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Colombo - US Assistant Secretary of StateRobert Blake Wednesday expressed satisfaction on with Sri Lanka's programme of resettling ethnic Tamils displaced by the civil war in northern Sri Lanka. Tens of thousands of Tamils have been held in held in h...
MUMBAI, India (AP) — Scoreboard Friday at end of India's first innings on the third day of the third test match against Sri Lanka at Brabourne Stadium:
MUMBAI, India (AP) — India openers Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay took the hosts to 92-0 in their first innings at lunch on day two, hurting Sri Lanka's hopes of a series-levelling victory in the third and final test.
Sri Lanka gave permission Tuesday to nearly 127,000 Tamil refugees to leave squalid and overrun government camps where they have been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, an official said.
India became the number one Test team on Sunday after routing Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final cricket Test in Mumbai to clinch the series 2-0.
Sri Lanka gave permission Tuesday to nearly 127,000 Tamil refugees to leave squalid and overrun government camps where they have been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, an official said.
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.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s presidential election next year will allow voters to go to the polls in the northern region formerly controlled by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.
Leading runscorers in test cricket (x-active): 12,970-- x-Sachin Tendulkar, India (162 tests) 11,953-- Brian Lara, West Indies (131) 11,456-- x-Ricky Ponting, Australia (138) 11,256-- x-Rahul Dravid, India (137) 11,174-- Allan Border, Australia (156) 10,927-- Steve Waugh, Australia (168) 10,277-- x-Jacques Kallis, South Africa (131) 10,122-- Sunil Gavaskar, India (125) 9,120-- x-Mahela...
A bomb exploded near an intelligence office in central Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said, damaging the building and killing at least 12 people amid a surge of extremist violence that has prompted the U.S. to offer additional aid in the country's battle against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
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.
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.
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.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s presidential election next year will allow voters to go to the polls in the northern region formerly controlled by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s presidential election next year will allow voters to go to the polls in the northern region formerly controlled by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.
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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