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Lanka mly success won’t mean end to war

Monday, September 08, 2008 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s advance into Tamil rebels’ heartland has unleashed the bloodiest combat in a decade and opened a new phase of the 25-year-old conflict, but conventional military success...

ICONIC SRI LANKA TELECOM TOWER TO COST US & #36;90 MLN

ICONIC SRI LANKA TELECOM TOWER TO COST US$90 MLN Monday September 8, 2008, 5:21 pm COLOMBO, Sept 8 Asia Pulse - An Lanka's capital Colombo may cost about 10 billion rupees (US$92 million) and the government wants to make...

Pet owners affected by rising cost of food, other supplies

Mary Chao • Staff writer • September 8, 2008 Leah Colombo was surprised by the price of Friskies canned cat food during a recent visit to the supermarket. And she used to mix in organic cat food with her Friskies, but...

Sri Lanka Health Ministry fears over shortage of rat fever medication

Sri Lanka Health Ministry fears over shortage of rat fever medication Monday, September 8, 2008, 3:01 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Sept 08, Colombo: Health Ministry of Sri Lanka has expressed concern over the...

Maldives set for first multi-party presidential vote !

Colombo, Sept 07: The Maldives is to hold its first multi-party presidential election next month as part of sweeping political reforms in the Sunni Muslim nation, a minister said on Sunday. The tourist paradise is due to...

Indians played me well: Mendis

Agencies Posted online: Sunday , September 07, 2008 at 03:00:58 Colombo, September 7: Ajantha Mendis reckons MS Dhoni and his boys, by and large, read him well in the just-concluded ODI series but the Sri Lankan mystery...

Lanka Groping For Real-Time Answers To Tamil Su-Doku

By M Rama Rao, India Editor, Asian Tribune Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the non-state terrorist group, is no longer the mighty tiger it once was. The sustained military campaign has made them either move out...

Sri Lankan Railway workers preparing to strike

Sri Lankan Railway workers preparing to strike Saturday, September 6, 2008, 4:52 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Sept 06, Colombo: Sri Lankan Railway workers today warned that they will go for a union action on...

Sri Lanka Human Rights Minister meets new UNHCR Head

Sri Lanka Human Rights Minister meets new UNHCR Head Saturday, September 6, 2008, 5:12 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Sept 06, Colombo: Visiting Sri Lankan delegation led by Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe Friday...

Dengue fever will spread, Sri Lankan health officials warn

Dengue fever will spread, Sri Lankan health officials warn Friday, September 5, 2008, 11:42 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Sept 05, Colombo: Sri Lankan health officials today warned that Dengue fever will spread...

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