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We have started to collect the most important news related to Sri Lanka in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Tensions escalate in northern Sri Lanka as Tamil people try to prevent the Sinhalese-dominated army from taking over their land.
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's rugby player son Rohitha is investigated for allegedly assaulting a referee.
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There is controversy in Sri Lanka over a sudden and very large jump in domestic electricity prices.
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Amnesty International accuses Sri Lanka of intensifying a crackdown on dissent and urges the Commonwealth not to hold its summit there unless the human rights situation improves.
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About 500 people have marched through the centre of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, protesting against a recent wave of ethnic hatred
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CanadaCanada says it is appalled that Sri Lanka will host a Commonwealth meeting this year, given its "failures" on human rights and governance.
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Human rights groups are appealing to the UAE to halt the deportation of a former Tamil TV news presenter back to Sri Lanka.
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AustraliaAustralia orders an inquiry into how a boat carrying 65 Sri Lankan asylum seekers was able to sail undetected into one of its busiest ports.
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Masked men attack the offices of a Tamil newspaper and beat its staff in the northern Sri Lankan town of Kilinochchi.
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Buddhist monks have led an attack on a Muslim-owned fashion warehouse in Sri Lanka, throwing stones and yelling insults at the owners.
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Several people are injured in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, as Buddhist monks lead hundreds of people in an assault on a Muslim-owned clothing warehouse.
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A Sri Lankan forensic archaeologist says a mass grave discovered in November in the central town of Matale is roughly 25 years old.
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The BBC halts radio news services provided to Sri Lanka's state broadcaster because of 'continued interruption and interference' in its programming.
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IndiaTamil Nadu state says it will not host Indian Premier League (IPL) matches involving Sri Lankan cricketers, amid anger over Sri Lanka's rights record.
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Muslims in Sri Lanka have voiced concerns about a growing number of anti-Muslim protests and attacks, carried out by hardline Buddhist groups.
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Sri Lanka's Muslims are being targeted by hardline Buddhists
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The UN's Human Rights Council passes a resolution highly critical of Sri Lanka's record, pushing for a credible investigation into alleged war crimes.
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IndiaA key regional ally pulls out of India's ruling coalition over the government's failure to condemn alleged atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils.
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United KingdomA British tourist with a Buddha tattoo on his arm says he is "shocked and upset" after being deported from Sri Lanka for "disrespect".
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The brother of a Rochdale man murdered in Sri Lanka 15 months ago has been visiting the country to try to speed up the process of justice.
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Family members of people who disappeared in Sri Lanka during the country's long civil war stage a demonstration in Colombo.
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United KingdomA UK court blocks the deportation of Tamil asylum seekers due to have been sent back to Sri Lanka on Thursday, who argue they face torture at home.
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Sri Lankan security forces committed sex crimes against Tamils held in custody during and after the civil war, a Human Rights Watch report says.
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BurmaThirty-two Burmese nationals rescued from a sinking ship off Sri Lanka's eastern coast say they threw 98 others overboard after they died.
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A hardline Sinhalese Buddhist group in Sri Lanka calls for the abolition of the Muslim halal system of certifying foods and other goods.
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Faraz Shauketaly, an investigative journalist from Sri Lanka's Sunday Leader newspaper, is shot in the neck at his home in Colombo.
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Hosts India are out of the Women's World Cup with a 138-run defeat by Sri Lanka in their final group match in Mumbai.
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Bangladesh, BurmaSri Lanka's navy rescues 138 Bangladeshi and Burmese nationals from a sinking fishing boat in a 20-hour operation.
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United KingdomDefending champions England lose to Sri Lanka in their opening group match at the Women's World Cup.
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Saudi ArabiaThe mother of beheaded Sri Lankan domestic worker Rizana Nafeek forgives those who she says wanted her daughter to be executed in Saudi Arabia.
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The world's biggest producers of tea agree to join forces in Sri Lanka, raising the prospect of a cartel controlling the price of the popular drink.
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The main association of Sri Lanka lawyers says it will boycott the inauguration of the new chief justice in a row over his predecessor's impeachment.
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United KingdomA garden doorstep in the UK is identified by auctioneers as a rare Sri Lankan artefact, expected to fetch more than £30,000 ($47,500) at auction.
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Sri Lanka's first ever female Chief Justice has said her life is in danger after President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government evicted her from office and swore in a replacement.
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Sri Lanka swears in a new chief justice despite widespread condemnation of the removal of Shirani Bandaranayake, who says her life is in danger.
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Sri Lanka's president sacks Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake by ratifying MPs' vote to impeach her - a move that could trigger a constitutional crisis.
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The Sri Lankan parliament votes to remove Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake in a move analysts say could trigger a constitutional crisis.
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Thousands of Sri Lankan lawyers and opposition supporters clash with government supporters over moves to dismiss Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake.
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Lawyers in Sri Lanka have accused the government of leading the country towards anarchy, in seeking to defy the top courts of the land and sack the Chief Justice.
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