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Protests, legal challenge in Sri Lanka over death penalty

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Sri Lankan Catholics march against drug abuse

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Sri Lankan protesters call for cleaner politics

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Sri Lankan tea workers demand pay hike

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Families demand new probe into missing 11 in Sri Lanka

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Relatives petition UN, key foreign embassies in Colombo and demand president resolve decade-old mystery
Tea workers still fighting for land rights in Sri Lanka

Tea workers still fighting for land rights in Sri Lanka

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Former Tamil Tigers still paying price of war

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Sri Lanka church bombing not forgotten by survivors

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Schoolgirl's strangling sparks outcry in Sri Lanka

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Priests in Sri Lanka relaunch pro-democracy magazine

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