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Lankans drive out Aussies out of Champions Trophy with 20-run victory
Australia's trouble-plagued campaign of the ICC Champions Trophy had come to an end after they were defeated for 20 runs by Sri Lanka at The Oval on Monday. Sri Lanka, who needed a win to remain in the competition, rode on aggressive half-centuries from Mahela Jayawardene and Lahiru Thirimanne to score 253-8 after being sent in to bat, bowling out the Australians for 233 in 42.3 overs, ...
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Sri Lanka score 2538 against Australia
Sri Lanka scored 253 for eight against Australia in a crucial Champions Trophy Group A encounter at the Kennington Oval here Monday. Mahela Jayawardene top scored with an unbeaten 84 off 81 balls while Lahiru Thirimanne chipped in with a patient 57. Mitchell Johnson was the pick of the bowlers taking three for ...
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India working for all communities to find place in Sri Lanka PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India was working towards finding the rightful place for all communities in Sri Lanka. In a letter to DMK president M. Karunanidhi dated June 11 - a copy of which was released to the media Monday - Singh said: "The government of India has consistently worked for all communities in Sri Lanka, including Sri Lankan Tamils to find their rightful place and ...
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Tamil Tiger fronts operate in Germany Sri Lanka
The Tamil Tiger rebel front organisations are still operating in Germany under the guise of community organisations, the Sri Lankan external affairs ministry claimed Monday. External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris, during a discussion he had in Berlin with the German Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle, said that according to information available to Sri Lankan authorities, there are a ...
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Sri Lanka Rising star in U.S. Justice
Mythili Raman, the newly appointed Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Justice Department and successor to Mr. Lanny Breuer, is widely acclaimed in legal circles as a trailblazer in the Justice Department. Her parents are from Vadaramaraadchy, Jaffna. Ms Raman had her undergraduate degree from Yale, and obtained a law degree from the University of ...
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Sri Lankans hand Aussies the exit pass
(49 mins ago) Sri Lanka reached the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a 20-run victory over holders Australia in the last league match at the Oval in London yesterday. The Sri Lankans, who needed a win to stay in the competition, relied on aggressive half-centuries from Mahela Jayawardene and Lahiru Thirimanne to score 253 for 8 wickets after being sent in to bat. Seamer Nuwan Kulasekara then ...
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Sri Lanka SL State backs Christian persecution 30 churches attacked this year World Evangelical Alliance
World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Religious Liberty Commission (RLC), which is a network of churches in 129 countries, in ...
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Learning Mandarin Urdu Tamil Punjabi - these Brampton kids are ahead of the curve
A peek inside Brampton's Chinguacousy Secondary School, which teaches 23 different languages - and 9-year-olds here are already prepping for ...
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Jayawardene-inspired Sri Lanka advance to semifinals
A disciplined Sri Lanka set up a semifinal date with India in the ICC Champions Trophy as they knocked out holders Australia by posting a 20-run win, with veteran Mahela Jayawardene caressing his way to an unbeaten 84-run knock here ...
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Sri Lanka reach Champions Trophy semis
Sri Lanka barged into the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a 20-run victory over holders Australia in the lastgroup match at the Oval in London on ...
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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
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