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telegraph.co.uk at 26 Jun 2009 09:55 am
Sri Lankan police have arrested an astrologer who predicted that President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be ousted from office.
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PRESIDENTT RAJAPAKSA OF SRI LANKA ADDRESSES THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE UNITED NATIONS
Mahinda Rajapaksa, president of Sri Lanka, addresses the 61st session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 20,2006 in New York. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's ruling party scored a landslide win in a key provincial election that could pave the way for an early presidential election, authorities said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he expects the resettlement of 265,000 displaced Tamil people to be completed by the end of the year.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.N. envoy B. Lynn Pascoe said he will raise the issue of resettling displaced Tamils in Sri Lankan camps on his visit to the island nation.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The Sri Lanka government says it needs money to care for nearly 300,000 displaced Tamils but U.N. patience appears wearing thin, officials say.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- J.S. Tissainayagam, a Sri Lankan journalist praised by U.S. President Barack Obama, has drawn a 20-year prison sentence on terrorism charges, officials say.
VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Tamil Tiger supporters in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, secured the majority of council seats in elections in the northern part of the country, officials said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 24 (UPI) -- The Tamil Tigers' prolonged civil war in Sri Lanka may have ended but the plight of those displaced by the fighting remains dire, officials say.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 22 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon landed Friday in Sri Lanka to get an in-person look at what needs to be done after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 22 (UPI) -- More than 6,200 Sri Lankan security personnel were killed fighting the Tamil Tigers in the past three years, a government official said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 21 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka says it has drawn up a six-month plan to resettle the more than 275,000 Tamils displaced in the latest military campaign against Tamil rebels.
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cnn.com at 19 May 2009 09:59 pm
President Mahinda Rajapaksa declares victory in Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war against the Tamil Tiger rebels. The United Nations, meanwhile, is urging the government to help the hundreds...
cnn.com at 19 May 2009 09:27 am
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, flashing a broad smile, declared victory Tuesday in the country's 25-year civil war against the Tamil Tiger rebels.
cnn.com at 19 May 2009 05:33 am
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, flashing a broad smile, declared victory Tuesday in the country's 25-year civil war against the Tamil Tiger rebels.
telegraph.co.uk at 15 May 2009 06:31 pm
The Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has claimed that the decadesold war against the Tamil Tiger rebels will be over by Sunday morning.
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