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COLOMBO - A senior UN envoy arrived in Sri Lanka Wednesday to assess the humanitarian needs of victims of last week's floods and of refugees displaced by its civil war, officials said.
COLOMBO - A Sri Lankan court Thursday ordered officials to improve prison conditions for the country's former army chief after Sarath Fonseka's lawyer complained his prison cell was leaking during rains and the ex-general had fallen ill as a result.
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's parliament Wednesday passed legislation to legalise betting and gambling, saying the move would help to attract tourists following the end of the decades-long civil war on the island.
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Friday dismissed an election petition seeking to remove President Mahinda Rajapaksa from office, a court official said.
COLOMBO - The wife of the former army chief in Sri Lanka imprisoned for 30 months for violating tender procedures ruled out Friday an appeal by the family to President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a pardon.
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