02/04/2010
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Reuters
KANDY, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's newly re-elected president vowed on Thursday to regain the progress lost in a quarter-century war with the Tamil Tigers separatists by boosting the country's economy and unifying its people.
02/03/2010
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BBC
Thirty-seven people are being held in Sri Lanka in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President Mahinda Rajapaksa, state-owned media say.
02/03/2010
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Lanka Journal
A senior officer in the Sri Lankan army has been arrested in connection with the murder of a top campaigning journalist.
02/03/2010
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Reuters
COLOMBO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares .CSE fell 0.31 percent on Wednesday from a record high, as concerns over continuous foreign selling led traders to book profits after a six-session rise. The All-Share Price Index .CSE of the Colombo Stock Exchange closed 11.33 points weaker at 3697.80 points. It hit a new all-time high of 3735.86 on Tuesday, .
02/03/2010
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Asia Sentinel
Repression and fear continue in the wake of President Rajapaksa's snap election win
01/28/2010
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Al-Jazeera
VIDEO: Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapakse has just won another term as president. That comes less than a year after the end of one of Asia's longest running civil wars. But how challenging will it be to address post-conflict concerns? And will this election solve all of Sri Lanka's many problems?