Seven out of 10 people in Sri Lanka are Sinhalese and predominantly Buddhist. Buddha statues are to Sri Lankan tourism what castles are to Scotland - you just can’t get enough of them.
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Archive for July 16th, 2008
Sri Lanka’s Buddhist trail (Daily News)
July 16th, 2008
Unprecedented security measures to be imposed in Sri Lanka capital for the SAARC summit
July 16th, 2008
July 16, Colombo: Government of Sri Lanka has taken tough security measures to thwart any terrorist attacks in the capital Colombo during the forthcoming South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit.
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‘Mass grave’ found in Sri Lanka (BBC News)
July 16th, 2008
What appears to be a mass grave is discovered in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Dubai, Jul 16: The ICC today appointed Alan Hurst as the match referee for the Test series between India and Sri Lanka with Mark Benson, Billy Doctrove and Rudi Koertzen acting as the on-field umpires.
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Hurst, Broad to officiate India’s Lanka tour (rediff.com)
July 16th, 2008
The ICC appointed Allan Hurst and Chris Broad as match referees for India’s Test and one-day series against Sri Lanka respectively.
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Sri Lanka police say human bones found in an unmarked grave in embattled east (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
July 16th, 2008
Police have uncovered human remains in Sri Lanka’s volatile east, and a pro-Tamil separatist Web site described the area as a mass grave containing the bodies of 32 people.
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Sri Lanka police say human bones found in an unmarked grave in embattled east (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
July 16th, 2008
Police have uncovered human remains in Sri Lanka’s volatile east, and a pro-Tamil separatist Web site described the area as a mass grave containing the bodies of 32 people.
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Sri Lanka police say human bones found in an unmarked grave in embattled east (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
July 16th, 2008
Police have uncovered human remains in Sri Lanka’s volatile east, and a pro-Tamil separatist Web site described the area as a mass grave containing the bodies of 32 people.
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Lanka denies killing Indian fishermen (rediff.com)
July 16th, 2008
Sri Lanka has refuted allegations of killing two Indian fishermen fishing at Point Calimere but said its naval patrol had fired at a suspicious boat elsewhere and it was willing to share the video evidence with Indian authorities.The ministry said its attention had been drawn to reports in the Indian media saying that two fishermen […]
Several human bones have been found in an unmarked grave in Sri Lanka’s eastern district of Batticaloa, police said Wednesday.
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