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    <title>The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) Funday Times</title>
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<title>The wrath of the King of Portugal.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 22, Aug 2010 01:45:08 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100822/FunDay/fut_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Viceroy made an attempt to take the officers of Kotte, who were captured by the Portuguese to India. When King Dharmapala got to know this, he was deeply disturbed. He tried to save his uncle Thammita. But it was with the greatest difficulty that he could get Thammita released.]]></description>
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      <title>Friends in the ocean.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 22, Aug 2010 01:45:08 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100822/FunDay/fut_05.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA["Look Aiya.. there is somebody similar to Crush, the turtle in the cartoon,” Panchie shouted, seeing a board with a picture of a turtle. Crush was a cartoon character in the film ‘Finding Nemo’, Panchie enjoyed very much.]]></description>
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<title>Kirigalpotha Expedition.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 15, Aug 2010 01:05:58 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100815/FunDay/fut_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[For the Young Explorers’ Society, June 25 was a much looked forward to day. Not only was it a holiday, but also the day that their third expedition kicked off, with this one going a step further with a campfire to be held at Horton Plains. This time we planned to scale ‘Kirigalpotha’.]]></description>
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      <title>Beware of the Dengue mosquito.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 15, Aug 2010 01:05:58 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dengue fever is presently spreading in our country with thousands of children falling sick and some dying because of a deadly mosquito. It is very important to know what Dengue fever is and how we can protect ourselves and our families from this tiny but dangerous mosquito.]]></description>
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<title>The invasion of Sitawaka.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 08, Aug 2010 03:16:10 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Viceroy who was angry over the whole episode, began to employ his officers to harass the government officers of the Kotte Kingdom. They were repeatedly asked where the king's wealth was hidden. They did not know anything. Then the Portuguese officers began to question commander Veediya Bandara.]]></description>
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      <title>Beauty of coastal Sri Lanka.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 08, Aug 2010 03:16:10 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The award ceremony of the national school art competition on 'Marine and Coastal Resources' organized by the Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) for the fourth consecutive year was held on the July 24, 2010 at the Colombo Public Library.]]></description>
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<title>When crowds flock to the hill capital.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 01, Aug 2010 01:45:15 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the dawn of the month of August, the focus shifts from deep-south Sri Lanka to the central hills. It's the month of the Esala Festival in Kandy where the annual perahera is held, watched by thousands of devotees. Foreign tourists also flock to the hill capital to see the most elaborate pageant.]]></description>
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      <title>Green turtle (chelonia mydas).</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 01, Aug 2010 01:45:15 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Did you know, that out of the seven species of sea turtle found worldwide, five can be found right here in Sri Lanka? The green turtle is one of them and is the most widespread of the turtle species.]]></description>
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      <title>The Viceroy with a craving for wealth.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 25, Jul 2010 14:32:58 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Viceroy who went to Kotte, met both King Dharmapala and the commander Veediya Bandara. He expressed his sympathies regarding the death of King Buwanekabahu. The people of Kotte told him that it was a Portuguese national who shot the king. He pretended to be deeply angered hearing this news. He said he would do everything to arrest the culprit and give the highest of punishments.]]></description>
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      <title>Noisily.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 25, Jul 2010 14:32:58 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Noisily, the alarm clock starts to ring, 
Noisily, a song the children sing,
Noisily, the baby cries for food,
Noisily, the man shows his mood.]]></description>
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      <title>King Dharmapala.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 11, Jul 2010 13:41:15 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[There spread another rumour to the effect that it was a Portuguese national who had been bribed to kill King Buwanekabahu of Kotte. The ministers who were fond of the king had been repeatedly advising him to be more concerned about his security.]]></description>
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      <title>The world of Harry Potter.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 11, Jul 2010 13:41:15 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Charms and spells,
Potions too,
Are the things
That Hogwarts students do.]]></description>
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      <title>A sage appears on a hilltop.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 20, Jun 2010 14:07:12 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[On the full moon day in the month of May/June – traditionally known as Poson – in 247 B.C., a person dressed in a yellow robe appears on top of Ambastala in the Missaka mountain at Mihintale –11 kilometres north-east of Anuradhapura, the capital city. There are four others with him.]]></description>
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      <title>World Refugee Day.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 20, Jun 2010 14:07:12 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/FunDay/fut_05.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[I magine yourself without a home. Done? Imagine carrying everything you own on your back. Now imagine struggling to find food to eat, and water to drink. Imagine never being sure when you'll have to move again, or where you'll be sent. Imagine someone in your family falling sick, imagine knowing that medical treatment is a luxury you might not be able to afford.]]></description>
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      <title>Learn with Gihan: Birds of Sri Lanka .</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 20, Jun 2010 14:07:12 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Learn with Gihan: Birds of Sri Lanka - Number - 22]]></description>
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      <title>The cunning viceroy.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 13, Jun 2010 13:46:14 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100613/FunDay/fut_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Sri Lankan problem was a big headache to the Indian Viceroy, John Villa. From the very outset he did not like King Buwanekabahu. Before long, the entire city of Lisbon got to know of this issue. The king in Portugal too began to dislike King Buwanekabahu. In the meantime, a new viceroy was appointed to India. He was John Aponso de Noronno.]]></description>
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      <title>Environment Day at British Council.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 13, Jun 2010 13:46:14 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was quite literally the children's day out at the Environment Day celebrations in the British Council. The day saw them leaving their text books, television sets and video games and heading into the open to plant trees.]]></description>
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      <title>Keep smiling.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 13, Jun 2010 13:46:14 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's the time when you feel bad,
When you feel there's no clue,
Here's the advice I long since had,
Keep smiling whatever you do.]]></description>
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      <title>From Tambapanni to Sri Lanka.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 06, Jun 2010 13:11:25 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[It is 38 years since our country came to be officially named as Sri Lanka. Earlier, it was known as Ceylon in English and Lanka in Sinhala. On May 22, 1972, the country was re-named Sri Lanka when it was declared a Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic.]]></description>
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      <title>Airsac catfish (Heteropneustes microps).</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 06, Jun 2010 13:11:25 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100606/FunDay/fut_05.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The airsac catfish is one of the more unusual fishes found in Sri Lanka – especially because it breathes air! While most fish have gills that help them take oxygen from their watery environment – this catfish has a long air sac that acts like a lung, allowing the catfish to breathe air.]]></description>
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      <title>Kids World.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 06, Jun 2010 13:11:25 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100606/FunDay/fut_07.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[He was educated at Trinity College. Sanga is also a lawyer. He has scored more than eight thousand runs in one day international matches. He is also the best keeper batsman among the top five. Sanga uses a bat called "SS".]]></description>
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      <title>A Poem for the week.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun 06, Jun 2010 13:11:25 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The guns are silenced,
The twitter of birds, singing on the trees,
Looming with the dawn,
The only red is the rising sun…
Washing over the countryside.]]></description>
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      <title>The battle of Nawagamuwa.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:01:48 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100530/FunDay/fut_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vesak - to be celebrated by Buddhists all over the world next Thursday - is the day in white. Devotees - young and old - clad in white trek to the temple early morning to observe 'ata sil' and spend the day there. White is the symbol of simplicity. It is a neutral colour. The devotees carry baskets of white flowers -'araliya', 'pichcha' or some other variety - to be offered to the Buddha at the image house, the bo tree and the 'chaitya'.]]></description>
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      <title>Girl Guiding in Sri Lanka … the 1910s.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:01:48 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100530/FunDay/fut_08.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Girl Guide and Boy Scout Movements were founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell (B-P). B-P had first worked with boys while he was in South Africa during the Boer War. He had set up his headquarters in Mafeking, but soon this garrison was under siege. B-P enlisted the help of a few boys to take and carry important messages around town. They were organized into groups or patrols and each patrol had a leader.]]></description>
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      <title>Vesak.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:01:48 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Prince Siddhartha was born on this day,
Became enlightened and found peace on this day,
But sadly, on this day he also passed away.]]></description>
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      <title>'Wings' in flight.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:01:48 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100530/FunDay/fut_09.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week, the siblings launched their first book Wings containing paintings of Sri Lankan birds and exhibited some of their works at the National Art Gallery in Colombo.Its our love for wildlife and nature that prompted us to draw and paint, Ashinka says minutes prior to the book launch.]]></description>
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      <title>A day at the temple.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 13:49:01 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100523/FunDay/fut_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vesak - to be celebrated by Buddhists all over the world next Thursday - is the day in white. Devotees - young and old - clad in white trek to the temple early morning to observe 'ata sil' and spend the day there. White is the symbol of simplicity. It is a neutral colour. The devotees carry baskets of white flowers -'araliya', 'pichcha' or some other variety - to be offered to the Buddha at the image house, the bo tree and the 'chaitya'.]]></description>
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      <title>Time Travel.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 13:49:01 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100523/FunDay/fut_05.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In our last edition we tried to explore our galaxy, the Milky Way. I say "tried to" because one page cannot do justice to the enormity and sheer vastness of our beautiful home galaxy. This time, let's forget all about that for a moment and dwell on a more ambiguous, yet intriguing topic: the possibility (or the impossibility) of time travel.]]></description>
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	<title>Peach Coloured Lantern.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 13:49:01 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Twelve year old Sena wanted to win the Vesak lantern competition. He was excited when he heard that his school was judging the lantern competition. It was already the first week in May. He was glad he had already collected thin bamboo branches with Indrani, his younger sister. He had also split some of them into thin long strips to make the frames for the lanterns.]]></description>
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      <title>The envoys who went to Goa.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:16:42 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100516/FunDay/fut_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[King Buwanekabahu was getting ready to send an envoy from Kotte to Goa, to prove his innocence. He somehow managed to send him. By this time, the envoy sent by King Mayadunne of Sitawaka was already in Goa. The viceroy reacted by ignoring the envoy sent from Kotte and listening to the one from Sitawaka. Meanwhile, King Vickramabahu of Kandy was repenting for the ill treatment meted out to Baratto. He wanted to make amends for his mistake.]]></description>
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      <title>I visited Ranminithanna….</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:16:42 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100516/FunDay/fut_05.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[It really was exciting news for Sri Lankans all across the country, that a tele-village, the first one in Sri Lanka, had been set up in the Southern District. People from all across the country were soon flocking to see for themselves this cinema village, Ranminithanna, having seen a spectacular opening ceremony, graced by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.]]></description>
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      <title>The fate of a tree - A Poem for the week.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:16:42 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pushing through the soil and pebbles,
		A seedling fights to grow,
		Thrusting roots through rocks and crumbles,
		Unfurling leaves more and more.]]></description>
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      <title>When a new Parliament meets ....</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:23:10 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100509/FunDay/fut_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[There are many activities that follow a General Election which elects people's representatives to the country's Legislature. Sri Lanka's voters – those who are above 18 years of age – recently elected 196 Members of Parliament to represent them. Another 29 were nominated by the different political parties according to the number of votes each party gained at the General Election.]]></description>
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      <title>A brief history of Mother's Day.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:23:10 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100509/FunDay/fut_08.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many other countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia and Belgium also celebrate Mother's Day on the same day as the United States. England, however, celebrates Mother's Day on the fourth Sunday of Lent, and in Argentina it is the second Sunday in October.]]></description>
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      <title>Colombo Streets.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:23:10 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thisuri Wanniarachchi wrote Colombo Streets when she was 14 years old. Now 16, the young author has the world in front of her. A student of St. Bridget's Convent, Thisuri describes herself as an open person, one who is very thankful for a caring set of friends and a supportive family.]]></description>
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      <title>Learn with Gihan: Birds of Sri Lanka -- Number 19.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:23:10 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Dowry plundered.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 13:01:45 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Monis Baratto began to hate King Buwanekabahu. But he gained confidence and satisfaction in King Mayadunne. They dispersed happily. The Portuguese envoys returned to the Fort in Colombo. Baretto went and met King Buwanekabahu. ]]></description>
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      <title>IPygmy lizard (Cophotis ceylanica).</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 13:01:45 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[This lizard is one of the slowest moving lizards on the island. You can only find it in Sri Lanka, and 			then only in a few areas including the cloud forests in Horton Plains, Hakgala and the Knuckles Mountain range.]]></description>
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      <title>Trying's the only way.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 13:01:45 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[When it's sunny, work is easy, seems like play.Courage isn't needed to get through a summer's day. For everyone is cheerful and each face mirrors a smile, That lingers in the eyes of all, when the day is mild.]]></description>
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      <title>Indigenous people gain recognition.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100425/FunDay/fut_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[We hear a lot about indigenous people. Who are they? There are many definitions by numerous international organizations interested in the subject. Indigenous people have been described as inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to other people and to the environment.]]></description>
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      <title>Biodiversity in the National New Year.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100425/FunDay/fut_06.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The visit to the village to see Seeya and Achchie is the favourite Avurudu trip for both Puncha and Panchie. After getting the blessings from the elders, the siblings ran to the garden to use the Avurudu onchillawa (swing) tied to a large kadju tree.]]></description>
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      <title>Africa 1700 - 1830 -- World History.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title>The Milky Way.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last month we took a peek at our universe and tried to comprehend its sheer vastness. Many things were discussed, one of which was the distance measuring unit known as a light year – the distance one single beam of light would travel in a year – a whopping 10 trillion kilometres.]]></description>
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      <title>The Portuguese army is stranded.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100418/FunDay/fut_01.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Portuguese army was on its way to Kandy via Vellassa. On their way, they met the Vanni king of Vellassa and a prince who was ruling two Korales. They treated these foreigners well. In a few days, this crowd reached Kandy. In the meantime, King Vickramabahu had made friends with King Buwanekabahu and had even exchanged gifts.]]></description>
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      <title>A field trip to Beddegana wetland, by FOG kids.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[They were accompanied by resourceful adult members of the FOG ( Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, University of Colombo ) and the day was spent very usefully, learning about the wetland habitats, identification as well as drawing of resident and migrant birds, threats to the habitat and principles of conservation.]]></description>
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      <title>Avurudu at our doorstep.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:50:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA['Avurudda' comes but once a year. 'Avurudu' celebrated in traditional style is at our doorstep once again. It's a busy time for everyone at home. Father is getting the house and garden cleaned up. The house invariably gets a new coat of paint. Mother is busy getting the 'avurudu kevili' – the sweetmeats ready.]]></description>
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      <title>Grandma and Grandpa.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:50:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Once there was a dog,
Who slept like a log”,
Begins my grandpa,
Telling stories from afar.]]></description>
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      <title>It's Avurudu time again.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:50:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[All Sri Lankans, both young and old await the call of the koha or koel. The cry of the koha is an essential feature of the Avurudda. It heralds the Sinhalese and Tamil New Year. Everyone celebrates the New Year on 1st January, we do too, but, Avurudu is the traditional New Year.]]></description>
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      <title>Kids World.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:50:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yo!! The name's Basket! I was born in a sports factory with my ball family. There was Footy (the football) and Rugg (the rugby ball) my brothers, Red (the cricket ball) and Tenny (the tennis ball) my cousins, and also my sister Netty (the netball).]]></description>
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      <title>Trade with China 1700 - 1830.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:50:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title>The power struggle in Jaffna</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Christian priests in Sri Lanka, sent repeated letters to the viceroy requesting help in Kandy. In the midst of this, the Archbishop who was in Cochin, also sided with the priests. He too pressed the viceroy. As a result, Don John de Castro decided to send armies to Kandy. Fighting had to be stopped as the King of Portugal was not in favour. Fr. Francis Xavier however, did not support this.]]></description>
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      <title>City Scene</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Slums and shanties all in a row,
Pavements and vehicles only in show,
Fumes and chemicals spreading in air,
Some go in cars; that's not fair.]]></description>
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      <title>Our National Butterfly</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[We all know about Sri Lanka's National Bird – the Sri Lankan Junglefowl (wali kukula), National Tree – Ironwood (na tree) and National Flower – the Blue Water lily (nil manel). Add one more to that list – we now have a National Butterfly – the Sri Lanka Birdwing.]]></description>
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      <title>Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[TThese very intelligent and enormous mammals can grow up to 3m tall and 6.4m long. A male elephant weighs around 5.4 tonnes – equivalent to 5,400 packets of sugar! And despite their size, their charge speed can reach nearly 50kmph.]]></description>
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      <title>Easter</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100404/FunDay/fut_08.html</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Christians believe that when Jesus was crucified, his death was not final. Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ's return to life on the third day after his crucifixion which took place on the day we know as Good Friday. According to the bible, Jesus appeared to his disciples several times, before he ascended into heaven.]]></description>
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      <title>Learn with Gihan: Birds of Sri Lanka </title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:56 +0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Learn with Gihan: Birds of Sri Lanka - Number 17]]></description>
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