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| Sri Lanka won a diplomatic victory this week when the United Nations Human Rights Council rejected a call by western nations to probe alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. If there was hectic diplomatic activity in Geneva with protagonists for the resolution engaging each other, UNHCR's Representative in Sri Lanka was other wise busy. He was enjoying a new chore - taking part in a promotional event at a city hotel. Picture by Sanka Vidanagama |
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| See Sigiriya and learn Sigiriya |
| It is a tale of treachery and deceit, love and hate, triumph and disaster that has fascinated people down the ages. It is also a tale of craftsmanship and sensuous art, the legacy of which still holds people in awe, more than 15 centuries later. |
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| Hedging probe gathers pace |
| Detectives of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) raided the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s headquarters in Kollupitiya on Friday to seize files and documents on the controversial oil hedging deal. |
| Top Tiger leaders in security forces net |
Some top Tiger guerrillas are now in the military net after they were located in camps housing internally displaced people. |
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| Working with the West: The way ahead |
| The Government's triumph over terrorism last week was soured by a concerted effort this week by European Union member states to bring charges of human rights violations against Sri Lankan leaders. |
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| Recipe for relief |
| For many of the 300,000 people living in the IDP camps in Wanni, a simple hot meal has become a luxury they hardly dare dream about. Wanting to make at least a little difference in the lives of these Sri Lankans |
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| Fresh challenge to oil hedge payments |
| A fresh challenge has been mounted against payments being made by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to five banks led by Standard Chartered in the controversial oil hedging deals. |
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| A question of safety for Lankans at T 20 WC |
| Intermingle of politics and sports have gone off the track more often than not. As far as my memory goes the first such instance that I can recollect is the Basil D’Oliveira affair where the matters pertaining to South African born English cricketer’s selection to the then racially segregated |
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| Receive quality education that meets global standards |
| Moving away from the hustle and bustle of city life and located in Malabe, which is best termed as the education hub of Sri Lanka, is Horizon College International (HCI) and the Horizon College of Business and Technology (HCBT) |
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