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However, parish priest Don Antonio Colombo said there was no question of the pair being barred entry in future.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam launched their first-ever air strike, on an air-force base next to Colombo's international airport.

The authors point out there's a bit of a mystery about precisely which hole Colombo was poking with his Italian probe.

In his sermon, the Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Ranjith from the majority Sinhalese community, said this was a beautiful occasion.

A high-end fashion store in the heart of Colombo once thrived on the thousands of foreign tourists who came here every year.

Mr. Colombo said one tack for Q-Cells would be to 'try to convince the Chinese court to let go' and leave the case for arbitration.

A prominent Sri Lankan journalist who campaigns for media freedom has been abducted and beaten up in the capital Colombo.

In this case, 'there could be a pretty strong argument made that the subject matter is within the [Chinese] territory, ' said Mr. Colombo.

Much of Colombo, especially the downtown business area, is still guarded by checkpoints - what some would call a ring of steel.

The group did not react at once to Colombo's unilateral abrogation.

Aside from Hambantota's port, projects include a coal-fired power plant, an oil bunkering facility and a performing arts centre in Colombo.

Celebrations erupted in Colombo today as words spread that the war against the Tamil Tigers is almost at an end.

A centrepiece of Australian foreign policy was the introduction of the Colombo Plan in 1951, aimed at strengthening relationships with Asia.

Obviously there was one van mislanded at Colombo.

A customer looks at new toilets and wash basins being sold on the side of the road in Colombo, Sir Lanka.

A UN spokesman in Colombo said that the "bloodbath" feared in the so-called "no-fire zone" in north-eastern Sri Lanka had become a reality.

The stricken yacht had to be abandoned at sea and the couple will be dropped off by the carrier in Colombo , Sri Lanka.

Kishu Gomes is a business leader in Colombo and a former head of the Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce.

A garbage collector carries a sack as he walks atop a massive pile of garbage at the Bloemendhal dump in central Colombo in 2009.

A suicide blast occurred opposite the Sri Lanka Air force office near Trans Asia Hotel in Colombo a while ago.

This was in an area called Wellawatta, a prime residential area in Colombo.

This week hundreds of protesters laid siege to the United Nations' compound in Colombo, trapping staff inside for eight hours.

I often tell people to think of assertiveness the way television detective Colombo responded during his investigations.

She gave the ring to a young artist called Russ Colombo, and she immediately got better. However, Mr.

Shipment to be effected from China for transportation to Colombo, Sri Lanka not later than May.

In fact, almost half of Colombo, the island's seaside capital of a million people, is Tamil or Tamil-speaking Muslim.

The rebels say they overran four military outposts, but authorities in Colombo say the rebels have made no territorial gains.

Suspicion is growing in India of an increasingly close relationship between Colombo and China.

Passengers can choose to remain onboard or disembark, except those arriving from departing to Colombo via Singapore who must remain onboard.

Colombo, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta , Metro Manila and Mumbai were identified as having moderate capability in air quality management.

Such an aircraft could not have landed in any of Sri Lanka's airports without prior authorization, officials in Colombo said.

Stranding us on a road with one-way traffic, the city of Colombo has been turned into one big time bomb.

Last fall I stayed up all night in Colombo, Sri Lanka, writing the manuscript for the Working for Yourself guide.

'Wow, it's marvellous, ' said an army officer, who was on security duty in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo.

A bomb attack on a police bus in the Sri Lanka capital, Colombo , has killed seven officers and two civilians.

Earlier this week, nine women including two underage girls were rescued from a brothel in the capital Colombo.

The commercial capital is Colombo, but the administrative and legislative capital is located in nearby Sri Jayewardanapura (Kotte).

With the foreign investment, Sir Lanka built some modern hotels including star grade hotels at Colombo and other beauty spots.

May buy the beautifully packaged in Colombo the Sri Lankan black tea, the price is inexpensive.

The vessel is carrying more than 1, 000 people from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.

Sri Lankan laborer Simon Pereira answers his mobile phone in Colombo's main wholesale market on Monday.

Majority of university psychiatrists (65%) and Health Department Psychiatrists (55 %) are also concentrated in Colombo.

On the streets of Colombo, some people hoisted the Sri Lankan flag and set off firecrackers in celebration.

Collapsing tourist revenues after the Tigers' blitz on Colombo augur more economic damage.

This was denounced in Colombo as economic blackmail.

On May 28th seven soldiers and civilians were killed, and dozens wounded, by a Tiger roadside bomb in Colombo.

AT A SPANKING new lingerie factory in Thulhiriya, a short drive from Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital, senior managers wear T-shirts.

No chance, said Renato Colombo , 62, a retired Italian engineer who proffered his DNA to reassert his nation's hold on the status quo.

Doctors at Colombo National Hospital said his injuries were not life-threatening. Mr.

Two rival Timer Tiger aircrafts have attacked the Sri Lanka capital, Colombo.

In Colombo, this has meant police tearing down "indecent" posters and flyers.

In either case, 2800 of the seeds germinated and were sent to Colombo, Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka).

One: The famous Colombo log. The salami that started it all.

Colombo is the place where Sri Lanka's hustle and bustle takes place.

Located at Colombo south in 65 miles place basins "the valuable stone wall" is the Sri Lankan gem industry center.

Chinese students sponsored under the Colombo Plan are shown studying in Australia.

The Colombo Plan played a major role in improving stability in the region.

Sri Lankan military officials say Tamil rebels carried out an aerial bombing raid in the capital of Colombo late Friday.

Celebrations all around Colombo and other cities. One can say today is the real dawn of the new year for Sri Lanka.

He delivers the bread himself using a motorbike, which was donated through a church in Rawathewattha, Moratuwa on the outskirts of Colombo.

The government says he has been arrested in connection with the last week's air attack by Tamil Tigers in Colombo.

I went inside the engine driver's compartment. His brother carried the body with his bare hands and we brought it to Colombo in our vehicle.

A town of north-central Sri Lanka north-northeast of Colombo.

The suicide attack in Colombo took place hours later.

Roland Buerk is in Colombo.

My brother was proudly playing host to my elder nephew Kanishka and his batchmates from the Colombo University Law faculty over the weekend.

The UN should go to the conflict zone to know the ground realities, and not issue statements sitting in Colombo.

The police in Sri Lanka say they're to round up all the street children in the capital, Colombo, to ensure that they go to school.

My English te acher in Colombo set all 150 students in my ye ar a writing assignment th at included a letter to a friend.

Colombo, Sri Lanka: A Buddhist monk is reflected in a newly gifted alms bowl as he leaves the Gangaramaya Buddhist temple

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Social Perceptions of the Impacts of Colombo Water Supply Projects

In the nearby city of Colombo, Sri Lankans celebrated the downfall of the Tamil Tiger rebels with flags and firecrackers

Colombo, Sri Lanka: A girl sleeps at an all-night vigil for independence day celebrations

Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific;

Cathay Pacific press statement on Colombo airport closure

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Item on display in the National Museum of Colombo