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    UN war crimes panel chief 'criticises S.Lanka ban'

    The head of a UN panel probing alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka's civil war has criticised a decision by Colombo to block him and colleagues from entering the country, a report said Friday. Marzuki Darusman, a former Indonesian attorney general, was named Tuesday to lead a team advising...
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    Lanka for dialogue with gays

    The Sri Lankan government says it is open for dialogue with Sri Lanka’s gay community, who had this week urged equal rights, but will not take any decision which could hurt the culture of the country. Prime Minister D.M Jayaratna, when contacted by Daily Mirror online, over the...
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    Russia slams UN panel

    The Russian government has criticized UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s decision to appointment a panel of experts on Sri Lanka saying it should have been done in consultation with the Security Council or the General Assembly as well as Sri Lanka. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that...
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    Picture Of The Day June 24 2010

    Looking for the bomb, Afghanistan
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    E3 2010 Game Expo Pictures

    ++ rep me if you like the pictures :D E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) 2010 Game Expo Pictures
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    Lanka to block visits by UN probing war crimes

    Sri Lanka will ban visits by the three-member United Nations panel investigating alleged human rights abuses in the final months of the island's civil war, a senior minister said Thursday.Troops finally wiped out the separatist Tamil Tiger guerrillas in May last year after decades of ethnic...
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    No GSP : Sri Lanka rejects EU's rights conditions

    Sri Lanka has rejected the European Union's conditions — including human rights improvements — for renewing special trade benefits for the island nation, the foreign minister said Thursday. External Affairs Minister Gamini Peiris said the government would not agree to the 15...
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    Horu : Norochcholai power plant

    The Puttalam police arrested nine suspects including three employees of the Norochcholai thermal power plant while attempting to transport two million rupees worth of 60m-70m long copper wire roles stolen from the power plant. Three of the nine suspects were workers at the plant...
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    Iraj detained in Chennai

    Popular Sri Lankan singer and music producer Iraj Weeraratne says he was unfairly detained at the Chennai Airport for over six hours today and later released without an apology by the Indian immigration officials. Speaking to Daily Mirror online from Chennai a short while ago Iraj said that...
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    UN sets up Sri Lanka war crimes probe

    UN chief Ban Ki-moon Tuesday set up a panel to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in the final months of the civil war in Sri Lanka, his spokesman said. Ban launched the investigation "to advise him on the issue of accountability with regards to any alleged...
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    Government buys hotel shares

    Sri Lanka's Employees Provident Fund (EPF), a pension fund of private citizens managed by the state, has bought an 11 percent stake in Ceylon Hotels Corporation which lost 35 million rupees last year, for 700 million rupees. A stock exchange filing said Galle Face Hotel, its controlling...
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    Muslim Aussi Selected for Cricket Team

    batsman Usman Khawaja has taken a significant step towards being Australia's first Muslim Test cricketer, being named in a squad for two Tests against Pakistan in England. The prolific left-handed batsman, 23, will be Australia's reserve batsman in a 14-man squad for the Tests next...
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    Sri Lanka Odel annual profits Rs142mn

    Sri Lankan retailer Odel said it made 141.8 million rupees in net profits last year, as sales recovered and margins improved, with money from a share issue to be used to retire debt and expand. The retail chain's profits for the financial year ending March 2010...
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    New Tax for flour

    government has introduced a duty of Rs 10 per kilogram of wheat grain imported into the country with immediate effect. this is why the pan piti prices are going up sudda ge kuman trana yak nisa newei :lol:
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    තිරිගු පිටි මිලත් අද සිට ඉහලට - Good idea ? Bad Idea ?

    තිරිගු පිටි මිලත් අද සිට ඉහලට - Good idea ? Bad Idea ? තිරඟු පිටි මිල අද මධ්‍යම රාත්‍රියේ සිට ඉහළ යන බව ප්‍රීමා සමාගම බේකරි හිමියන් වෙත දැනුම්දී ඇති බව වාර්තාවේ. සමස්ත ලංකා බේකරි හිමියන්ගේ සංගමය පවසන්නේ තිරිඟු පිටි කිලෝ ග්‍රෑමයක මිල රුපියල් 10.50 කින් ඉහළ නැංවීමට කටයුතු කරන බව ප්‍රිමා...
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    Mahinda holds urgent meeting

    External Affairs Minister G.L Peiris, speaking to reporters a short while ago, said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called him to attend an urgent meeting this evening but did not elaborate on what the meeting was about. The Minister who was attending the launch of a website said...
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    GSP : EU puts conditions for GSP

    The European Union (EU) says it has informed the Government of Sri Lanka of its readiness to propose to the Council of the European Union to maintain GSP plus preferences for Sri Lanka for a limited additional period if some conditions are met and a written commitment is given. The...
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    Prima raises flour prices

    Prima has raised its flour prices by Rs.10.50 a kilo due to the government withdrawing the tax concessions. Subsequently a kilo of Prima flour has been raised from Rs.63 to Rs.73.50. dailymirror
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    LTTE: US Supreme Court upholds ban on support to terrorist groups

    The highest US court on Monday upheld a ban on humanitarian aid or advice to groups that are deemed terrorist organizations by the US government. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court said a federal ban on providing "material support" to US-designated terrorist groups, including advice or money...
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    Wildfire Pictures June 2010

    Two raging wildfires have threatened the Arizona city of Flagstaff and forced homes to be evacuated. Hundreds of firefighters have been battling the blazes, the larger of which has burned more than 3,000 acres. BBC ++ rep me if you like the pictures :D

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