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Sri Lankan navy saves two elephants washed out to sea

Two wild elephants were rescued by the Sri Lankan navy after becoming trapped at sea.

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Elephant rescued from ocean eight miles off Sri Lankan coast

The distressed pachyderm had been dragged out to sea by strong currents before it was spotted by a navy patrol boat.

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Stranded whales in Sri Lanka pushed back into the sea

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Rescuers struggle to reach Sri Lankan flood and mudslide victims

The military is involved in the effort to reach thousands cut off amid a looming threat of disease in the Indian Ocean island.

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Scores killed in Sri Lanka floods

Sri Lanka officials say 151 people have been killed in floods and landslides and the state-run disaster management centre said 111 people were still missing after the worst torrential rains since…

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Sri Lanka appeals for aid after deadly floods

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More than 100 dead after floods hit Sri Lanka

Dozens more are missing after monsoon rains, which began on Friday, battered the region.

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Search for survivors after Sri Lanka rubbish dump landslide

A landslide at a rubbish dump near the Sri Lankan capital Colombo has killed at least 16 people and injured over a dozen, according to health and military…

Cinema

Human rights film festival - winners

Coming at the end of the awards season the fifteenth International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, held as usual in Geneva has chosen its winners.

Sri Lanka

Teenager hacked president's website to delay exams

How many of us have despaired as exams approach, wishing we could press an imaginary ‘pause button’ to freeze time and delay the inevitable?

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Vesak festival in Sri Lanka

Owing to heavy rainfall and devastating floods across Sri Lanka, the streets of the capital Colombo are less crowded for this year’s celebration of the Buddhist festival…

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Landslide aftermath in Sri Lanka

Rescue teams were sent to the area of Aranayaka, 100 km northeast of the capital Colombo, where over 100 people are missing after two landslides, caused by torrential…

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Deadly landslides in Sri Lanka claim scores of victims

200 families feared buried in landslides 230,000 people forced from homes Rescue efforts hampered by powercuts At least 200 families are feared buried beneath massive landslides in central Sri…

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Over 100 feared dead as huge landslides bury Sri Lankan villages

At least 150 people are feared dead following two massive landslides in central Sri Lanka, officials say.

Sport

Windies win World Twenty20 double as men and women triumph

The West Indies are celebrating winning cricket’s World Twenty20 title for the second successive time after beating England in a breath-taking final

World

Sri Lanka: "Not just the beach or the elephant"

Euronews spoke at Berlin’s ITB to John A.E. Amaratunga, Sri Lanka Minister of Tourism, about how Sri Lanka tries to unfold its full potential as a

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Sri Lanka: Let’s play Tuk Tuk Polo!

First there was Horse Polo, then Bike Polo and in more recent times Elephant and Segway polo. But now a new form of polo has emerged – Tuk Tuk Polo

Indonesia

Indian Ocean tsunami victims remembered 11 years on

It has been eleven years since a massive earthquake under the Indian Ocean off Sumatra triggered tsunamis that killed tens of thousands in Sri Lanka

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Ruling party wins Sri Lankan election

Sri Lanka’s ruling United National Party has won the most seats in the country’s parliamentary elections. The UNP picked up one hundred and six out

$Sri Lanka's voters invited to turn page on fractious past$

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Sri Lanka's voters invited to turn page on fractious past

Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections could see the return to the political centre stage of its former strongman president Mahinda Rajapaksa. In