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10/10/2010 | Embassy of Sri Lanka, PR Newswire
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States continued a series of meetings with members of Congress in September to brief lawmakers on developments in Sri Lanka, including economic growth, foreign investment and progress in reconciliation.
09/09/2010 | PR Newswire, Sri Lankan Embassy
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sri Lankan Americans who are part of the Washington area Muslim community joined together at the Embassy of Sri Lanka Sept. 5 to celebrate Ifthar, or the breaking of the fast, as part of Ramadan.
01/21/2010 | PR Newswire, Qorvis Communications
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just days after The New York Times chose Sri Lanka as the world's No. 1 place to go in 2010, a leading lifestyle web resource, Daily Candy, weighed in with a similarly enthusiastic travel recommendation, praising Sri Lanka as "the best place" that the Daily Candy writers had ever been. Its rave review reinforces the cultural and national rebirth currently underway in the country since the defeat of terrorism in 2009.