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Sri Lanka vs India: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw Play "Music And Mime" Guessing Game. Watch
Sri Lanka vs India: India's stand-in skipper Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw tried their hand at 'Music and Mime' guessing game.
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Sri Lankan Tamil Family Facing Deportation Gets Australian Town's Backing
Biloela, population 6,000, is a small rural town in northeastern Australia. When the town's first - and hitherto only - set of traffic lights was built 10 years ago, residents were sent into a tizzy. Many families still work in coal mines or cotton farms. On weekends, people fish.
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World's Largest Blue Star Sapphire Discovered In Sri Lanka
The world's largest blue star sapphire, weighing 1404.49 carats and valued at an astonishing $100 million, has been found in a mine in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Cancels Licences for Foreign Mining Firms
Sri Lanka's new president has cancelled mining licences issued by the previous government to 16 foreign companies to search for blue sapphires and other gems, his office said today.
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UN finds cluster bombs in Sri Lanka
A report from a U.N. mine removal expert says unexploded cluster munitions have been found in northern Sri Lanka, appearing to confirm, for the first time, that the weapons were used in that country's long civil war.
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Lanka detains over 50 a day after twin blasts
Sri Lankan police detained more than 50 people for questioning following twin bomb attacks blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels that killed 23 civilians, the defence ministry said on Saturday. The suspects were rounded up near the town of Moratuwa, south of Colombo, where a crowded passenger bus hit a roadside mine during morning rush hour on Friday, kill...
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Sri Lanka roadside mine kills six
Sri Lankan government commandos killed six civilians including two children with a roadside mine inside the Tamil Tiger-held north of the island, the rebels said on Tuesday. Monday night's attack, which took place in the Puliyankulam area, also injured four others, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said in a statement, two of which were ...
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Sri Lanka vs India: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw Play "Music And Mime" Guessing Game. Watch
Sri Lanka vs India: India's stand-in skipper Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw tried their hand at 'Music and Mime' guessing game.
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Sri Lankan Tamil Family Facing Deportation Gets Australian Town's Backing
Biloela, population 6,000, is a small rural town in northeastern Australia. When the town's first - and hitherto only - set of traffic lights was built 10 years ago, residents were sent into a tizzy. Many families still work in coal mines or cotton farms. On weekends, people fish.
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World's Largest Blue Star Sapphire Discovered In Sri Lanka
The world's largest blue star sapphire, weighing 1404.49 carats and valued at an astonishing $100 million, has been found in a mine in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Cancels Licences for Foreign Mining Firms
Sri Lanka's new president has cancelled mining licences issued by the previous government to 16 foreign companies to search for blue sapphires and other gems, his office said today.
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UN finds cluster bombs in Sri Lanka
A report from a U.N. mine removal expert says unexploded cluster munitions have been found in northern Sri Lanka, appearing to confirm, for the first time, that the weapons were used in that country's long civil war.
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Lanka detains over 50 a day after twin blasts
Sri Lankan police detained more than 50 people for questioning following twin bomb attacks blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels that killed 23 civilians, the defence ministry said on Saturday. The suspects were rounded up near the town of Moratuwa, south of Colombo, where a crowded passenger bus hit a roadside mine during morning rush hour on Friday, kill...
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Sri Lanka roadside mine kills six
Sri Lankan government commandos killed six civilians including two children with a roadside mine inside the Tamil Tiger-held north of the island, the rebels said on Tuesday. Monday night's attack, which took place in the Puliyankulam area, also injured four others, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said in a statement, two of which were ...
