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  Chinese president arrives in Sri Lanka

  World | September 16, 2014 13:21 IST

  Colombo: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday arrived in Sri Lanka, the first state visit by a Chinese head of state to the island nation in decades.Sri Lanka is the third leg of Xi's ongoing

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  Rajapaksa orders release of all Indian fishermen

  World | May 25, 2014 12:42 IST

  Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody as a goodwill measure to mark the swearing in of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi. Rajapaksa has ordered the release

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  Countries should not dictate to Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa

  World | November 17, 2013 17:16 IST

  Colombo: A defiant President Mahinda Rajapaksa today once again rejected demands for an international inquiry into alleged war crimes during the military campaign against the LTTE, saying countries should not “dictate” to Sri Lanka.A day

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  Khurshid to visit Lanka from tomorrow for bilateral talks

  India | October 06, 2013 13:03 IST

  New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will pay a two-day visit to Sri Lanka from tomorrow to hold talks with the country's top leadership on key issues, including Indian fishermen languishing in jails there

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  Pillay to take issue of missing Tamilians with Rajapaksa

  World | August 28, 2013 11:56 IST

  Colombo:  UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has assured the relatives of Tamil people who disappeared during Sri Lanka's war with the LTTE that their grievances would be taken up with President Mahinda Rajapaksa.  Pillay,