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Daily Briefing — 10th-11th August 2009
Little Alex in Wonderland | August 11th 2009 by Little Alex
How Goldman Sachs bailed out Goldman Sachs with U.S. taxpayer dollars; U.S. Justice [sic] Dept.'s effort to probe torture abuse is one to validate torture; 59% of Pakistanis view the U.S. as their biggest threat; Israel vows to not evict unlawful Isr read more
Sign of Sri Lankan Cinema
Cerno | August 11th 2009 by cerno
During the grim days of aristocratic socialist rule in the 1970s Sri Lanka had a vibrant national cinema that competed successfully with Indian imports. The key to its success was a well organised distribution system. It fell apart through public and read more
Obama Hotel in Gampola
Mathawaada | August 10th 2009 by Naveen Marasinghe
Well, what more can i say? Tucked away in a far distant town in the Hill Country....It was a pity the place was closed when we were there. Would have been great to check out the menu..? lol read more
Aegis calls on Government to adopt Parliament’s recommendations…
News Rage UK | August 10th 2009 by News Rage UK
What Pakistan Must Have Learnt from the Sri Lanka Tour
India Cricket Live Streaming | August 10th 2009 by Mohini dube
Pakistan’s tour is not yet over with one Twenty20 game left but the test and ODI series losses must have taught them something. Here are a few things to think about. Leave Shoaib Malik out of the team and Pakistan will win matches. It is si read more
Proposed Hambantota Airport in Sri Lanka
koolstuffs.net | August 10th 2009
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AMANWELLA, SRI LANKA
leisure forte | August 10th 2009 by leisureforte
Amanwella luxury beach resort is a modern and stylish hideaway. Another beach paradise thanks to Aman resorts, truly a leader in this genre of beautiful places to stay. The resort has a modest thirty suites for your ultimate in privacy and solitude. read more
ICC Champions Trophy Probable Squads of all Teams
Live cricket Scores, cricket news, Fixtures - simcricket | August 10th 2009
The current Champions trophy will be played between eight teams and each team is divided into two groups. India, Pakistan, Australia and West Indies are in Group A while South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England are in group B. Each team read more
Sri Lanka’nın 450 metre yükseklikteki Sigiriya kayasında yü…
Sevbeni | August 10th 2009 by Misafir
Sri Lanka’nın 450 metre yükseklikteki Sigiriya kayasında yüksek sesle bağıran, eşekarısının gazabına uğruyor. Kayaya dev petekler yapan arılar ziyaretçilerin yüksek sesinden rahatsız oluyor. Hemen her yıl arı saldırılarında read more
Kovil with personal history – Sri Ponnambalavaneswarar Hindu te…
Cerno | August 10th 2009 by cerno
Sri Ponnambalavaneswarar Hindu temple (Kovil), has always been referred to as the “Gal Kovila” (literal translation: “Stone Kovil”) in my family’s short hand. The term is most likely due to the granite which is the primary mater read more
Sri Lanka Tri Series 2009: Fixtures and Schedules | Ind-SL-NZ
Cricket current - A cricket blog | August 9th 2009 by Sujan Kafle
Before the champions' trophy the three cricket giants India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand will play the tri-series. India and New Zealand will travel all the way to Sri Lanka for the tri-series starting from the september 08.Indian team had a long rest read more
Finally a Win for Pakistan
India Cricket Live Streaming | August 9th 2009 by Mohini dube
I landed in San Francisco yesterday afternoon with the news that Pakistan had finally won their first game of their tour to Sri Lanka. Finally! The game had been played out while I was in mid-air so I had no idea what went down till I checked the s read more
Umar’s maiden ton helps Pakistan secure first victory
Sports News | August 9th 2009 by Daily Sports News
An impressive maiden century by Umar Akmal and a five wicket haul by Iftikhar Anjum helped visitors Pakistan to a 146 run victory in the fourth ODI over Sri Lanka. The younger Akmal remained unbeaten on 102 runs of just 72 deliveries. Akmal along wit read more
Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI 2009 - Live
Cricket current - A cricket blog | August 9th 2009 by Sujan Kafle
After losing the series, Pakistan came back strongly in the fourth ODI and restored some pride. It was the Akmal brothers specially Umar Akmal and Younis Khan who shined with the bat along with Rao Ifthikar Anjum who destroyed Sri Lankan strong batti read more
When law becomes comic – Part Four
Sri Lanka Lawlessness | August 8th 2009 by srilanka-lawlessness
FAILURS OF THE IGP AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDIG EXECUTIONS WITHOUT TRIAL ____________________________ ‘What is happening today is that both the police department and the Attorney General’s department are subordinating their authority read more
uva provincial council, jaffna & vavuniya local council, election…
Lanka Libertarian | August 8th 2009
according to tradition of this blog, i will publish the election results of uva provincial council , jaffna municipal council, and vavuniya urban council, election results on one page.all results are linked to election department website, read more
Top Ten Asia Beaches by the Sunday Herald Sun
Luxury Travel & Lifestyle News | August 7th 2009 by Oliver
The Sunday Herald Sun recently reported on the top beaches in Asia. With idyllic archipelagoes, exotic shores and twinkling islands, there is more than enough to choose from. You won't find old favorites like Boracay's White Beach and the Maldives bu read more
Best Sri Lankan blog posts in the last 7 days
Cerno | August 7th 2009 by cerno
Its for the Top 100 Sri Lankan blog posts book project which has been puttering along past a century. However its time to keep it up to date. Plus a wide pool of nomination will add to the diversity (hopefully). To make things interesting only nomina read more
When law becomes comic – Part Three
Sri Lanka Lawlessness | August 6th 2009 by srilanka-lawlessness
Police spokesman acts like a comedian “There is no reason at all to think that the IGP will take a more serious approach to the conduct of criminal investigations. Perhaps he may not even be in a position to do so. The central institution that crea read more
Layin' the smackdown
Maverick - Musings of a Former Boy Wonder | August 6th 2009
The Philippines got off to a good start in their campaign in the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship. Actually, that's the understatement of the year.Team Pilipinas trounced the unheralded Sri Lankan team to the tune of 115-31. That's a margin of 84 point. O read more
When law becomes comic – Part Two
Sri Lanka Lawlessness | August 6th 2009 by srilanka-lawlessness
The killing of alleged criminals is being considered as a cheaper method of dealing with them, rather than going through due process in courts. It is also considered to be quicker, and less risky to the officers who carry out the operations. In fact, read more
Team Pilipinas Blasts Sri Lanka in FIBA-Asia Opener
The Philippine Island | August 6th 2009 by marc nengasca
Team Pilipinas blasts Sri Lanka with a monstrous score of 115-31 in the opening game of 25th FIBA-Asian men’s basketball championship Thursday in Tianjin, China. They played a terrific game that a win today in able them to have an automatic semi-fi read more
Were Pakistani cricket matches in Sri Lanka fixed by Indian booki…
Rupee News The main account | August 5th 2009 by Moin Ansari
Reports are emanating from various media sources that the Pakistani cricket matches in Sri Lanka were fixed. After winning the Twenty20 world cup, the Pakistani batting line up collapsed unexpectedly. There were rumors that large amounts of money had read more
Fake Indian currency printed in Pakistan
Rakesh Vanamali | August 5th 2009 by Rakesh Vanamali
The Times of India carried a front page headline a few days ago that pointed to an ominously disturbing fact that the worth of fake currency circulating in the country is an estimated Rs.1,69,000 crore! Of this, the authorities have been able to seiz read more
Ruined history
Cerno | August 5th 2009 by cerno
We Sri Lankans love gloating about our glorious ancient history. The traditional Victorian minded thing to do is to rub in the notion that while our colonial masters were “running around in animal skins”, our ancestors were living the ref read more
When law becomes comic – Part One
Sri Lanka Lawlessness | August 4th 2009 by srilanka-lawlessness
Constitutional change without constitutionalism? How much sterile and empty debate people can engage in is illustrated by Sri Lankan debates about the 17th Amendment and to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Throughout long years of debate, the read more
Feeling Sorry for Younis Khan
India Cricket Live Streaming | August 4th 2009 by Mohini dube
So far on this tour of Sri Lanka, Pakistan’s bowlers have done outstandingly. Throughout the test series they strangled Sri Lanka’s batsmen; so much so that the Lankans did not get past 300 even once in the 3 tests, till the final inning read more
Getting tired of the knee-jerk reaction
India Cricket Live Streaming | August 4th 2009 by Mohini dube
I’m no fan of PCB, I think that’s pretty clear. But, I’m also not a fan of this knee-jerk reaction by former cricketers to slam PCB at every opportunity. It seems to be as entrenched a tradition as any in Pakistan. Today, I read an read more
Kandalama Hotel
Sky is the Limit... | August 4th 2009 by Vidula Hasaranga
Kandalama Hotel - one of the beautiful hotels in Sri Lanka that you must visit.Kandalama Located nearly 160kms away from capital Colombo near to the ancient city Dambulla and Kandalama Reservoir. This is a architectural masterpiece of Geoffrey Bawa . read more
Boys, Prefects and more
my world my ways my ideas | August 4th 2009 by Deeps
This post is nothing but some personal ideas. These days are making history. A girl was killed inside a school and apparently, a phone, some prefects and teachers are to be responsible for that. Some girls and boys who were imagining that they were i read more
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