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		<title>Court order on Fonseka protest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Kesselwatte police have obtained a Court order against the protest to be held today in Aluthkade in support of Sarath Fonseka. According to the police, the Magistrate ordered the police last night to ensure that the protestors do not obstruct traffic or incite violence during the protest this morning. Incidentally the police had recovered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/08/court-order-on-fonseka-protest/</link>
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		<title>TNA holds talks with Rapp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahead of a key UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session where the US may move an anti-Sri Lanka resolution, leaders of the main Tamil party on Tuesday met visiting US diplomat Stephen Rapp and discussed matters relating to the minority community. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan and the party&#8217;s national list MP M [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/08/tna-holds-talks-with-rapp/</link>
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		<title>Four Lankans jailed in UK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four Sri Lankan men have been jailed in the UK for their part in a conspiracy to supply fraudulent identity documents, the British High Commission said in a statement today. The last of the four men was sentenced to 13 months’ imprisonment on 3 February after he pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/07/four-lankans-jailed-in-uk/</link>
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		<title>Maldives President resigns following protests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigned on Tuesday following overnight protests and demonstrations, the Maldives High Commission in Colombo said. A spokesman at the High Commission said that the Vice President of the country, Dr. Mohommad Wahid, was now the acting President. A spokesman for the Maldives opposition Dhivehi Qaumee Party (DQP) told The Sunday Leader [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/07/maldives-president-resigns-following-protests/</link>
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		<title>FLASH: Bomb found at Aluthkade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Bomb has been found near the Aluthkade Courts complex, police spokesman Ajith Rohana told The Sunday Leader a short while ago. He said that the bomb disposal squad has been sent to the location. UPDATE: The police spokesman later said that several hand grenades were found at the location.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/07/flash-bomb-found-at-aluthkade/</link>
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		<title>Maldives tensed amidst moves to remove Nasheed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maldives was tensed on Tuesday following opposition moves to remove President Mohamed Nasheed from power. A spokesman for the Maldives Dhivehi Qaumee Party (DQP) told The Sunday Leader this morning that the Maldives Vice President was now running the country following overnight violence, Mohamed Maleeh Jamal said that a majority of the police and army [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/07/maldives-tensed-amidst-moves-to-remove-nasheed/</link>
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		<title>Americans injured in Puttalam accident</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three American nationals were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in fell off a bridge in Puttalam today. According to the police, the Americans were heading to Mannar after visiting the Norocholai coal power plant when the accident occurred. The vehicle they were travelling in had veered off the road and fallen off the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/07/americans-injured-in-puttalam-accident/</link>
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		<title>US confirms Blakes visit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US State department has confirmed that US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. will travel to Sri Lanka next week. Earlier the US Embassy in Colombo and the External Affairs remained tight lipped over his visit to Colombo despite details being leaked to the media. However [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/07/us-confirms-blakes-visit/</link>
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		<title>Blake sees promise in LLRC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake says Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission had laid the groundwork for continued reconciliation following Sri Lanka’s 26-year-long conflict with the LTTE. “The LLRC offers a very promising way forward to help Sri Lanka become again the Island of peace and prosperity,” Blake said. “The U.S. will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/06/blake-sees-promise-in-llrc/</link>
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		<title>Gota says north not militarized</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has stoutly denied he was militarising the northern region and insisted troops “are maintaining absolutely essential presence” and were spread across all 22 districts on the island. He was responding to the charge by Tamil parties and the diaspora that army camps flooded the north even after the government [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/06/gota-says-north-not-militarized/</link>
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