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Russia’s new president urged parliament Monday to scrap a bill widely seen as restrictive to the media.In a letter to the lower house of Parliament, the text of which was released by the Kremlin, President Dmitry Medvedev criticized the proposed...
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It was 25 years ago this week that a minor insurgency in Sri Lanka began to turn into a full-scale civil war.
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The army is advancing in the north
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Sri Lankan forces battled rebel gunmen deep inside the nation’s northern jungles Thursday, killing 25 guerrilla fighters and seizing new territory, the military...
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Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground. (Watch)
Unravelling the mystery of new spin sensation Ajantha Mendis will be the biggest challenge for India’s...
made popular Jul 24 2008
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Sri Lankan rebels said Monday that a new round of peace talks on ending the country’s 25-year-old civil war is impossible as long as the government presses ahead...
made popular Jul 21 2008
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Sri Lankan rebels said Monday that a new round of peace talks on ending the country’s 25-year-old civil war is impossible as long as the government presses ahead...
made popular Jul 21 2008
AP, Colombo
Sri Lankan government forces captured a Tamil Tiger rebel base in the north Sunday after a 48-hour battle that left at least 15 rebels dead, while air force jets...
made popular Jul 20 2008
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Fighting between government troops and separatist Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka’s embattled northern region has killed 16 rebels and a soldier, the military said...
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Sri Lankan government forces killed 19 Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh fighting along the front lines of the island nation’s civil war, the military said Saturday.
made popular Jul 19 2008
ndia start a three-test series in Sri Lanka on Wednesday which will answer a few questions on how different will be their approach in the island where they only have a...
made popular Jul 19 2008
AP, Colombo
Angry protesters halted trains and clashed with policemen in Sri Lanka’s capital Friday as authorities began demolishing their homes, saying they were...
made popular Jul 18 2008
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A wave of battles along the front lines of the civil war in northern Sri Lanka killed 20 ethnic Tamil rebels and five soldiers, the military said Friday.
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Sri Lanka’s military says a new wave of fighting in the north has killed 22 ethnic Tamil Tiger rebels and five soldiers.
made popular Jul 18 2008
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Sri Lankan air force jets bombed a group of ethnic Tamil rebels Thursday, a day after new fighting in the north killed 27 people, the military said.
made popular Jul 17 2008
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Sri Lankan soldiers captured a key naval base used by the Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern part of the country, the military said Wednesday, a day after fighting in...
made popular Jul 16 2008
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Sri Lankan soldiers captured a key naval base used by the Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern part of the country Wednesday, a day after forces killed 51 rebels in...
made popular Jul 16 2008
Eviction orders issued by the Defence Ministry on 1500 families in 800 homes of Glany Passage in Slave Island, the heart of Colombo city, has sent shock waves among the...
made popular Jul 16 2008
July 13, Colombo: Twenty baby anacondas were born at the Dehiwela Zoological Garden in Sri Lanka on Friday, reporting the first such case from Sri Lanka, an official...
made popular Jul 14 2008
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New fighting in Sri Lanka’s civil war killed 31 Tamil Tiger rebels and two government soldiers, the military said Sunday.
made popular Jul 13 2008
AP, Colombo
New fighting in Sri Lanka’s civil war killed 31 Tamil Tiger rebels and two government soldiers, the military said Sunday.
made popular Jul 13 2008
AP, Colombo
Scattered fighting across Sri Lanka’s embattled north and an attack on a passenger bus in the south killed 17 Tamil Tiger rebels and four civilians, the military...
made popular Jul 12 2008
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SRI LANKA-Two local journalists working for foreign media were detained at the Valachchenai military check point and sent back to Colombo saying that they need special...
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EVEN in his soft-spoken manner, Zambia’s sports minister Gabriel Namulambe drops some bombshells.
But this time around, I think he has dropped a blunder-shell, if at...
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