Feb 29
LTTE op. claims he came to sue Govt. for destroying his ship
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Muttusamy Ilango alias Samy, one of the top undercover LTTE international operatives, arrested recen..
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Feb 29
Suicide blast near Sri Lanka capital`s port
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A suicide bomb blast shook a building near the port in the Sri Lankan capital early on Friday, killi..
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Feb 29
Sri Lanka trumps Gilly (Adelaide Now)
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SRI Lanka trumped Adam Gilchrist's outstanding farewell to the MCG, posting an astonishing one-day win over Australia last night
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Feb 29
Sri Lanka spoil Gilly’s MCG farewell (Fox Sports)
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Adam Gilchrist's 83 in his final ODI at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was not enough for Australia as they lost by 13 runs to Sri Lanka.
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Feb 29
Sri Lanka upset Australia in cricket one-dayer (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Australia's Adam Gilchrist smashed a blistering 83 in his farewell appearance at the MCG but his teammates collapsed to hand Sri Lanka an unlikely 13-run win here on Friday.
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Feb 29
Gilchrist heroics not enough against Sri Lanka (Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports)
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MELBOURNE, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Adam Gilchrist produced a scintillating 83 off 50 balls before a batting collapse by Australia gave Sri Lanka a consolation 13-run victory in their triangular series one-day international on Friday.
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Feb 29
Sri Lanka ruin Gilly’s farewell (Perth Now)
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Sri Lanka trumped Adam Gilchrist's outstanding farewell to the MCG, posting an astonishing one-day cricket win over Australia tonight.
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Feb 29
Sri Lanka withstands Gilchrist blast to beat Australia in tri-series (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
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Sri Lanka withstood a belligerent innings by retiring Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist to win its last tri-series match by 13 runs on Friday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Feb 29
Half-centuries lift Sri Lanka in cricket one-dayer (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Half-centuries from skipper Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan steered Sri Lanka to 221 after winning the toss in their dead rubber tri series one-dayer against Australia in Melbourne Friday.
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Feb 29
Suicide Blast Wounds 7 in Sri Lanka (Time Magazine)
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A suicide bomber ignited a blast Friday when police knocked on a house door during a sweep targeting Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka's capital and the explosion wounded seven people, including three police officers, the military said.
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Feb 28
Suicide blast in Sri Lanka capital wounds 7 people, says military (The Star)
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A suicide blast wounded at least seven people in the Sri Lankan capital Friday, the military said.
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Feb 28
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-02-29 01:45 GMT: Blast rocks Sri Lanka capital - police (Interactive Investor)
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COLOMBO (Thomson Financial) - A powerful explosion ripped through a house in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo early Friday, wounding at least seven people, police said.
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Feb 28
Suicide blast near port in Sri Lanka capital (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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A suicide bomb blast shook a building near the port in the Sri Lankan capital early on Friday, killing at least two people and wounding seven, bomb squad and military officials said.
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Feb 28
‘Suicide blast’ in Lanka capital (BBC News)
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A suspected suicide bomber kills himself and injures seven people as police raid a house in Sri Lanka's capital.
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Feb 28
Tennis: Juniors shock Sri Lanka to come out tops (The New Straits Times)
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AGAINST all odds, the Malaysian Junior Davis Cup team lifted the Under-16 Pre-Qualifiers event when they stunned Sri Lanka 3-0 at the Sarawak Lawn Tennis Association (SLTA) Centre in Kuching, Sarawak, yesterday.
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Feb 28
Sri Lanka to extend English medium education to AL classes in public schools
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Students of government schools in Sri Lanka are to be given the opportunity to follow their advanced..
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Feb 28
Tigers blame army for civilian deaths
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The Tamil Tigers say Sri Lanka`s military set off two roadside bombs in a rebel controlled area in W..
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Feb 28
UNHCR Seeks $19M To Aid Sri Lanka’s Displaced (Scoop.co.nz)
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28 February 2008 - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is appealing for $18.6 million to assist an estimated 500,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka who have been uprooted by decades of armed conflict.
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Feb 28
Sri Lanka: MP objects to SLA video-filming residents during cordon, search (TamilNet)
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Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian for Ampaa'rai district K. Pathmanathan sent an appeal to Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapakse and Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse protesting against the video taping of residents by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers during cordon and search operation conducted 20 February in Aalayadiveampu area in Akkaraipattu. People were also harrassed ...
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Feb 28
PAFFREL File Court Case for Free and Fair Election in Eastern Sri Lanka (TamilEelam News Service)
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Colombo - The People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) independence election monitoring mission calling for a free and fair local election in the war-ravaged Batticaloa district of eastern Sri Lanka.
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Feb 28
Sri Lanka: Changkilian Force threatens officials to stop Jaffna census activity (TamilNet)
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Jaffna Government Agent (GA), Regional and Divisional Secretaries and officials involved in taking census in Jaffna peninsula have received warning notices signed by Changkilian Padai (Force) asking them to stop all census taking immediately, sources in Jaffna said. The note said that the census effort was launched by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) with hidden military motives, and warned ...
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Feb 28
PAFFREL files fundamental rights case on eastern Sri Lanka poll
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Feb 28, Colombo: The People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) today filed a fundamental rights petition calling for free and fair elections in the Batticaloa district after disarming armed groups.
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Feb 28
Sri Lanka gets positive trade balance after FTA with Pakistan
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Feb 28, Colombo : Sri Lankan government sources say the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Sri Lanka and Pakistan has brought a favourable trade balance for Sri Lanka.
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Feb 28
USAID-funded road and drainage system opened in Ampara, Sri Lanka
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Feb 28, Ampara: The United States has funded an 8-kilometer road and drainage system, which was opened today in Pottuvil, Ampara.
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Feb 28
Ceylinco Insurance supports victims of terror attack in Buttala, Sri Lanka
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Feb 28, Monaragala: Ceylinco Insurance PLC has donated over 3.2 million rupees to the families of victims in the terrorist attack on a civilian bus in Buttala last month.
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