Panesar willing to learn from struggles in Sri Lanka
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England spinner Monty Panesar is convinced his miserable tour of Sri Lanka can help him become a world-class bowler.
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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga wants to adopt a Tamil child orphaned in the tsunami, officials say.
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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga said the cost of reconstruction may rise to over 100 billion Sri Lankan rupees. She also expressed hopes for the establishment of a donor&#39;s conference to aid in reconstruction.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - Sri Lankan hangman  Suranimala has never seen an execution, confesses the sight of  the gallows makes him a little nervous and lacks the most  crucial tool of his trade -- a rope.
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COLOMBO, Jan 21 (IPS) - While the Norway-brokered ceasefire between the Sri  Lankan government and Tamil separatist militants finally failed,  last week, it did provide a six-year window of prosperity to this  island nation torn by a festering ethnic conflict.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger rebels appeared to be willing to join the government in relief work for Tsunami victims as President Chandrika Kumaratunga said a war with them was &quot;remoter&quot; now.
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In Sri Lanka's war-torn north and east, where killings happen every day and work is nearly nonexistent, it doesn't take much to entice a man to leave.
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Sri Lanka's President Chandrika Kumaratunga offered to revive stalled peace talks with the Tamil Tigers in a message conveyed to rebels by Norway's Foreign Minister Jan Petersen, her office said.
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In Sri Lanka, unreliable information can spark fear and security problems.
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The Indian Ocean tsunami which battered Sri Lanka has opened up a window of opportunity for a renewal of dialogue between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels but has also exposed the tensions that exist between the two sides.
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Colombo, Nov 27 (PTI) Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran today declared he will return to the &quot;freedom struggle&quot; unless the government agreed to resume peace talks based on his blue-print for self-rule.
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KILLINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka  &#151; Danger comes in many forms in the aftermath of a natural disaster: aftershocks, landslides, falling debris.
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By David Brunnstrom and Simon GardnerBRUSSELS/COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels have told Norwegian mediators they are willing to return to peace talks without conditions, Japan's peace ...
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Arjuna Seneviratna witnessed and survived the tsunami wave that struck Sri Lanka. He talks about the harrowing experience.
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Minority Tamils in Sri Lankan capital Colombo appeal to government for protection after a spate of abductions.
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Sri Lanka's President  Mahinda Rajapakse tells the BBC  the door is still open for peace talks with the Tamil Tigers.
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A Sri Lankan government minister was taken hostage by a TV station after he complained it had failed to cover one of his speeches. By John Plunkett