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| Bow-wow back after pow-wow |
With SAARC over they can bark now. They could be tagged the SAARC dogs. They were rounded up from areas around the BMICH and put in a dog house for the period of the conference. Yesterday, they were taken in a van and sent out to roam free again.
Pic by J. Weerasekera
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Singh like a king during SAARC
- By Our Political Editor |
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A week after the summit of South Asian leaders in Colombo, post mortems on the many omissions and commissions during the event continue. One of them is the faux pas over the Government of India's National Security Advisor, M.K. Narayanan, being stranded at the BMICH .... |
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Oh! Come off it Boucher
- Thoughts from London By Neville de Silva |
More often than not visiting officials, whether they are from foreign governments, multilateral organizations or INGOs proffer reams of advice on how to run this country and what we should do to be acceptable to them. Criticism of the country, particularly on human rights, is liberally made as though the moral authority to do so rests with them and them alone. |
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IAEA approves |
Georgian troops driven out of S.Ossetian capital
Russia said it had driven Georgian forces from the capital of South Ossetia today as part of an operation to force Georgia to accept peace in its breakaway region.
Russian warplanes widened the offensive outside the immediate conflict zone to include strikes deep inside Georgia on the second day of fighting that threatens international oil and gas pipelines that bypass Russia. |
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Celebrating Gold
They told me before they left, that they would bring back the gold. But that turns out to have been a slight miscalculation – they've brought back three. Soul Sounds has had a very busy year. The wins at the 5th World Choir Games at Graz, Austria follow on the heels of several concerts – both in Sri Lanka and abroad – that saw the choir garner much acclaim. |
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| Deserters warned: No more amnesty |
As the war reaches the crucial point, the government has decided that in future no amnesty will be offered to any security forces deserters and warned some 12,000 deserters that they will be arrested and court-martialled if they do not return. |
Your SMS can end up in court |
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Many people are known to have fallen into the bad books of loved ones with their Short Message Services (commonly known as ‘SMS’ text messages) from their mobile phones,... |
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EDITORIAL |
| Chinese Dragon awakes |
The sleeping giant - or the Chinese Dragon - has woken. At 8.08 pm on the 8th day of the 8th month of 2008 - China made its formal statement to the world that it has arrived. |
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‘I love people’
 It was the first time ever that I sat face-to-face with someone who had outstripped by 30 years the life-span of three score and ten allotted us by the psalmist. |
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FINANCIAL TIMES |
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SPORTS |
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Sanga anchors Lankan innings
 Kumar Sangakkara came up with a memorable century – his seventeenth in all -- on day two of the third test at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday helping Sri Lanka takes the upper hand when play stopped due to bad light with six overs remaining for the day. |
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Water is essential
Do you remember the days you had to spend in bed, down with flu, a fever and your body ached so much? When you look at the other kids and feel sorry for yourself? |
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‘Premiere Night’ with Rakitha’s percussion
'Premiere Night', an evening of percussion music with debut appearance of young Rakitha Wickramaratne to the world of music will be marked at 7,00 pm on August 12 at the BMICH. |
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