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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday there would be "consequences" for Sri Lanka if its leaders did not address international concerns over human rights abuses, ahead of a Commonwealth summit scheduled to be held in Colombo in November. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told parliament "despicable human rights violations" had taken place in Sri Lanka, but that Britain still planned to ... |
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Britain says there will be "consequences" for Sri Lanka if its leaders did not address international concerns over human rights abuses, ahead of a Commonwealth summit scheduled to be held in Colombo in November. |
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Local government is at the core of democracy and Sri Lanka’s experience in it goes far beyond the British colonial days when today’s local government structures in the country were introduced. |
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COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka had hoped to showcase its post-war revival at this year's Commonwealth summit, but observers say its biggest international event in decades is in danger of becoming a major embarrassment. |
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Second in a three-part series of a journey to the island nation. |
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By Ruki Fernando In the early hours of April 12, 2013, armed men entered the office and printing press of Uthayan, a daily Tamil language newspaper published from Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. Men torched the printing press and newspapers that were about to be despatched for sale. But in Jaffna, and indeed in Sri |
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CSA have announced the itinerary for South Africa's tour of Sri Lanka, which will involve five ODIs and three T20s |
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Mi dnight’s Children, the filmic rendition of Salman Rushdie’s book by the same name was shown in Colombo recently, fittingly with an opening segment specially filmed for Colombo audiences, being the producer’s and director’s glowing tributes to Sri Lanka’s attributes as the location for the movie. |
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