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Sri Lanka (530 members)
Capital: Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital
Population: 21128773
Area: 65,610 km²
GDP: 30.01 billion
Languages: Sinhalese, Tamil, English
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In The News
ANALYSIS-Sri Lanka army hits rebels, but victory won't end war (Reuters)

Colombo refutes charge (Hindu)

300 Jaffna students in Colombo for Sports Festival 2008 (Sunday Observer)

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Why Chinese can't speak English and why Singlish rocks by deane034 (9:09 AM)
Swaminathan Aiyar offers an explaination:I was asked once by a Chinese...
The Brain Drain by deane034 (9:09 AM)
Last Wednesday, Anila Banradanike's column for FT focused on Sri...
Women and politics in Sri Lanka: The challenges to meaningful participation by yajitha (1:09 AM)
In an earlier article on Groundviews titled ‘Half a...
Joseph Stalin is relentless by deane034 (12:08 PM)
The story is from Saturday's Daily Mirror,The Sri Lanka Teachers’...
Understanding electoral results in Sri Lanka: Beyond winners and losers by yajitha (9:08 AM)
Introduction The United People’s Freedom Party (UPFA) claimed...
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YEDEM Country Network - Sri Lanka
The future of any nation depends on the positive utilization of its YOUTHS. Studies have disclosed that youths has been both the perpetrators and victims of wars around the world. There is an urgent need to direct attention to the proper... (read more)
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Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders is a sharing, learning and networking project of the British council for young people for young people in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, UK and Sri Lanka. The Project aims to build greater mutual understanding, learning and respect among each other and to explore the issues of... (read more)
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