| Sri Lanka sexes up image of Ceylon tea | |
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Description: A hot cup of Ceylon tea is better known as being soothing and relaxing, but Sri Lanka is now marketing its most profitable export as a luxury boost for the libido. Duration: 00:28 Views:199 |
| Sri Lanka fashion show raises money for orphans | |
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Description: A Sri Lankan fashion show helps raise funds for army orphans. Duration: 00:34 Views:27 |
| Sri Lanka torch flame protest at power price hike | |
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Description: Sri Lanka's main Marxist party took to the streets Monday carrying flaming torches in a novel protest against a 65 percent increase in electricity tariffs. Duration: 00:27 Views:66 |
| Sri Lanka remembers soldiers killed in civil war | |
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Description: Sri Lankas Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse attends a ceremony commemorating fallen soldiers in the eastern region of Thoppigala on April 18, 2013. The monument commemorated government troops killed while wresting control over the region from Tamil Tiger rebels during the war. Duration: 00:34 Views:536 |
| US to pursue Sri Lanka to probe into war crimes: Michele Sison | |
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Description: Colombo, April 09 (ANI): U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka, Michele Sison has said concerns over human rights and other democratic values have deteriorated in Sri Lanka and that prompted her country to sponsor a second resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) last month. Sison told a Foreign Correspondents Association (FCA) forum late on Monday, while explaining the next steps the U.S. will take to pursue Sri Lanka for post-war reconciliation and accountability for alleged killing of thousands civilians. However, she did not elaborate the mechanisms the U.S. is considering beyond the Human Rights Council and the time frame for such measures. Views:515 |
| FM hits at main opposition over resolution against Sri Lanka | |
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Description: Chennai, April 08 (ANI): Union Finance Minister, P Chidambaram on Sunday said that no political party, including the main opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supported the resolution against Sri Lanka in the parliament, other than the Congress Party. Addressing an event in Chennai, Chidambaram boasted of the Congress Party's commitment to raise voice against the 2009 genocide by Sri Lanka. Views:4772 |
| ADVANI MEETS SRI LANKAN OPPOSITION LEADER RANIL | |
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Description: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani met Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe today in the national capital. Ranil Wickremasinghe is on an official tour. Views:172 |
| Politics and sports should not be mixed: Kariyawasam on Sri Lanka issue | |
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Description: New Delhi, March 29 (ANI): Sri Lanka___s High Commissioner to India, voiced his anxiety and concern over a plethora of issues, including the safety of the Sri Lankan cricket players and other visitors in Tamil Nadu, on Thursday. Kariyawasam contended that mixing of politics and sports is not a healthy sign. He also mentioned that considering the historic relations between India and Sri Lanka, the issues of sports and politics should be kept apart. Views:2609 |
| Lanka War Crimes: DMK urges govt to call for international probe | |
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Description: Chennai, Mar 25 (ANI): The DMK has urged the government to move a resolution calling for an international probe in the alleged war crimes committed against Tamils by the Sri Lankan government during the civil war, which came to an end in 2009. The DMK, at its party meet in Chennai on Monday, passed 16 resolutions, out of which the most important was regarding the issue of war crimes that were allegedly committed on the Tamils in Sri Lanka. Commenting about the important resolutions that were passed at the meeting, DMK politician Selva Ganapathy urged the government to declare the massacre that occurred in Sri Lanka as genocide. Views:4050 |
| DMK MAY PASS RESOLUTION AGAINST CENTRE; ALAGIRI TO SKIP MEET | |
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Description: Top leaders of Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) are scheduled to meet today in Chennai and are expected to pass a resolution against the Congress-led UPA government for its failure to move a strong resolution against Sri Lanka over its alleged war crimes. DMK chief M Karunanidhi's elder son M K Alagiri will not attend the executive council's session. Views:262 |