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Five charges against Fonseka
By Jamila Najmuddin and Supun Dias Mar 8, 2010 General Sarath Fonseka will be tried on over five charges under the Army Act and will face a court martial within the next few days, Army Spokesperson Major General Prasad Samarasingha told Daily Mirror Online. According to the military, the summary of evidence over charges against General Fonseka, made...
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Sri Lanka war zone May 2009 The government’s victory over the Tigers ended a bloody civil war Sri Lankan President Mahinda...
March 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »Gen Fonseka on a fast in protest over withdrawl of phone facilities
2010-03-07 12:49:57 Gen (retd) Sarath Fonseka has gone on a protest fast after a decision by the military to withdraw...
March 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »India, Sri Lanka ‘sister countries’: Nirupama Rao
B. Muralidhar Reddy Visiting Foreign Secretary, Nirupama Rao on Sunday inaugurated the India-Sri Lanka Centre for English Language Training (SLICELT)...
March 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »SRI LANKA:Breakthrough in Wickramatunga probe
Feb 28, 2010 A serving Army Major General, now on an overseas posting, has been re-called to Sri Lanka as...
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Travel
Nissan recalls 540,000 vehicles worldwide
Thursday, 04 March 2010 10:21 Japan’s Nissan Motor said on Wednesday it would recall nearly 540,000 vehicles worldwide, most of them in the United States, due to brake pedal defects and faulty fuel gauges. Nissan — Japan’s third-largest carmaker, and partnered with France’s Renault — said it plans “to inspect and, if necessary, repair brake pedal pins [...]...
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Business
Weekly Market Focus
The market activity in the Colombo Stock Exchange witnessed mixed results as the week which began on a positive note endured a temporally blip but recovered and ended marginally up as investors looked to exploit on capital gains. The benchmark All Share Price Index (ASPI) was up 16.31 points week on week to close at [...]...
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Worldnews
Officials: Attack on Nigerian town kills more than 100
March 7, 2010 5:47 p.m. EST Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — More than 100 people were dead after an attack Sunday on a predominantly Christian group in central Nigeria, officials said. The attacks, which resembled earlier outbreaks of ethno-religious violence in the West African nation, prompted Nigeria’s vice president to place security on high alert and begin operations [...]...
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Sports
Tennis: NZ down Sri Lanka in Davis Cup
8:21 AM Monday Mar 8, 2010 New Zealand began the long trek back to top-level Asia-Oceania tennis with a 3-2 Davis Cup group two win over Sri Lanka in Colombo this weekend. The New Zealanders won the opening singles matches, Rubin Statham grinding out a gruelling five-set win over Harshana Godamanna and Daniel King-Turner accounting for Rajeev [...]...
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