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  • Rajapaksa pledges to continue fighting external elements for peace in Sri Lanka

    Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all "external elements" seeking to "disrupt" the country's peace at the fourth anniversary celebration of winning the three-decade war. He was alluding to foreign countries, led by the United States, who have been critical of Sri Lanka's human rights record and called for an independent ...

  • It’s Time Referees Stood Up For The Sake Of Their Own Safety

    THE decision, last Tuesday, of a majority of rugby referees to boycott games involving Science College, no doubt, deals a harmful blow on the game's development. A majority of the country's top referees, including 'internationals' Dilroy Fernando and Nizam Jamaldeen, are signatories to the boycott; it's a logical conclusion that the rest would follow - and so, the season ...

  • Super SHOCK Rugby Ref Dilroy Announces Retirement

    The local rugby scene was reeling in a state of shock and disbelief on Friday when the country's leading rugby referee Dilroy Fernando announced his retirement from the job that he had graced with honour and integrity and earned a reputation internationally as well. Fernando is expected to officiate as referee for the final time at the Bradby Shield encounter between Trinity College and ...

  • Rajans Poised For Unique Achievement

    Dharmaraja College Kandy are poised to set an unique record in the ongoing schools rugby season by being the first team to clinch the prestigious A Division Champions title in their very first year after promotion from the 'B' division. In a topsy-turvy season that has featured more than a few upsets the two teams promoted from the 'B' division - Dharmaraja and Wesley have ...

  • Football Legend David Beckham To Retire

    Legendary football player David Beckham has announced that he will retire from football at the end of this season. Former England captain Beckham, 38, will call it a day after winning the French title with Paris St Germain. Beckham said: "I'm thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest ...


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The Pillow Book

Those who are already die-hard fans of British filmmaker Peter Greenaway may find cause for celebration in his newest film, "The Pillow Book." Those who hate his work will find more reason to despise him and call him pretentious and banal. And those who have never been exposed to his work will probably just be confused. Like all Greenaway's films, "The Pillow Book" is nothing if not a visual marve ... ...

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  • Murray Fears Injury May Affect French Open Participation

    Andy Murray does not expect to be fit for the French Open after retiring from his second-round match in Rome with a recurrence of a back problem. The world number two took opponent Marcel Granollers and the Internazionalid'Italia crowd by surprise when he pulled out having just levelled the match at 3-6 7-6 (7/5). It looked as if it was just precautionary ahead of the start of the ...

  • Iron Man 3 Reaches The Top

    Tony Stark's superpowers lifted blockbuster "Iron Man 3" back to the top of movie charts in the United States and Canada, beating out a strong debut last weekend for lavish Jazz Age drama "The Great ...

  • Sri Lanka Tamils defy ban on rebel memorial

    Tamil party on Saturday defied a military ban and staged a commemoration of their war dead as the government celebrated the fourth anniversary of defeating Tamil Tiger rebels. ...

  • Sri Lanka SL Police arrests TNPF politicians on Mullivaaykkaal Remembrance Day in Mannaar

    Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) politician and former parliamentarian Selvaraja Kajendran and Visvalingam Manivannan of the TNPF and thirteen other TNPF activists were arrested by the Sri Lankan Police at Mannaar Saturday afternoon while they were on their way to attend a Mu'l'livaaykkaal Remembrance Day function. The SL police is trying to curb the activities of the TNPF ...

  • Sri Lanka Mulli-vaaykkaal survivor speaks out

    [TamilNet, Saturday, 18 May 2013, 11:51 GMT] Mrs Ananthi Sasitharan, who personally witnessed Sri Lanka military taking away her husband, Mr Elilan, a political leader of the LTTE, at the end the Vanni War in May 2009, speaks out her experience from a civilian point of view and as a mother caring for her children during the war and the genocidal onslaught. Still living in Vanni, at ...

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