LTTE resorting to terror acts in desperation - Defence Spokesman.

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The recent events which have unfolded in the South and the evidence shows that the LTTE, has chosen the path of violence and is not interested in a negotiated settlement, Government Defence Affairs Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said yesterday.

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Most of those who disappeared have re-appeared

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While claiming that reports on disappearances have dropped significantly in recent months, former Hi..

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Aren`t children`s lives precious?

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UNICEF is reported to have taken umbrage over the exposure by the government of the identi..

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`Secret agenda` against Sri Lanka

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An `invisible hand` is working on a secret agenda to tarnish the good name of Sri Lanka, the chairma..

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Peace is not far away - President

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BJ - The Indo-Sri Lanka Accord signed on July 28, 1987 completed its 20th anniversary recently. Does..

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SLFP to celebrate 56th anniversary on `patriotic note`

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The SLFP scheduled to celebrate its 56th anniversary on a patriotic note over two days with a ph..

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Troops dismantle LTTE offensive preparations - Vavuniya

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Troops of the SL army repelled a direct LTTE offensive preparation, in the forward defences west of ..

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Nuclear deal with US vital - Manmohan

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Nuclear energy is key to India`s economic future, the country`s prime minister said Friday - remarks..

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Eritrea providing direct military assistance to LTTE

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A United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee (USSFRC) report has revealed that Eritrea was pro..

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Sri Lanka: SLA collects details of mobile phones in Jaffna (TamilNet)

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The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) started collecting the details of the mobile phones and their owners in Jaffna peninsula. The SLA has already collected the details of the motor vehicles in the peninsula, and at present is collecting the details of the bicycles. SLA has also started issuing military identity cards to all persons above ten years.

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Sri Lanka marching towards prosperity - Maha Sanghanayake of China (Daily News)

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ANURADHAPURA: Sri Lanka is a fertile Buddhist country. The people are kindhearted and hospitable.

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Pakistan potato exports to Lanka halted (Daily News)

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PAKISTAN: The export of Pakistani potato to Sri Lanka has come to a halt for the last one month due to enhanced tariff by the Government of Sri Lanka.

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Lanka welcomes Malabar naval exercise (Daily News)

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INDIA: Sri Lanka has welcomed the upcoming joint naval exercises by India, the US, Japan, Australia and Singapore in the Bay of Bengal, hoping such activities would ensure safety for trade and commerce in maritime zones.

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Lanka a hotspot for card fraud (Daily News)

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SAUDI ARABIA: Sri Lankan expatriates here who had used their international credit cards in the island during their summer vacation, have complained that their cards were cloned and transactions made on their cards from far-off places such as Japan, Britain, Sri Lanka itself, Canada and Thailand.

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Lanka a hotspot for card fraud (Daily News)

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The depreciation of Sri Lanka Rupee by 0.99 per cent during the past two weeks against the US Dollar is not based upon any fundamental macroeconomic factors.

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Sri Lanka: SLA Mannaar advance defeated, one body recovered - LTTE (TamilNet)

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Liberation Tigers offered stiff resistance against the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), defeating the SLA attempt Friday around 6:40 a.m, to advance from Vi’laathiku’lam in Mannaar district into LTTE territory, according to LTTE Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan. The body of an SLA trooper and weapons left behind have been recovered by the LTTE, Ilanthirayan said.

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Sri Lanka political parties in a newspaper drive

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Aug 31, Colombo: Almost all major political parties of Sri Lanka are in the process of commencing party owned propaganda newspapers.

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Asia Cup: S Korea swamp Lanka 12-2 (Chennai Online via Yahoo! India News)

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Chennai, August 31: Asian Games gold medallists South Korea overwhelmed lowly Sri Lanka 12-2 in their first Group B preliminary league match of the BSNL Asia Cup Hockey here this evening.

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Rs. 10 billion needed to manage wild elephants of Sri Lanka

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Aug 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Champika Ranwaka says that the Ministry needs Rs. 10 billion per year for the management of wild elephants in the country.

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MOU signed between Sri Lanka government and the teachers boycotting examination evaluation

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Aug 31, Colombo: The five Sri Lankan teacher unions that were boycotting the G.C.E. Advanced Level examination evaluation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the cabinet subcommittee appointed to reach a settlement with the unions.

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Sri Lanka: Census in East after civilian displacement (TamilNet)

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Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian blamed the Government of Sri Lanka Thursday, for conducting a census in Batticaloa district after Tamil people were driven out of the district due to the military offensives, said R. Sampanthan, MP, the Parliamentary Group Leader of TNA, Batticaloa district members of Parliament, T. Kanagasabai, S. Jeyananthamoorthy, Miss. K. Thangeswary and P. …

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National Safety Day declared in Sri Lanka

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Aug 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Cabinet has given its approval to declare 26th December, as a National Safety Day in 2007.

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Paddy Marketing Board to be reestablished to provide more benefits to Sri Lanka farmers

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Aug 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka government plans to reestablish the now defunct Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) in order to provide long lasting solutions to the dilemmas of paddy cultivation sector,…

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Asia Cup: S Korea swamp Lanka 12-2 (Chennai Online)

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Chennai, August 31: Asian Games gold medallists South Korea overwhelmed lowly Sri Lanka 12-2 in their first Group B preliminary league match of the BSNL Asia Cup Hockey here this evening.

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Three Tigers killed in Northern Sri Lanka

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Aug 31, Colombo: Three Tiger cadres were killed last night by the Sri Lankan troops in Muhamalai in Jaffna peninsula foiling an LTTE attempt to infiltrate the Forward Defence Lines, the military said.

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