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<title>SriLankaNews.com | Published News</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka stifles attempts to investigate war atrocities - paper]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Comparing how the United States accounted any Vietnamese killed as Viet Cong, Peter Bouckert, in the British Daily Guardian said Sunday that "Sri Lanka's defence secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, has taken such creative accounting to new heights. The United Nations reported that at least 7,000 civilians were killed and tens of thousands wounded during the final months of the brutal conflict with ..<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka ‘A’ looking for better performances]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka ‘A' will be looking for an improved performance when they confront South Africa ‘A' in the Tri Nation limited overs cricket tournament final which will be played at the SSC ground in Maitland Place today.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka cricketer investigated]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:00:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A leading Sri Lanka cricketer has been investigated by the anti-corruption unit of the world cricket governing body, BBC Sport has learned.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: All island District Government Agents conference in Jaffna]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Public Administration Affairs Ministry is to hold its first all island District Government Agents conference in Jaffna Monday. The first Cabinet meeting of Sri Lankas government was held last month in Ki'linochchi outside Colombo.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: 174 Tamil youths disappeared in Vanthaarumoolai remembered]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:00:12 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Parents and relatives of one hundred and seventy four Tamil youths disappeared after arrest by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) from Vanthaa'rumoolai campus of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka in Batticaloa district two decades ago held prayers in memory of them Sunday. SLA troops had come in buses and taken 158 Tamil youths by force from Vanthaa'rumoolai campus on 05.09.1990 and 16 youths eighteen days .<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Boycott Colombo International Tamil Writers Conference - Tamil Nadu Creativists]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Association of Tamil Creativists in Tamil Nadu against the Colombo International Tamil Writers Conference to be held in Colombo from 5th to 8th January 2011 has appealed to all Tamil writers to boycott the Colombo conference in a message to media released Tuesday in Chennai. Several leading Tamil creativists including writers, artists, film industry persons and journalists who took part in ..<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Police arrest 2 JVP members in Jaffna]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka police in Jaffna arrested two members of Janatha Vimukthi Party (JVP) while they were putting up posters against the proposed 18th Constitutional Amendment at Hospital Road junction in Jaffna Saturday early morning, sources in Jaffna said. One of the men arrested is Veeraraj Lalithakumar who had contested as the chief candidate of Democratic National Party of Sarath Fonseka in Jaffna ..<br/><br/>27 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka urged to ensure safety of detained former asylum seekers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International is today calling on the Sri Lankan government to ensure the safety of three men who have been tortured and jailed following their forced return from Australia in 2009<br/><br/>22 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: No-confidence motion against SL Minister Peiris]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:00:12 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The main opposition United National Party (UNP) Friday handed over a No-confidence motion to Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa against Sri Lanka External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris charging him for the failure in handling international affairs.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: One-day debate, voting on 8 September in SL parliament]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:00:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The 18th Constitutional Amendment Bill will be debated and put to vote 8 September in Sri Lanka parliament, according to decision taken at a meeting by the leaders of political parties represented in Sri Lanka parliament, presided by Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: AI wants Australia to re-examine its claims that asylum seekers returned to their countries are safe]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Australian government must re-examine its claims that asylum seekers returned to countries they are fleeing from are not subjected to torture and mistreatment, Madhu Malhorta, Amnesty Internationals Deputy Director for Asia said in an appeal to Sri Lanka government Friday calling on it to ensure the safety of three men who have been tortured and jailed following their forced return from ...<br/><br/>27 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka urged by India to seek political solution]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[India yesterday asked Sri Lanka to look beyond the resettlement of war-displaced Tamils and start a political process that would meet the needs and aspirations of the country's minorities.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: SLA deserters rob jewelry posing as Interpol officers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kosawathe police in Chilaw district arrested Wednesday six deserters of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) including an officer who had robbed one million rupees worth jewelry from a woman who had recently returned from Middle East, posing as Interpol officers, the police said.<br/><br/>30 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Properties of uprooted in Vanni plundered with SLA assistance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Muslim and Sinhala traders from Southern Sri Lanka are actively plundering the properties abandoned when the people of Vanni were forced to leave them during war, with the assistance of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers occupying Vanni. The traders make huge profits transporting them in vehicles to Vavuniyaa, Anurdapura and Puththalam for sale. The plundered goods include iron objects, spare parts ..<br/><br/>25 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Court decision on constitutional amendment sent to Speaker]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lankas Supreme Court Wednesday sent its decision on the proposed constitutional amendments to the Speaker of the House, Chamal Rajapaksa, brother of Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The decision would be announced in the parliament on September 7. The five-member Bench of the Supreme Court chaired by Justice Shiranee Bandaranaike went through the draft bill that removes the restriction <br/><br/>22 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Pro-government left parties to decide on constitutional amendment]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Combined Left Front (CLF) that comprises the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), Sri Lanka Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL)) and New Left Front (NLF) is to meet this week to take a final decision on the proposed constitutional amendments. Final decision would be taken after meeting Sri Lankas President Mahinda Rajapakse to apprise him of their position and get his opinion on this issue ...<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: SL media curbed to publish news on military appointments, transfers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lankas Defense Ministry with immediate effect banned publishing news of all transfers and appointments of the military officers of the three armed forces, Sri Lanka Army (SLA), Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF). Media institutions have been asked to report on such transfers and appointments only with the approval of the Media Centre for National Security. Publishing such ...<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's Trade Deficit Widens In June]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka's trade deficit widened 48.7% annually to US$416.13 million in June from US$279.89 million last year, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said Wednesday.<br/><br/>22 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: SLA soldier killed, 2 injured in Kandy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:00:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A truck carrying Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in Galagedera in Kandy Tuesday night ran off the road killing a soldier and seriously injuring two, Kandy police said.<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka set to import gas oil from UAE company]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka 's Ceylon Petroleum Corp (Ceypetco) is expected to sign a deal to import 720,000 tonnes of gas oil for a year from a UAE-based firm, industry sources said on Monday.<br/><br/>24 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Wimal Weerawansa, Russian Ambassador visit Jaffna]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Wimal Weerawansa, Sri Lanka minister of Housing and Common Amenities, accompanied by the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, visited Jaffna Tuesday morning preceding Indias Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao who was expected in Jaffna Friday evening, sources in Jaffna said. Wimal Weerawansa and the Russian Ambassador returned to Colombo Friday evening after participating in some events in Jaffna ...<br/><br/>24 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top Sri Lanka court takes up constitutional changes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Tuesday began assessing a draft bill that would amend the island's constitution to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for office for a third term.<br/><br/>26 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka supreme court takes up constitutional changes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Tuesday began assessing a draft bill that would amend the island's constitution to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for office for a third term.<br/><br/>25 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: SLA closes Achchuveali-Tho'ndaimaanaa'ru road again]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:00:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Army (SLA) occupying Jaffna Friday closed Achchuveali-Tho'ndaimaanaa'ru road located at the outskirt of SLA High Security Zone (HSZ) in Valikaamam North for public use causing people to travel long distance spending more time to reach their destinations, sources in Jaffna said. The said road which had been closed fifteen years ago by SLA had been recently opened for public use with the <br/><br/>31 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SRI LANKA: Addressing needs of stressed children]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:00:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Source: IRIN Few studies of children in Sri Lanka have examined the daily stress they continue to face since the tsunami and civil war, focusing instead on the direct impact of both, according to two studies in the latest Child Development journal.<br/><br/>28 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: 'Anti-Tamil ideology, international meddling make reconciliation impossible']]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:00:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In a recent paper titled "Why National Reconciliation in Sri Lanka Is Not Possible," Brian Senewiratne, a renowned physician and an Australia based Sinhala expatriate says although he had realized, after witnessing the major human rights violations inflicted upon the Tamil people, that national reconciliation in Sri Lanka was totally unrealistic, what has made the reconciliation impossible was ..<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Cabinet OKs unlimited presidential term]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:00:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's Cabinet has approved constitutional amendments to enable President Mahinda Rajapaksa to seek an unlimited number of terms in office, ministers said Monday.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka to boost presidential powers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:00:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Colombo - Sri Lanka's cabinet Monday passed constitutional amendments that boost the powers of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, officials said. The amendments enable a president to run for a third consecutive term term, allowing two-term president Rajapaksa to contest the next elections.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Cabinet OKs 3rd term for president]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:00:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's Cabinet has approved constitutional amendments to enable President Mahinda Rajapaksa to seek a third term in office, a minister said Monday.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka cabinet backs president]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's cabinet is backing a change in the country's constitution that will allow the current president to run for a third term in office.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka cabinet backs constitution change for president]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:00:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Monday 30 August 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cabinet on Monday backed changing the constitution to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for office for a third term, opening the way for a vote in parliament.<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: SL government allocates land for star hotel in Jaffna to private company]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:00:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka government has allocated land in Chiruththeevu in the islets of Jaffna occupied by Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) to a private company to build a five star hotel, sources in Jaffna said. SLN continues to refuse permission to local fishermen to fish in Chiruththeevu area which includes Ma'ndaitheevu, Poonakari and Jaffna lagoon.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: visa clampdown]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has suspended long-awaited plans to scrap on-arrival visas for travellers.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka cabinet in special sessions over constitutional change]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's cabinet is to meet Monday on a special session to look at the constitutional reform proposals, senior minister Dinesh Gunawardena told reporters.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Resettlement of Vadamaraadchi North uprooted families postponed indefinitely]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jaffna Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Commander Major Gen. Mahinda Kathurusinghe and Jaffna Government Agent Ms. Imelda Sukumar, who met Friday in Palaali SLA head office to discuss the resettlement of the uprooted families of Vadamaraadchi North evacuated by SLA , did not come to any decision but announced that 'speedy action' will be taken, sources in Jaffna said. The announcement has caused resentment .<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa instructs UPFA MPs not to leave island for 2 weeks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:00:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), main constituent of the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) led by Sri Lankas President Mahinda Rajapakse has instructed its parliamentarians not to go abroad till September 15. The leaders of the constituent parties also have been instructed by SL president Mahinda Rajapaksa to ensure the presence of their parliamentarians in Colombo during the ...<br/><br/>28 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka v India: Tri Series final LIVE]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka choose to bat first against India in the final of the Triangular Series in Dambulla.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka reverses decision to suspend visa on arrival]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka today reversed the decision to withdraw the visa-on-arrival facility for foreign tourists, less than a day after it passed an order to do so from September 30. Sutirtho Patranobis reports.<br/><br/>30 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka opt to bat against India]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Dambulla, Aug 28 : Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against India in the final of the tri-nation ODI cricket series at the Ranagiri International Stadium here Saturday.<br/><br/>22 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka o bat in tri-series final against India]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:00:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat first in the tri-series final against India Saturday at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium.<br/><br/>22 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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