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A community portal about Sri Lanka with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a predominantly Buddhist island nation in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres off the southern coast of India. It is often popularly referred to as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It is home to more than 20 million people.

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Sri Lankans on verge of liberating last two districts in Wanni from Indian sponsored LTTE

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Sri Lankans May Turn Against War Strategy, Defense Analysts Say By Shani Raja July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's government needs to deliver on its vow to cripple the rebel Tamil Tigers this year or lose support for a conflict that is slowing economic growth, defense analysts said as labor unions plan a general strike tomorrow. ``People say they'll suffer the hardships as long as the government can finish the war,'' said Iqbal Athas, a Colombo-based correspondent for Jane's Defence Weekly... Read Full Story

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Sri Lanka Clinch Series

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From: loveforthegame.wordpress.com

Sri Lanka have won the Idea Cup series 2-1. It was a good show put up by the hosts. The stand out performance from my perspective was that of Kumara Sangakkara. His century turned the tables around for the Sri Lankans. As the trend says, Mendis factor did work out well for them for the third time around. They were also bolstered by the pace offered by Dammika Prasad which also proved quite effective. He managed to send back the Indian openers twice over which was very crucial factor. The... Read Full Story

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Sri Lanka: Member of European Parliament envisages converting Tamils to Buddhism (TamilNet)

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From: www.indiarooster.com

India news PMinister 1 hour 34 minutes ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com) View profile Category: Religion "Frequently now I wonder whether Sri Lanka would have been a much more peaceful and much more homogeneous place if say 40% or so of the Tamil speaking population had been Buddhists and not exclusively Hindu or Christian. Is taking the Buddhist religion to Tamil people such a difficult task?" wonders Niranjan de Silva Deva-Aditya... Read Full Story

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Cinnamon Chips Origin and Health Benefits

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by Susannah Singer Everyone has heard of cinnamon. It is the brown bark of the cinnamon tree. When the bark is dried, it rolls up in what is called a quill. In the store this is called cinnamon sticks. Cinnamon is more often used as a powder. Most of the cinnamon sold in the U.S. today is really cassia or Chinese cinnamon. Real cinnamon comes from Sri Lanka and is called Ceylon cinnamon since Sri Lanka was formerly known as Ceylon. Today Sri Lanka exports between 10,000 and 12,000 metric tons... Read Full Story

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Why did the Sinhalese Buddhist lag behind Tamils in British Ceylon?

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Introduction: Srilanka is island state located in Indian Ocean, in the South Asia. The original inhabitants of this island state known as Veddas came to this island long before the arrival of both Tamils and Sinhalese but now they comprise of less then 1% of the population and are considered equal in rank to Sinhala Goyigama chaste. The conflict between Sinhala majority and Tamil minority is one of the oldest disputes in this contemporary world. Academics from the both sides claim that the... Read Full Story

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Sri Lanka: Four SLA troopers killed in mistaken ambush in Batticaloa

A unit of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers lying in ambush in Vadamunai village in Koa'ra'laippattu South District Secretariats administrative area, mistaking another group of SLA soldiers as Liberation Tigers, fired at the troopers, killing four of them Friday night, sources in Batticaloa said...

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