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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
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RAK Airways, the national airline of Ras Al Khaimah, has announced the launch of its first holiday promotion to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, as part of an extensive joint marketing campaign between RAK Tourism and its Sri Lankan counterpart to promote their respective tourist destinations. The announcement was made in the presence of Mr. Dilip Mudadeniya, Managing Director of Sri Lanka Tourism and other key dignitaries and industry officials during the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2008, where RAK Tourism is participating at the Ras Al Khaimah Stand. |
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
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By Malinda Seneviratne Words are interesting things. They can be used to communicate. They can be used also to lie, to distort, misrepresent, vilify and obfuscate. All words subject the communicator to appraisal. All words should be taken with a pinch of salt, I believe. The amount of salt employed depends on one thing: clarity in the statement of bias. |
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
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COMMANDER OF THE ARMY, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka soon after his arrival in the country following a successful Pakistani tour met ground commanders in Wanni frontier this morning (10) when he flew to Vavuniya with several senior officers from the Army Headquarters. |
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
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Saturday's elections in an old Tamil Tiger stronghold offer the prospect of more autonomy and an end to civil war. By Mian Ridge | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor |
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
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Baddaliyanage Don Joseph John alias Sunil Santha was born on 14th of April 1915 at Dehiyagatha, Jaela. His parents died whilst he was still a baby, so he was brought up by his grand mother and uncles. His youngest uncle Mr.M.J.Perera was a music lover.
Sunil Santha learned to play the harmonium from him. |
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
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By: P K Balachandran
COLOMBO: In the run-up to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s state visit to Sri Lanka last month, the Mahinda Rajapaksa government found itself in a cleft stick. The US had expressed concern over growing ties between Sri Lanka and Iran, particularly because of a report on a secret military dimension. While Sri Lanka needed Iran’s friendship to meet its energy needs, it could not develop relations with Iran at the expense of ties with the US, whose help it needs to quash the Tamil Tiger rebels’ international network.
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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The Government of Sri Lanka’s response to the joint INGO letter on Sri Lanka’s re-election to the UNHRC
The Government of Sri Lanka has issued the following response, stating its position with reference to a letter that has been circulated by a group of NGOs titled “NGOs for an Effective Human Rights Council”, urging States to refrain from voting for Sri Lanka in the forthcoming Human Rights Council election to be held at the UN General Assembly in New York on 21st May 2008: |
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
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A Navy logistical vessel (A-520, MV Invincible) was damaged and caused to sink as a result of an underwater explosion around 2.15 am today (10). The vessel was moored at the Ashroff jetty in Trincomalee harbour, at the time of the explosion, according to military sources. |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
A bomb exploded in 'City Café and Bake House' on D.S. Senanayake St., Ampara around 5.40 pm today (May 9). Eleven persons are reported to have died and several others injured. Only those who were within the premises have fallen victim to this terrorist attack and no one in the vicinity were reported to have suffered any injuries. |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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COLOMBO: Voters in the East go to the polls today to elect 37 members to the first Provincial Council election to the delinked Eastern Province in the aftermath of the liberation of the east from the LTTE. Authorities said all arrangements are in place for a free and fair election with a 20,000 strong contingent of security personnel and 15,000 polls officers to man the election. |
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
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COMMANDER OF SRI LANKA Army Lieutenant General G.S.C. Fonseka called on Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majid and Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, here Monday, a press release in Pakistan said.
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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The first Flag of the National Heroes Flag Day was pinned on President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday(May 07) morning at Temple Trees during a ceremony inaugurating a month dedicated to the war heroes. |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
Latest pictures from Wanni Forward Defence Line |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
MANNAR: ARMY TROOPS forging ahead in the northerly direction in the areas surrounding ADAMPAN town area entered another decisive phase in their mission this morning (9) when they entered the heart of the town, thus bringing the entire area now under the full control of the ground troops. |
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