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New chairman for Ceylon Petroleum Corporation

colombopage.com
20 hrs ago
        

New chairman for Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Monday, December 1, 2008, 14:03 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka Supreme Court today granted permission to appoint retired Major General Ashoka...

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Sri Lanka President says Mumbai attack an eye opener to everyone

colombopage.com
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Sri Lanka President says Mumbai attack an eye opener to everyone Monday, December 1, 2008, 15:02 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the Mumbai terrorist...

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Sri Lanka slips out of oil deal on Supreme Court ruling

tamilnet.com
23 hrs ago
        

A ruling Friday by Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court’s to halt payments to an international bank in connection to a badly judged oil hedging deal entered into by the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) could harm Colombo’s...

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SL helicopters bomb LTTE

thenews.com.pk
yesterday 3 related
        

Monday, December 01, 2008 COLOMBO: Sri Lankan air force helicopters on Sunday bombed Tamil Tiger rebels who were trying to block troops from capturing their de facto capital, the government said. Three rebels were killed in...

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HIV prevention and care efforts must address women’s vulnerability

hindu.com
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Colombo: Existing AIDS prevention and care efforts need to be substantially reoriented and the gender-empowerment efforts intensified to address the increasing vulnerability of women to HIV and reduce its disproportionate...

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Citizens screened in Batticaloa

hindu.com
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Colombo blames LTTE for the incidents Concern over TMVP factional war COLOMBO: In a massive combing operation across Batticaloa district, Sri Lanka’s security forces screened close to 12,000 citizens and detained 123 for...

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A Lankan welcome

hindu.com
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‘Sathkara’, the passenger welcome service of SriLankan Airlines, is getting popular among travellers at Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport, and with reason. ‘Sathkara’ provides a smooth, hassle-free journey beginning...

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Many Sri Lankan women are harassed in public transport

newstrackindia.com
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Colombo, Nov 30 (IANS) Many Sri Lankan women travelling in public transport face some form of 'sexual harassment' mainly in the cosmopolitan areas, a media report quoting a research study said Sunday.

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Sri Lankan Air Force bombs rebels' targets in north

xinhuanet.com
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COLOMBO, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Air Force in Sri Lanka said its MI-24 helicopter gunships launched air raids at identified resistance targets of Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern Kilinochchi district on Sunday. "MI-24...

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World › Sri Lanka resumes offensive against Tamil Tigers

japantoday.com
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Sunday 30th November, 11:02 PM JST COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s military on Sunday resumed a major offensive aimed at capturing the political capital of the Tamil Tiger rebels as monsoon rains showed signs of subsiding, Defense...

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