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	Sri Lanka (05/07)
		Sri Lanka is ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse.
		Sri Lanka's exports (mainly apparel, tea, rubber, gems and jewelry) were $6.8 billion and imports (mainly oil, textiles, food, and machinery) were $10.2 billion in 2006.
		U.S. policy toward Sri Lanka is characterized by respect for its independence, sovereignty, and moderate nonaligned foreign policy; support for the country's unity, territorial integrity, and democratic institutions; and encouragement of its social and economic development.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5249.htm (5524 words)

	Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sri Lanka is a centre of bird endemism.
		Sri Lanka's population is highly educated with a literacy rate of 96%, higher than that typical of a third world country and one of the highest rates in South Asia.
		The ancient and famous Sri Dalada Maligawa or "Temple of the Tooth" is the principal Buddhist Temple in Sri Lanka, and by tradition houses the Tooth of Buddha.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sri_Lanka (4706 words)

	Sri Lanka - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical, characterized by monsoons: the northeast monsoon lasting from December to March, and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
		The northern and eastern portions of the island are considerably drier, lying in the rain shadow of the central highlands.
		Sri Lanka is historically famous for its cinnamon and tea (introduced by the British in the 19th century).
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/r/i/Sri_Lanka_9993.html (2567 words)

	Sri Lanka news: LankaPage - Latest news from a variety of sources
		Nov 10 (CP) Colombo- Clashes between the Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tigers yesterday led to the death of 17 Tigers and a soldier in Sri Lanka’s North, the military said today.
		Nov 11 (ST) Britain’s relations with Sri Lanka have taken a nose-dive after breakaway LTTE rebel leader Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias ‘Karuna Amman’ was arrested near London and found to have entered the United Kingdom on a Sri Lankan diplomatic passport issued by its Foreign Ministry and containing bogus bio-data.
		Nov 10 (Reuters) COLOMBO- Sri Lankan troops killed 23 Tamil Tiger rebels in clashes in the north of the island, while a soldier was also killed in the fighting, a military spokesman said on Saturday.
	www.lankapage.com (2861 words)

	Sri Lanka: Travel and Exports Information - Sri Lanka News
		Sri Lankan Tamils form 18% of the population, and are concentrated mainly in the northeastern part of the country.
		The school of Buddhism followed in the country is the Theravada School and it was first brought to Sri Lanka in 2nd century BC by Mahinda, the son of Ashoka, the Indian emperor of that time.
		The British found that the uplands of Sri Lanka were very suited to coffee, tea and rubber cultivation, and by the mid 19th century, Ceylon tea had become a staple of the British market, bringing great wealth to a small class of white tea planters.
	www.srilanka.com /aboutsl.php (2154 words)

	Sri Lanka - Permanent Mission to the United Nations (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sri Lanka was elected to the newly established UN Human Rights Council at its first ever election held at the UN General Assembly in New York on 9th May.
		SRI LANKAN EXPATRIATES IN THE U.S. The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C. is inviting all Sri Lankans and Sri Lanka related groups throughout the U.S. to establish contact with the Embassy.
		The Bond will be issued to Sri Lankans who have their permanent residence overseas, Sri Lankan working community in overseas and professionals in Sri Lanka earning in foreign exchange. The objective of SLNBB is to provide an opportunity for non-resident Sri Lankans to acquire a solid investment and thereby help building the nation.
	un.cti.depaul.edu /cgi-bin/spider.py?_request=0&country=Sri_Lanka (3187 words)

	Travel Advice for Sri Lanka - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		The Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE have engaged in significant battles in Madhu and Omanthai near Vavuniya, Muhamalai in Jaffna and in the general vicinity of Trincomalee.
		The Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE have engaged in significant battles in Madhu and Omanthai near Vavuniya, Muhamalai and in the general vicinity of Trincomalee.
		On 28 December 2005 the Government of Sri Lanka announced arrangements for foreigners seeking to enter the uncleared areas of the north and east which are presently under LTTE control.
	www.smartraveller.gov.au /zw-cgi/view/Advice/Sri_Lanka (4635 words)

	sri lanka map and map of sri lanka information page
		In the emerald-green waters of the Indian Ocean, the island country of Sri Lanka was first populated by the Sinhalese peoples from northern India.
		As the European influences spread throughout southern Asia in the 16th century, it was eventually occupied by the Portuguese, and later, the Dutch in the 17th century.
		Then tragically, Sri Lanka, frequently referred to as the "Teardrop of India," was itself devastated by the powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami (or tidal wave) on December 26, 2004.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/asia/lk.htm (827 words)

	Sri Lanka News : InfoLanka News Room
		Mar 24 (TW) The present depressing situation particularly for the Tamils in Sri Lanka is the worst since India intervened in 1987 to end the internal strife that had escalated to a violent campaign for a separate autonomous state of Tamil Eelam in the island’s North-East region.
		Mar 24 (AT) The Institute of Plastics and Rubber Institute of Sri Lanka established in 1962 as a branch of the Institute of Rubber Industry London, was later constituted as The Plastics and Rubber Institute of Sri Lanka, a professional body representing polymer industry professionals in Sri Lanka.
		In Sri Lanka Sinhala and Tamil communities now are involved in an ethnic conflict, are also rabidly searching their heritage and roots to establish each one’s exclusive claim over the other as sons of the soil.
	www.infolanka.com /news (3118 words)

	Impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Sri Lanka... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	UNICEF - Sri Lanka - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sri Lanka is one of the countries that was most devastated by the tsunami of December 26, 2004.
		ADDALAICHENAI, Sri Lanka, 22 March 2005 - In Addalaichenai, on Sri Lanka’s east coast - hit hard by the 26 December tsunami - 10-year-old Aboosalih is a Grade 5 student at the Al-Arham School.
		GALLE, Sri Lanka, 15 March 2005 - At a relief camp in Sri Lanka's southern district of Galle, children play on swings and a merry-go-round in the compound while the sounds of others laughing, singing and shouting can be heard from another group inside a tent.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/srilanka.html (335 words)

	LankaWeb - Latest Sri Lanka news
		The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission made up of Nordic observers have once again displayed their bias toward the Tamil Tiger Terrorists who are well entrenched in Norway, by their naïve logic in reaching conclusions based on mere hearsay in the case of aid workers killed in Muttur, Sri Lanka.
		I have read your statement regarding the killing of 17 aid workers in Muttur, Sri Lanka and your conclusion that "the killing of the 17 civilian aid workers in Muttur on the 4th of August 2006 is ruled as a gross violation of the CFA by the Security Forces of Sri Lanka".
		COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has frozen bank accounts of Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), a non-government organisation that operates mainly in the northeast and is seen as an LTTE "front." It is a registered charity with the Government with its head office in Kilinochchi, operational headquarters of LTTE.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/latest.html (5937 words)

	Sri Lanka news updated 24 hours day: The Lanka Academic
		On December 26 of 2004, about 35,000 Sri Lankan lives were lost to one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, the Asian tsunami.
		Sri Lanka to ban using loudspeaker from 0:10 p.m.-6 a.m.
		COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops killed 17 Tamil Tiger rebels in clashes in the north of the island, while a soldier was also killed in the fighting, a military spokesman said on Saturday...
	www.theacademic.org (1294 words)

	The EU's relations with Sri Lanka - Overview
		The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, south of the Indian subcontinent.
		Inhabited mainly by Sinhalese and Tamils arrived from India from the 6th century BC onwards, it was ruled by the Portuguese in the 16th century and by the Dutch in the 17th century.
		The EU was one of four Co-Chairs of the Tokyo Conference on the Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/sri_lanka/intro/index.htm (1569 words)

	Sri Lanka - Wikitravel
		Sri Lanka, [1] formerly known as Ceylon, is in Southern Asia.
		The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India.
		Sri Lanka has an extensive railway system serving all major towns and cities in the island except for the North and the East.
	wikitravel.org /en/Sri_Lanka (2633 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Asia : Sri Lanka
		It is unfortunate that some Sri Lankan officials have spoken out against a proposal by European Union states, senior United Nations officials, and local and international human rights groups to establish an international human rights monitoring mission in Sri Lanka.
		Sri Lankan authorities are using threats and intimidation to force civilians who fled recent fighting in Sri Lanka’s civil war to return home, Human Rights Watch said today.
		Both the Sri Lankan government and the armed opposition Tamil Tigers have been responsible for numerous preventable civilian deaths and injuries since major fighting resumed in April, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today.
	www.hrw.org /doc?t=asia&c=slanka (1064 words)

	Sri Lanka News - Largest Sri Lankan Forum at LNP
		This is a discussion table for millions of Sri Lankans living around the world to express their thoughts on the latest Sri Lankan news events.
		Sri Lanka`s hopes of a maiden Test win on Australian soil only remained a dream as the first Test Match at the Gabba here in Brisbane headed for a one-sided conclusion at the end of day three.
		It was a claim that Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene understandably disputed, even though Sri Lanka has never won a Test in this country and Australia has not lost one at the Gabba for almost 20 years.
	www.lankanewspapers.com (3327 words)

	Sri Lanka - Ceylon - Serendib - Ilankai - Sri Lanka Tourism
		Mihintale, the cradle of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
		Occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th century and by the Dutch in the 17th century, the island was ceded to the British in 1796, became a crown colony in 1802, and was united under British rule by 1815.
		Terrain: Coastal plains in the northern third of country; hills and mountains in south-central Sri Lanka rise to 2 133 meters (7 000 ft.).
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/sri_lanka.htm (1075 words)

	100 plus pages with everything you ever wanted to know about Sri Lanka.
		Sri Lanka is a tiny tear drop shaped island in the Indian Ocean.
		Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) is a small island in the Indian ocean of 65,000 square kilometers.
		Sri Lanka is a great tourist destination and has a wide range of geographic features and is rich in natural beauty.
	www.webquarry.com /~raditha/srilanka (294 words)

	Sri Lanka
		The National Flag of the Republic of Sri Lanka shall be the Lion Flag depicted in the Third Schedule.
		Finally, when the country adopted the local name of Sri Lanka in 1972, the flag was modified once more, with four leaves of the pipul tree, a Buddhist symbol, added to the four corners of the dark red panel.
		When Sri Lanka was first made a Republic in 1972 the stylized Bo Leaves depicted in the National Flag were changed to resemble natural Bo leaves.
	flagspot.net /flags/lk.html (1366 words)

	Sri Lanka Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Fighting between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE (Tamil Tiger) faction means that the north and east of the country are particularly dangerous.
		Bluelist it › If you want your list to be considered for the Sri Lanka book, use the keyword 'highlight'.
		Elephants in Sri Lanka were once royal property, and it was forbidden to kill them.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/sri-lanka (559 words)

	Sri Lanka Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
		Sri Lanka (Political) 2001 (209K) and pdf format (224K)
		Sri Lanka (Political) 2000 (177K) and pdf format (184K)
		Sri Lanka (Ethnic communities and religions, Population density, Land use and economic activity) 1976 (188K)
	www.lib.utexas.edu /maps/sri_lanka.html (167 words)

	Embassy of Sri Lanka - Washington DC, USA
		Manfred Nowak was invited by the Government of Sri Lanka to visit Sri Lanka from 1 to 8 October 2007.
		The government of Sri Lanka has launched “Negenahira Navodaya,” an ambitious development program in the Eastern Province, scheduled to be completed in 180 days.
		Washington DC The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C. is inviting all Sri Lankans and Sri Lanka related groups throughout the U.S. to establish contact with the Embassy.
	www.slembassyusa.org (906 words)

	GOSL Home Page: The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka
		Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy, received the equipment on behalf of the Sri Lankan Government.
		S.P. Thamilchelvan, Head of the Political Wing of the LTTE and several others were killed in a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) aerial bombardment this morning (November 2) in Killinochchi, military sources said.
		Manfred Nowak on Monday (29), in which he has stated that torture is “widely practiced in Sri Lanka”, said a press release issued by the Ministry.
	www.priu.gov.lk (771 words)

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