Nov 30
A Claymore mine recovered-Batticaloa
MOD Comments OffThe Special Task Force (STF) troops who were conducting search operation recovered a claymore mine in Batticaloa yesterday, Tuesday the 23rd of January.
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111 anti-personnel mines, 5 claymore mines recovered
MOD Comments OffThe security forces personnel conducted search operation recovered six claymore mines, five hand grenades, 2000 T-56 live rounds in Vavuniya yesterday, Tuesday the 23rd of January.
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Sri Lanka Free Trade Zones hit by severe shortage of labor
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Dec 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka's major Free Trade Zone sources say that the industries are hit with a severe dearth of labor, especially since April this year.
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Nov 30
Reduced train fares from today in Sri Lanka
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Dec 01, Colombo: The train fares of Sri Lanka go down from today, the Railway Department announced.
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Nov 30
Sri Lanka doctors in the North and East return to work today
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Dec 01, Colombo: The doctors of Sri Lanka's Northern and Eastern Provinces are to take a decision today...
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Nov 30
Four thousand HIV positive persons in Sri Lanka
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Dec 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka National AIDS Prevention Unit says that a cumulative total of 1,129 HIV cases has been recorded in the country by the end of September 2008. However, an estimated 4,000 HIV positive persons are living in the country currently.
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Nov 30
Fitch Affirms Sri Lanka Telecom at ‘B+’; Outlook Stable (Thaipr.net)
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Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Sri Lanka Telecom PLC's (SLT) Long-term foreign currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B+', which is constrained by the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri L
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Nov 30
Sri Lanka to open a private university
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Dec 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka government sources say that it is mulling to start a private university in the country.
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Nov 30
Zimbabwe collapse hands Sri Lanka series whitewash (The Herald)
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Nuwan Kulasekara picked up three wickets in 12 balls as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 19 runs in their fifth and final one-day international yesterday.
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Nov 30
Sri Lanka: Quick IDP action averts carnage from Cluster bombs (TamilNet)
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“Three bombs exploded first time. Second time, when the bomber returned after 5 minutes from the opposite direction, there were 3 more blasts. But, the third time, bombs exploded with a parachute effect, like an auto explosion,” said the head of the camp of the Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) that came under indiscriminate attack by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) in the early hours of ...
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Nov 30
Sri Lanka: Churn in Tamil Nadu reopens spectre of R2P - Prof. David (TamilNet)
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Contrasting the relatively slow changing and stable U.S. foreign policy to Pandora’s Box of unpredictable possibilities of India’s foreign policy towards Sri Lanka, Prof David in an op-ed column in Sri Lanka’s weekly Lakbima, asserts that “if TN [Tamil Nadu] boils over not all the protestations of sovereign rights by the Sinhala state will count for a farthing; it will be R2P in its most rough ...
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Nov 30
Sri Lanka grind out final 5-0 win (The West Australian)
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Sri Lanka rounded out a 5-0 series victory in Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Sunday, winning by just 19 runs after struggling to 152 all out having been put into bat. Zimbabwe, whose spinners had
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Nov 30
Lanka complete whitewash (Gulf Times)
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HARARE: Sri Lanka rounded out a 5-0 series victory in Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club here yesterday, winning by just 19 runs after struggling to 152 all out having been put into bat.
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Nov 30
Sri Lanka blank Zimbabwe (The Telegraph)
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Harare: Nuwan Kulasekara picked up three wickets in 12 balls as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 19 runs in their fifth and final one-day International on Sunday.
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Nov 30
Sri Lanka power to victory (TVNZ)
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Nuwan Kulasekara picked up three wickets in 12 balls as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 19 runs in their fifth and final one-day international on Monday.
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Nov 30
Zoyte to assemble vehicles in Lanka (Daily News)
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United Motors Lanka Plc (UML) has been awarded the approval for a vehicle assembly plant from a leading Chinese vehicle manufacturer/ exporter Zoyte.
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Nov 30
Sri Lanka sweeps series 5-0 after 19-run victory (International Herald Tribune)
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Muttiah Muralitharan took five wickets Sunday to lead Sri Lanka to a 19-run win over Zimbabwe and a 5-0 sweep in the limited-overs series.
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Nov 30
Sri Lanka President in Rome
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Nov 30, Rome: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in Rome, Italy today for a one day visit on his way to Ankara, Turkey.
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Nov 30
More food convoys to be dispatched to uncleared areas of Sri Lanka
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Nov 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan government will send another food convoy to the civilians in the un-cleared areas of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu, Essential Services Commissioner S.B. Divaratne said.
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Nov 30
S Lanka’s cricketers grind out final Zimbabwe win (TODAYonline)
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Zimbabwean wicket keeper Tatenda Taibu dives after Sri Lankan batsman Jahan Mubarak's shot. Sri Lanka rounded out a 5-0 series victory in Zimbabwe on Sunday, winning by just 19 runs.
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Nov 30
Air raids on LTTE targets in Sri Lanka, ground troops advance despite heavy resistance
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Nov 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan ground troops supported by air assaults on LTTE targets continued their advances ahead of the northern fronts amid heavy resistance from the Tigers, the military said.
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Nov 30
SRI LANKA WHITEWASH SORRY ZIM (Sporting Life)
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Sri Lanka completed a series whitewash over Zimbabwe after winning the fifth one-day international by 19 runs in Harare today.
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Nov 30
S Lanka’s cricketers grind out final Zimbabwe win (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sri Lanka rounded out a 5-0 series victory in Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club here Sunday, winning by just 19 runs after struggling to 152 all out having been put into bat.
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Nov 30
Sri Lanka’s cricketers grind out final ODI win (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sri Lanka rounded out a 5-0 series victory in Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club here Sunday, winning by just 19 runs after struggling to 152 all out having been put into bat.
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Nov 30
A Major General to be court-martialed in Sri Lanka
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Nov 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Army is to have a court martial against a Major General for the first time in its history, Army sources say.
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