, 6:39 pmBy Franklin R. SatyapalanThe Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), an important constituent party in the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government, yesterday unveiled a...
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Self-immolation near Dalada Maligawa:Monks’ bid to march to Temple Trees...
Media Secy says tragedy could have been prevented if ...May 26, 2013, 12:00 pmBy Shamindra FerdinandoThe police yesterday prevented a group of monks from marching on Temple Trees demanding that the...
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Financial crisis: Sajith to push DEW on taking remedial measures
May 26, 2013, 10:04 pmBy Shamindra FerdianndoUNP MP Sajith Premadasa yesterday said that the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) should intervene and...
View ArticlePolice to act against those who helped monk with suicide
May 26, 2013, 10:07 pmBy Pradeep Prasanna SamarakoonColombo City Coroner Edward Ahangama yesterday (26) ordered Kandy Police to take legal action against those who had aided and abetted Ven. Bowatte...
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Militarisation of civilian services
May 26, 2013, 7:31 pmJehan Perera writing in the Sunday Leader of May 12 has very appropriately drawn the attention of the public to the slow but deliberate attempts at encroachment of the military on...
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Britain’s day of reckoningMay 26, 2013, 6:33 pmThe brutal killing by two fanatics of a British soldier in London on Wednesday has triggered an anti-Muslim backlash in the UK. There have been scores...
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India jail-born man bails mother after 19 years
By Sanjoy MajumderBBC News, Kanpur Vijay Kumari was unable to post the necessary bail amount of about £120 In a dusty tenement in a crowded neighbourhood in the Indian city of Kanpur, a young man...
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Aung San Suu Kyi condemns Rohingya 'two-child policy'
Aung San Suu Kyi has been criticised for not speaking up for the Rohingya.Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has condemned a decision by local officials in Rakhine state to enforce a...
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IPL: Why is there anger over the cricket tournament?
There have been protests against the cricketers arrested for alleged spot-fixingThere has been an upsurge of anger over the weekend at the way the world's richest cricket tournament is being run. Last...
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Two Pakistan girls become first Muslim lesbian couple to get married in UK IT
According to Pakistani law, same-sex sexual acts are illegal and go against Islamic teachings. In a defiant move, two former Birmingham students applied for political asylum in the UK to create...
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Britannia readies succession plan to boost growth, COO Varun Berry to head...
Britannia said COO Varun Berry will lead its India operations, making him the clear favourite to succeed Vinita Bali, who retires in 2 yearsMUMBAI: Britannia IndustriesBSE 15.91 %, the country's...
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Ranbaxy ignored consultants' warnings about US FDA action over malpractices,...
Earlier this month Ranbaxy agreed to pay $500 million in fines to settle data manipulation and manufacturing malpractice charges levied by the US authoritiesNEW DELHI: Years before RanbaxyBSE 3.72 %...
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YES Bank CEO Rana Kapoor's family buys Rs 128 cr house next to Mukesh...
The building, built on a third of an acre plot, stands in the middle of a posh neighbourhood that boasts of homes of some of India's richest businessmen - Ambani and Kumar Mangalam BirlaNEW DELHI: The...
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Tata's Cyrus Mistry: Tightening belts as more frugal era begins ET
Shunning the spotlight since taking charge of the $100 billion Tata group in December, 44-year-old Cyrus Mistry has focused on belt-tightening.MUMBAI: As Ratan Tata strode the halls of the Geneva Motor...
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CSK boss Gurunath Meiyappan’s love for golf brought him close to BCCI chief’s...
“He was never interested in developing his family film business,” said a film historian. “His passion is golf, go-karting and motor racing.”CHENNAI: In film-crazy Tamil Nadu, 42-year-old Gurunath...
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NIA team reaches Maoist attack site, begins probe By TNN
A team of NIA officials has reached the deadly Naxal attack site in Chhattisgarh and began its probe to find out possible lapsesNEW DELHI: A team of NIA officials has reached the deadly Naxal attack...
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Indian lenders take Rs 4000 crore hit on Mumbai based jeweller Winsome By...
They were left with no choice thanks to the "accelerated payment" provision in the gold loan agreement between Winsome and bullion banks.MUMBAI: Indian banks have grudgingly forked out well over 4,000...
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