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Sri Lanka army 'in fresh advance' - BBC News

Sri Lanka army 'in fresh advance'
BBC News, UK - 3 hours ago
Sri Lanka's military says it has recaptured a key northern town near the Tamil Tigers' Kilinochchi stronghold. They say that troops took Kokavil, ...
Sri Lanka: Military seizes key rebel-held town The Associated Press
Sri Lanka says captures town from rebels after 18 years Reuters India
Sri Lanka takes another town in battle for rebel capital: military AFP
San Francisco Chronicle - Xinhua
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(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:01:42 GMT)

Sri Lankan Floods Uproot Thousands - New York Times

The Associated Press

Sri Lankan Floods Uproot Thousands
New York Times, United States - Nov 29, 2008
By AP COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Floods caused by days of heavy rain killed at least seven people, left four soldiers missing and displaced more than 88000 ...
Record Rain falls cripple Northern Sri Lanka TamilEelamNews.com
Sri Lanka says 4 killed in floods The Associated Press
11 die from torrential downpour and foods in Sri Lanka North TamilWeek
Ceylon Daily News - Colombo Page
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(Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:47:01 GMT)

Sri Lankan troops capture rebel town in north - Xinhua

Sri Lankan troops capture rebel town in north
Xinhua, China - 20 minutes ago
1 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's government troops on Monday recaptured the northern town of Kokavil, which has been under the control of Tamil Tiger rebels for 18 ...

(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:17:13 GMT)

Sri Lanka seal whitewash - SkySports

China Post

Sri Lanka seal whitewash
SkySports - Nov 30, 2008
Muttiah Muralitharan claimed five wickets to help Sri Lanka complete a 5-0 series whitewash over Zimbabwe in Harare. The home side made the fifth one-day ...
Sri Lanka bowled out for 152 in ODI vs. Sri Lanka International Herald Tribune
S Lanka's cricketers grind out final Zimbabwe win AFP
Sri Lanka sweeps cricket series 5-0 after 19-run win over Zimbabwe The Canadian Press
Reuters.uk - CricInfo.com
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(Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:22:43 GMT)

SRI LANKA: Typhoon Nisha affects thousands - IRINnews.org

SRI LANKA: Typhoon Nisha affects thousands
IRINnews.org, NY - 2 hours ago
... 30, from the Jaffna Peninsula, describing Typhoon Nisha, which affected more than 360000 people in nine districts in northern Sri Lanka last week, ...

(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:11:22 GMT)

Indian relief items sent to Sri Lanka's war displaced civilians - Xinhua

Indian relief items sent to Sri Lanka's war displaced civilians
Xinhua, China - 4 hours ago
1 (Xinhua) -- Relief items shipped by the Indian government for Sri Lanka's battle displaced civilians in the Island's north have been finally dispatched to ...
Delighted to beat you The Age
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(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:15:30 GMT)

Sri Lanka banks on Russia, Iran to lift its sagging tea industry - Hindu

Fresh News

Sri Lanka banks on Russia, Iran to lift its sagging tea industry
Hindu, India - Nov 30, 2008
Colombo, Nov 30 (PTI) Faced with a slump in tea exports on account of the global slowdown, Sri Lanka is depending on countries like Russia and Iran to bail ...
Sri Lankan gov't says rebels' overtures to India can not find ... Xinhua
Lessons from Mumbai Ceylon Daily News
LTTE provides ideas for terror attacks like Mumbai: Lanka Times of India
Daily Mirror - Hindu
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(Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:17:24 GMT)

Sri Lanka slips out of oil deal on Supreme Court ruling - TamilNet

Sunday Times.lk

Sri Lanka slips out of oil deal on Supreme Court ruling
TamilNet, Sri Lanka - 4 hours ago
A ruling Friday by Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court’s to halt payments to an international bank in connection to a badly judged oil hedging deal entered into by ...
Sri Lanka oil minister still in office: report Lanka Business Online
S.Lanka court suspends oil hedge, minister-lawyers Reuters
* New chairman for Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Colombo Page
Lanka Business Online - Lanka Business Online
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(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:37:35 GMT)

Students raise money for Sri Lankan school - HeraldNet

Students raise money for Sri Lankan school
HeraldNet, WA - 8 hours ago
The junior and 15 classmates who make up his school's Key Club want to raise $8500 to build a new one-room schoolhouse in Sri Lanka. ...

(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:04:26 GMT)

Sri Lanka and Turkey will ink several agreements - ITN Sri Lanka

ITN Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka and Turkey will ink several agreements
ITN Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka - 41 minutes ago
Sri Lanka and Turkey will sign several new agreements during President Rajapakse’s tour of that country. He is due in Turkey on a four day official visit to ...
* Sri Lankan President to meet Turkish leaders Colombo Page
President meets his holiness Pope Benedict the 16th. SLBC
President to meet Pope Benedict XVI today Ceylon Daily News
Sunday Leader (registration) - Colombo Page
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(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:55:47 GMT)