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Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 |
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankan troops broke through a strategic front in the country's civil war on Thursday, overrunning an important rebel defense line north of the Tamil Tiger's de facto state, the military said. |
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Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 |
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COLOMBO - India handed over aid for Sri Lanka's war refugees on Thursday in what analysts say is the clearest sign yet New Delhi will not interfere with Colombo's plan to end Asia's oldest insurgency militarily. |
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Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 |
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COLOMBO: The Government will hold Provincial Council elections in the five provinces possibly on one day, Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said yesterday. |
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Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 |
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As President Mahinda Rajapaksa celebrated his third year in office, 79 of his closest relatives hold top government positions, including as ministry secretaries, parliamentarians, presidential advisors, diplomats and chairmen of corporations, said leader of SLFP Mahajana Wing Mangala Samaraweera. |
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Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 |
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COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's Kuruwita Textile Mills said its net loss for the September quarter more than doubled owing to sharply higher costs although it had won new orders and is trying to get cheaper raw material. |
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Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 |
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Nearly 5,000 paramedics, of 37 Government-run and 400 Provincial Council-run hospitals, will launch a one-day token strike today (20) in protest against the Health Ministry’s inability to resolve some of their core issues, the All Ceylon Health Services Union (ACHSU) said. |
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Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008 |
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Colombo has enjoyed close relationship with New Delhi and it has been further strengthened by the frequent exchange of visits by the leaders of the two countries, said Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama. |
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