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Ensure Sri Lanka is corruption-free: Daily
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Colombo: A leading Sri Lankan newspaper on Thursday urged Japan and other international lenders to ensure that funds pouring into the country should go for purposes they are intended for and not line the pockets of corrupt politicians."One...
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Modi promises more Indian investment in SL
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Tokyo: India will invest more in Sri Lanka to help it battle its worst economic crisis since independence 75 years ago.Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the assurance to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe when the two met briefly on...
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Saudi King appoints Crown Prince as PM
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Riyadh: Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom's prime minister, Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a royal decree.The king meanwhile on Tuesday issued a decree ordering a cabinet reshuffle,...
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After 9 years, Edward Snowden gets Russian citizenship
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Moscow: After nine years' wait, President Vladimir Putin Monday granted Russian citizenship to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden exposed the scale of secret surveillance operations by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Reuters reported. Snowden, 39, fled the United...
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Hindu-Muslim riots in Leicester
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London: Violent clashes between warring Hindu and Muslim mobs in Leicester in Britain left 16 policemen and a police dog injured over the weekend. Nearly 50 people have been arrested.Rob Nixon, Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police, called the riots...
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SL to see revolt if no elections held: Monk
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Colombo: A mass revolt will become inevitable in Sri Lanka if a general election is not held within six months after the formation of an all-party government, a Buddhist monk warned in comments published on Tuesday.Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya head...
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Kim Jong-un: New law guarantees North will never give up nukes
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Pyongyang: Leader Kim Jong-un says North Korea’s nuclear status is now ‘irreversible’, with the military being allowed to ‘automatically’ use atomic weapons.North Korea passed a law enshrining the right to “automatically” use preemptive nuclear strikes to protect itself,...
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Russian oil chief dead
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Moscow: The chairman of Russia's Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say.Maganov, 67, was being treated at the city's Central Clinical Hospital and died from his injuries, BBC reported,...
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Two Pakistanis held in Saudi drug bust
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Riyadh: Saudi officers foiled an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country, the media reported, describing it as the largest drug trafficking operation in the kingdom. Two Pakistanis and six Syrians were arrested in a...
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Baghdad tense, 30 dead in fighting
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Baghdad: The Iraqi capital remained "extremely tense" on Tuesday after a night of armed clashes between rival Shia forces left some 30 people dead and several hundred wounded.“We have been hearing sounds of gunfire overnight, medium and light...
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Manipur’s ex-Union Minister Th Chaoba, Sanathoiba Sharma to receive Padma Shri award
Imphal: Two people from Manipur, including the state’s veteran politician and former Union Minister Thounaojam Chaoba Singh, will be...