04/16/2011
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Monsters and Critics
Colombo - Sri Lanka has delayed its reaction to a United Nations report on war crimes reportedly taken place during the final offensive operations against Tamil rebels in the northern part of the country nearly two years ago.
02/20/2011
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Monsters and Critics
Colombo - Seventeen people attempting to illegally make their way to Australia by boat have been arrested off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, officials said Sunday.
12/08/2010
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Monsters and Critics
Colombo – Sri Lanka is to skip the ceremony at which the Nobel Peace Prize is to be presented to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, a government official in Colombo said Wednesday.
11/29/2010
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Monsters and Critics
Colombo – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa left Monday for a private visit to Britain amid fears that he would face protests there demanding the release of the country's former army chief.
09/19/2010
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Monsters and Critics
Colombo - Civilians who survived the final days of last year's fighting between Sri Lankan troops and the vanquished Tamil rebels testified Sunday about conditions in their shrinking patch of land as government troops closed in.