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Iran Willing to Share N. Technology with Sri Lanka
on 15 August, 2008 00:10:00
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is willing to share nuclear technology for peaceful purposes with Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said. Mottaki, who was in Colombo to attend the 15th SAARC Summit told The Island, that Iran and Sri Lanka are ...
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editor 03 December, 2008 14:50:12
"Every country has right to protect itself", says Indian FM
"Every country has the right to defend its territorial integrity and it has become difficult to secure such if incidents (terrorist acts) are not adequately addressed, to carry out business as usual and that includes the peace process", Indian Foreign ...
editor 03 December, 2008 14:47:55
Canada's waterloo university student extradited to US: stand trial with 12 men for helping LTTE
Ramanan Mylvaganam (31), Canada's Waterloo University post graduate student who is charged with supplying computer related material to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a group proscribed in Canada as a terrorist group has been ordered to be ...
editor 03 December, 2008 14:45:43
Defence Secretary shares thoughts with hospitalized war heroes
Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mrs Ioma Rajapaksa, President Seva Vanitha Branch, Ministry of Defence Wednesday (3) morning took time off to meet and share their thoughts with a section of injured War Heroes at Colombo Military Hospital. Both ...
editor 03 December, 2008 14:44:01
SB files rights petition
Former Minister S.B. Dissanayaka today filed a rights petition challenging the purported decision of the Commissioner of Elections declaring that he is disqualified to be an elector at a Presidential or Parliamentary elections until December 7, 2011.
editor 03 December, 2008 14:41:58
Over 1,000 foreign workers including Lankans confined in Iraq
About 1,000 Asian men including Sri Lankans who were hired by a Kuwaiti subcontractor to the U.S. military have been confined for as long as three months in windowless warehouses near the Baghdad airport without money or ...
editor 03 December, 2008 14:39:54
A tense situation in Sri Lanka Parliament
Sri Lanka Parliament Speaker W.J.M Lokubndara stressed that it is his duty to protect the privileges of parliamentary staff as the Speaker. The Speaker made this special statement following a tense situation that took place in the Parliament this ...
editor 03 December, 2008 09:38:12
9 civilians escape from LTTE, seek protection with troops- Vavuniya
9 civilians who were held captive by LTTE in the non-liberated Wanni area fled from the terrorist outfit and sought protection with security forces at Omanthai, Vavuniya, today (Dec 3). The civilians included 7 males and 2 females who had ...
editor 03 December, 2008 09:37:32
Gajaba UN peace keeping battalion is ready to embark
9th Battalion of UN peace keeping contingent for Haiti, is ready to embark for UN peace keeping operations on 16th December 2008. The trained battalion offered the guard of honour to Major General Jagath Jayasuriya USP psc, Security Force Commander ...








