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Plea for Sri Lanka Tamil refugees bbc.co.uk, 2 July 2009. A new group of eminent Tamil people in Sri Lanka has made a plea for those held in government camps to be given a timetable for their release... 
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Hatton Bank Targets Sri Lanka North, Infrastructure as War Ends bloomberg.com, Jul 03. July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Hatton National Bank Ltd., Sri Lanka’s second-biggest non-state lender by assets, plans to add branches and finance rebuilding in the island’s north and east following an end to three decades of civil war. Hatton aims to open three new branches next year in the northern Wanni region, where the military fought its final battles against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Chief Executive Officer Rajendra Theagarajah said in a phone interview from Colombo yesterday...
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IMF loan delay drives Sri Lanka shares down; rupee flat forbes.com, July 2. COLOMBO, July 2 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's stock market edged down for a fourth straight session on Thursday on worries over an IMF loan delay amid lack of foreign interest in the post-war bourse with retail profit-taking...
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Promoting safer childbirth - a Sri Lankan success story Science Centric, july 3. Despite recent internal conflict, Sri Lanka has emerged as a success story in promoting safer childbirth...
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Sri Lanka raises fuel prices by 11 percent afp, july 3. COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka on Thursday raised retail fuel prices by up to 11 percent in a bid to offset higher crude oil import costs, the government said...
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Sri Lanka Wants 50000 More Soldiers in Areas Freed From Rebels bloomberg.com, Jul 03. July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka will recruit 50,000 personnel to increase security forces in areas captured when Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels were defeated last month, the military said...
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Sri Lanka extends amnesty to eastern armed groups xinhuanet.com, july 3. COLOMBO, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan police has extended the period of amnesty granted to armed groups in the Eastern Province to hand over weapons, a local radio station quoted police sources as saying on Thursday...
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Sri Lanka raises oil prices by 11% The Times of India, 2 Jul 2009. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Thursday raised fuel prices by up to 11%, but the increases were still insufficient to recoup the entire cost of production...
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july 3.
Colombo: The last phase of Sri Lanka’s low-intensity military conflict saw the elimination of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a military force. It simultaneously witnessed a poignant human drama in which some 300,000 Tamil civilians were rescued by force of arms from a terrorist organisation that, claiming to fight for their freedom, had no compunction in using them as a human shield.
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July 3.
The areas to which British travellers are now free to travel include the main part of the Yala National Park, Arugam Bay and Trincomalee harbour (described by Admiral Nelson as the finest in the world).
“I am pleased to announce that we have relaxed the restrictions on travel suggested in the advice we give to British visitors coming to Sri Lanka,” said the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Dr Peter Hayes. “We no longer discourage British holidaymakers from enjoying leopard-spotting at Yala National Park, surfing at Arugam Bay or admiring Trincomalee harbour, one of the world’s deepest natural ports. We’ve taken this decision based on our assessment of the improving security situation in these parts of Sri Lanka.”
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