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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan government has directed Web sites carrying news about the country to register, saying some sites have been discrediting the government.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 3 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government, bowing to worker protests, withdrew its private sector pension plan proposal, a spokesman said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 9 (UPI) -- Up to 190,000 civilians are in peril in the zone where the Sri Lankan army has the remnants of the Tamil Tigers trapped, the United Nations says.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- An International Committee of the Red Cross representative Friday said the humanitarian group will ferry wounded civilians out of a Sri Lankan combat zone.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 16 (UPI) -- A suicide bomb attack Monday on a police station in northern Sri Lanka's Vavuniya region killed 12 police personnel, including three women, the military said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 16 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's trade deficit, largely because of higher food and fuel imports in April, soared to $659 million from $393.8 million in the year-ago period.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 15 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan armed forces bombed and destroyed a key Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam command center Sunday, military officials said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 28 (UPI) -- A journalist and a friend were found hacked to death in Sri Lanka Wednesday, a media group said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 6 (UPI) -- A suicide attack in Sri Lanka Sunday killed a highway minister and 12 marathon runners and injured 90 others north of Colombo, government officials said
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 26 (UPI) -- A landmine detonated in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, killing two police officers and injuring four others, the military said.
