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- George Bush, G7 ministers open crisis talks
New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 75 runs in second ODI | Read More Safin stuns Davydenko in Kremlin Tennis Cup to reach semi-finals | Read More 20 rebels, five soldiers killed in Sri Lanka fighting | Read More 'Powerful' quake rocks Chechnya | Read
- 20 rebels, five soldiers killed in Sri Lanka fighting
New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 75 runs in second ODI | Read More Safin stuns Davydenko in Kremlin Tennis Cup to reach semi-finals | Read More | Read More 'Powerful' quake rocks Chechnya | Read More George Bush, G7 ministers open crisis talks | Read
- British, Norway ambassadors visit Jaffna
Norway's Ambassador Tore Hattrem accompanied by UNHCR residential representative in Colombo, were on a visit to Jaffna Wednesday. The emissaries met Jaffna Appeal Court Magistrate R. T.Vignarajah around 4:30 p.m. and discussed the humanitarian as well as
- Sri Lanka minister survives blast
A suspected suicide bomber in Sri Lanka kills at least one person in an attack apparently targeting a government minister, officials say.
- US urgd to grant MFN status to boost trade F.P. Report
MULTAN: United States should declare Pakistan a most favourite nation (MFN) like Sri-Lanka to make it economically stable, strong and prosperous state and textile products of US produced cotton should be duty free and there should be no tax on these
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Occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th century and the Dutch in the 17th century, the island was ceded to the British in 1802. As Ceylon it became independent in 1948; its name was changed in 1972. Tensions between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatists erupted in violence in the mid-1980s. Tens of thousands have died in an ethnic war that continues to fester.
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AFP - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is examining a proposal made by the Islamist movement Hamas for Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks to take place later this month, a top aide said on Friday.
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