Rizana’s Hard Luck on Death Row
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Indonesian maid accused of poisoning baby escapes Saudi death penalty
An Indonesian maid charged with murdering the infant son of her employers by mixing rat poison into his milk, has been cleared in court. Despite the ruling the baby's parents are insisting on the death penalty for the maid. Indonesian maid Nurqoyah Bint Marsan Dasan Nuriya, 41, faced the death p
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Cable car project at Lake Gregory in Nuwara Eliya
A cable car is to be constructed in Nuwara Eliya between the Gregory’s Lake Park and the Single Tree Mountain, as a tourist attraction, the Nuwara Eliya Mayor said. The initial work of this project is expected to commence in April after conducting a feasibility study which is to be prepared w
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CJ Mohan Peiris dumps EPF case
The petition filed by 11 trade unions including Inter Company Employees Union, Free Trade Zone employees unions, Lanka Bank Employees Union, Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya, media unions seeking an order to declare as a criminal act investing money of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in the share market
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Facebook Hacked
Facebook has revealed that it was "targeted in a sophisticated attack" by hackers last month -- this not long after Twitter and The New York Times reported that hackers got into their computers. Facebook does not say specifically when the attack happened, but it does assure users in a blog post t
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Sri Lanka Rupee Exchange Rate
