08/24/2011
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Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- A six-year state of emergency in Sri Lanka is scheduled to end September 14, a government spokesman told CNN Thursday night.
05/02/2011
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At their president's urging, Sri Lankans took to the streets Sunday to rail against a critical United Nations report that found credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both sides during the final stages of the country's civil war.
04/26/2011
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The Sri Lankan government cried foul Tuesday after a U.N. panel said it has found credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both sides during the final stages of the country's civil war.
04/19/2011
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A United Nations panel investigating alleged war crimes in the Sri Lankan conflict has found credible evidence that the military shelled civilians in no-fire zones and sought to silence critics in brutal fashion, according to the panel's report, leaked to a Sri Lankan newspaper.
02/05/2011
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Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Heavy rains in Sri Lanka's North Central and Eastern provinces have displaced almost a million people and caused widespread devastation, a government official said Saturday.
01/11/2011
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Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Recent heavy rains across Sri Lanka caused flooding and landslides that left thousands homeless, killed 13 people and injured 44 others, the country's disaster management agency said Tuesday.
12/01/2010
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A Sri Lankan army deserter killed himself and injured 16 police officers in a grenade explosion, police told CNN Wednesday.
11/11/2010
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Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- The heaviest rain in 18 years flooded Sri Lanka on Thursday, leaving about 36,000 families homeless, marooning traffic and submerging the country's Parliament in four feet of water.
10/01/2010
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Colombo, Sri Lanka(CNN) -- Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka's former armed forces chief who led troops to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels last year, has been moved to a high security prison, officials said Friday.
07/10/2010
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Politician ends 'fast unto death'
* Ambulance rushes him to hospital
* Protesters dislike U.N. panel looking into abuses during war
Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- A Sri Lanka politician ended his "fast unto death" on Saturday when the nation's president gave him water and an ambulance rushed him to a hospital.