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US may pull out all troops from Afghanistan
The US president, Barack Obama, has told his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai that he is preparing a contingency plan to withdraw all US troops, as a post-2014 security pact remains unsigned.
View ArticleAutomated fingerprint system launched tomorrow
The automated fingerprint system to identify those engaged in criminal activities will be launched by police tomorrow at the Deyata Kirula exhibition in Kuliyapitiya. The event will be conducted under...
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New coalition takes on India’s two biggest parties
Eleven political parties, including seven regional parties, formed a coalition on Tuesday in hopes of drawing voters away from India’s two main national parties in the general elections in May.
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Sinha vows to end fishermen row in 90 days
Senior BJP leader and former foreign minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday said concrete steps would be taken to solve the Tamil Nadu fishermen issue and the Sri Lankan Tamils issue within three months...
View ArticleSriLankan flight forced to land by Indian Customs
A high-octane drama unfolded at the international airport here on Tuesday when Customs and Central Excise enforcers forced a Sri Lankan Airlines plane, bound for Colombo, to land 20 minutes after it...
View ArticleLankan Tamils lock Nigerian officials
A group of Sri Lankan Tamils in a special camp within the Central Prison campus locked up the inner gate with three Nigerian officials inside on Tuesday.
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Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia dies
Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia has died in Mexico of a heart attack, at the age of 66, officials in his hometown of Algeciras said on Wednesday.
View ArticleSeven sailors injured in Indian navy accident
Two sailors were missing and another seven were injured after smoke was detected aboard a submarine off Mumbai on Wednesday, Indian navy officials said, in the latest accident to hit the force.
View Article100 students injured due to wasp attack
Around 100 students from Mahanama College Colombo came under attack by wasps when they were on an educational visit at the Victoria reservoir.
View ArticleEgypt sentences 26 to death for plotting Suez attack
An Egyptian court sentenced 26 people to death on Wednesday for plotting attacks on ships passing through the Suez Canal
View ArticleChina smog drives masks out of stock
China's biggest online face-mask sellers were running out of stock Wednesday as consumers rushed to protect themselves from smog that has shrouded large swathes of northern China for an entire week.
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Putin orders ‘combat readiness’ tests for western, central Russian troops
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an urgent military drill to test the combat readiness of the armed forces across western and central Russia. The drill included troops dealing with mock...
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Govt. 'puppet masters' behind Fonseka allegations - DP
The Democratic Party (DP) alleged today that some Government politicians were engaged in a ‘conspiracy’ to tarnish the image of its leader Sarath Fonseka, in the wake of indications the party would...
View ArticleParliament staff members arrested for financial fraud
Two members of the Parliament staff have been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over financial fraud.
View ArticleWasps attack tea pluckers
Twenty women engaged in tea plucking at an estate in Nanuoya were attacked by wasps yesterday. Four of the injured are still being treated at the Nuwara Eliya hospital, police said.
View ArticleTwo killed in motorbike-double cab collision
Two people were killed when a motorbike collided with a double cab in Weligama last night.
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NASA cries planetary 'bonanza' with 715 new worlds
Washington — NASA on Wednesday announced a torrent of new planet discoveries, hailing a "bonanza" of 715 worlds now known outside the solar system thanks to the Kepler space telescope's planet-hunting...
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Supreme Court stops Tamil Nadu from releasing Rajiv Gandhi's killers
The Supreme Court today stopped Tamil Nadu from releasing convicts in the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, which was seen as a populist and politically-loaded decision ahead of...
View ArticleMinisters shun Lankan consulate inauguration
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala boycotted the opening ceremony of the honorary consulate of Sri Lanka in Kerala on Wednesday, Indian reports said.
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Asgiriya Mahanayaka Thero meets Hindu Religious leaders
Most Ven. Udugama Rathanapala Sri Buddharakkhitha Mahanayaka Thero of Asgiriya Chapter of the Siamese Sector met with Hindu leaders in Nallur yesterday.
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