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Human rights being used as tool for motivated agenda: Sri Lankan President
World | Sep 25, 2014, 10:48 AM ISTUnited Nations: Under pressure to allow an international probe, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said Wednesday that "human rights are used as a tool to implement motivated agendas" and criticised what he characterised as double
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Rajapaksa, Jaffna Mayor to attend Modi oath taking
India | May 25, 2014, 10:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be accompanied by Jaffna's Tamil Mayor Yogeshwari Pathkunarajah at the oath taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as India's prime minister Monday.A Sri Lankan High Commission statement said
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Rajapaksa, Karzai, Ramgoolam, Koirala to attend Modi swearing-in
World | May 22, 2014, 09:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Along with many SAARC Heads of Governments and States, Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will be attending the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister on May 26.India has received a confirmation
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Rajapaksa congratulates Modi, invites him on state visit
World | May 16, 2014, 04:03 PM ISTColombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today congratulated Narendra Modi on his party's massive victory in the Indian general election and invited him on a state visit.Rajapaksa telephoned Modi to congratulate him on his resounding
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Rights abuse charges haunt Rajapaksa, Cameron gives ultimatum
World | Nov 16, 2013, 09:08 PM ISTColombo: Human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated in the war against LTTE haunted President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the sidelines of the CHOGM summit with UK Prime Minister David Cameron today giving Sri Lanka an ultimatum to
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Don't make Commonwealth 'punitive' body: President Rajapaksa
World | Nov 15, 2013, 09:53 PM ISTColombo: British Prime Minister David Cameron today made a historic visit to the former war zone of Jaffna to “shine a light on the chilling events” during the last phase of the war against the
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Salman Khurshid meets Rajapaksa, visits Northern Province
World | Oct 08, 2013, 11:13 PM ISTColombo: India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, Tuesday met President Mahinda Rajapaksa and later visited the Tamil-majority Northern Province where he said that India is committed to implementation
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Rajapaksa sibling as special envoy to India on Lanka 13A
World | Jun 30, 2013, 04:16 PM ISTColombo, Jun 30: Sri Lanka will send President Mahinda Rajapaksa's younger brother Basil Rajapaksa to Delhi to hold talks with Indian leadership over its controversial plan to tinker with the India-moved thirteenth amendment (13A), government
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Rajapaksa says no violation of 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord
World | Jun 21, 2013, 05:36 PM ISTColombo, Jun 21: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today dismissed reports that his government had flouted agreements reached in the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord which created devolved administrative units, saying there had been no violation.“We have
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Rajapaksa begins China visit
World | May 27, 2013, 11:42 AM ISTBeijing, May 27: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here Monday hoping to enhance cooperation between the two countries in areas of trade, investment, science and technology and defence.Rajapaksa is here on a four-day state
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Rajapaksa warns of attempts to scuttle peace
World | Mar 27, 2013, 03:37 PM ISTColombo, Mar 27: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapapaksa Wednesday warned of local and internationally attempts to scuttle peace in the island nation.Addressing a Sri Lanka Freedom Party ceremony here, Rajapaksa said it was the right
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Rajapaksa orders Fonseka's release
World | May 20, 2012, 09:43 AM ISTColombo, May 20: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today ordered the release of his former Army Chief turned political rival Sarath Fonseka, paving the way for him to walk out of prison after two years.Rajapaksa
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No One Has To Tell Us What To Do, Says Rajapaksa
World | Mar 28, 2012, 05:57 PM ISTColombo, Mar 28: Sri Lanka is ready to walk an extra mile to establish permanent peace in the country through reconciliation and does not need any external guidance, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today. Addressing the
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Kumaratunga Asks Rajapaksa To Share Power With Tamils
World | Jul 25, 2011, 06:52 PM ISTColombo, Jul 25: Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has warned that the country may move towards renewed “anarchy” unless the leaders opt for reconciliation and reconstruction through dialogue. Kumaratunga, who was the President of
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Powerful Lankan Prez Rajapaksa Sworn In For Second Term
World | Nov 19, 2010, 10:08 PM ISTColombo, Nov 19: Sri Lanka's charismatic President Mahinda Rajapaksa was today sworn in for an unprecedented second six-year term amid a boycott by opposition parties, as he vowed to turn the war-torn country into an