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Saudi Arabia Delivers Humanitarian Aid to Sri Lanka

Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Information Office 11.07.2009
Sri Lanka win as Pakistan crumble

Sri Lanka needed only three days to beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the second Test and win the series.

Saudi Arabia Delivers Humanitarian Aid to Sri Lanka

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has delivered more than 100,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka in the past week. The Sri Lankan government received the second shipment of emergency assistance, including foodstuffs, medicines, rugs, blankets and tents, in Colombo today. The first shipment of supplies was delivered on July 8.

Sri Lanka sets date for first post-war polls

Ranga Sirilal Reuters India 25.06.2009

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Oliver Brett BBC Sport 20.06.2009
Sri Lanka sets date for first post-war polls

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka on Aug. 8 will hold elections for the first time since declaring victory over the Tamil Tigers last month, the government said on Thursday.

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Tillakaratne Dilshan's 96 not out and three wickets for Angelo Mathews in West Indies' first over fired Sri Lanka into the World Twenty20 final.

New Zealand's hopes suffer a slow death

John Westerby Times Online 17.06.2009
New Zealand's hopes suffer a slow death

Trent Bridge (Sri Lanka won toss): Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 48 runs.

Sri Lanka deports Canadian MP

Sri Lanka on Wednesday deported a Canadian MP it views as sympathetic to the Tamil Tiger separatists, the latest foreign official it has sent out of the country at the end of a 25-year war.

UN chief urges war crimes probe in Sri Lanka

The UN chief Ban Ki-moon lent credence Friday to the possibility of war crimes in Sri Lanka, saying an international investigation is needed to examine the military actions of the government and defeated Tamil Tiger rebels during the civil war.

Sri Lanka holds victory parade to mark Tamil Tigers' defeat

Sri Lanka was staging a military victory parade in the capital Colombo to mark the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said.

Britain sold weapons worth over £13.6 million to help Sri Lankan army defeat Tamil Tigers

Weapons including armoured vehicles, parts for machineguns and semiautomatic pistols, were sold to the Sri Lankan Government by Britain and other EU countries after 2006, despite concerns about human rights abuses.

Sri Lanka seek international help in dismantling Tigers' network

SINGAPORE (AFP) — Sri Lanka appealed Sunday for international support in dismantling the global political network of the Tamil Tiger rebels after declaring a full military victory over the separatist movement.


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