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Ex-president seeks comeback in Sri Lankan general election

Sri Lankans have gone to the polls to elect a new parliament in a vote dominated by the possible comeback of the country’s former president. Mahinda

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Will ex-President Rajapaksa return to power in Sri Lanka general election?

Voting is underway in Sri Lanka’s general election which is being widely seen as a test of a comeback bid by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sport

Crowd trouble interrupts Sri Lanka-Pakistan ODI

Security forces were called out to restore order clashes broke out between two rival group of spectators during the third ODI between Sri Lanka and

Sri Lanka

New Sri Lanka president calls for national reconciliation on Independence Day

Sri Lanka celebrates its Independence Day with the newly installed president promising to bridge the ethnic divide that still exists following the

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Thousands bid Pope Francis farewell as his Philippines tour ends

Thousands of people have lined the streets of Manila to say a final farewell to Pope Francis at the end of his five day trip to the Philippines

Sri Lanka

Pope Francis in Sri Lanka denounces 'evil' civil war

The pope visited a former war zone in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, preaching forgiveness to tens of thousands of followers.

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Pope gives Sri Lanka its first Catholic saint during Asia tour

An estimated one million people join Pope Francis at an open air Mass in Sri Lanka as part of papal visit to Asia.

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Pope Francis calls on Sri Lanka to do more to seek truth about civil war

The pontiff attends an inter-religious meeting in Sri Lanka, days after it voted out its wartime leaders

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Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka urging inter religious harmony

Pope Francis has arrived in Sri Lanka, where he will spend two days before flying on to one of the Catholic church’s strongholds, the Philippines. He

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Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka urging inter religious harmony

Pope Francis has arrived in Sri Lanka bringing with him a message of inter religious harmony. His presence is expected to add to a new tolerance in

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa concedes defeat

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa has conceded defeat in the country’s presidential election, saying he would oversee a peaceful transition of

Indonesia

A decade since the Indian Ocean tsunami

December the 26th, 2014, marks the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that resulted in the deaths of over 230,000 people.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: New hangman quits over upset at first glimpse of the gallows

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Sri Lanka: Curry for breakfast and no bloody war

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Sri Lanka: A9 to reconciliation

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