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New scheme to grant dual citizenship to Lankans
 The government will establish a new scheme called the “Overseas Sri Lankans to formalize the granting of dual citizenship to Lankans who have terminated citizenship, the Government Information Department stated.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 @ 15:04:42 LKT |
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SF will be released unconditionally at the earliest - Anoma Fonseka
 Sri Lanka’s president has promised to free jailed former army chief Sarath Fonseka unconditionally and at the earliest opportunity, the ex-general’s wife said Thursday. Anoma Fonseka said she met President Mahinda Rajapakse on Wednesday night and that he assured her that her husband would be freed as soon as possible.
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Restrictions on transporting sand removed
 The Cabinet has decided to allow the transportation of sand at any time by removing the earlier restriction limiting sand transportation to between 6am and 6pm, the Government Information Department stated. The Minister of Environment told Parliament last week that transporting sand without a permit would only allowed between 6am and 6pm effective from May 10.
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Mechanism developed to implement LLRC recommendations - GL
 Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris who is currently in Washington explained that the Sri Lankan government has developed a mechanism for implementation of LLRC recommendations accepted by the government, which will be directed out of the office of Sri Lanka’s presidential secretariat.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 @ 10:59:39 LKT |
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Agencies alert over drug networks as demand doubles in SL
 Enforcement agencies have sounded an alert on drug cartels using Kochi as a transit point for smuggling heroin to Sri Lanka, where the demand for the contraband has doubled in the past one year. Agencies have been asked to track carriers from West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar arriving in the city to hand over heroin consignments to agents, who in turn smuggle it to Sri Lanka.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 @ 10:19:05 LKT |
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Sri Lanka calls for Tamil refugees branded a ‘threat’ to return
 Sri Lanka has offered Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen an escape for Tamil refugees branded a threat by security agencies and locked in indefinite detention in Australia - saying they are needed back home. ‘‘Help is required in Sri Lanka now,’’ the country’s top envoy to Australia, Thisara Samarasinghe, told The Age.
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President meets Anoma Fonseka
 President Mahinda Rajapaksa has met Anoma Fonseka wife of former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka and DNA MP Tiran Alles last night to discuss the release of Fonseka. Speaking to Ada Derana Alles confirmed the meeting that took place at his residence.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 @ 10:16:24 LKT |
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Grenade hurled at Marawila magistrate’s residence fails to explode
 Two unidentified persons on a motorcycle had hurled a hand grenade at the residence of the Marawila magistrate at Muhudukattuwa in Marawila this evening (May 16). However, the grenade had failed to explode thus averting any damages or injuries to persons, said police media spokesman SP Ajith Rohana.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 @ 01:27:40 LKT |
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Tiran confident that SF will be released in the next few days
 Democratic National Alliance (DNA) MP, Tiran Alles stated that he believed Sarath Fonseka would be freed in the next two to three days. He made these comments after meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning (May 16) to discuss this issue.
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Tiran meets President, extensive discussion on Fonseka release
 DNA MP Tiran Alles speaking to Ada Derana a short while ago said that he met President Mahinda Rajapaksa today morning. He added that during the meeting the release of former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka was extensively discussed.
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