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KANDY, Sri Lanka -- The island of Sri Lanka wears many crowns. Celebrated as one of the world's most beautiful places, it also bears the scars of civil war, economic collapse and political upheaval. [1]

PoliticsSri Lanka stokes Muslim and Christian ire with COVID burial rules Rajapaksa's forced cremations of minority victims worsen human rights record A demonstrator at a cemetery in Colombo on Dec. [2]

COLOMBO -- On a Saturday evening, as rain lashed a grimy, working-class neighborhood in Sri Lanka's capital, a stream of women braved the storm to head into a Buddhist temple. [3]

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka has banned the current issue of Time magazine over a cover story on violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma because it could affect religious sentiments on this Buddhist-majority island, a customs official said Wednesday. [4]

By Torgeir Norling/Jaffna, Sri Lanka SEPTEMBER, 2002 - VOLUME 10 NO.7 By Torgeir Norling/Jaffna, Sri Lanka SEPTEMBER, 2002 - VOLUME 10 NO.7 By Torgeir Norling/Jaffna, Sri Lanka SEPTEMBER, 2002 - VOLUME 10 NO.7 By Torgeir Norling/Jaffna, Sri Lanka SEP... (confirmed by 2 sources) [5]

ArtsStreet dancing in Sri Lanka harks to history The island state's annual Kandy Esala procession dates to 200 B.C. Drummers perform during the Kandy Esala Perahera in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in August 2022. [6]

The Facebook post during the height of recent anti-Muslim violence in Kandy, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Sri Lanka, was stark and disturbing. "Kill them all, these Muslims," it said in Sinhalese. "Don't even spare an infant. [7]

Over 1500 Marian devotees flock to Tewatte to ask for peace Tewatte (AsiaNews) – Devotees of Mary from across Sri Lanka celebrated the national feast of Independence on 4 February last at the Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka in Tewatte. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-02-14 · 45% match

Road-tripping Sri Lanka: Two weeks of delightful detours

KANDY, Sri Lanka -- The island of Sri Lanka wears many crowns. Celebrated as one of the world's most beautiful places, it also bears the scars of civil war, economic collapse and political upheaval.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-12-25 · 49% match

Sri Lanka stokes Muslim and Christian ire with COVID burial rules

PoliticsSri Lanka stokes Muslim and Christian ire with COVID burial rules Rajapaksa's forced cremations of minority victims worsen human rights record A demonstrator at a cemetery in Colombo on Dec.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-08-23 · 44% match

Sri Lanka enters a new era of post-pandemic austerity

COLOMBO -- On a Saturday evening, as rain lashed a grimy, working-class neighborhood in Sri Lanka's capital, a stream of women braved the storm to head into a Buddhist temple.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-07-03 · 44% match

Sri Lanka Bans Time Magazine Over U Wirathu Cover Story

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka has banned the current issue of Time magazine over a cover story on violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma because it could affect religious sentiments on this Buddhist-majority island, a customs official said Wednesday.

[5] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 49% match

Sri Lanka’s Road to Peace

By Torgeir Norling/Jaffna, Sri Lanka SEPTEMBER, 2002 - VOLUME 10 NO.7 By Torgeir Norling/Jaffna, Sri Lanka SEPTEMBER, 2002 - VOLUME 10 NO.7 By Torgeir Norling/Jaffna, Sri Lanka SEPTEMBER, 2002 - VOLUME 10 NO.7 By Torgeir Norling/Jaffna, Sri Lanka SEP

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-11-30 · 42% match

Street dancing in Sri Lanka harks to history

ArtsStreet dancing in Sri Lanka harks to history The island state's annual Kandy Esala procession dates to 200 B.C. Drummers perform during the Kandy Esala Perahera in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in August 2022.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-04-20 · 42% match

Sri Lanka -- Facebook must meet its own standards

The Facebook post during the height of recent anti-Muslim violence in Kandy, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Sri Lanka, was stark and disturbing. "Kill them all, these Muslims," it said in Sinhalese. "Don't even spare an infant.

[8] MM asianews.it · 46% match

Over 1500 Marian devotees flock to Tewatte to ask for peace

Over 1500 Marian devotees flock to Tewatte to ask for peace Tewatte (AsiaNews) – Devotees of Mary from across Sri Lanka celebrated the national feast of Independence on 4 February last at the Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka in Tewatte.

[9] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 46% match

Burma-Sri Lanka Connection: Religion and Terrorism

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-04-22 · 40% match

Sri Lanka remains in 'state of denial' over alleged war crimes

NEW DELHI -- It has been more than a decade since Sri Lanka's armed conflict ended, and observers say the country's rule of law and human rights situations remain a matter of grave concern.

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