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    JVP: fraud behind the sale of substandard fuel

    Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has alleged of a fraud committed by the Petroleum Ministry through the purchase of an emergency consignment of 20,00 0 metric tons of fuel. JVP parliamentary group leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake told a press conference that the...
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    Sri Lanka says India broke promises

    Sri Lanka's sports minister said Friday his country had organised its inaugural cricket premier league on the understanding that Indian players, who have since been banned from playing, would take part. Mahindananda Aluthgamage said he had written to his Indian counterpart seeking...
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    Army warns military groups

    The Commander of Sri Lanka Army Eastern Command Major General Boniface Perera warned the armed groups in the Eastern Province to suffer unless they surrender their weapons. Addressing a meeting held in Batticaloa today, the senior military officer said that military had identified the...
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    CEB warns of possible power cuts

    Sri Lanka power authority, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) says that the production of electricity has dropped by two gigawatts within the last two days. A drop in the water levels of the reservoirs due to lack of rain in the catchment areas for the past few days has caused the drop in...
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    World War 2: Invasion of Poland / Winter War

    World War 2: Before the War World War 2: Invasion of Poland / Winter War ++ add rep if you like the post :D View of an undamaged Polish city from the cockpit of a German medium bomber aircraft, likely a Heinkel He 111 P, in 1939. In 1939, the Polish army still maintained many cavalry...
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    Ranil meeting Ban Ki-Moon, US officials

    Sri Lanka's opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe is meeting UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon in New York on the 5th of July. Mr. Wickremasinghe is visiting the United States for meetings with U.S. officials. UN warns Sri Lanka of action US warns Sri Lanka
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    UN warns Sri Lanka of action

    The UN's human rights chief Thursday warned Sri Lanka not to take too long in probing war crimes allegations, saying failure to carry out a credible inquiry could lead to international action. "There is now a high level of expectations expressed by member states that Sri Lanka should seriously...
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    Dayasiri: Channel 4 stance by government changed

    Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has asked why the government has changed its stance on the controversial video telecast on Britain's Channel 4. UNP Kurunegala District parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara asked as to why the government has decided to probe the...
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    President slammed by TN congress

    The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu today described as a "big lie" Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's denial that India had pressured Colombo to offer a political solution to the ethnic community in the island nation. TNCC (Tamil Nadu Congress Committee) president K V Thangkabalu...
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    JVP: military rule in northern province

    Sri Lanka Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today charged that the government had set up military rule in the Northern Province. Addressing a press briefing in Colombo today, JVP parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that the people of Northern Province had to take...
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    Indian fishermen released in Sri Lanka

    The 23 Indian fishermen who were arrested in Sri Lanka last week, were released from judicial custody today and are expected to return home tomorrow, officials said. The detained fishermen, along with their five boats that were seized, would be handed over by the Lankan Navy to Indian...
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    Manmohan: Grievances of Tamils in Sri Lanka legitimate

    Terming the grievances of Tamils in Sri Lanka as legitimate, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said India’s efforts was to persuade the Sri Lankan government to ensure that all are treated as equal citizens as what is happening there has a domestic dimension. During an...
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    Channel 4: OfCom Investigating

    Ofcom spokesman says its investigating Channel 4's documentary on Sri Lanka following more than 100 complaints that it was misrepresentative and misleading. UK media watchdog Ofcom has received 118 complaints about documentary. Earlier Ofcom rejected complaints made by the Sri Lankan...
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    Hora Italy jobs: Couple held in multi-million rupee scam

    An apparel operator and his wife were picked up by police a short while ago in connection with an alleged job scam fraud where some 80 plus persons were cheated of an estimated 125 million. According to police the couple was arrested at a location in the southern town of Matara while they were...
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    Lightning kills 18 kids at primary school

    A LIGHTNING strike at a primary school in western Uganda has killed 18 students and injured 50. Lightning hit Runyanya primary school in Kiryandongo district, about 225km northwest of Kampala, killing 15 girls and three boys yesterday, police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba said. "The injured...
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    ICC to investigate World Cup ticket sales

    • Tickets allegedly ended up on the black market • World Cup was played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh The International Cricket Council has promised a full investigation into how thousands of World Cup tickets allegedly ended up on the black market or in the hands of VIPs, police or...
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    Facebook Mark's House

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    Eight month old child sold for Rs. 5,000

    The Matale police arrested a couple who sold their eight-month-old daughter for Rs 5,000 with the help of an agent, on Tuesday. The agent was also arrested and the van that was used by them was taken into custody. Police are investigating the case and the parents have been remanded till July...
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    UNP petitions SL HRC over police attack on FTZ protestors

    The United National Party (UNP) this morning handed over a petition to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) seeking its intervention to look into violations of the rights of the workers of the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) who were subject to excessive use of force by the Police when they were engaged in a...
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    Sri Lanka Cricket : New team

    A new team headed by former Cricket Chief Upali Dharmadasa will take over Sri Lanka Cricket's interim committee from July 1, the Sunday Times reliably learns. The new team will include Kumar Weerasuriya, Sidath Wettimuny, Nimal Perera and Prakash Schafter. The change comes amidst criticism...

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