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Sri Lanka Ex-President Gets Bail 4 Days After Arrest In State Funds' Misuse Case
Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was granted bail on Tuesday, four days after his arrest on the charge of misusing state funds for an overseas visit.
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Protests Erupt In Sri Lankan Capital Over Ex-President Wickremesinghe's Arrest
More than 1000 supporters of Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe protested his arrest in Colombo on Tuesday ahead of a crucial hearing to decide whether to grant bail to the senior opposition politician accused of misusing public funds.
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"Trivial Charges": Shashi Tharoor On Ex-Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickramasinghe's Arrest
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday expressed concern about the arrest of former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe and called on Colombo to "abjure the politics of vengeance".
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Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe Moved To ICU A Day After Being Jailed
Sri Lanka's jailed former president was rushed to intensive care at a state hospital on Saturday, a day after being charged with misusing government funds for foreign travel.
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Ex-Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe Arrested Over Alleged Fund Misuse
Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's former President, has been arrested for alleged misuse of government funds.
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Most Terrorists Linked To Suicide Attacks Killed, Arrested: Sri Lanka PM
Sri Lankan forces have killed or arrested most of the terrorists linked to the Easter suicide bombings and the country is ready to return to normality, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sunday.
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No Law In Sri Lanka To Prevent People From Joining Foreign Terror Outfits
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Sky News on Thursday that the Sri Lankan government had known that Sri Lankan nationals who had joined the Islamic State had returned to the country - but that they couldn't be arrested, since joining a foreign terrorist organization is not against the law.
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Charge Denied, But Lanka Will Probe Tamil Nadu Fisherman Killing: 10 Points
The killing of a 22-year-old Indian fisherman shot dead near Palk Strait allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy personnel has put the focus back on a tiny island of Kachchatheevu that the Tamil Nadu government alleges was wrongly ceded to Sri Lanka through two pacts signed between New Delhi and Colombo in the 1970s. Sri Lanka has denied its Navy was involved...
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Lanka Prime Minister Hopeful Of Resolving Fishing Issue With India
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today expressed hope that the fishermen issue with India would be resolved as talks were going on at different levels, even as more than 40 Indian fishermen have been arrested by Lankan Navy this month.
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Sri Lanka Ex-President Gets Bail 4 Days After Arrest In State Funds' Misuse Case
Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was granted bail on Tuesday, four days after his arrest on the charge of misusing state funds for an overseas visit.
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Protests Erupt In Sri Lankan Capital Over Ex-President Wickremesinghe's Arrest
More than 1000 supporters of Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe protested his arrest in Colombo on Tuesday ahead of a crucial hearing to decide whether to grant bail to the senior opposition politician accused of misusing public funds.
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"Trivial Charges": Shashi Tharoor On Ex-Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickramasinghe's Arrest
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday expressed concern about the arrest of former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe and called on Colombo to "abjure the politics of vengeance".
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Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe Moved To ICU A Day After Being Jailed
Sri Lanka's jailed former president was rushed to intensive care at a state hospital on Saturday, a day after being charged with misusing government funds for foreign travel.
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Ex-Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe Arrested Over Alleged Fund Misuse
Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's former President, has been arrested for alleged misuse of government funds.
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Most Terrorists Linked To Suicide Attacks Killed, Arrested: Sri Lanka PM
Sri Lankan forces have killed or arrested most of the terrorists linked to the Easter suicide bombings and the country is ready to return to normality, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sunday.
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No Law In Sri Lanka To Prevent People From Joining Foreign Terror Outfits
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Sky News on Thursday that the Sri Lankan government had known that Sri Lankan nationals who had joined the Islamic State had returned to the country - but that they couldn't be arrested, since joining a foreign terrorist organization is not against the law.
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Charge Denied, But Lanka Will Probe Tamil Nadu Fisherman Killing: 10 Points
The killing of a 22-year-old Indian fisherman shot dead near Palk Strait allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy personnel has put the focus back on a tiny island of Kachchatheevu that the Tamil Nadu government alleges was wrongly ceded to Sri Lanka through two pacts signed between New Delhi and Colombo in the 1970s. Sri Lanka has denied its Navy was involved...
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Lanka Prime Minister Hopeful Of Resolving Fishing Issue With India
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today expressed hope that the fishermen issue with India would be resolved as talks were going on at different levels, even as more than 40 Indian fishermen have been arrested by Lankan Navy this month.
