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    Report: North Korea May Have Aided Hezbollah and Tamil Tigers

    A report prepared for U.S. lawmakers says North Korea may have provided arms and training to terrorist organizations in Lebanon and Sri Lanka. The Congressional Research Service report, obtained by the Reuters and Yonhap news agencies Wednesday, casts doubt on what it says is the long-standing...
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    Sri Lanka President at Britannia Royal Naval College

    Dec. 14, Dartmouth-UK: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the chief guest of British Royal Naval Collage passing out ceremony of 2007 at Dartmouth, England yesterday. President took the salute with Commodore Martin Alabaster of Royal Navy. President watched his own son Yoshitha Rajapaksa...
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    Investor confidence on SL, $120mil Tourist Resort at Kalpitiya

    The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka signed Agreements for 9 new projects on 13th December 2007. Mr. Dhammika Perera, Chairman/ Director General, signed the Agreement on behalf of the BOI and formally presented the investors with the BOI Certificates of Registrations. The 9 agreements signed by...
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    Gov won the budget, time to kick UNP ass*s

    govt won the budget confirmed just heard on TV supporting 114 against 67 ____________
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    Sri Lanka is to become next hub for NEXT clothing giant

    Top fashion tycoon eyes hub status for leading brand Per Una in Sri Lanka in partnership with renowned local manufacturer Naqeah Enterprises. George Davis the creator of Next of the UK who was on a brief visit to Colombo speaking with the Daily Financial Times observed that it was the “can do”...
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    JVP indicates willingness to change its stand on Budget

    In the aftermath of the SLMC crossover to the Opposition yesterday, the 36-member strong JVP announced that it might change its present stand on the government budget, should the situation demand that. `We don`t think there is still any need for changing our position, but after taking into...
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    Catchy facts behind Hakeem cross over

    Dec 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka government's Chief Whip, Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle says that the government is still stable and it is also going to win the budget on this Friday despite the crossover of four SLMC MPs. Minister Fernandopulle made these comments speaking to the government...
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    MR secured $400 million for LNG power project

    President Mahinda Rajapaksa ended his four-day official visit to Japan on a high note, securing both financial assistance and technical expertise worth nearly Yen 2,000 million. The most notable happening on the final day of his visit yesterday was a significant agreement with the Japan Bank...
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    Disgrace Hakeem quits government

    Speculation rife that more would join opposition today The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has decided to quit the government, putting Friday’s crucial budget vote in further balance. SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem told The Bottom Line that the decision was taken to preserve dignity and to respect...
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    MR bags $17million from Japan

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said on Monday Tokyo would continue to offer economic assistance to Sri Lanka despite the suspension of some U.S. and British aid this year over human rights abuses in the continuing civil war. Fukuda was speaking to reporters alongside...
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    Czech Republic offers to provide anti aircraft missiles to Sri Lanka

    Czech republic has offered to provide anti aircraft missiles for SLAF while LTTE's de facto air force continued to pose a threat to Sri Lanka. Czech offer includes supply of state-of-the art AA missiles, training and even personnel to man the launchers if required. Whether the GOSL will accept...
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    SL Courts go high-tech

    Legal education in English at the Sri Lanka Law College will be commenced from January 8, 2008, said Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva PC at the inauguration ceremony of the new computer technology system including Internet facilities held at the Colombo District Court premises on Friday. A new...
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    Gov plans to to hand over SriLankan back to Emirates

    COLOMBO: The Government is planning to hand over SriLankan airlines back to its Emirates management after a piecemeal adjustment of the agreement, despite wide ranging allegations that the agreement is not in favour of the government which still holds 60 percent ownership of the national...
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    SriLankan CEO predicts US$ 15 m profit

    He calls himself an “aviation man”. Yet the “60-something” Peter Hill co-owned and ran a pub, The Constitution, for two years in Camden Town, UK. In 1996, after 11 years with the Emirates as its commercial manager-he was one of the airline’s founding members-he felt burnt out and went home to...
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    LMD's Sri Lankan of Year - Highlights

    Wijeyedasa Rajapakshe was named LMD's Sri Lankan of the Year at its awards ceremony on Sunday (December 2). Rajapakshe as COPE chairman has exposed alleged corruption at high places. Other award winners were: Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) as LMD's Leading Listed Company, John Keells Holdings (JKH)...
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    Islandwide blackout owing to technical fault

    The Ceylon Electricity Board says a technical fault at the Kelanitissa power plant is the cause for the islandwide blackout since early this morning.
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    Sri Lanka assembles the new Micro Kyron

    Sri Lanka has begun in-country assembly of the new Micro Kyron car. The first ten customers received their keys from President Mahinda Rajapaksa this evening at Temple Tree
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    Mobitel becomes first in the region to deploy HSPA via the M3 Super 3.5G Service

    Mobitel Lanka has invested US$ 200 million to introduce the latest version of 3 G technology to Sri Lanka offering the ‘fastest’ mobile internet access. This is the first and only 3G HSPA network in South Asia. INVESTMENT: CEO Mobitel, Surein J. Amerasekere with Chairman Sri Lanka Telecom...
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    Two Airbus A380's for Sri Lankan

    By Mayuresh Pawar | Mumbai SriLankan Airlines, which has been witnessing growth in load factors and route network post entering into a management contract with Emirates and going in for re-branding, has decided to renew the 10-year management contract that is due for expiry in March, 2008...
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    SriLankan Airlines scores a century in India - must see

    SriLankan Airlines scores a century in Bollywood Mahima, Tanushree and Shweta salve at Srilankan Airlines bash vogXX-RozeY SriLankan Airlines scores a century in India Peter Hill, CEO of SriLankan, said: “The launch of our 100th weekly flight to India will be a historic occasion for the...

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