Getting re-elected and staying in power: this is the goal that the outgoing President of Sri Lanka intends to achieve…
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Sri Lanka: joint statement by the UN Security Council
The plight of civilians trapped in fighting in the northeast of Sri Lanka finally walked through the door of the…
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Retromachine: The world’s first elected state woman
On July 21, 1960 , Sirimavo Bandaranaike was appointed Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), after winning the legislative…
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Sri Lanka: investigation continues
The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for suicide attacks on churches and luxury hotels on Tuesday that left…
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Chili throws and office supplies at the Sri Lankan parliament
Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya was prevented from reaching the perch for nearly an hour by a group of MPs…
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Sri Lanka: 300 missing in mudslides
About fifteen dead and up to 300 missing in Sri Lanka. These are the consequences of mudslides in Haldummulla, a…
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Sri Lanka: Tigers, the world’s most formidable insurgency movement, beheaded
In this small country of 20 million inhabitants, the defense budget reaches 4% of the GDP . This is to…
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Sri Lanka gestures amid conflict with Tamil separatists
The Sri Lankan army today announced the end of its heavy military operations in the area of around ten km2…
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Sri Lanka: Buddhist monks against inter-religious violence
In Sri Lanka, hundreds of monks demonstrated on Thursday in front of the Bangladeshi embassy in Colombo. A peaceful mobilization…
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What path will Sri Lanka take now that the Tamil Tigers have acknowledged their defeat?
The rebels, who have been fighting since 1972 for the independence of the north and east of the island, announced…
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Sri Lankan government declares at least 48-hour ceasefire with Tamil rebels
A symbolic gesture in Sri Lanka. President Mahinda Rajapakse has declared a ceasefire of at least 48 hours with the…
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21 dead in Sri Lanka bombing
New attack in Sri Lanka, still attributed to Tamil rebels. A bomb exploded on Friday when a bus passed in…
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Sri Lanka: the Islamic State group claims the attacks
On CCTV footage, we can see the path of one of the suspected suicide bombers of the Sunday attacks in…
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Sri Lanka, mourning, Vesak celebration
Due to heavy rainfall and devastating floods that hit Sri Lanka, the streets of the capital Colombo are less crowded…
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Sri Lanka announces the end of the Tamils
The Tamil rebels militarily beaten in Sri Lanka, this is what the president of the country affirms this evening. To…
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Sri Lankan government does not want UN aid workers
The head of United Nations Humanitarian Affairs leaves Sri Lanka “disappointed”. John Holmes did not get a “green light” from…
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The end of the war against the Tamil guerrillas rejoices the Sri Lankans
The announcement of the surrender of the Tamil rebels was greeted with joy in Colombo. No human tide in the…
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Sri Lankan army seizes Tamil stronghold of Kilinochchi
A “historic victory for the nation”… These are the words of the president of Sri Lanka, whose army today seized…
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