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Breaking Alert🌐 World/Reuters•31m ago

Iran has detailed plans to hit Gulf undersea cables if war resumes, officials say

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Iran has detailed plans to hit Gulf undersea cables if war resumes, officials say Reuters

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Shiranthi's heart surgery successful
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🇱🇰 Sri LankaSri Lanka Mirror
3h ago

Shiranthi's heart surgery successful

3h ago
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Family sources report that Shiranthi Rajapaksa, wife of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has undergone heart surgery. The sources said the surgery was performed at a private hospital in Colombo and was successful.

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Mystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virus
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🌐 WorldThe Guardian
4h ago

Mystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virus

4h ago
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Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in UgandaHealth officials across Africa are racing to determine how Nigeria’s first Ebola patient ⁠in more than a decade ⁠became infec...

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More Draconian Than PTA: Human Rights Commission Demands Withdrawal of Organised Crime Bill
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🇱🇰 Sri LankaLanka Business Online
8h ago

More Draconian Than PTA: Human Rights Commission Demands Withdrawal of Organised Crime Bill

8h ago
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The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has called for the immediate withdrawal and substantial revision of the proposed Prevention of Organised Crime Bill, warning that the draft law is "wholly incompatible" with the country's Con...

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“Just one drink?” 5 Colombo bars worth closing your laptop for
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🇱🇰 Sri LankaReadme.lk
10h ago

“Just one drink?” 5 Colombo bars worth closing your laptop for

10h ago
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Five Colombo spots for cold drinks, spicy bites and conversations that finally have nothing to do with work. The laptop is closed. Someone has typed “one drink?” in The post “Just one drink?” 5 Colombo bars worth closing your laptop for app...

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Powerful earthquake hits Tibet killing 16 people, reports say
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🌐 WorldBBC World News
12h ago

Powerful earthquake hits Tibet killing 16 people, reports say

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The quake hit a mountainous, sparsely-populated area in what China calls the Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Presidential Secretariat reviews 1818 drug hotline
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🇱🇰 Sri LankaDaily FT
5d ago

Presidential Secretariat reviews 1818 drug hotline

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Presidential Secretariat reviews 1818 drug hotline Daily FT

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