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Sri Lankan Politician Assassinated In Office, Gunman Fired Multiple Shots
Lasantha Wickramasekara, 38, the council chairman of the coastal city of Weligama, was meeting with constituents when a gunman burst in and fired multiple times with a revolver.
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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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Ex-Sri Lanka Cricketer Ramith Rambukwella Arrested In Corruption Case
Ramith Rambukwella, a former Sri Lankan international cricketer, was arrested by an anti-graft commission on Wednesday in connection with a corruption case linked to his politician father.
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"LTTE Chief Prabhakaran Will Make Appearance Soon": Tamil Leader's Shocker
Fourteen years after the Sri Lankan government declared LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran dead, former politician in Tamil Nadu Pazha Nedumaran today claimed that he is alive and healthy, and that he will soon make a public appearance.
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Sri Lankan Politician, Jailed For Calling Judges Corrupt, Set Free
An outspoken Sri Lankan politician imprisoned last year for accusing the island nation's judges of corruption was released Friday after a presidential pardon.
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Sri Lanka Court Bans Ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, Allies From Leaving Country
A Sri Lankan court on Thursday banned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his politician son Namal and 15 allies from leaving the country over acts of violence against anti-government demonstrators.
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Lankan Politicians, Their Families Haven't Fled To India: High Commission
India on Tuesday denied rumors circulating in sections of media and social media that certain Sri Lankan political persons and their families have fled to India.
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Sri Lanka Detains New Suspects Amid Frantic Hunt For Bombers
A Sri Lankan security dragnet hunting those responsible for horrifying bombings that claimed more than 350 lives has scooped up a further 18 suspects, police said Wednesday, as pressure mounted on politicians to explain why no one acted on intelligence warnings.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
An illegal detention centre similar to the one discovered by UN experts in eastern Sri Lanka has been found in the country's northern Jaffna district, a former Tamil lawmaker has said, alleging that civil war detainees including Tamils were tortured in the camps.
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After Three Decades, Tamil Lawmaker Named Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader
Sri Lanka's parliament today named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation in the nation following the end of a bloody civil war.
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Sri Lankan Politician Assassinated In Office, Gunman Fired Multiple Shots
Lasantha Wickramasekara, 38, the council chairman of the coastal city of Weligama, was meeting with constituents when a gunman burst in and fired multiple times with a revolver.
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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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Ex-Sri Lanka Cricketer Ramith Rambukwella Arrested In Corruption Case
Ramith Rambukwella, a former Sri Lankan international cricketer, was arrested by an anti-graft commission on Wednesday in connection with a corruption case linked to his politician father.
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"LTTE Chief Prabhakaran Will Make Appearance Soon": Tamil Leader's Shocker
Fourteen years after the Sri Lankan government declared LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran dead, former politician in Tamil Nadu Pazha Nedumaran today claimed that he is alive and healthy, and that he will soon make a public appearance.
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Sri Lankan Politician, Jailed For Calling Judges Corrupt, Set Free
An outspoken Sri Lankan politician imprisoned last year for accusing the island nation's judges of corruption was released Friday after a presidential pardon.
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Sri Lanka Court Bans Ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, Allies From Leaving Country
A Sri Lankan court on Thursday banned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his politician son Namal and 15 allies from leaving the country over acts of violence against anti-government demonstrators.
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Lankan Politicians, Their Families Haven't Fled To India: High Commission
India on Tuesday denied rumors circulating in sections of media and social media that certain Sri Lankan political persons and their families have fled to India.
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Sri Lanka Detains New Suspects Amid Frantic Hunt For Bombers
A Sri Lankan security dragnet hunting those responsible for horrifying bombings that claimed more than 350 lives has scooped up a further 18 suspects, police said Wednesday, as pressure mounted on politicians to explain why no one acted on intelligence warnings.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
An illegal detention centre similar to the one discovered by UN experts in eastern Sri Lanka has been found in the country's northern Jaffna district, a former Tamil lawmaker has said, alleging that civil war detainees including Tamils were tortured in the camps.
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After Three Decades, Tamil Lawmaker Named Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader
Sri Lanka's parliament today named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation in the nation following the end of a bloody civil war.
