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    Fireworks : Fourth of July Pictures

    US Independence Day ++ rep me if you like the pictures :D
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    Next denies Sri Lankan sourcing exit

    UK fashion retailer Next has denied reports that it will no longer source from Sri Lanka due to the country's threatened Generalised System of Preferences (GSP+) trade status. A report in the Colombo Times newspaper today (5 July) said Next had stopped sourcing garments from Sri Lanka...
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    Fuel to Iran jets refused in Europe, Dubai

    Airports in Britain, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates are refusing to provide refueling services to Iran's airlines, according to a report Monday in the Iranian news agency, ISNA. According to the report, the decision to halt cooperation with the Iranian airlines was made last week...
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    Sri Lanka trade gap widens in April amid economic recovery

    Sri Lanka's foreign trade volumes and a trade gap widened in April 2010 amid as an economic recovery with exports growing 24.2 percent and imports growing 55.8 percent, official data showed. Exports grew to 543.5 million US dollars with tea growing 61 percent to 93.7 million US dollars...
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    Police block Court scribes

    Police officers believed to be from the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) prevented journalists from entering the Court premises of the Colombo Fort magistrate this afternoon to cover the case over the Mattakuliya incident. When some of the journalists made inquiries from the police...
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    GSP+ : EU closes door

    EU closes door on trade preferences after Sri Lanka silence The European Union's executive on Monday closed the door on hopes to extend Sri Lanka's access to a preferential trading scheme, as officials said that Colombo had...
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    Sri Lanka's Odel IPO oversubscribed

    Sri Lanka's Odel Unlimited department store said its 250 million rupee initial public offering has been oversubscribed and would close today. The firm is selling 16.7 million shares at 15 rupees. Odel said 150 million rupees would be used for expansion and 100 million rupees to retire...
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    France welcomes UN Sri Lanka panel

    France welcomes the official announcement by the United Nations Secretary-General of the establishment of a panel of experts tasked with investigating the allegations of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed in Sri Lanka. As soon as the conflict ended...
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    Petrol Diesel - Fuel Price Hike Imminent

    A fuel price hike is imminent by both LOIC and CPC due to the losses in the first half of this year. LIOC says a liter of petrol now retailed at Rs.115 has to be increased by at least by Rs.15 and diesel which is sold at Rs.73/- per liter has to be hiked by Rs.10 in order for them to...
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    Fonseka : Conventions not violated

    Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader retired General Sarath Fonseka who led the military in eliminating the LTTE said today the war was carried out with due respect to international conventions and covenants. General Fonseka also said as the then Army Commander he was prepared to clear...
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    Tension in Kiribathgoda

    A tense situation arose in Kiribathgoda last night after a relative of a youth who was taken custody, died while on his way to the police station. Police claim the man who was on his way to visit the youth in custody died of a heart-attack. The relative of the youth who had been arrested for...
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    Miss Sri Lanka 2010

    Ishanka Madurasinghe was declared Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Universe 2010 during the Miss Sri Lanka finals held in Colombo a short while ago. Ishanka was among 12 contestants who were selected for the finals held late this evening. The 23 year old Kelaniya University student is pursuing a...
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    Pictures Of the Day July 4 2010

    ++ rep me if you like the pictures :D > Pictures Of the Day July 3 2010 > Pictures Of the Day July 2 2010 > Pictures Of the Day July 1 2010 > Pictures Of the Day June 30 2010 > Pictures Of the Day June 29 2010 > Pictures Of the Day June 28 2010 France
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    Police IGP transfers M'kuliya cops

    Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mahinda Balasuriya has transferred the OIC of the Mattakuliya police station and his police officers pending an inquiry over the tense situation which arose in Mattakuliya since yesterday. A statement from the Police Headquarters said that the Colombo North...
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    Police: Mutuwal tense again

    A tense situation continued to prevail in the Mutuwal area today after 20 suspects were taken into custody over the clash with the police last night with residents claiming that the police had now resorted to taking revenge. A mob surrounded the Mutuwal police station last night to vent...
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    Mysterious bird deaths

    Over 350 birds which nest in an island in the Senanayake Samudraya at Inginiyagala had died of unknown reasons within the past 3 days. Investigations are underway to identify the cause of the sudden death of the birds including cranes and several other species Dailymirror
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    Miss-Chief at Lanka's UN mission

    At a time when the Sri Lanka Mission to the United Nations should be gearing itself to battle Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his panel of experts who are threatening to probe war crimes, the office is in turmoil with sniping, backstabbing and charges of sexual harassment...
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    Bandula recalled from UN

    Sri Lanka’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York Bandula Jayasekara has been recalled to Colombo just a few months after he was appointed to the post, External Affairs Ministry sources told Daily Mirror online. External Affairs Ministry sources added that Jayasekera, a...
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    Wimal stands by comment

    Government Minister Wimal Weerawansa says he stands by the comment he made last week regarding the United Nation's office in Colombo, saying he made the comment as the National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and not in his capacity as a Government Minister. When asked by Daily Mirror...

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