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		<title>Sri Lanka Ambassador updates national press club reporters on post-conflict reconciliation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON –Sri Lankan Ambassador in Washington Jaliya Wickramasuriya hosted a group of foreign correspondents here in a January 25 reception held at his residence, prompting a discussion of events in Sri Lanka since the end of the conflict against terrorism &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/sri-lanka-ambassador-updates-national-press-club-reporters-on-post-conflict-reconciliation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>President rejects speculations about China’s dominance in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Mahinda Rajapaksa emphatically rejecting speculation that China is to build a naval base in Sri Lanka, has said that China’s presence in Sri Lanka is strictly business, and not political. He has said that no country has complained, not &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/president-rejects-speculations-about-chinas-dominance-in-sri-lanka/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tiger stamps: La Poste apologises</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an announcement on the website of La Poste concerning the printing of stamps &#8220;representing members and symbols of the Tamil movement &#8216;Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam&#8217;, an organization listed as terrorist by the European Union since 2006&#8243;, the French &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/tiger-stamps-la-poste-apologises/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Defense Secretary cautions about new threats</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Defence Secretary Mr.Gotabhaya Rajapakse said that it is the responsibility of each and every person to prevent terrorism raising its ugly head once again in the country. &#160; &#160; He said Sri Lanka is maintaining high defence spending and &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/defense-secretary-cautions-about-new-threats/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We believe that a home-grown solution is the best solution for Sri Lanka &#8211; Lankan Envoy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka will hold accountable every person accused of war crimes during its decades-long civil conflict, the island nation&#8217;s ambassador to the U.S. Jaliya Wickramasuriya says. Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya said the suspects&#8217; names are disclosed in eyewitness testimony that is &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/we-believe-that-a-home-grown-solution-is-the-best-solution-for-sri-lanka-lankan-envoy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Families of massacred Policemen commend LLRC Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family members of the missing policemen in Sri Lanka have welcomed the recommendation by a presidential panel for a full investigation into the alleged killing of six hundred policemen. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has recommended that the &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/families-of-massacred-policemen-commend-llrc-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nat Geo Travel Mag names SL among &#8220;Best of the World 2012&#8243; destinations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traveler earlier ranked Sri Lanka tops among foreign trips in 2011 &#160; National Geographic Traveler magazine has named Sri Lanka among its top six destinations for world travelers in 2012, lauding the island nation’s heritage sites, wildlife, lush landscapes and &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/nat-geo-travel-mag-names-sl-among-best-of-the-world-2012-destinations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka poised to join Asia’s fast growing economies &#8211; Bangkok Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The defeat of the LTTE in May 2009 has wrought a perceptible change in Sri Lanka&#8217;s economic climate, recognised by international financial institutions, foreign media and economic analysts, says in an article on Bangkok Post published today (Nov.28). “Today they &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/sri-lanka-poised-to-join-asia%e2%80%99s-fast-growing-economies-bangkok-post/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greater int’l cooperation needed to end threats to Indian Ocean &#8211; SL Defence Secy.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The full text of the Defence Secretary’s speech: “I consider it a pleasure and privilege to address you at the opening session of the “Galle Dialogue” Maritime Conference organised by the Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka. The Galle Dialogue &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/greater-int%e2%80%99l-cooperation-needed-to-end-threats-to-indian-ocean-sl-defence-secy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>49 Tamil refugees set to return to Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty-nine Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu will return to Sri Lanka by a commercial ferry that will leave Tuticorin on Tuesday, a spokesman for the UN refugee agency here has said. &#160; Comprising 12 families, presently residing in &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/49-tamil-refugees-set-to-return-to-sri-lanka/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>TERRORISM POSES THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY:</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Australia should ban those with terrorist links&#8217; Sri Lanka&#8217;s massive diplomatic triumph at the recent CHOGM Summit in Perth, Australia, continues to reverberate with influential sections of the Australian political spectrum and media coming to the defence of the Sri &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/terrorism-poses-threat-to-national-security/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s Lies Agreed Upon screened in U.S. Congress</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gathering hosted by Sri Lankan Congressional Caucus and Embassy of Sri Lanka includes secretary of defense&#8217;s speech, panel discussion on reconciliation Congressman Jack Kingston: &#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen a people who have come so quickly together, and after 26 years of &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/sri-lankas-lies-agreed-upon-screened-in-u-s-congress/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Outcome of the LLRC to be made public</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka will make public its report into the end of the civil war with the Tamil Tigers, the Foreign Minister said on Tuesday, seeking to mitigate concerns in the West, which has in the past pushed for an international &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/outcome-of-the-llrc-to-be-made-public/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankans in Perth protest against ABC Channel&#8217;s biased reporting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perth, Australia, launched a protest campaign against ABC Media Chanel in Perth on Saturday accusing the ABC of biased reporting. Hundreds of Sri Lankans wavig placards and shouting slogans gathered in Perth to protest the ABC media accusing the news &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/sri-lankans-in-perth-protest-against-abc-channels-biased-reporting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka says war crimes allegations &#8216;propaganda&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PERTH, Australia — Sri Lanka&#8217;s government on Thursday sought to dismiss war crimes allegations as propaganda from its defeated rivals, as it came under further pressure ahead of a Commonwealth summit. &#160; A spokesman for Sri Lankan President Mahendra Rajapakse &#8230; <a href="http://firstlanka.com/english/news/sri-lanka-says-war-crimes-allegations-propaganda/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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