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A border fence from Mannar to Pottuvil?

By Justin William Marianyagam, Karampon East, Kayts, Jaffna.
The 13th amendment implementation for the North and East is currently creating much turmoil and controversy both, in Sri Lanka and in the […]



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He loved the wilds as much as he loved people

Tony Gabriel
This appreciation is about Tony Gabriel in the last ten years of his life, when he resumed his love of the jungles and wildlife parks by joining ‘Venture Forth’, a group of ten whose only claim for recognition is that they all came from the same stables, and consequently have the same sense of […]



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The Muslims and Eastern Elections

by Shanie

With the election to the Eastern Provincial Council drawing near, all the parties seem to be wooing the Muslims who form the significantly large ‘ethnic’ group […]



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Expat Photos

Sri Lanka. A famous surf spot in eastern Sri Lanka to the north of Arugam Bay, January, 2008. Photo: Fred Ne-Miller, SVH, Arugam Bay
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Death threats for Daily Mirror correspondent

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Aid groups in Sri Lanka tackle ‘fat cat’ image

Blogged by: Glenda Cooper
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Power to the People

……….. of Arugam Bay and of course:  Sri Lanka!

Power supply problems may not be limited to Arugam Bay.
There are reports that once the economy recovers there will be a serious shortfall in Electricity Generation capacity on the island.
Does anyone have details?



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psychological first aid

SRI LANKA: Boosting capacity in “psychological first aid”
NEGOMBO, 23 March 2008 (IRIN) - When school teacher M. Shihama was put in charge of a class of unruly slow learners earlier this year, her heart sank.
“At first, I was reluctant to take them on,” said the social science teacher at Al-Falah high school in Negombo in […]



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The arugambay beach .

Holidays  are  over. The  new  term  has  begum. sriya  reads  his  composition  to  the  class  about  his  trip  to  the  Arugambay  Beach  resort.           We   reached  Aruganbay  around  nine  in  the  morning  on  the  second  of  Augast. we   didn’t  have to  run  about  looking  for  accommo  dation  as  father  had  booked  two  rooms  in  a  guest   house.  […]



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Sir Arthur C Clarke

Sci-fi writer Clarke laid to rest

Immediate family members gathered in Colombo for the writer’s funeral

British science-fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has been buried in his adopted country of Sri Lanka.Music from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey was played at the funeral and members of the family […]



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Arugam Bay: Goodwill alive and well after disaste

For years, this bohemian beach town on scenic Arugam Bay was a […]



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More rains

More rains forecast
Mohammed Naalir, Akkaraipattu Group, V.P. Sivappragasam and Maskeliya Group Correspondent K.Duraisami
COLOMBO: More rains were forecast by the Meteorology Department in the coastal areas of Kalutara, Galle and Matara while the prevailing weather pattern is to continue in most parts of the country marked by thunder showers in the afternoons […]



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