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<title>We are giving hope&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192649806</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 21:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  with and marrying the Welsh-born Zeta-Jones. A United Nations Messenger of Peace, he is deeply impressed  ...  to visit Free the Children projects in Sri Lanka. They will roll up their sleeves and  ...
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<title>Colonel Karuna, Mr Compassion &apos; a magnet for other aliases</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192636568</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 18:20 GMT</pubDate>
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...  up the phones nowadays. Marshall has either run out of stories to tell or is  ...  they can be marshmallow and jujubes of Sri Lankan politics; the pair can attract an army  ...
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<title>Time for LTTE to lay down arms and enter democracy &apos; President tells APC</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192610503</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 11:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  with the International Red Cross and the United Nations to ensure the welfare of the civilians  ...  Representatives of the following parties were present: Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Lanka Sama Samaja Party, Communist  ...
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<title>Kajol Appointed Goodwill Ambassador of UK Trust</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192604262</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 09:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  at Whitehall during a ceremony to celebrate UN International Day of Non-violence commencing on Mahatma  ...  the trust would extend its activities to Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa and Luanda. It has  ...
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<title>Saturday, October 18</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192589028</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 06:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  committee made up of Yugoslavia, Somalia and Sri Lanka, accuses Israel of continued violations of Arab  ...  permitting the Cuban president to address the United Nations. 1998 - A pipeline explosion in Nigeria  ...
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<title>SRI LANKA: &quot;NO HALT IN DEVELOPMENT DRIVE DESPITE WAR ON TERROR&quot; SAYS MINISTER MAITHREEPALA SIRISENA</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192570181</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 02:25 GMT</pubDate>
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... SRI LANKA: &quot;NO HALT IN DEVELOPMENT DRIVE DESPITE WAR  ...  Mahinda Rajapaksa&apos;s election manifesto &quot;Mahinda Chintanaya&quot;. &quot;The UN Secretary General too has lauded our agricultural  ...
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<title>Intergovernmental Group Of Twenty-Four On International Monetary Affairs And Development Communiqu(C)</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192533388</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to fiscal and monetary policies in the short-run to soften the impact of these external  ...  Tarin, Pakistan; Margarito Teves, Philippines; Sarath Amunugama, Sri Lanka; Maya Choueiri, Latin American Group: Carlos R.  ...
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<title>U.S. takes hard-line on military forces, armed groups recruiting child soldiers</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192517382</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  up in jail.&quot; HRW has accused both Sri Lankas LTTE and its breakaway group the Tamil  ...  exact number of child soldiers, but the United Nations estimates there may be as many as  ...
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<title>Sri Lanka Foreign Minister reiterates government&apos;s concern for the safety of aid workers</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192517381</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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... Sri Lanka Foreign Minister reiterates governments concern for the  ...  yesterday, the second interactive session with the UN and its specialized agencies to review the  ...
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<title>The Russo-Georgia War and the Challenge to American Global Dominance</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192511316</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 18:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the border into Georgia, they violated the UN Charter. 2 Their initial justification--defense of the  ...  separatist movements also reacted negatively. Spain, Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and China (whose embassy in,Belgrade was  ...
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<title>Finnish ex-president wins peace prize</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192475887</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:51 GMT</pubDate>
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... Finland&apos;s former president and United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari who won the Nobel  ...  in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Professor Geir Lundestad, the committee&apos;s secretary, said:  ...
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<title>SRI LANKA AND PALESTINE REAFFIRM HISTORIC TIES</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192472603</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:36 GMT</pubDate>
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... SRI LANKA AND PALESTINE REAFFIRM HISTORIC TIES COLOMBO, Oct  ...  an independent Sovereign State, based on the UN Security Council Resolutions. &quot;Sri Lanka has chaired  ...
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<title>SRI LANKA: Salt and jumbos - rice farming in a changing climate</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192472101</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:35 GMT</pubDate>
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... R. M. Vimalawathi, a farmer in northwestern Sri Lanka, managed to salvage just enough rice to  ...  be clearly seen, said Ramitha Wijethunga, the UN Development Programme&apos;s national programme officer for disaster  ...
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<title>Battling salinity in Sri Lanka</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192472100</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:35 GMT</pubDate>
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... R. M. Vimalawathi, a farmer in northwestern Sri Lanka, managed to salvage just enough rice to  ...  be clearly seen, said Ramitha Wijethunga, the UN Development Programme&apos;s national programme officer for disaster  ...
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<title>New UN-backed guidelines issued to tackle mental health problems in conflicts, disasters</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192457284</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 13:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  tackle mental health problems in conflicts, disasters United Nations and other international humanitarian agencies have agreed  ...  conflicts and natural disasters in Afghanistan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Sudan among many others involve substantial  ...
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