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    SL threatens US

    Sri Lanka threatens to join international allies against the United States if it tries to force the country to extremes, a minister said on Monday. Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka said Sri Lanka would have to join the enemies of the United States if it continues to...
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    SL slaps censorship on text messages

    Sri Lanka has imposed censorship on security-related mobile phone messages despite the withdrawal last year of tough emergency laws following the end of its separatist war with Tamil rebels. The defence ministry's Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) in a directive to media...
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    UN mystery visit to Colombo ?

    Mystery surrounds the sudden arrival of four officials from the United Nations Human Rights section which has not been intimated to the Foreign Office in Colombo, authoritative sources disclosed. The four officials of the UN hailing from Australia, Afghanistan, and Nepal are now occupying...
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    Navy deny attack on Indian fisherman, Gov investigating

    16 Tamil Nadu fishermen were injured in an alleged mid-sea attack by Sri Lankan naval personnel, prompting India to take up the issue with Colombo, which said it is investigating the incident. The 16 fishermen from Rameswaram were attacked yesterday while they fishing near the International...
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    SL dismisses US move over alleged rights abuses

    Sri Lanka today dismissed as unfounded and unfair a US move at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to censure Colombo over alleged crimes against humanity during the final stages of the ethnic conflict. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the powerful Defence Secretary, said the accusations of human rights...
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    CH 4 - SL rejects new movie

    Did the Sri Lankan Army kill LTTE chief V. Prabakaran's son, Balachandran, in cold blood on May 18, 2009, around the same time that Sri Lanka won the last Eelam War? This is the main question raised in a new Channel 4 video, to be aired on Wednesday. Asked about the new video, and...
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    US statement on the SL resolution at the UNHRC

    Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to the UNHRC Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe Yesterday, after consultation with partners including those who will join us as co-sponsors, we tabled a draft resolution on Sri Lanka for consideration by the Human Rights Council (HRC) at its 19th Session. We have taken...
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    TNA: US resolution not against the country

    Sri Lanka's major Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says the resolution presented by the United States on Sri Lanka to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva only seeks the implementation of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)...
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    SL to resist US war crimes resolution

    Sri Lanka on Thursday dismissed as "ill-timed and ill-conceived" a US move at the UN Human Rights Council to censure Colombo over alleged crimes against humanity in the final phase of its separatist war. Water Supply Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said Sri Lanka was confident of defeating the...
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    US & Gov working together : JVP

    There is no difference between the United States backed proposal on Sri Lanka at the UNHRC and what the Sri Lankan government has pledged, the JVP accused today. JVP MP Vijitha Herath alleged that in fact the Government and US delegations at Geneva are working hand-in-hand. Herath added...
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    India/SL: Krishna speaks

    The Centre today assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa that it will take into account her opinion on unannounced visits by Sri Lankan VIPs to the state, saying it will take the matter "seriously". "We are a federal state, we have the greatest respect for states. Whatever is the...
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    SL rejects US resolution

    Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Tamara Kunanayakam says Sri Lanka rejects the US backed resolution on Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). “We are continuing to fight, we have friends around us and we are convinced of the correctness of our...
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    US submits resolution on SL

    The United States has submitted a resolution on Sri Lanka to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today. The government says they will defeat the US backed resolution.
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    SL will fight to the last minute : SL Amb. to UNHRC

    Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative/Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Tamara Kunanayakam says “we should not underestimate or overestimate our capacity....the battle will have to be fought to the very last minute”. “I’m reasonably optimistic about the outcome, we must remain vigilant...
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    SA: ready to help SL

    South Africa and Sri Lanka discuss Peace and Sustainable Political Settlement in Sri Lanka The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, hosted her counterpart from Sri Lanka, Professor Gamini Lakshman Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, for...
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    Geneva Motor Show 2012

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    No more milk powder : Importers

    Milk powder importing companies say they will not order new stocks. They say they cannot continue to make losses selling milk powder. The importers demands a price increase to start imports again. Maliban says the current stock will run out before the end of this month.
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    UNHRC SL resolution draft

    Here is the UNHRC resolution by the US, courtesy of the foreign policy magazine. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Draft Resolution: Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka (3/6/12) Guided by the Charter of the...
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    Tax on potatoes increased by 50%

    The import duty on potatoes has been increased by 50% to Rs.30 per Kilogram according to the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.
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    UK tells SL to move quickly

    Britain has urged the Sri Lanka government to move quickly on implementing the recommendations of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). In a written statement to the British House of Commons, British Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said that Britain sees a...

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