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Forum Meeting

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Arugam.info managed to send, for the first time ever, representatives from the East Coast to attend a Forum Meeting held at Beruwella recently.
Although known to each other through Internet discussion web sites such as www.sri-lanka-board.de nothing can replace a person-to-person, personal contact.
A common feature of everyone attending was obvious:
All share a deep love and concern […]



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Hero’s Day

Arugam.info does not get involved in politics.
But we are certainly very much committed to the safety and security of our visitors.
Following credible information received it is felt that there is a fair possiblity of some sort of attack on a high profile, political or military target.
Please take extra care and avoid places which could […]



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Deutsche (Dauer-) Welle (DW)

Ever since the early 1980’s DW (Deutsche Welle Radio Station) has been continiously broadcasting in dozens of languages throughout Asia from a remote location in North East Sri Lanka.
The huge, very impressive site is situated near Nilaveli, Trincomalee on the East Coast.
The relay staion’s own power plant produces more than the city of Trinco, 2.7 […]



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Rajapaksa anniversary: The grim realities

Rajapaksa anniversary: The grim realities

Heavy arms procurements as both sides prepare for escalation of conflict
Defence Ministry forms company for import of arms but serious questions arise
After the Budget, focus now on Prabha’s heroes’ day speech

By Iqbal Athas
President Percy Mahinda Rajapaksa today marks an important milestone in his political career - the completion of a year […]



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Museum

The National Museum, Colombo
What is the connection to the East Coast and Arugam Bay?
Enlarge the photos below; maybe you understand the reason for this post.
To explain:

Three exhibits are from our local area
Arugam.info is there to promote Arugam Bay
The new section was opened with our friends participation
All signs were printed by Silver Circle with a […]



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Open Letter by H. Poos

http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/Aussenpolitik/HumanitaereHilfe/Zuwendung.html
Auswärtiges Amt
Werderscher Markt 1
10117 Berlin
Postanschrift: 11013 Berlin
Telefon: 030-5000-0
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53113 Bonn
Telefon: 01888-17-0
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Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40
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Fon +49 228 4460- 0
Fax +49 228 4460-1766
E-Mail: presse@inwent.org
Poos Horst
Trompeterallee 8
41189 Mönchengladbach
Bezug Tsunami Spendengelder:
Im Oktober 2006 habe ich mich im Raum Sri Lanka an der wohl am schlimmsten betroffenen Ostküste über
die Verwendung der Spendengelder […]



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A Flight to Ampara

Friday, November 17, 2006

Flight!

No, not like running away, as in fleeing..like fleeing the country or fleeing the law. (As you might imagine based […]



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Uptown Top Banking

In the entire Arugam Bay and PottuVille area there are only two Banks.
Both, the People’s Bank as well as the Bank of Ceylon are State owned and there is no competition or private Bank locally.
Accordingly, the service offered is not comparable with modern expectations found elsewhere. For example, there is no ATM machine and […]



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Travesty of our place names

There is no reason why Colombo, Galle and Jaffna cannot revert to Kolamba, Gaalla and Yahapane, except that the political will to bring about such […]



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Open Sky @ Arugambay?

Ruhunu open skies launch on Nov 19
The Ruhunu Open Skies programme is to be launched on November 19 and 20 at Hambantota.
The director general of  Civil Aviation, H M C Nimalsiri said the programme is based on facilities at three airfields - Katukurunda, Koggala and Weerawila and an abandoned runway located north east of Hambantota.
The […]



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Arugam Bay Beer

Arugambay is lucky to have an Oktoberfest all year round.
Our very own, special brew is available only once a year elsewhere.
All our testing, sampling and quality control efforts are put to the test at the BIG brewer’s event at the Colombo Hillton Car Park, the Sri Lanka Oktoberfest.

see today’s photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/arugamsurf/Oktoberfest



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