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Australia, Sri Lanka agree on four-point plan

Australia and Sri Lanka have agreed on a four-point plan to fight people smuggling, the Australian High Commission in Colombo said. The High Commission said that Australian?Foreign Minister Bob Carr, who ended a trip to Sri Lanka today, announced that the plan is to?be discussed with the Sri Lankan government and naval authorities. The plan includes increased on-water co-operation, intelligence sharing and reducing?incentives for smuggling ventures. Senator Carr is in Colombo for the inaugura

17 Dec, 2012

Canada to deport LTTE suspects

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled Friday?that the country’s anti-terror law is constitutional in a series of decisions that affirm how terrorism is defined in the Criminal Code. The ruling upheld the extradition order against Suresh Sriskandarajah and Piratheepan Nadarajah. Both men can now be sent to the U.S. to face charges of supporting the Tamil Tigers, a Sri Lanka group vying to establish an independent ethnic Tamil state, which many have called a terrorist organization. U.S. p

14 Dec, 2012

Wellampitiya death toll rises

The death toll in the Wellampitiya accident last night has risen to four, the police media unit said this morning. A van heading towards Kaduwela collided with a bus and a lorry while attempting to overtake another vehicle resulting in the fatalities. The driver of the van and three others including two women were killed in the accident, the police media unit said. The police said that nine people who were injured in the accident are receiving treatment at the Colombo national hospital. Of t

17 Dec, 2012