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Pope Francis canonises 17th-century missionary in Sri Lanka
St Joseph Vaz was a 17th-century Goan missionary who lived as a beggar to preach among Sri Lanka's poor
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Dutch honeymooner survives fall from World's End
The 35-year-old man had taken a few steps back to take pictures of his new bride when he flew off the unprotected cliff in Sri Lanka
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Dutch honeymooner rescued from World's End cliff fall
Video shows the moment Sri Lankan army rescued Mamitho Lendas, a Dutch honeymooner who fell off the top of the 4,000ft cliff face while taking a photograph of his new bride
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Sri Lanka gunmen open fire at election rally killing one
Finance minister Ravi Karunanayake, who was headlining the rally outside Colombo, called attack a "complete breach of democracy sponsored by a bankrupt opposition"
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Sri Lankan rugby star's body exhumed as murder probe rocks election campaign
Wasim Thajudeen was originally said to have died in a car accident, but Sri Lankan investigators now claim he was tortured and murdered by former president's security team
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As Sri Lanka goes to polls, calls grow for war crimes trial over Tamil Tigers...
Sri Lanka votes on Monday in parliamentary elections that could see Mahinda Rajapaksa return to politics - just as the UN prepares to release a report into human rights abuses under his rule
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Sri Lanka calls on international help to find former first family's alleged...
British financial crime experts give advice as Sri Lanka pursues corruption cases against former ruling clan, foreign minister tells The Telegraph on eve of elections
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Sri Lankans go to polls in 'referendum' on former president Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mr Rajapaksa, who ruthlessly crushed the Tamil Tigers but was ousted from office amid allegations of rampant corruption and nepotism, is trying to stage a comeback in parliamentary elections
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Mahinda Rajapakse seeks comeback as Sri Lanka votes
Former strongman polarises nation where his brutal tactics ended Tamil uprising in 2009
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Maithripala Sirisena and Mahinda Rajapaksa: The key players in Sri Lanka's...
Mr Rajapaksa wants to lead the country again as prime minister and take over from Ranil Wickremesinghe. Here are some more details on the individuals playing a key role in Monday's election
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Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat in Sri Lankan elections - then changes his...
Vote was seen as a referendum on former strongman's popularity and his comeback after being dumped out of power in January
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Sri Lanka's ruling party defeats former strongman
Sri Lanka's prime minister defeats country's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa in parliamentary elections, according to final results
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Horrors of Sri Lanka's civil war carnage to be exposed in UN report
UN investigation will report on atrocities against civilians during crushing of Tamil Tigers but families of dead and disappeared fear the alleged perpetrators will never face war crimes trials
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UN calls for special court to investigate Sri Lanka's civil war atrocities
UN report identifies patterns of grave violations "strongly indicating that war crimes and crimes against humanity" committed by both sides in the conflict
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Saudi Arabia to retry Sri Lanka maid sentenced to death by stoning for adultery
Saudi authorities agree to retry a Sri Lankan housemaid sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, according to minister
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Sri Lanka's Catholic leader tells priests to cast out Christmas trees from...
Christmas trees have no religious significance and are instead a symbol of social gatherings and shopping centres, archbishop of Colombo says
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Saudi Arabia reduces maid's death sentence to jail term for adultery, Sri...
The maid was originally given the sentence of being stoned to death after she was convicted in August of adultery with a fellow Sri Lankan migrant worker
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Sri Lankan president: Organisers of Enrique Iglesias gig 'should be whipped'
Women throwing their underwear at the Hero singer is "most uncivilised" behaviour, Maithripala Sirisena says
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World's largest blue star sapphire 'found in Sri Lanka'
Star of Adam named after local belied that Adam arrived in Sri Lanka after being banished from the Garden of Eden
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Watch as filmmaker climbs onto roof of moving train in Sri Lanka
A Spanish filmmaker boarded a train in Sri Lanka with a dangerous idea in mind - to climb to the roof while the train was in motion
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