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1 hr ago | Colombo Page

Sri Lankan government considering a fuel price hike

Feb 11, Colombo: Petroleum Minister of Sri Lanka Susil Premajayantha says the government is considering increasing local fuel prices in line with the rapidly increasing global oil prices.

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6 hrs ago | TamilNet Newswire

Sri Lanka: Tamil trader abducted in Colombo

The victim, Mr. Prabakaran, who is a successful trader, has been earlier detained by the Sri Lankan police for 28 months without any inquiries and was released later by the courts three years ago, the sources further said.

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7 hrs ago | Gulf Times

Sri Lankans mark 64th I-Day with spectacular dance show

Sri Lankans turned out in large numbers at the Doha Cinema on Friday to witness a spectacular performance by their favourite dance troupe Chandana Wickramasinghe and the Dancers Guild.

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11 hrs ago | Colombo Page

Joint European operation busts Sri Lankan people smugglers

Feb 10, Brussels: A joint operation by several European judicial authorities has busted a Sri Lankan criminal network involved in human smuggling and arrested 27 suspects in three European countries, the Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union said in a press release Friday.

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15 hrs ago | Austin American-Statesman

New Maldives leader says he will submit to probe

Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed, center, lifts a child as he walks out from a Mosque following prayers with his supporters in Male, Maldives, Friday, Feb.

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19 hrs ago | Colombo Page

Sri Lanka's Marxist party to commence protest campaign with farmers

Feb 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna is to commence a series of protests with farmers in the agricultural areas in the country.

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23 hrs ago | Colombo Page

Sri Lanka appoints cabinet sub-committee to monitor implementation of ...

Feb 10, Colombo: The government of Sri Lanka has decided to appoint a Cabinet Sub-Committee to monitor the process of speedy implementation of the proposals in the country's Human Rights Action Plan.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

Colombo Page

Sri Lanka, Pakistan to expand bilateral trade to US$2 billion

Feb 10, Islamabad: Sri Lanka and Pakistan aim to expand the bilateral trade between the two countries to reach US$ 2 billion from the current US$ 375 million in the next three years.

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Colombo Page

Sri Lanka President arrives in Pakistan

Feb 10, Islamabad: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in Islamabad on Friday on a three-day state visit to Pakistan at the invitation of Pakistani President, Asif Ali Zardari.

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Colombo Page

Faulty computer in Sri Lankan port causes heavy traffic congestion

Feb 10, Colombo: A malfunction in the computer system at the Colombo Port in Sri Lanka last evening had caused a massive traffic congestion at the port gates and in the container terminal.

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Salem-News.com

War Crimes in Sri Lanka

Salem-News.com is the premiere Independent Online Newsgroup in the United States.

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Xinhuanet

Nasheed supporters protest outside Maldivian embassy to Sri Lanka

A group of protesters gathered outside the Maldivian Embassy here in support of ousted President Mohamed Nasheed, an official said here on Friday.

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Triple Pundit

China Bans its Airlines from Participating in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme

The controversy over the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme , and the inclusion of airlines into the program from the beginning of this year , continues to escalate, with the announcement that China has banned its airlines from participating.

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The Economist

Banyan: My brothers' keepers

THE president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, may well feel pleased with himself.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Mississauga

Guilty plea related to finances: brother

Mylvaganam. Ramanan Mylvaganam, 35, pleaded guilty yesterday in a New York City courtroom to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

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Salem-News.com

Genocide: The Slaughter of the Tamils in Sri Lanka - Genocide Process

In pre-existing traditional facilities similar to MASH erected by the Red Cross to the emergency caused by the Tsunami of December 26, 2004, civilians started to suffer famine, this was increasing by September 2005.

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Pakistan Christian Post

PCC protest visit of Sri Lankan President who is killer of Tamil Minority

Karachi: February 9, 2012. Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC said that religious and ethnic minorities of Pakistan condemn visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha to Pakistan because he have committed heinous crime of genocide against Tamil minority of Sri-Lanka and killed thousands of innocent civilians in ... (more)

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TamilNet Newswire

Sri Lanka: SL Minister Devananda threatens to attack journalists of Jaffna daily

But, the boys are not paying attention. It seems I have to go in person and do it to make these journalists behave,' was the newest controversial comment by SL Minister and EPDP paramilitary leader Douglas Devananda on Thursday evening at a meeting held at Jaffna District Secretariat, where he was talking to unemployed graduates who were demanding ... (more)

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The Age

Rudd under fire over Sri Lanka report

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is under fire for failing to respond to a Sri Lankan government report on that country's civil war, despite repeatedly promising he would.

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The Japan News .Net

Ex-president's family flees Maldives

The family of deposed Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed has fled the country and sought refuge in Sri Lanka following unrest, a media report said.

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