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    Wimal Ends Protest

    Wimal ends protest after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visits him Minister Wimal Weerawansa has ended his fast unto death after President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited him outside the UN office a short while ago. President Rajapaksa had offered Weerawansa water which the Minister...
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    Mahinda visits Wimal

    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visits Wimal Weerawansa
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    Gotabaya visits Wimal

    Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited Minister Wimal Weerawansa currently in a fast unto death campaign, a short while ago.
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    US "dismayed" at treatment to UN official in Sri Lanka

    The US on Saturday said it was "deeply dismayed" at the treatment meted out to a top UN official in Sri Lanka and asked the Rajapaksa government to take appropriate measures to ensure the safety of UN personnel and premises there. "The United States is deeply dismayed by the harassment and...
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    Wimal on a saline drip

    NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa on a fast unto death campaign has been placed on a saline drip a shortwhile back, our reporter on the scene said. He said that a private hospital ambulance had arrived there and unloaded an Oxygen cylinder as well. A doctor examining him said that his condition...
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    GSP+ : EU, Lanka in GSP talks

    The Sri Lankan government had talks with heads of missions and representatives of EU Member States and the European Union in order to discuss matters relating to the future of the EU GSP+ process, the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry said today. According to the statement External...
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    Lankan couples now scared

    Young couples in Sri Lanka are now afraid to even hold hands or kiss in public after police rounded up over 300 people for “indecent behaviour”. Though holding hands is a common sight in the island nation’s public transport, parks and bus stops, no couple is seen kissing or cuddling in...
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    Wimal continues fast over UN probe

    (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena - July 9 2010) A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister continued a hunger strike for a second day Friday to demand the U.N. halt its investigation into alleged wartime abuses, despite the world body's decision to recall its top Colombo-based official and shut its...
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    UN : Diplomat corps dismayed

    The diplomatic corps in a joint statement today expressed dismay over the blocking of access to the UN compound in Colombo this week which was led by Minister Wimal Weerawansa. They also welcomed discussions to be held between them and the Minster of External Affairs Dailymirror
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    Wimal still cabinet Minister

    MP Wimal Weerawansa who had earlier handed in his resignation to President Mahinda Rajapakse continues to remain the Minister of Housing and Construction as the President had refused to accept his resignation, Presidential sources said. Dailymirror tele drama continues ..........
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    Bus Strike

    පෞද්ගලික බස් අද මධ්‍යම රාත්‍රියේ සිට වර්ජනයකට සැරසේ අවම බස් ගාස්තුව වන රුපියල් 6 රුපියල් 7 දක්වා වැඩි කිරීම ඇතුළු තවත් ඉල්ලීම් 3ක් මුල්කර ගනිමින් සමස්ත ලංකා පෞද්ගලික බස් සමාගම් සම්මේලනය අද (09) මධ්‍යම රාත්‍රියේ සිට දීපව්‍යාප්ත බස් රථ වර්ජනයක නිරත වීමට තීරණය කර ඇත. මේ පිළිබදව සාකච්ඡා කිරීම...
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    Pictures Of the Day July 8 2010

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    US says Sri Lanka should work with UN

    The United States said Thursday that it was in Sri Lanka's own interest to cooperate with the United Nations, which closed down its Colombo office after angry protests over a war crimes panel. Sri Lanka has refused to cooperate with a panel named last month by UN Secretary-General Ban...
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    UN shut down, Buhne recalled

    UN Secretary-General Ban ki-moon has decided to close down the UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo and is recalling the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Neil Buhne, to New York for consultations, a UN spokesman in New York announced a short while ago. The spokesman quoted UN...
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    Police Registering Residents

    The Police have begun registering Tamils in the Wellawatte area under the police ordinance, the police said. However, the Democratic People’s Front charged the police of registering Tamils under section 23 of the Emergency regulations. The General Secretary of the Democratic People’s Front...
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    Girl killed : 16 year old school girl

    A 16 year old O/L student had been murdered by a boy in the Morawewa village after he had an affair with the girl, police investigations revealed today. The girl identified as Dilhani of the Morawewa Sinhala Maha vidyalaya had gone missing on June 27. Investigations have revealed that the...
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    Sri Lanka Odel IPO oversubscribed by 63.8 times

    The initial public offer by Sri Lankan retailer Odel has been oversubscribed by 63 times, setting a record on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in recent times, a statement said. The Colombo Stock Exchange’s previous record for oversubscription of an IPO was by 20 times, it said. Channa...
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    Tamil Nadu rally to support Ban's panel

    Indian film director Seeman is organising a rally in the southern Indian city of Chennai on Saturday, backing the UN advisory panel on Sri Lanka. In a statement, cited by 'Malai Malar' newspaper, Seeman also criticised India's 'silence' on the three-member panel named by the UN chief...
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    Lanka seeks end to crisis

    The government says it is seeking a rapid end to the crisis resulting from the protest outside the UN office in Colombo. However External Affairs Minister G.L Peiris said that the government will not obstruct any peaceful protest. Speaking to reporters in Colombo a short while...
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    Rs. 100,000 Jobs

    Lankan workers get jobs in Israel Sri Lankans will be able to seek employment as agricultural labourers in Israel with over US dollars 1000 as wages a month according to a decision arrived at a meeting between Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and an Israel official yesterday...

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