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    No power cuts on Sunday

    Minister Champika Ranawaka said there will be no power cut on Sunday due to Grade 5 Scholarship Exam, the Government Information Department reported. CT
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    Oil leaking from Ship

    Oil leaking from the sinking ship off Panadura now detected some four to ten nautical miles off Galle Face (Colombo) and is spreading towards the sea off Negombo, the Disaster Management Ministry said. DM
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    MTV/MBC claim Rs. 500M from SLRC

    MTV/MBC has filed a counter affidavit claiming Rs. 500 million in damages from the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), for obstructing pre-event publicity for the London Olympics 2012 through a court order. DM
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    SLMC candidate's vehicle set on fire

    A vehicle of a Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) female candidate for the upcoming provincial council elections was set on fire by unidentified persons in Thulasipura, Trincomalee last night, a spokesman for the Cafe monitoring group said. The vehicle was set on fire at the candidate Rupika...
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    Peiris asks Britain to amend latest travel advisory

    External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris met the British High Commissioner on Monday to discuss the British Foreign Office travel advisory issued for British nationals visiting Sri Lanka. “The minister asked that the travel advisory be amended in keeping with the developments in the North...
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    Iran bans women from 77 university courses

    Iran has banned women from 77 university courses, labeling classes in everything from English literature to biology as "single gender." Thirty-six Iranian universities are participating in the ban, which will make many higher-education classes exclusive to men as of next academic year, the...
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    Russia, China warns west against Syria intervention

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday warned the West not to take unilateral action on Syria, saying that Russia and China agree that violations of international law and the United Nations charter are impermissible. Russia and China have opposed military intervention in Syria...
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    US/S Korea war games

    South Korea and the United States have begun war games to improve their defence posture against North Korea, South Korean military officials said. North Korea called the war games a precursor to war. The U.S. said the two-week Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills started with more than 80,000...
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    Navy arrests 69 boat people

    The Sri Lankan navy today arrested 69 people attempting to leave the country illegally for Australia in the seas off Negombo. The Sri Lankan navy said the group comprised of 48 Tamils, 19 Sinhalese and two Muslims. They were sailing in a fishing trawler named “Asha Duwa”. It is illegal in Sri...
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    Universities closed

    All universities except medical faculties will be closed from today until further notice due to the strike action by university lecturers, the ministry of higher education said.
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    83 arrested by the navy

    Sri Lanka Navy arrested 83 persons bound for Australia in 02 multi-day trawlers on 20th August 2012. A trawler named “Kavindi” with 39 persons including 31 Tamils (26 men, a woman, a girl and 3 boys) and 08 Sinhalese on board and the other named “Prasansani” with 44 persons including 35...
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    Rohitha Rajapaksa: Space training in Russia

    Rohitha Rajapaksa, youngest son of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, received a letter from Russian President Valdimir Putin recently. Putin had conveyed his wishes for young Rajapaksa who earlier inquired about the Russian Aero Space Agency to pursue his astronomical studies and training...
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    Iran on alert, warns of crushing response

    Iran’s military is at the highest level of alert and will respond to any attack by Israel with a “crushing response,” the state-run Mehr News agency reported, citing Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi.
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    Woman shot dead

    A female victim has been shot dead by unknown gunman who had arrived on a motorbike in the Melagama area in Wadduwa, the Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana stated. Police stated that the victim was a witness in an ongoing murder case. Ada Derana
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    Lanka challenges UK warning on sex crimes, nationalism

    Sri Lanka will challenge a British Government travel advisory warning Britons over an upsurge of nationalism, sexual offences and anti-western rhetoric, a senior official said yesterday. External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunatillake Amunugama said they were treating the matter with...
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    3 dead bodies found in Wellawatte

    Police say three dead bodies have been found inside a house in Wellawatte. Wellawatte police has launched an investigation.
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    Korean exam admissions to be issued

    Admission cards for the Korean language competency exam will be issued from August 20 to 24 at district training centres and provincial offices. South Korean Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Jong Moon Choi will be observing the issuing of admissions at the Mahinda Rajapaksa international stadium...
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    Facebook down 47%

    Facebook shares are now trading at $19.95. The stock is down 47% from its IPO price of $38 a share. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has lost more than $9 billion.
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    Iran: Israel will soon be destroyed

    Israel is a "cancerous tumour" that will soon be finished off, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday told demonstrators holding an annual protest against the existence of the Jewish state. "The Zionist regime and the Zionists are a cancerous tumour. Even if one cell of them is...
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    Grenade attack: doctors strike

    Government doctors will launch an island wide strike tomorrow (August 17), the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) stated. Doctors at the Colombo national hospital are currently on strike. They are protesting a grenade attack on the house of Dr. Lalantha Ranasinghe in Dehiwala...

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