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OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 10:51 pm ET
COLOMBO, Nov 23 (IRIN) - The release of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from camps in Sri Lanka's north is welcome, but the government must now ensure they are properly cared for, the UN and NGOs say.
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UPI - Sat Nov 21, 2:50 pm ET
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka announced Saturday it will release 130,000 war-displaced Tamils living in a heavily guarded camp near Vavuniya since May.
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NBC26 Green Bay - Mon Nov 23, 7:36 am ET
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's president signed a decree Monday calling for early elections, hoping to take advantage of his popularity after ending the country's 25-year civil war to win a new six-year term.
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Nasdaq - Tue Nov 24, 3:02 am ET
COLOMBO (AFP)--Sri Lanka's former military chief, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, will challenge his President Mahinda Rajapakse in upcoming elections, a key leftist opposition party announced Tuesday.
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Washington Post - Tue Nov 17, 12:00 am ET
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - With candles glowing next to his computer, Chandrasiri Bandara, the nation's most popular astrologer, looked at his birth chart and predicted that he would soon be assassinated.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 23, 8:56 am ET
Colombo - President Mahinda Rajapaksa Monday announced new elections for January, two years ahead of schedule, a cabinet minister said. Rajapaksa made the announcement to the leaders of his coalition partners, and told them that he had decided to run...
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 49 minutes ago
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Sarath Fonseka , Sri Lanka’s former military chief, will run against the incumbent, Mahinda Rajapaksa , in the presidential election set for next year.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 2:29 am ET
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa called a presidential election for 2010, two years before his mandate expires, as he seeks to capitalize on his government ending a 26-year civil war with Tamil rebels.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 7:59 am ET
Nearly 60,000 people were left homeless in Sri Lanka Thursday following flash floods in the capital Colombo and the suburbs, an official said.
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Space War - Sun Nov 15, 10:49 pm ET
Colombo (AFP) Nov 13, 2009 - Sri Lanka's government sidelined top general Sarath Fonseka because of fears he would launch a coup, he wrote in a bitter resignation letter ahead of an expected election battle with the president.
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INO News - Mon Nov 23, 11:25 am ET
(RTTNews) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has announced snap presidential elections in January, two years ahead of schedule.
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UPI - Thu Nov 12, 2:44 pm ET
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The head of Sri Lanka's armed forces, fresh from a civil war-ending victory over Tamil Tiger rebels and a promotion, has quit, government officials say.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - 1 hour 59 minutes ago
Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag each scored centuries and put on an opening stand of 233 Tuesday to lead India to a record 417 for two wickets on the opening day of the second test against Sri Lanka. Gambhir hit 167 and Sehwag 131 after India won the toss and elected to bat first at Green Park as the Indians scored their most ever runs in a single day of test cricket, surpassing the 385 it...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 1:50 am ET
Sri Lanka's navy on Tuesday seized two fishing trawlers carrying 60 illegal migrants heading for Australia, a spokesman said.
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Voice of America - Thu Nov 12, 9:31 am ET
Government officials in Colombo confirm the chief of Sri Lanka's armed forces has quit his post, but are not commenting on speculation he is poised to challenge the island nation's president in an upcoming election.
