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Colombo denounces state of Emergency 2011-08-26 04:01:56
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced the end of the country’s 28-year state of emergency Thursday, saying the country had not experienced a single act of terrorism since the end of a savage civil war in 2009. The President said...
Keywords: Colombo news, Colombo news, U.S. Embassy to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, LTTE
Read MoreBlake to visit Sri Lanka – Tamils plea 2011-08-26 04:29:50
An official announcement at Washington, DC stated that Blake is to visit Sri Lanka. The United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. will travel to Sri Lanka August 29-31, 2011, the...
Keywords: assassination of Lakshman Kadirgamar, Tamils are victims, Tamils are not the perpetrators, U.S. Embassy to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Read MoreSri Lanka Pulled Out Of SAARC; Joins India 2016-09-30 10:59:04
In an important development, Sri Lanka has become the fourth member who will not attend the SAARC summit in Islamabad in November, which is almost canceled. Earlier, India, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Bangladesh have pulled out of SAARC expressing concerns over...
Keywords: Sri Lanka out of SAARC summit, Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan
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