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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 27, 9:26 am ET
Colombo - Sri Lanka is to hold a presidential election on January 26, a government spokesman said Friday. Nominations for the election need to be received by December 17, the spokesman said. ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 26, 5:26 am ET
Colombo – Sri Lanka's main opposition party Thursday decided to back a former army commander who spearheaded the military campaign against Tamil rebels in the next presidential elections. The opposition United National Party (UNP) led by former prime...
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Nasdaq - Fri Nov 27, 6:47 am ET
COLOMBO (AFP)--Sri Lanka's electoral office said Friday that presidential elections would be held Jan. 26, with President Mahinda Rajapakse expected to face his former military chief Sarath Fonseka.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 27, 6:42 am ET
Colombo - Four Air Force personnel were killed Friday when a Russian-built Mi-24 Air Force helicopter crashed in south-eastern Sri Lanka, an Air Force spokesman said. The accident occurred in Badalkumbura, 310 kilometres south-east of Colombo after a...
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 27, 5:11 am ET
Colombo – A Russian built Mi-24 Air Force helicopter Friday crashed in south-eastern Sri Lanka after an airdisplay to mark the start of construction work of a new international airport, an Air Force spokesman said. The fate of the pilot and the two o...
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Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 2:22 am ET
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange is planning its first exchange-traded fund and to increase stock listings as investor interest grows in Asia’s best-performing market following the end of the country’s 26-year civil war.
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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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KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Mon Nov 23, 7:50 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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INO News - Thu Nov 26, 7:55 am ET
(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka's main Opposition party has decided to field former army commander General Sarath Fonseka, who stepped down recently, to challenge President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the country's snap presidential elections.
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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 - Tue Nov 24, 7:21 am ET
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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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.