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Emirates will increase services to Colombo from June 30.andnbsp;This will increase the number of flights between the two cities to four each day on those days, and take the total number of weekly Emirates flights to Colombo to 31.andnbsp;
]]> 2013-05-24 17:17:00 GMT Infant Dies After Being Run Over By A Jeep http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-33267-news-detail-infant-dies-after-being-run-over-by-a-jeep.html
A 1 year and 4 months old infant who sustained injuries after being run over by a jeep in a house in the Tangalle area has died after being admitted to the Tangalle Hospital, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today Online.
]]> 2013-05-24 16:39:00 GMT Sri Lankan- Canadian Arrested In Dominican Republic http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-33263-news-detail-sri-lankan-canadian-arrested-in-dominican-republic.html
The National Investigations Department (DNI) of the Dominican Republic arrested members of a people trafficking network with possible links to international terrorist cells, who used Dominican Republic as a bridge from Cuba, France, Spain, Sri Lanka and Haiti.
]]> 2013-05-24 13:10:00 GMT Twenty-one Lankan Asylum Seekers Nabbed http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-33261-news-detail-twenty-one-lankan-asylum-seekers-nabbed.html
On Thursday, the Q branch of the Tamil Nadu police, with the assistance of the Ernakulam North police, took 21 Sri Lankans who were about to sail to Australia in a fishing boat from Kochi, into custody. The operation was carried out after information about the same was passed on by the Intelligence Bureau.
]]> 2013-05-24 12:39:00 GMT Monk Self-immolates Himself In Kandy http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-33260-news-detail-monk-self-immolates-himself-in-kandy.html
A Buddhist monk has set himself on fire at the car park of a prominent Hotel close to Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy in protest against the slaughtering of cattle, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today Online.
]]> 2013-05-24 12:34:00 GMT Thirty-three Persons Hospitalised http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-33258-news-detail-thirty-three-persons-hospitalised.html
Thirty- three persons who had fallen ill due to food poisoning after attending a pooja at a Kovil in the Thirukovil area in Ampara have been admitted to the Thirukovil District Hospital, Hospital sources told Ceylon Today Online.
]]> 2013-05-24 11:40:00 GMT Tamil Asylum Seekers Granted Access To Lawyers In Aussie http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-33249-news-detail-tamil-asylum-seekers-granted-access-to-lawyers-in-aussie.html
Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor has granted lawyers access to two Tamil asylum seekers who feared they would be removed to Sri Lanka.
]]> 2013-05-24 10:49:00 GMT Five Lankan Asylum Seekers Stranded In India http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-33248-news-detail-five-lankan-asylum-seekers-stranded-in-india.html

Notwithstanding the fact that previous attempts to escape from refugee camps in search of greener pastures in Australia through the sea route had turned perilous for many, unscrupulous agents continue to lure Sri Lankan Tamil refugees into their trap.
]]> 2013-05-24 10:29:00 GMT Seek Refuge In The Noble Triple Gem This Vesak- MR http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-33247-news-detail-seek-refuge-in-the-noble-triple-gem-this-vesak-mr.html
The discipline instilled form Buddha;s teaching enabled our nation to achieve a great culture, bringing worldwide honor and respect to us as a nation states President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a Vesak message.
]]> 2013-05-24 10:21:00 GMT Fire Erupts At Colombo Harbour http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-33246-news-detail-fire-erupts-at-colombo-harbour.html
A fire has erupted at a warehouse in the Colombo Harbour at around 1 this morning, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today Online.
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