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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...
Colombo, Nov 30 (AFP) Sri Lanka will today allow thousands of civilians to leave state-run camps where they have been detained since the military's victory over Tamil Tiger separatist rebels, a senior official said.
The United States said Wednesday it was willing to extend more aid to Sri Lanka provided there was progress in political reconciliation and human rights.
Kumar Sangakkara hit 78 off 37 balls Wednesday to lead Sri Lanka to a 29-run win over India in the first of two Twenty20 internationals. Sangakkara smashed 11 boundaries and two sixes at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium to steer his team to 215-5 after India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl.
NAGPUR, India (AP) -- Scoreboard Wednesday in the first Twenty20 international between India and Sri Lanka at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium: Sri Lanka Innings Tillakaratne Dilshan b Rohit Sharma 34 Sanath Jayasuriya c Ishant Sharma b Dinda 26 Kumar Sangakkara run out 78 Mahela Jayawardene b Pathan 9 Chamara Kapugedera b Nehra 47 Anjelo Mathews not out 15 Extras: (1b, 3lb, 2w) 6 TOTAL ...
A US Senate report has urged more engagement with Sri Lanka as it recovers from war, warning that Washington risks "losing" the island to China and Western adversaries.
NAGPUR, India (AP) -- Sri Lanka defeated India by 29 runs Wednesday at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in the first of two twenty20 internationals: Scores: Sri Lanka 215-5 (Kumar Sangakkara 78, Chamara Kapugedera 47, Tillakaratne Dilshan 34, Sanath Jayasuriya 26; Rohit Sharma 1-22) def. India 186-9 (Gautam Gambhir 55, Virender Sehwag 26; Sanath Jayasuriya 2-19, Anjelo Mathews 2-30).
Scoreboard after Sri Lanka beat India by 29 runs in the first Twenty20 international at Nagpur, India on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka beat India by 29 runs in the first Twenty20 international on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka scored 215 for five after being put into bat by India in their first Twenty20 international on Wednesday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 international Wednesday. India included rookie paceman Ashok Dinda in its pace attack after Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was ruled out due to a stomach bug. Sri Lanka goes into the match without its ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who has been sidelined by a finger injury.
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. ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan elections officials said Friday that the nation would hold early presidential elections on Jan. 26 in what is expected to be a battle between two men revered for their efforts to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Colombo - A father who allegedly faked the abduction of his son and demanded a ransom from his wife in southern Sri Lanka has been arrested, a local newspaper reported Friday. The man, identified as K Karunaratna, reportedly hid his 10-year-old son a...
A U.S. envoy praised the Sri Lankan government Wednesday for making progress in resettling hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tamil civilians detained since the end of the country's civil war.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Tamil militants say they'll start a new insurgency in Sri Lanka unless demands for a separate Tamil homeland are met.
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