Sri Lanka bats first in the second one-dayer (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)

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India captain Mahendra Dhoni won the toss Wednesday and sent Sri Lanka to bat first in the second of the five-match, one-day international series at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Retains Key Interest Rates (Nasdaq)

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(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka's central bank maintained its key interest rate for the eighteenth straight session on Wednesday. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka left its repurchase rate unchanged at 10.5% and the reverse repo rate at 12%. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Retains Key Interest Rates (Nasdaq)

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(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka's central bank maintained its key interest rate for the eighteenth straight session on Wednesday. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka left its repurchase rate unchanged at 10.5% and the reverse repo rate at 12%. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged at 10.5% (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for an 18th straight meeting after inflation eased for the first time in seven months. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged at 10.5% (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for an 18th straight meeting after inflation eased for the first time in seven months. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka officials complicit in Tamil Genocide? - Washington Times (TamilNet)

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Asserting that "[t]here is reason to believe that Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has been complicit in a Srebrenica-like genocide or worse against Sri Lanka's Tamils on the installment plan. Since entering office in November 2005, he has been witness to the extrajudicial killings of more than 1,500 Tamils, torture, scores of kidnappings, countless arbitrary detentions and displacement of more than 250,000, ... Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka tipped as new Champions Trophy host (Times Online)

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England expect the ICC Champions Trophy to be moved from Pakistan to Sri Lanka in the next 48 hours, The Times was told last night. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka: 2 SLA soldiers shot, injured in Vadamarraadchi (TamilNet)

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Unidentified armed men opened fire on a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) sentry post in Vallipuram area in Point Pedro, Vadamaraadchi Monday midnight, seriously injuring two SLA soldiers, sources in Point Pedro said. The injured soldiers were rushed to Palaali Military hospital and an intensive cordon and search was launched in Vallipuram and the areas close to it by the SLA. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka: Tamil militants killed in new clashes (Adnkronos)

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Sri Lanka: Tamil militants killed in new clashes (AKI) - Twenty-two people have died in renewed fighting between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island, the military said on Tuesday.The government said its forces had killed 21 rebels and lost one soldier on Monday, in an offensive against separatists from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.The ... Read the Full Article

Tens of thousands at risk in Sri Lanka as fighting escalates (Amnesty International)

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The Sri Lankan military and the opposing Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are putting tens of thousands of displaced civilians at risk as fighting continues in the Wanni area of northern Sri Lanka. A major concern, as the situation worsens, is that there is little reliable information available from the ground, as journalists are restricted from reporting in the area. Both sides ... Read the Full Article

Tamil Tigers Tacitly Admit Losing Ground To Sri Lanka Government (Nasdaq)

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COLOMBO (AFP)--Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday tacitly admitted losing ground to a major military offensive, with the guerrillas warning that thousands of civilians in the north are at risk. Read the Full Article

Tamil Tigers Tacitly Admit Losing Ground To Sri Lanka Government (Nasdaq)

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COLOMBO (AFP)--Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday tacitly admitted losing ground to a major military offensive, with the guerrillas warning that thousands of civilians in the north are at risk. Read the Full Article

Tamil Tigers Tacitly Admit Losing Ground To Sri Lanka Government (Nasdaq)

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COLOMBO (AFP)--Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday tacitly admitted losing ground to a major military offensive, with the guerrillas warning that thousands of civilians in the north are at risk. Read the Full Article

Tamil Tigers Tacitly Admit Losing Ground To Sri Lanka Government (Nasdaq)

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COLOMBO (AFP)--Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday tacitly admitted losing ground to a major military offensive, with the guerrillas warning that thousands of civilians in the north are at risk. Read the Full Article

Tamil Tigers Tacitly Admit Losing Ground To Sri Lanka Government (Nasdaq)

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COLOMBO (AFP)--Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday tacitly admitted losing ground to a major military offensive, with the guerrillas warning that thousands of civilians in the north are at risk. Read the Full Article

Tamil Tigers Tacitly Admit Losing Ground To Sri Lanka Government (Nasdaq)

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COLOMBO (AFP)--Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday tacitly admitted losing ground to a major military offensive, with the guerrillas warning that thousands of civilians in the north are at risk. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka: Fuel crisis cripples IDP movement in Vanni - Ki’linochchi GA (TamilNet)

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More than 100,000 Internally Displaced People in Vanni, languishing in dark beneath shrubs, bushes and in public buildings throughout Ki'linochchi district, and affected by various hardships imposed by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has crippled the ability of the IDPs to move themselves and their belongings, according to the Government Agent of Ki'linochchi district. 134,868 IDPs belonging ... Read the Full Article

Sehwag ruled out of Sri Lanka series (New Kerala)

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Dambulla, Aug 19 : Indian opener Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka due to an ankle injury that he suffered dring a training session. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka cruise to eight-wicket victory (Gulf Times)

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DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene cracked a responsible half-century to guide Sri Lanka to a crushing eight-wicket victory over India in the first one-day international here yesterday. Read the Full Article

Lanka troops move further into rebel areas (Gulf Times)

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COLOMBO: Government troops intensified an offensive in northern Sri Lanka, killing at least 32 rebels and losing eight soldiers, the defence ministry said yesterday. Read the Full Article

Ankle injury rules Sehwag out of Sri Lanka series (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)

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DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - India opening batsman Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the one-day series against Sri Lanka after injuring his ankle in training. Read the Full Article

Ankle injury rules Sehwag out of Sri Lanka series (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

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DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - India opening batsman Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the one-day series against Sri Lanka after injuring his ankle in training. Read the Full Article

Ankle injury rules Sehwag out of Sri Lanka series (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

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DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - India opening batsman Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the one-day series against Sri Lanka after injuring his ankle in training. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka cruise to victory (The Star)

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DAMBULLA (Sri Lanka): Sri Lanka cruised to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over India in the first one-day international yesterday. Sri Lanka spinners Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan grabbed three wickets each to help dismiss India for 146 in 46 overs after the visitors had won the toss. Read the Full Article

Lanka roll over India (Deccan Herald)

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Where Sri Lanka were all clinical efficiency, India were listless and lacklustre. Consequently, it was one-way traffic all the way at the Rangiri Dambulla International stadium in Monday's first one-day international. Read the Full Article