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India to convey its view on 13A after consideration
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India would convey its views on alleged attempts by political parties in Sri Lanka to repeal the 13th Amendment to its Constitution, after considering its ...
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Embilipitiya PS Chairman released on bail
The Chairman of the Embilipitiya Pradeshiya Sabha M.K. Amila who was arrested and remanded over an alleged assault on two police officers has been released on bail.The PS chairman had been absconding for nearly a week after assaulting two Constables attached to the Panamura Police Station.However, he surrendered to the Embilipitiya ...
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Sri Lanka Kidney disease takes at least two lives a day
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), the causes of which have not been fully unidentified, is taking at least two lives a day in Sri Lanka's North Central and Uva provinces. It has already killed more than 20,000 people, mainly from poor farming families, over the past two decades. Currently over 200,000 patients, including children as young as 10, suffer from the disease. At least 15 percent of ...
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Indian coast guard launches patrol to prevent fishermen
In a bid to prevent fishermen crossing the international maritime boundary line (IMBL) and entering Sri Lankan waters, the Indian Coast Guard station in Karaikal has intensified patrol besides launching awareness campaigns, an official said on ...
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NWP PC member expelled from SLFP
North Western Provincial Council member Ananda Sarath Kumara has been expelled from the SLFP and barred from contesting future polls and is expected to resign from the ...
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Dilshan swoops to send Sri Lanka forward
Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan celebrates after catching Australia's Clint McKay as his team qualify for the semi-finals in the ICC Champions Trophy at The Oval cricket ground in ...
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Sri Lanka Rising star in U.S. Justice
Mythili Raman, the newly appointed Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Justice Department and successor to Mr. Lanny Breuer, is widely acclaimed in legal circles as a trailblazer in the Justice Department. Her parents are from Vadaramaraadchy, Jaffna. Ms Raman had her undergraduate degree from Yale, and obtained a law degree from the University of ...
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Sri Lankans hand Aussies the exit pass
(49 mins ago) Sri Lanka reached the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a 20-run victory over holders Australia in the last league match at the Oval in London yesterday. The Sri Lankans, who needed a win to stay in the competition, relied on aggressive half-centuries from Mahela Jayawardene and Lahiru Thirimanne to score 253 for 8 wickets after being sent in to bat. Seamer Nuwan Kulasekara then ...
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Sri Lanka SL State backs Christian persecution 30 churches attacked this year World Evangelical Alliance
World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Religious Liberty Commission (RLC), which is a network of churches in 129 countries, in ...
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Learning Mandarin Urdu Tamil Punjabi - these Brampton kids are ahead of the curve
A peek inside Brampton's Chinguacousy Secondary School, which teaches 23 different languages - and 9-year-olds here are already prepping for ...
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Jayawardene-inspired Sri Lanka advance to semifinals
A disciplined Sri Lanka set up a semifinal date with India in the ICC Champions Trophy as they knocked out holders Australia by posting a 20-run win, with veteran Mahela Jayawardene caressing his way to an unbeaten 84-run knock here ...
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Sri Lanka hold their nerve to reach semi-final
A victorious Sri Lanka will play in Cardiff on Thursday. A humbled Australia will start pondering the Ashes, and the state of disrepair their cricket has fallen into. Led ...
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ICC Champions Trophy Australias attacking approach helped us win the match says Jayawardene
London: Sri Lanka maintained their consistent run in the ICC tournaments by reaching the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy for the second time since the tournament's inception. The 2011 World Cup runners up beat defending champions Australia by 20 runs at The Oval on Monday to claim the last spot in the ...
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Sri Lanka send Aussies out
Reaction from the Oval as Sri Lanka progressed to the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy after beating Australia in the final Group A ...
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Sri Lanka oust Aussies to qualify for semis
LONDON (AFP) - Sri Lanka reached the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a 20-run victory over holders Australia in the last league match at the Oval in London on Monday.The Sri Lankans, who needed a win to stay in the competition, relied on aggressive half-centuries from Mahela Jayawardene and Lahiru Thirimanne to score 253-8 after being sent in to bat.Seamer Nuwan Kulasekara then picked up three ...
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Sri Lanka through Australia exit
A masterful 84 not out from the veteran Mahela Jayawardene and key breakthroughs from seamer Nuwan Kulasekara carried Sri Lanka to a convincing win in Monday's Champions Trophy Group A fixture against Australia at The Oval in London.The result afforded Sri Lanka a semi-final berth alongside India, England and South Africa, while the Australians and New Zealanders were handed a tournament ...
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Sri Lanka beat Australia to reach semi-finals
Sri Lanka qualified for the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a 20-run victory over holders Australia in the last league match at the Oval in London on ...
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Sri Lanka destroy Aussies CT hopes
Australia's bid for a third straight Champions Trophy title has ended in disappointment and their Ashes preparations further damaged, after succumbing to a dramatic 20-run defeat against Sri Lanka at The ...
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Australia out of Champions Trophy
Sri Lanka progressed into the Champions Trophy semi-finals with victory over Australia, who failed in their 'mission improbable' at The Oval. The holders had to win and reach the 254-run target set by their opponents inside only 29.1 overs in order to qualify, but it proved to be too great an ask. After a good start, the run-rate dropped as they missed the first target before ...
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Dilshan Swoops to Send Sri Lanka Into Semi-Finals
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Cricket-Sri Lanka beat Australia by 20 runs - Champions Trophy result
LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka beat Australia by 20 runs in their Champions Trophy Group A match on Monday. Sri Lanka 253-8 off 50 overs (M.Jayawardene 84 not out, L.Thirimanne 57, M.Johnson 3-48) Australia 233 all out off 42.3 overs (A.Voges 49, N.Kulasekera 3-42) (Editing by Ed ...
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Cricket Sri Lanka make 253-8 against Australia
Sri Lanka scored 253-8 after being sent in to bat by Australia in the last group match at the Oval in London on Monday. Mahela Jayawardene (84 not out) and Lahiru Thirimanne (57) led the batting charge. Left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson picked up 3-48 in 10 overs. Sri Lanka need a victory to join the already-qualified England in the semi-finals from group A. Australia must win in 29.1 overs to ...
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Cricket-Canny Jayawardene lifts Sri Lanka to 253-8
By Ed Osmond LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Mahela Jayawardene's classy unbeaten 84 lifted Sri Lanka to a competitive total of 253 for eight in their must-win Champions Trophy Group A match against Australia on Monday. Sri Lanka, who need victory to reach the semi-finals, recovered from a poor start thanks to Jayawardene's patient knock and an assured 57 from youngster Lahiru ...
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Cricket Sri Lanka victory ends NZ hopes
In a surreal game-within-a-game scenario, New Zealand have missed a place in the semi-finals at cricket's Champions Trophy. They needed Australia to beat Sri Lanka by a narrow margin in the final round robin match at the Oval in London. Sri Lanka won by 20 runs after being asked to bat and making 253 for eight. Mahela Jayawardene top scored with 84 from 81 balls. Australia ...
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Sri Lanka pile up 425 India 280
Thilan Samaraweera made an unbeaten 137 as Sri Lanka piled up 425 in their first innings against India on the second day of the third cricket Test here ...
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Sri Lanka sees major tourism industry investment
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, especially the cruising scene, is getting back on its feet following the war, with significant interest being shown by major cruise lines wanting to schedule Sri Lankan ports on Indian Ocean Cruises, while the local yachting scene is seeing exciting growth and a local cruise industry may be emerging from infancy.
Sri Lanka, following the long and devastating civil war, which lasted around two and a half decades, is now making renewed attempts to redevelop its tourist industry. The industry is extremely import to the economy of Sri Lanka and is a vital part of the country’s access to foreign currency reserves, but saw marked declines in tourist arrivals during periods in which the ongoing civil war was perceived to be increasing in intensity and violence. Read more
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