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    Oldest Man Ever Reportedly Scales Everest

    A mountaineering company claimed that a 70-year-old Japanese man on one of its expeditions Wednesday became the oldest person to scale Mount Everest, edging the record-holder by three days. A spokesman for Guinness World Records in London said it couldn't immediately confirm the feat...
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    Pension allocations to top Rs. 49 billion

    The Department of Pensions expects that total amount in pension payments will exceed Rs. 49 billion this year. However the Department is still in the process of estimating the total funds needed for this year. After estimating the total funds, the Department will submit their estimate to the...
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    Sri Lanka pin their hopes on Susanthika

    Sydney Olympic Games bronze medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe will be the cynosure of all eyes when the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix Series athletic meet gets under way at the National Stadium in Bangkok on Thursday. The 30-year-old sprinter is making a comeback into the international scene...
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    Malay language contest

    The Conference of Sri Lankan Malays (COSLAM) will mark Malay Language Day as an annual event. The competitions will be held on July 15 and 16. COSLAM will conduct competitions in essay writing and oratory where persons of different age groups could compete. Depending on the standard of Bahasa...
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    WELL DONE, BRITISH AIRWAYS!

    This scene took place on a BA flight between Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England. A white woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man. Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air hostess. "You obviously do not see it then?" she responded. "You placed me...
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    BBC 'biased': protest in London

    A petition blaming the BBC for hampering Sri Lanka’s attempts to “eradicate terrorism” has been handed over to the BBC officials. Nicki Clarke, Executive Editor of the Asia Pacific Region and Priyath Liyanage, Head of Sinhala Service of the BBC World Service were handed over the petition on...
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    Actor Depp tops autograph survey

    Actor Johnny Depp is Hollywood's best autograph signer and Cameron Diaz the worst, according to a magazine survey. Depp tops Autograph Collector's 14th annual survey of celebrity signers. George Clooney is second. "Many stars become bad signers once fame and fortune hits, but not Depp," said...
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    Jayawardena strikes again

    Captain Mahela Jayawardene's century made sure England would have to bat again and raised Sri Lanka's hopes of saving the first Test at Lord's. Jayawardene became the first Sri Lankan to hit 1,000 runs against England and the first to score two centuries at Lord's, following his 107 at HQ four...
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    How LTTE builds a suicide bomber

    With the Tamil Tigers launching another deadly attack, a TIME correspondent gives an inside look at what one diplomat calls "the most successful terrorist organization in the world". ATTENTION: In spite of how relatively obscure their rebel cause is on the world stage, the attacks by Sri...
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    Comets in the morning sky

    The Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies has announced that two fragments of the disintegrating comet are visible by binoculars and small scopes at about the 6th or 7th magnitude. A third is in reach of larger amateur scopes - and about 65 much fainter pieces have been detected...
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    Giant car reaches end of the road

    The American car manufacturer General Motors is to cease production of one of the largest and most eye-catching cars in the world - the Hummer H1. The car, which does a petrol-guzzling 10 miles to the gallon (4.5km to the litre), was based on the military vehicle the Humvee. It became a...
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    Agency rejects '.xxx' domain name

    Faced with opposition from conservative groups and some pornography Web sites, the Internet's key oversight agency voted Wednesday to reject a proposal to create a red-light district on the Internet. The decision from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers reverses its...
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    Gatlin breaks world 100m record

    World and Olympic champion Justin Gatlin became the new 100m world record holder at the IAAF Super Tour meeting in Doha on Friday. The 24-year-old American clocked 9.76 seconds to break Asafa Powell's mark by one-hundredth of a second. 100m RECORD SINCE 1990 9.76: J Gatlin (US), 12/05/06...
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    The Buddha: The greatest humanist among world's religious teachers

    The year 2006 marks the 2550th anniversary of the Buddha-Jayanthi or Birth of Gotama the Buddha. In the history of the religions of the world, Gotama the Buddha, a religious teacher, did not make any claim to the fact that he is an incarnate, or a messenger or a descendent of any divine being...
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    Katunayake expressway at last

    The long delayed construction of Sri Lanka's first toll highway, the US $ 292 million Katunayake-Colombo expressway will be inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 22. The expressway which is to minimise travel time from Bandaranaike International Airport to the Colombo city from 90...
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    2550 Buddha Jayanthi year named

    The year from today to Wesak Day next year was named as 2550th Sri Sambuddhi Jayanthi Year by President Mahinda Rajapakse yesterday (11th). The Wesak Full Moon Day today is an important day for all Buddhists in the whole world. Many religious ceremonies have been organized throughout the country
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    U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world

    An estimated 2 million babies die within their first 24 hours each year worldwide and the United States has the second worst newborn mortality rate in the developed world, according to a new report. American babies are three times more likely to die in their first month as children born in...
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    Ashlee Simpson: I'm waiting for marriage

    Singer Ashlee Simpson says she wants to wait to get married -- unlike her big sister Jessica. The 21-year-old revealed in an interview with Teen People in its June/July edition that she has watched her newly single sister "go through a really hard time" and that tying the knot "is definitely...
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    Britney Spears: Another baby on the way

    Pop star spears has announced that she's pregnant again without indication of the date due. Spears, 24, and her husband, Kevin Federline, have a son, Sean, who was born last September. Federline has two children with an ex-girlfriend, actress Shar Jackson.
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    Women 'sense qualities in a man'

    Women are fine tuned subconsciously to detect the qualities they are looking for in a man - just by looking at his face, US research suggests. Women can spot subtle signs of interest in children in a man's face, and accurately assess his level of the sex hormone testosterone, it claims...

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