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# Colombo

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2022
# Colombo
Sri Lanka begins choosing leader to replace exiled ex-president
Security around the parliament building was heightened today with masked soldiers on guard and nearby roads closed.
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Jul 16th 2022, 10:30 AM
# Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's president to resign after being chased from home
Hundreds of thousands of people massed in the capital to demand the government take responsibility for mismanaging the nation’s finance.
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Jul 9th 2022, 2:11 PM
# Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka deploys troops in capital after violence and protests
In the past few days, eight people have died and more than 200 have been injured in violent attacks in which mobs set fire to buildings and vehicles.
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May 11th 2022, 2:03 PM
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# Sri Lanka
At least 16 dead and a quarter of a million homeless after floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka
There were heavy downpours in ten out of the country’s 25 districts.
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Jun 6th 2021, 7:42 PM
# Sri Lanka
Race to prevent environmental disaster as chemicals ship sinks off Sri Lanka
The Singapore-flagged MV X-Press Pearl started sinking off Colombo after authorities extinguished a fire that raged on the vessel for 12 days.
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Jun 3rd 2021, 8:51 AM
# easter bombings
Radical leader killed in Easter hotel attack, Sri Lankan president says
More than 250 people were killed in the suicide bombings on Easter Sunday.
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Apr 26th 2019, 10:15 PM
# Colombo
Sri Lankan police carry out controlled explosion near cinema as death toll from Easter bombing rises to 359
Hundreds were killed in a series of bomb blasts in the country on Easter Sunday.
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Apr 24th 2019, 7:20 AM
# Colombo
Sri Lanka minister: Easter bomb attacks were 'in retaliation' for Christchurch mosque shootings
Eight explosions struck churches and hotels in the capital Colombo on Easter Sunday.
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Apr 23rd 2019, 9:49 AM
# easter attacks
Irish tourists urged to 'exercise a high degree of caution' as Sri Lanka curfew begins
No Irish citizens are believed to be among the dead or injured in yesterday’s fatal attacks.
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Apr 22nd 2019, 3:18 PM
# Colombo
Sri Lanka Easter attacks: Government says Islamist extremist group behind slaughter of almost 300
The government is investigating whether the group had “international support”.
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Apr 22nd 2019, 11:08 AM
# Colombo
207 people killed and hundreds injured after explosions strike hotels and churches in Sri Lanka
Eight people have now been arrested over the attacks.
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Apr 21st 2019, 5:55 PM
# Colombo
Man caught at Sri Lankan airport with a kilogramme of gold hidden in his rectum
The man is reportedly a courier for an organised smuggling ring.
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Sep 26th 2017, 8:41 AM
# inspector cluscoe
US comedian Rob Delaney mocked an excellent Gerry Adams typo on Twitter
The perils of being a politician.
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Nov 10th 2014, 8:45 AM
# Gambling
Sri Lanka says 'No' to casinos over prostitution fears
Australian gambling mogul James Packer is involved in the plans to build three super-luxury resorts, complete with casinos.
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Apr 26th 2014, 5:05 PM
# Deaths
Sri Lanka deploys troops as prison riot kills 27
The deaths occurred as a shoot-out raged between inmates and prison officers.
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Nov 10th 2012, 10:50 AM
AS IT HAPPENED
Ireland v West Indies, World Twenty20 Cricket
It’s raining in Sri Lanka too, you know. Here’s our over-by-over report as Ireland looked to keep their tournament alive against the West Indies.
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Sep 24th 2012, 5:05 PM
# World T20
World T20: Porterfield backs himself to lead Irish challenge
Ireland and the West Indies meet in a Super 8 eliminator match on Monday afternoon in Colombo.
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Sep 24th 2012, 11:16 AM
# World T20
Ireland cruise past Zimbabwe in T20 warm-up
Ireland’s cricketers beat Zimbabwe by a comfortable 54 runs in Colombo on Thursday morning.
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Sep 13th 2012, 11:35 AM
# Rumbled
Thief to undergo surgery after swallowing €11k diamond
The Chinese man swallowed the gem after asking the owner of a Sri Lankan stall if he could take a closer look.
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Sep 6th 2012, 8:57 AM
# Sri Lanka
Man trying to beat "buried alive" record dies during attempt
The man, who was 24 years of age, died after spending less than a day underground.
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Mar 5th 2012, 2:42 PM