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| | |  Four corpses of LTTE terrorists killed in fighting at the Wanni battlefront recently were taken over by the ICRC officials in Vavuniya yesterday (August 19) at 12.30 p.m.
| READ ARTICLE | |  | | | | | Unlike standard diplomacy, which might be described as the ways in which government leaders communicate with each other at the highest level, public diplomacy focuses on the way in which a country, through both officials and private individuals and institutions, communicates with citizens in other societies. But like standard diplomacy, it starts from the premise that dialogue, rather than sales pitch, is often central to achieving the goals of foreign policy. To be effective, public diplomacy must be seen as two-way street.acting deliberately or inadvertently, | READ ARTICLE | | | | | | | | Sri Lanka Air Force carried out 3 historic air missions targeting 3 of the LTTE's most vital nerve centers in the Wanni during last few hours, said the defence sources | READ ARTICLE | | | | | | | | Sri Lanka Air Force carried out separate air raids targeting three Tamil Tiger camps in the Mullaitivu district this ... | READ ARTICLE | | | | | | | | In recent weeks the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo and the Sri Lanka Embassy in France received dozens of letters signed by different individuals with Tamil and French names. Though they were posted from different localities in Paris, all the letters had the same content accusing the government of Sri Lanka of alleged human rights violations and alleging that soldiers torture Tamil citizens. | READ ARTICLE | | | | | | |  The annual festival of Nallur Kanthasamy Kovil (Temple) in Jaffna commences today with Kodi Etram - the ceremony of flag hoisting to mark the beginning of the temple festival. The festival will commence at 10 AM, in the morning. According to tradition, Nallur Kanthasamy Temple is said to be one of the few temples in the peninsula that practices rites and observances according to Saiva agama traditions, and reflected with regularity, splendor and pageantry. | READ ARTICLE | | | | |
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| | |  Argentina crushed Brazil in one of football's most combustible rivalries on Tuesday to reach the Olympic final where they will play African giants Nigeria who sauntered past minnows Belgium. More>> | | | | | |  China's table tennis giants marched over Germany for gold in the men's team event on Monday, and immediately warned they were aiming for total domination of the Olympic tournament. More>> | | | | | |  "I have trained well and ready and I hope to make Sri Lanka proud," said Sri Lankan team leader to the Beijing Olympic Games Susanthika Jayasinghe prior to her departure to the Games from Los Angeles. More>> | | | | | |  BEIJING - The Olympic torch's global odyssey began its final leg in the heart of Beijing on Wednesday, two days ahead of the Games, with basketball icon Yao Ming and astronaut hero Yang Liwei carrying the flame. More>> | | | |
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