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    100 Gbps internet

    Japan's NTT said they have started offering a 100 Gbps internet service to business customers. The service will be one of the fastest internet connections in the world. NTT is using fibre optic technology to offer the service.
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    Dialog TV upgrading to MPEG-4

    Dialog Television (DTV), a unit of Dialog Axiata offering a direct-to-home satellite television service said the company is in the process of upgrading its platform from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 standard. DTV said the company had 264,000 customers at the end of financial year 2012.
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    Geneva: SL team to leave next week

    The Sri Lankan team for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions will leave for Geneva next weekend. The spokesperson for the External Affairs Ministry Rodney Perera said, the number of representatives in the Sri Lankan delegation and the team leader will be notified within the course of...
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    Iran bans Buddha statues

    Buddha statues have joined Barbie dolls and characters from "The Simpsons" TV cartoon as banned items in the conservative Muslim nation. Authorities are confiscating Buddha statues from shops in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to stop the promotion of Buddhism in the country, according to a...
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    Sri Lanka opposes U.S. resolution at UNHRC but open to “specific assistance”

    Sri Lanka will continue to oppose the U.S.-backed resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) later this month but would accept assistance to address specific post-war reconciliation issues, a top official said here on Thursday. Last month the U.S. announced that a second...
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    PlayStation 4 : Will you buy one?

    After years of waiting, we could be less than three weeks away from getting official confirmation that the Playstation 4 is coming. Sony has announced a press conference in New York for February 20 that will address “the future of Playstation.”
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    President to visit India

    Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for India later this week for what is expected to be a tension filled visit as Tamil parties gather to protest the tour, the government's media unit said here in a statement on Tuesday. Rajapaksa will leave on Friday to visit Bodh Gaya in...
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    Not true: SL troops to Afghanistan

    Sri Lanka said Tuesday it had rejected a US request to send troops to Afghanistan but retracted the claim within hours, triggering angry responses on social media about the government’s credibility. “President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected a call by US to send Lankan troops to Afghanistan,”...
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    SL congratulates Kerry

    Minister of External Affairs Prof G.L.Peiris in a letter to newly appointed Secretary of State John Kerry extended his congratulations on the nomination and expressed Sri Lanka’s willingness to continue working with the US in full cooperation on matters of mutual concern. “I look forward to...
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    NAI Auto Show 2013

    North American International Auto Show 2013 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. ++ add rep if you like the post :D
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    US warns China, supports Japan

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued a veiled warning to China saying the United States opposed any challenge to Japan's rule over the disputed islands. Clinton called for a peaceful settlement on the disputed islands -- known as the Senkaku in Japanese and the Diaoyu in Chinese...
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    Aussi's burning: 46C

    The Australian city of Sydney is experiencing its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching nearly 46C. A temperature of 45.8C was recorded at Observatory Hill in the city at 14:55 local time (01:55 GMT). Some areas in the wider Sydney region were even hotter, with the town of...
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    Hasitha killed

    UPFA Member of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Hasitha Madawala shot dead near his home.
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    Google Santa in Sri Lanka

    http://www.google.com/santatracker/#/tracker/world
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    Chief Justice Wants Verdict Annulled

    Sri Lanka's chief justice on Wednesday asked an appeals court to quash a parliamentary committee report that found her guilty of unexplained wealth and misuse of power. She says the verdict was illegal, she was not given a fair hearing and the committee itself was unconstitutional. Lawyers for...
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    Lawyers to launch island wide protests

    Lawyers in Sri Lanka are to commence an island wide protest campaign from the 11th against the issues faced by the country's judiciary. The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) says protests would be carried out by the regional lawyers' associations affiliated to the BASL. Further action on...
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    Switzerland

    Switzerland Switzerland is a country situated in western Europe, where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau...
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    UNP seeks Commonwealth probe of Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka's main opposition party asked the Commonwealth Sunday to investigate the impeachment of the country's chief justice in what it called a breach of the bloc's democratic values. Opposition spokesman and former foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera urged the group's secretary general...
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    Sri Lanka votes for Palestine

    Sri Lanka votes yes at the UN General Assembly to grant the Palestinians non-member observer state status. The assembly voted 138-9 in favour, with 41 nations abstaining.
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    US voices concern over Jaffna, freedom of expression

    The US on Thursday asked Sri Lanka to respect peaceful demonstrations in the country as it voiced concern over violence at a University campus in Jaffna where security forces had launched a search operation. A statement from the US embassy here said it was greatly concerned by reports of...

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