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    Another SL boat arrives in Australia

    Another boat with 39 Sri Lankans have landed at Christmas Island, Australia. Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Maitland intercepted the boat west of Christmas Island on Sunday night, Australian Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said. Australian media reports said the local authorities...
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    SL monitoring unregistered websites

    The Mass Media and Information Ministry of Sri Lanka says that it is currently monitoring several unregistered websites that publish gossip. Ministry Secretary W.B. Ganegala has said that while continuous requests have been made from websites to register with the Ministry, only 45...
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    Govt: Conserve power

    The Sri Lankan government has requested the public to conserve electricity as much as possible as the continuing drought in catchment areas has seriously affected hydropower generation. The hydropower generation capacity has dropped below 14 percent due to the lack of rains in the upper...
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    SriLankan gets $175 million Islamic loan

    SriLankan Airlines signed a $175 million sharia-compliant loan, a statement from one of the arranging banks said on Sunday, the first time the carrier has borrowed from the international syndicated loan market. The state-owned airline completed the four-year facility with Abu Dhabi Islamic...
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    SL opposition vows to fight

    Sri Lanka's main opposition on Sunday vowed to resist a police crackdown against its news website after the United States asked the government to stop "harassing" journalists in the island. Opposition United National Party lawmaker Mangala Samaraweera said police tried to silence their Sri...
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    Karu: SL will be cornered

    UNP Parliamentarian Karu Jayasuriya said that Sri Lanka will be cornered by right thinking members of the international community and eventually this country will be blacklisted as a place where there is no media freedom or right to information. Issuing a statement on the arrest of nine...
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    US calls on SL to stop 'harassing' media

    The United States today called on Sri Lanka stop "harassing" media organisations, a day after the police arrested nine employees of a news website. U.S. embassy Colombo statement: The United States Embassy is closely following the case of the Sri Lanka Mirror and Lankaxnews, including the...
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    US GSP to continue

    The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said it would continue trade benefits for Sri Lanka that had faced possible suspension because of labor concerns.
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    Kate Divorce Tom

    Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are calling it quits after five years of marriage. "This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family," Holmes's attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday. "Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best...
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    197 Lankans arrive in Australia by boat

    197 Sri Lankans have landed at Christmas Island, Australia. Australian authorities intercepted the boats when they illegally entered Australian waters. Australian media reports said the local authorities believe the boats are sailing directly from Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government has...
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    Police raid news websites

    Sri Lankan police raided the shared office of two news websites arresting nine people, mostly journalists. Computers and phones from the office of Sri Lanka Mirror and Sri Lanka X News were also confiscated by police, witnesses told the BBC. It is unclear on what grounds it...
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    Menon arrives in Colombo

    COLOMBO (PTI) — Issues like reconciliation with minority Tamils are expected to figure prominently in talks National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon will have with the Sri Lankan leadership during his ongoing visit here. Menon, who arrived here by a special flight just after...
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    Turkey warns Syria, adds military to the border

    Turkey has warned Syria after one of its jets was shot down by the Syrian military. Turkish prime minister Recep Erdogan said any Syrian military approaching the border will be treated as a threat to the country. Turkish government said the Turkish military is moving more units to the border...
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    Rupee hits record low on dollar demand

    The Sri Lankan rupee hit a all time low of 134.15 to the U.S. dollar on Wednesday. Currency dealers said the rupee is under pressure from importer demand.
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    Iran warns, US adds ships

    The Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan warned the country would use its all levers particularly Strait of Hormuz if its nation is endangered. Iran in the past have threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, the strategically important strait...
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    SL stops rupee trading

    The Sri Lankan rupee market came to a standstill on Tuesday as banks stopped quoting spot prices against U.S. dollar, after what dealers said was a request from the central to stop trading the ailing currency beyond the 133 level. "The whole market is distorted as central bank does not like...
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    McDonald's : World's Largest

    The world's largest McDonald's will be open to the public for the 2012 Olympic games. It will be one of the four McDonald's situated inside the Olympic Park. After the games conclude the restaurant will be dismantled and all fixtures and fittings will be either reused or recycled.
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    Turkey calls NATO meeting

    Turky has called for a NATO meeting. NATO said the meeting will take place on Tuesday. Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said today the unarmed F4 fighter jet shot down by Syrian air defence forces on Friday was in international airspace when it was hit. (File photo: Turkish F4...

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