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Sri Lanka Supreme Court order to prevent sale of shopping bags

Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 11:58 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 14, Colombo: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has ordered all shops and super markets to stop offering shopping bags for a price.

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Tue Oct 14, 2008

Colombo Page

Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs assists overstaying workers to return

Monday, October 13, 2008, 3:46 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs is providing assistance to expatriate workers staying illegally in Kuwait to return ...

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Mon Oct 13, 2008

MediLexicon

Panel Discusses How Asian Migrant Women Are Vulnerable To HIV

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 13 Oct 2008 Although Asian migrant women working in Arab countries generate significant economic benefits for both their ...

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Sun Oct 12, 2008

Colombo Page

Palestinian President takes part in a Jumma Prayer in Colombo

Friday, October 10, 2008, 13:37 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 10, Colombo: Visiting Palestinian President Dr.

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Fri Oct 10, 2008

Colombo Page

Sri Lanka inks historic agreement with the State of Palestine

Friday, October 10, 2008, 3:10 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka and the State of Palestine yesterday inked a historic agreement on Technical Co-operation and Practical Training ...

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Siber News

Sri Lanka Tourism faces downturn

's struggling tourism industry faces crisis with further drop of tourist arrivals in August.

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Thu Oct 09, 2008

Siber News

Abbas in Sri Lanka

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on a goodwill mission to the Indian subcontinent, arrived in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Thursday for a visit aimed at boosting political and technical ties with Sri ...

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Sri Lanka, Asia, Travel, India, Mahinda Rajapaksa

Inter Press Service

Sri Lanka: 'Rice Paddies More Valuable Than Int'l Airport'

Sri Lankan rice farmers who fought against President Mahinda Rajapakse and his powerful brothers, trying to construct an international airport on their paddies, say they won because their cause was just and ...

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Wed Oct 08, 2008

Colombo Page

SriLankan Airlines celebrates the proud tradition of honesty among its staff

Thursday, October 2, 2008, 17:38 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 02, Colombo: SriLankan Airlines today celebrated the strong tradition of honesty among its employees, by recognizing 18 staff members ...

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Mon Oct 06, 2008

Colombo Page

US Government strongly condemns today's suicide attack in Sri Lanka

Monday, October 6, 2008, 14:30 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 06, Colombo: United States today issuing a media communiqu condemned today's terrorist attack in Anuradhapura that claimed the lives of ...

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Siber News

SLA arrests youth, another reported missing, in Jaffna

A 26-year-old Tamil youth from Kaithadi in Jaffna, temporarily staying Colombo, was reported missing after going out on an errand 22nd September, according to a complaint registered by his mother with the Human ...

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Sun Oct 05, 2008

Colombo Page

Palestinian Leader to visit Sri Lanka

Sunday, October 5, 2008, 16:36 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 05, Colombo: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka, Palestine Media Center reported today.

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Fri Oct 03, 2008

Arab News

Sri Lanka targets Saudis for tourism

JEDDAH: Citizens and expatriates from Saudi Arabia have been increasingly visiting or traveling through Sri Lanka.

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Thu Oct 02, 2008

The Hindu

Another census move in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Unfazed by the criticism from several quarters over its September 21 directive to the citizens of five districts of Northern Province living in and around Colombo to "re-register" themselves with the ...

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Colombo Page

Sri Lanka's main opposition fights again to reduce oil prices

Thursday, October 2, 2008, 11:45 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition, the United National Party today handed over a petition to the Finance Secretary demanding a ...

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Tue Sep 30, 2008

Siber News

Co-chairs emphasise on immediate humanitarian concerns

"We're placing a lot of emphasis right now on the protection of human rights for civilians who are caught in the fighting, and the democratic government's responsibility for extending - for respecting and ...

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Sun Sep 28, 2008

Inter Press Service

Sri Lanka: Un Supplies to Rebel-Held Areas Will Resume

Tens of thousands of civilians, trapped by fighting between Tamil rebels and the Sri Lankan armed forces in the Vanni, may soon receive their first supplies of essentials since Sep.

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Sat Sep 27, 2008

Colombo Page

UN to deliver first food convoy to rebel held areas of Sri Lanka after the pull out

Saturday, September 27, 2008, 21:51 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Sept 28, Colombo: The first convoy of food supplies since the aid workers pulled out on 16 September will travel under the UN flag to ...

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Fri Sep 26, 2008

Colombo Page

Japan funds Agro Well Project in Anuradhapura District of Sri Lanka

Friday, September 26, 2008, 17:39 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Sept 26, Colombo: The Japanese government has provided US$ 48,511, to construct 15 Agro Wells in the Maddyama, Nuwaragampalatha DS ...

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Thu Sep 25, 2008

Gulfnews

Take a break

Looking for a short holiday? Here are some options. For those who cannot get away on long holidays, the Eid break provides a good opportunity for a mini vacation.

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