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Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugeesMANIK FARM, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official... In this article: Sri Lanka, Detainee, U.N., Tamil Tigers, and Mahinda Rajapaksa |
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Yahoo! News | 2 hours ago
Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees (AP)
By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA, Associated Press Writer Eranga Jayawardena, Associated Press Writer - 15 mins ago MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun...
In this article: United Nations, Detainee, All rights reserved, Tamil Tigers, and Mahinda Rajapaksa
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Sri Lanka to free war-displaced civilians (AFP)
...peer from behind barbed wire fences surrounding their internment camp … 25 mins ago VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Saturday it plans to let war-displaced civilians move freely in and out of internment camps ahead of...
In this article: Ban Ki-moon, UN, Mahinda Rajapakse, Vavuniya, and Colombo
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AP Online | 4 hours ago
Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils
MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka will release 136,000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees Dec. 1, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year detainment, a top official said Saturday.
In this article: Detainee, U.N., Tamil Tigers, and Mahinda Rajapaksa
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 4 hours ago
Sri Lanka to free war-displaced
Sri Lanka says it plans to let war-displaced civilians move freely in and out of internment camps ahead of completing their planned re-settlement in two months. The announcement on Saturday comes amid strong international pressure on...
In this article: Ban Ki-moon, UN, Mahinda Rajapakse, and Colombo
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Telegraph.co.uk - Cricket | 2 days ago
Gautam Gambhir helps India reduce deficit after Sri Lanka reach massive 7607
...stands, but the visitors hit back to reduce India to 190 for two at close, still 144 in deficit of Sri Lanka's first innings total. Sri Lanka, fuelled by a marathon innings from Mahela Jayawardene (275) and a career-best 154 not out from...
In this article: Gautam Gambhir, India, Prasanna Jayawardene, Mahela Jayawardene, Dammika Prasad, Virender Sehwag, Kumar Sangakkara, Rash, and Sachin Tendulkar
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Sri Lanka (from the Sanskrit “Venerable Island”), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (pronounced: /ˌʃriːˈlɑːŋkə/, Sinhalese: ශ්රී ලංකාව, இலங்கை; known as Ceylon (IPA: /sɪˈlɒn|/) before 1972 and as Taprobane (IPA: /təˈprɒbəniː|/) in ancient times), is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 km off the southern coast of India. It is home to around twenty million people.
Because of its location in the path of major sea routes, Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and South East Asia, and has been a center of Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times. Today, the country is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic nation: more than a quarter of the population follows faiths other than Buddhism, notably Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. The Sinhalese community forms the majority of the population; Tamils, who are concentrated in the north and east of the island, form the largest ethnic minority. Other communities include Moors, Burghers, Kaffirs and the Malays.
Famous for the production and export of tea, coffee, coconuts and rubber, Sri Lanka boasts a progressive and modern industrial economy and the highest per capita income in South Asia. The natural beauty of Sri Lanka's tropical forests, beaches and landscape, as well as its rich cultural heritage, make it a world famous tourist destination.
- Name:
- Sri Lanka
- Capital:
- Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
- Language:
- Sinhala, Tamil
- English
- Largest City:
- Colombo
- Government type:
- Democratic Socialist Republic
- Founding Date:
- May 22, 1972
- Formations:
- Independence from the United Kingdom
- Area:
- 65,610
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $92.018 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $39.604 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $1,972
- Time Zone:
- Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone
- Currency:
- Sri Lankan rupee
- Demonym:
- Sri Lankan
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- LKR
- Country Calling Code:
- 94
- ccTLD:
- .lk
- Anthem:
- Music , Singing
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