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Colombo denounces state of Emergency 26 August 2011
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced the end of the country’s 28-year state of emergency Thursday, saying the country had not experienced a single act of terrorism since the end of a savage civil war in 2009. The President said...
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Read More Blake to visit Sri Lanka – Tamils plea 26 August 2011
An official announcement at Washington, DC stated that Blake is to visit Sri Lanka. The United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. will travel to Sri Lanka August 29-31, 2011, the...
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