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Sri Lanka Appoints Minority Tamil as Top Judge
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on today appointed a Tamil judge as the country's chief justice, the first member of the minority community to hold the post in more than two decades.
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Mahinda Rajapakse: Sri Lanka's Strongman Battling For Survival in Election
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse appeared unstoppable after overseeing a crushing defeat of Tamil guerrillas, but charges of corruption, nepotism and war crimes have dogged his second term in office.
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Sri Lanka slams foreign lawyers over impeachment probe
Sri Lanka on Sunday accused a London-based group of lawyers of undermining Colombo's sovereignty and said a four-member team probing judicial independence was barred from entering the island.
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Sri Lanka president sacks country's first woman chief justice
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse Sunday sacked the country's first woman chief justice by ratifying parliament's vote to impeach her, his spokesman said.
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Sri Lanka's top judge slams impeachment move
Sri Lanka's chief justice has described herself a "fearless judge" and vowed to fight charges of financial and professional misconduct, according to a leaked response to her impeachment.
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Sri Lanka Appoints Minority Tamil as Top Judge
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on today appointed a Tamil judge as the country's chief justice, the first member of the minority community to hold the post in more than two decades.
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Mahinda Rajapakse: Sri Lanka's Strongman Battling For Survival in Election
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse appeared unstoppable after overseeing a crushing defeat of Tamil guerrillas, but charges of corruption, nepotism and war crimes have dogged his second term in office.
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Sri Lanka slams foreign lawyers over impeachment probe
Sri Lanka on Sunday accused a London-based group of lawyers of undermining Colombo's sovereignty and said a four-member team probing judicial independence was barred from entering the island.
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Sri Lanka president sacks country's first woman chief justice
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse Sunday sacked the country's first woman chief justice by ratifying parliament's vote to impeach her, his spokesman said.
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Sri Lanka's top judge slams impeachment move
Sri Lanka's chief justice has described herself a "fearless judge" and vowed to fight charges of financial and professional misconduct, according to a leaked response to her impeachment.
