1.4 tonnes of elephant tusks seized in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan customs officials say they have seized about 1.4 tonnes of elephant tusks in the largest ever such seizure in the country. full story
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Clergy want int'l probe on Sri Lanka civil war
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Christian clergy from Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil-majority north are asking the United Nations Human Rights Council to push for an independent international inquiry into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka's civil war.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka expressed alarm at rising hate speech and attacks against Muslims in the island nation and warned that such sentiments should not be allowed to fester.
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Envoy alarmed over anti-Muslim events in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka expressed alarm at rising hate speech and attacks against Muslims in the island nation and warned that such sentiments should not be allowed to fester.
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UN resolution against Sri Lanka uncalled for: Sri Lanka envoy
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Sri Lanka’s backslide on Tamil autonomy puts peace at risk
Sri Lanka was for decades an example of how sectarian conflict can wreck an otherwise fortunate country. It has had three years to show how devolving power to an ethnic minority can bring about lasting peace. Now it looks as if the opportunity will be lost. Sri Lanka paid an ...
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Tamil newspaper says staff attacked in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—The publisher of a Tamil newspaper says unidentified men assaulted staffers in an attack inside the paper's office in Sri Lanka's former war zone.
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Tamil newspaper says staff attacked in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The publisher of a Tamil newspaper says unidentified men assaulted staffers in an attack inside the paper's office in Sri Lanka's former war zone.
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Cricket: Angelo Mathews to Captain Sri Lanka Cricket Team
Mathews and Sri Lanka's 23 leading players were feuding with the Sri Lanka Cricket Board over pay, but they reached a settlement Monday.
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Scientists discover new spider the size of a human face in Sri Lanka hospital
A new tarantula spider found in an old hospital in Sri Lanka has been given the name Poecilotheria rajaei, according to the British Tarantula Society on Friday.Arachnaphobes can now add Sri Lanka to their list of places they...
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Sri Lanka's ex-army chief says not to fear inquiry
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The army chief who led Sri Lanka's bloody campaign to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels says the country should not shy away from a possible inquiry into its wartime conduct.
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