09/20/2010
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Sept 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe today publicly denounced the charges brought by the government against former Army Commander and current parliamentarian retired General Sarath Fonseka and tore off a mock charge sheet.
09/19/2010
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Sept 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka's State Literary Festival is scheduled to be held on September 30, the sources at the Ministry of Cultural Affairs said.
09/16/2010
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Sept 16, Colombo: The Director of the Government Information Department Prof. Ariyaratne Ethugala said that the government had permitted Sri Lanka Customs to release The Economist magazine that was reportedly held in the Customs blocking entry to the market of Sri Lanka.
09/15/2010
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Sept 15, Colombo: Quoting the Army spokesman Major General Ubhaya Medawala, Sri Lanka's state-owned Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation reported that 150 Sinhala families who resided in the Northern Province capital Jaffna for over 50 years have applied for resettlement.
09/15/2010
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Sept 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for the United States this morning on a private visit, sources at the President's office said.
09/13/2010
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Sept 13, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government today, responding to the concerns expressed by the United States on the just passed constitutional reforms, said the passage of 18th Amendment to Sri Lanka's Constitution last week in the parliament with a two-third majority is an entirely internal matter.
09/11/2010
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Sept 11, Colombo: Six organizers of Sri Lanka's crisis ridden main opposition United National Party (UNP) in the Galle District have called the party to give the organizers power to vote in the event a poll is held to elect the senior leaders.
09/10/2010
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Sept 10, Ottawa: The Canadian government is sending a former head of an intelligence agency to Sri Lanka and other Asian countries as a special envoy on human smuggling to prevent illegal immigrants entering into the country, the Canadian Press reported Thursday.
09/06/2010
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Sept 06, Colombo: The Indian Army Chief, General Vijay Kumar Singh, who arrived in Colombo Sunday on a five-day official visit, called on Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President's House Monday morning for discussions.
09/04/2010
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Sept 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party says it is taking steps to remove four members of the party who have decided to vote in favor of the government's constitutional amendments in the parliament next week as more members have expressed support for the government.