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		<title>Jacqueline Fernandez wins IIFA award</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Kar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who made her Bollywood debut with Aladin, was declared Star Plus Debut of the Year (Female) at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards Saturday. Apart from Jacqueline, Mahi Gill, who played the modern age Paro in Anurag Kashap’s new interpretation of Devdas titled Dev D, too bagged the Star <a href="http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/jacqueline-fernandez-wins-iifa-award/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lankapage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=102652&amp;post=2972&amp;subd=lankapage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>India pays homage to Rajiv Gandhi on his 19th death anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 04:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI &#8211; India on Friday paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 19th death anniversary. The day is also observed as Anti-Terrorism Day. The objective behind the observance of Anti-Terrorism Day is to wean away the youth from the terrorist/violence cult by highlighting the suffering of the common people and showing <a href="http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/india-pays-homage-to-rajiv-gandhi-on-his-19th-death-anniversary/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lankapage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=102652&amp;post=2964&amp;subd=lankapage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sajith Premadasa speaks on the UNP crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 02:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Kar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNP Member of Parliament Sajith Premadasa speaks to Daily Mirror online in a Live audio interview regarding the crisis within the party. By Sumaiya Rizwi Do you think the opposition leader Ranil Wicramasignhe has failed as a leader? Well, I think during his tenure we have had our successes and we have had are failures <a href="http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/sajith-premadasa-speaks-on-the-unp-crisis/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lankapage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=102652&amp;post=2959&amp;subd=lankapage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Namal Rajapaksa enters parliament as the youngest lawmaker in Sri Lanka’s history</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Kar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The president’s son Namal, 24, enters parliament as the youngest lawmaker in Sri Lanka’s history, a record currently held by Rajapakse senior, who was also 24 when he went to parliament in 1970. Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa (born 10 April 1986) (known as Namal Rajapaksa) is a Sri Lankan politician. His is a current Member of <a href="http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/namal-rajapaksa-enters-parliament-as-the-youngest-lawmaker-in-sri-lanka%e2%80%99s-history/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lankapage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=102652&amp;post=2955&amp;subd=lankapage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who will be the next Prime Minster of Sri Lanka?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Kar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Basil Rajapaksa Basil Rajapaksa A consummate planner and organizer (Nation – By Ven. Walpola Piyananda, (Chief Sangha Nayaka of America) When we study the life of the Buddha we see that the Buddha was no stranger to politics; he was raised to succeed his father, a powerful king. After he became the Buddha oftentimes his <a href="http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/who-will-be-the-next-prime-minster-of-sri-lanka/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lankapage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=102652&amp;post=2949&amp;subd=lankapage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lanka Page wishes all readers a happy and prosperous Sinhala and Tamil New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Kar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The Sinhala and Hindu New Year is a festival celebrated by the majority of the Sinhalese and Hindus. It is a religious and cultural festival, where people of Sri Lanka celebrate the New Year irrespective of class, creed or community. In April (the month of Bak) when the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya (House <a href="http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/lanka-page-wishes-all-readers-a-happy-and-prosperous-sinhala-and-tamil-new-year/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lankapage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=102652&amp;post=2944&amp;subd=lankapage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka will rerun voting at 18 polling booths on April 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Kar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka will rerun voting at 18 polling booths where last week’s parliamentary election was affected by violence, officials said yesterday. The elections department cancelled voting at the booths in two electoral districts after allegations of intimidation and other violence. The final official results have yet to be declared because of the delay. “The voting <a href="http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/sri-lanka-will-rerun-voting-at-18-polling-booths-on-april-20/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lankapage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=102652&amp;post=2942&amp;subd=lankapage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President Mahinda Rajapaksa&#8217;s ruling coalition has won</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Kar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rajapaksa&#8217;s United People&#8217;s Freedom Alliance had won 120 seats out of 180 initially decided for the 225-member parliament, results released by the Department of Government Information showed. The next closest challenger had at least 47. It takes 113 seats to have a majority and form the government. &#8220;We may be short of 12 or 13 <a href="http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/president-mahinda-rajapaksas-ruling-coalition-has-won/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lankapage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=102652&amp;post=2939&amp;subd=lankapage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Low turnout in Sri Lankan parliamentary elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Kar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The turnout for Thursday&#8217;s parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka appeared to be much lower than for the presidential polls in January, officials said. The voter turnout was around 25 percent by noon after polling started at 7 a.m. in over 10,000 polling station throughout the country. Election officials said that in the presidential elections the <a href="http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/low-turnout-in-sri-lankan-parliamentary-elections/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lankapage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=102652&amp;post=2936&amp;subd=lankapage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Polls to secure Rajapaksa&#8217;s hold on power</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, accused by critics of stifling dissent, looks set to consolidate his hold on power in Parliamentary polls this week despite protests from Buddhist monks. Rajapaksa called Thursday’s vote two months ahead of schedule after his thumping re-election in January and his Freedom Alliance party is in line for an easy <a href="http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/polls-to-secure-rajapaksas-hold-on-power/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lankapage.wordpress.com&amp;blog=102652&amp;post=2932&amp;subd=lankapage&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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