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Sri Lankan private bus owners demand fare hike once again

Following the increase in diesel prices by the Sri Lanka government, the private bus owners today demanded a bus fare hike again.

Indonesia commends Si Lanka's relief effort in the Wanni

Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr. Hassan Wirajuda and other high ranking persons in the Indonesian Government commended the measures taken by the Sri Lankan Government to ensure that Tamil people rescued from the clutches of the LTTE have all necessary facilities....
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Communiste et Rastignac

Christopher Caldwell Le Monde selon K. by Pierre Péan In mid-May, as the Sri Lankan army completed its rout of the Tamil Tigers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa described the scorched-earth campaign as ‘an unprecedented humanitarian operation’. Others were more inclined to see it as a calamity. Among them was the French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, who had travelled to Sri Lanka with David Miliband to argue, in vain, for a truce....
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Four Missing After Ship Collision In East China Sea

HANGZHOU, July 1 (Bernama) -- Four people are missing after a Singapore-registered cargo ship and a Chinese vessel loaded with sand, collided in the East China Sea off east China's Zhejiang Province early on Wednesday....
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Detention Order on Tamil MP extended by another 90 days

The Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday (29) granted permission to hold Wanni District TNA parliamentarian Sathasivam Kanagaratnam by another 90 days for the CID to continue investigations into the alleged links between the legislator and the LTTE....
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Sri Lankan private bus owners demand fare hike once again

Following the increase in diesel prices by the Sri Lanka government, the private bus owners today demanded a bus fare hike again.

Indonesia commends Si Lanka's relief effort in the Wanni

Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr. Hassan Wirajuda and other high ranking persons in the Indonesian Government commended the measures taken by the Sri Lankan Government to ensure that Tamil people rescued from the clutches of the LTTE have all necessary facilities.

Communiste et Rastignac

Christopher Caldwell Le Monde selon K. by Pierre Péan In mid-May, as the Sri Lankan army completed its rout of the Tamil Tigers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa described the scorched-earth campaign as ‘an unprecedented humanitarian operation’. Others were more inclined to see it as a calamity. Among them was the French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, who had travelled to Sri Lanka with David Miliband to argue, in vain, for a truce.

Four Missing After Ship Collision In East China Sea

HANGZHOU, July 1 (Bernama) -- Four people are missing after a Singapore-registered cargo ship and a Chinese vessel loaded with sand, collided in the East China Sea off east China's Zhejiang Province early on Wednesday.

Detention Order on Tamil MP extended by another 90 days

The Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday (29) granted permission to hold Wanni District TNA parliamentarian Sathasivam Kanagaratnam by another 90 days for the CID to continue investigations into the alleged links between the legislator and the LTTE.

Duty-free tobacco sales under fire at WHO meeting

Nicole Mezzasalma Sales of tobacco products to international travellers were targeted during the opening statements of the World Health Organization’s negotiations on illicit trade.

Sri Lanka President visits Rakwana temple

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today paid a surprise visit to Rakwana area in Ratnapura.

Three expats jailed for stealing safe

Three Sri Lankans have been sentenced to three years imprisonment and subsequent deportation for stealing from the safe of a government department last summer.

SIX PRIESTS IMPRISONED IN SRI LANKA: POSSIBLE WAR-CRIME WITNESSES?

Six Catholic priests are being held in detention by the government of Sri Lanka, along with others who may have witnessed brutality by government troops in their last successful offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels. An estimated 25,000 Tamils-- mostly civilians-- were killed in that final military campaign, and 300,000 refugees were driven from their homes into over crowded refugees camps where their situation is now desperate.

Two Philippine females with Swine Flu admitted to hospital in Sri Lanka

Two Philippine nationals who are in Sri Lanka for a tour have been tested positive for Swine Flu and admitted to the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Angoda.
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