Aug 31
‘Scores dead’ in S Lanka fighting (BBC News)
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Forty two Tamil Tiger rebels die in fresh fighting with security forces in Sri Lanka, the military says.
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Aug 31
‘Scores dead’ in S Lanka fighting (BBC News)
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Forty two Tamil Tiger rebels die in fresh fighting with security forces in Sri Lanka, the military says.
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Aug 31
Sri Lanka state promotes bio fertilizer
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Sept 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa will launch a project this morning to popularize bio manure.
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Aug 31
Campaign to oust Sri Lanka Opposition Leader to become a farce, state media says
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Sept 01, Colombo: Quoting an unnamed senior MP of United National Party (UNP) of Sri Lanka, the state owned Sinhala language daily reported in its lead story today that the campaign of a section of the UNP MPs to oust their leader Ranil Wickremasinghe would be futile.
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Aug 31
ETF opens for self-employed Sri Lankans
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Sept 01, Colombo: Employees' Trust Fund (ETF), the private sector workers' social security system of Sri Lanka, has been opened for the self-employed workers as well, ETF Chairman K.M.A. Egodawaththa said.
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Aug 31
President hails Soldiers for Liberating Eastern People from Terror Clutches
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His Excellency the President and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka Honourable Mahinda Rajapaksa has once again honoured his soldiers for their valiant effort to rid the motherland of the scourge of terrorism.
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Aug 31
Sri Lanka Urges Civilians To Flee From Rebel Areas (CBS News)
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Sri Lanka urged civilians living in Tamil Tiger rebel-held areas to flee to government-controlled territory as fighting escalated in the embattled north, officials said Friday.
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Aug 31
Bomb scare at Lanka’s mission in Chennai (Daily News)
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Police found no truth in the bomb rumour in the Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission office in Chennai. According to sources, Tamil Nadu police thoroughly searched the premises of the Deputy High Commission office, located at 196 TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai for suspected bombs and found nothing.
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Aug 31
Consolation victory for Sri Lanka over India (Deepika)
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COLOMBO, Aug 29 (Reuters) Sri Lanka scored a convincing 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-dayer today to leave India as 3-2 series winners.
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Aug 31
A catalogue of hypocrisy and sinister motives
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The moment someone is put behind a counter, Albert Camus has said, he or she begins to put on airs a..
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Aug 31
Premier don t abuse Upahara
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Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayaka has urged public servants not to abuse the recently launched..
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Aug 31
Sri Lanka Army releases HSZ land in Jaffna
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The army has released a section of the High Security Zone (HSZ) situated in Ariyalai east between ra..
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Aug 31
Lanka has better health facilities than some developed countries - WHO (Daily News)
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The Health service in Sri Lanka is considerably better than in Russia despite considerably higher incomes in Russia than Sri Lanka, said Sir Michael Marmott, Professor Epidemiology and Public Health who chaired the World Health Organization's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.
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Aug 31
Hemtours re-branded as Diethelm Travel Sri Lanka (Daily News)
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Hemtours, one of Sri Lanka's largest Destination Management Companies and part of the Hemas Group, will operate as Diethelm Travel Sri Lanka Ltd from today.
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Aug 31
Runs galore as Sri Lanka dominate (CricInfo)
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On a day dominated by the bat, Sri Lanka A seized a 181-run lead over their South African counterparts, with five wickets still remaining in their first innings.
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Aug 31
Sri Lanka’s Tamils say they are victimized by security forces as war with rebels escalates (AM New York)
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) _ People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day.
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Aug 31
Sri Lanka’s Tamils Live in Fear of Security Forces (ABC News)
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Sri Lanka's Tamils say they are victimized by security forces as war with rebels escalates
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Aug 31
Sri Lanka troops find 10 LTTE bodies as fighting continues in North
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Aug 31, Colombo: Clashes between the Sri Lankan troops and the Tamil Tigers killed at least 11 LTTE cadres and three security personnel in the embattled North, the Defence Ministry said today.
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Aug 31
Sri Lanka’s Tamils live in fear of security forces (The Post-Standard)
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day. It was 5 a.m. on a Wednesday when police started knocking on doors.
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Aug 31
Special Forces hammer LTTE team bound for Batti
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A group of LTTE cadres that infiltrated through a gap in the Army`s FDL were hunted and killed by th..
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Aug 31
Troops in pursuit of LTTE: at least 10 LTTE bodies found scattered
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Army`s elite Special Forces (SF) troops in pursuit of terrorists encircled at Konketiyawa, East of t..
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Aug 31
GSM Asia Pacific Conference to be held in Sri Lanka
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Aug 31, Colombo: The 29th GSM Asia Pacific Conference of the GSM Association is scheduled to kickoff on September 7, 2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Aug 31
Sri Lanka Consumer Affairs Authority allows LP gas price increase
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Aug 31, Colombo: Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has reportedly approved the request made by the Shell Gas to increase the price of a 12.5Kg domestic gas cylinder.
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Aug 31
Sri Lankan peacekeepers help hurricane victims in Haiti
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Aug 31, Colombo: Defense Ministry report said that Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) have helped victims of Hurricane Gustav in the aftermath of the storm.
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Aug 31
Sri Lanka plans for 7 flyovers and 54 bridges to ease growing traffic congestion
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Aug 31, Colombo: Government of the United Kingdom has come forward to help the Government of Sri Lanka to build 7 flyovers and 54 bridges around the country.
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