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    Japan, US skip terrorism seminar

    Sri Lanka is to hold an international seminar starting Tuesday to share lessons on its bloody defeat of Tamil rebels, but major nations have declined to send delegations amid war crime allegations. The island's government said the massive military offensive that finally defeated the Tamil...
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    India invites Ranil for talks

    Two weeks after Sri Lanka’s External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris visited that country, India had invited Leader of the main Opposition United National Party (UNP) Ranil Wickremesinghe for talks on the situation that had arisen in the wake of the release of the United Nations Experts’ Panel...
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    TATA Nano in SL

    India's Tata Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, began its first export sales Sunday by entering the Sri Lankan market -- but with a price tag nearly three times what it is at home. The cheapest no-frills Nano costs 925,000 rupees ($8,486) in Sri Lanka, compared to about $3,000 for a...
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    Tharanga fails dope test

    Sri Lankan left-hand batsman Upul Tharanga failed a random doping test during the Cricket World Cup, a Colombo newspaper said on Sunday, though the ICC declined to confirm the report. Tharanga has already retained a lawyer to defend himself at an upcoming International Cricket Council...
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    10000 Mbps internet (10 Gbps)

    Australia's National Broadband Network could receive peak speeds of up to 10 Gbps within five years through upgrades to the gigabit passive optical network (GPON) network, according to NBN Co. Gary McLaren, chief technology officer at the government-owned network builder said that new wave...
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    ODEL’s post-tax profit up

    ODEL PLC, Sri Lanka’s only public quoted fashion retailer while reporting increasing post-tax profits of Rs 208.9 million in 2010-11, this week said it planned a final dividend of Rs 0.25 per share for the year, taking the total dividend payout for the eight months since it was listed, to Rs...
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    Floods: 8 killed

    Floods and earth slips caused by heavy rains in several parts of Sri Lanka have affected over 16,000 people and claimed 8 lives, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) reported. According to the latest figures released by the DMC, 16,956 in 4,609 families in Kegalle, Galle, Kalutara, Colombo...
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    Earthquake 6.2 Sumatra

    Earthquake 6.2 Sumatra
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    NATO General injured, Afghan General Killed

    A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up during a meeting at a provincial governor's compound Saturday in northern Afghanistan, killing NATO troops and four Afghans, officials said. NATO Maj. General Markus Kneip (German Army) is also injured. He is the ISAF North...
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    Our Solar System

    Our Solar System ++ add rep if you like the post :D NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite captures an image of the Earth's moon crossing in front of the Sun. When a rather large-sized (M 3.6 class) flare occurred near the edge of the Sun, it blew out a gorgeous, waving mass...
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    NASA Endeavour's final voyage

    NASA Endeavour's final voyage ++ add rep if you like the post :D
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    Sri Lanka Visa

    The online Visa new system is to be implemented within 80 days, WA Chulananda Perera, Immigration and Emigration Controller General told the Hindustan Times. Besides Indian tourists, visitors from 78 other countries will be impacted by the decision. “Only tourists from Singapore and...
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    101 billion for state losers

    The Treasury had granted a whopping Rs. 101 billion in terms of loans, grants and subsidies for 25 loss making government ventures last year, a report said. According to a report released to Parliament, the Ceylon Electricity Board had received the highest financial assistance of Rs. 25...
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    Kim Kardashian Is Engaged

    People magazine reported Wednesday that reality star Kim Kardashian is engaged to her boyfriend of six months, New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries. Kim Kardashian told People that she was in "shock" when she entered her Beverly Hills, Calif., home last week to discover Humphries on...
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    SLT 20 MBPS coming

    According to a new report by Fitch SLT will offer speeds up to 20 MBPS (20 Megabits per second) by the end of 2013.
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    Sri Lanka broadband use weak

    Sri Lanka's broadband use is lagging the region due to low penetration of personal computers and expensive mobile handsets, though the sector has now started to grow especially in the wireline segment, a sector study said. Sri Lanka's broadband penetration was...
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    Obama in UK

    OBAMA in UK ++ add rep if you like the post :D
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    Attacked: President's Cutout

    The police a short while ago fired tear gas to disperse garment workers who had been protesting throughout the day at Katunayake against the Government’s proposed private pension scheme, a trade unionist said. Anton Marcus with the Free Trade Zone Workers Union (FTZWU) said that the...
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    Windows Mango

    OP30F3ZxTmw Windows phone 7 latest Mango (Windows phone 7.5)
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    Protestors tear-gassed at Katunayake

    The police a short while ago fired tear gas to disperse garment workers who had been protesting throughout the day at Katunayake against the Government’s proposed private pension scheme, a trade unionist said. Anton Marcus with the Free Trade Zone Workers Union (FTZWU) said that the...

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