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Muammar Gaddafi killed in Libya
Libya’s ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after an assault on his home town of Sirte, the transitional authority’s acting prime minister says. Mahmoud Jibril told a news conference in Tripoli it was time to launch a new, united Libya. Video footage has been broadcast around the world showing a battered body claimed to...
October 20 2011 / No comment / Read More »A gentleman in politics
October 1, 2011, 5:25 pm by Krishantha Prasad Cooray A few years ago I was to meet a politician...
October 4 2011 / No comment / Read More »Wikileaks: Mahinda Rajapaksa is a “christian” – says Archbishop
Posted by Colombo Telegraph ⋅ September 21, 2011 ⋅ Filed Under Human Rights, Malcolm Ranjith, Sri Lanka, US embassy...
September 22 2011 / No comment / Read More »TNA, Sri Lanka government to resume talks
R. K. RADHAKRISHNAN THE HINDU The Tamil National Alliance and the Sri Lankan government will resume talks on arriving...
September 15 2011 / No comment / Read More »Will not shun any role the UNP believes befits me’ – Karu
Deputy leader of the UNP Karu Jayasuriya says he will not shun any role that the party believes befits...
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Travel
Paris launches electric car-sharing scheme
Electric rental cars will be available to hire across Paris from next week Continue reading the main story Paris is launching its first car-sharing project as it aims to clear its traffic-clogged boulevards. The backers hope the scheme will be a major boost for electric vehicles. The Autolib system is intended to build on the [...]...
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Business
Sri Lanka stocks end down 0.9-pct
Oct 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed lower Tuesday with losses in shares that had been pushed up by speculators and a newly listed finance firm being heavily traded, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index fell 0.91 percent (61.85 points) to 6,721.54, while the more liquid Milanka index fell back below [...]...
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Worldnews
Pakistan: Thirteen killed in attack on bus near Quetta
The aftermath of the attack on the bus Continue reading the main story Related Stories Pakistan’s evolving sectarian schism Pakistan’s very unhappy new year Deadly gun attack on Pakistan bus Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Shia Muslims in south-western Pakistan, killing 13 people and injuring six others, police say. The attack took place near [...]...
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Sports
Dr. Geethanjana Mendis to be asked to vacate post
October 3, 2011, 9:30 pm by Lal Gunesekera Well known Neuro Physician, Dr. Geethanjana Mendis, who headed the Sports Medicine Unit of the Ministry of Sports for numerous years, is to be asked to vacate post with ‘immediate effect’. Reasons for his removal were not divulged by Sports Ministry officials and even Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage [...]...
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