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Sri Lanka deploys army to distribute fuel amid strike
Jul 26, 2017 08:29The Sri Lankan government has dispatched army servicemen to reinstate the distribution of fuel, which was earlier disrupted as a result of a strike by trade unions.
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Sri Lanka's radical monks vow to resist deal with Tamil Tigers
Jul 10, 2017 15:41Radical Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka have vowed to do their best to prevent a government deal with the country’s Tamils on more autonomy for the minority group.
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Sri Lankan govenment urged to probe anti-Muslim hate crimes
Jun 01, 2017 15:31Sri Lanka-based Western diplomats have urged the Colombo government to investigate anti-Muslim hate crimes after a series of attacks targeted mosques and Muslim-owned businesses on the Buddhist-majority island.
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Mudslides, floods kill over 200 in Sri Lanka
May 31, 2017 12:13The death toll from mudslides and floods in Sri Lanka has climbed past 200, with 96 others missing, the government said Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka deploys thousands of troops as flood toll hits 177
May 29, 2017 17:05Sri Lanka has deployed thousands of troops to supply aid to nearly half a million people dislodged by the island country's worst flooding for more than a decade, which has so far claimed nearly 180 lives.
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Sri Lanka steps up aid as monsoon toll exceeds 150
May 28, 2017 15:44Emergency teams have rushed food and water to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for more than a decade, as the death toll climbed to 151.
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Death toll of landslides, floods in Sri Lanka reaches 113
May 27, 2017 14:59Death toll from recent landslides and floods, triggered by monsoon, in Sri Lanka has reached 113, as the island nation has sought international assistance.
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India sends relief to Sri Lanka as monsoon kills over 100
May 27, 2017 09:56India joined Sri Lanka’s relief operation Saturday as 230,000 people were driven from their homes after an intense monsoon deluge killed at least 103 people.
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Monsoon floods, landslides kill 91 in Sri Lanka
May 26, 2017 15:31Flooding and landslides have killed at least 91 people and left another 110 missing in Sri Lanka as the monsoon set in Friday, dumping record rainfalls in many parts of the island, authorities say.
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Rescue operations continue in Sri Lanka dump collapse
Apr 17, 2017 09:46Rescuers were digging Monday through heaps of mud and trash that collapsed onto a clutch of homes near a Sri Lankan garbage dump, killing at least 29 people and possibly burying dozens more.