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In this fifth and final interview with Roy Dias in our segment ‘Lords at Lord’s,’ he speaks on the wonderful bond the 1998 Sri Lankan team had built up and believes that unity helped the side to overcome some tough moments. Dias also says the understanding he had with captain Arjuna Ranatunga and Manager Ranjit Fernando helped the team to reach great heights. Continue Reading

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said he had honoured the two promises he had made five years back while coming out of a polling booth after casting his vote at the presidentialelection in 2005. Continue Reading

Sri Lanka made what could have been a convincing win a nervous one at the end when they surprisingly shuffled the batting order and saw three wickets fall for 16 runs before eventually wining by three wickets in the second ODI of the tri-nation series against New Zealand here at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium yesterday. Continue Reading

Total arrivals increased to 341,991 during this period, as against 229,952 during the corresponding period of 2009.

July also recorded the highest number of arrivals, at 63,339, since January 2009, which was a 50 percent growth compared to July 2009. Continue Reading

The JVP yesterday accused IGP Dr. Mahinda Balasuriya of trying to cover up the killing of Ruhunu undergraduate Susantha Anura Bandara by blaming a rival student faction for the attack on the victim.

Addressing the media at JVP head office yesterday, National List MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that IGP Balasuriya had changed his position on the cause of Anura’s death within 48 hours due to political pressure.

Referring to a hastily called press conference at police headquarters on Friday (July 23) afternoon, Dissanayake said that IGP Balasuriya citing the Badulla Judicial Medical Officer Dr. M. N. Rahuk Haq’s postmortem report said that there was no evidence of violence and the body had no injuries. Continue Reading

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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) – Scientists have developed a method for detecting and tracking carbon dioxide deep underground, giving the federal government an important tool as scientists work on ways to keep carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from crowding the atmosphere.

Scientists working with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory used colorless, nontoxic liquids called perfluorocarbon tracers to essentially fingerprint carbon dioxide that was injected into a coal seam in northwestern New Mexico.

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The moon was probably formed after a massive space collision with a planet-sized object billions of years ago, in what Nasa described as the "big whack".

Astronomers believe the object, most likely the size of Mars, collided with the earth about 4.6 billion years ago.

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(CNS): On the 1st day of Women Deliver 2010 conference, taking place in Washington DC, USA, leaders from United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and CARE International announced an agreement to enhance collaboration on maternal health programs  in more than 25 countries, by working with national governments and by engaging local communities. However for women to deliver, they need power. Successful women change makers have to deal with their power

LONDON (AP) – Some of the world’s most popular blood pressure pills may slightly increase your risk of getting cancer, but doctors say it’s too soon to ditch the drugs, according to new research.

In an analysis of five previous studies following about 60,000 patients, experts found a link between people taking medicines known as angiotensin-receptor blockers, or ARBs, and cancer. The drugs are taken by millions of people worldwide for conditions like high blood pressure, heart problems and diabetic kidney disease.

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