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Capital:	Colombo
Currency:	Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Languages:Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
Population:	19,905,165
Area:	65,610

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Heritage

Major heritage sites include:

Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
Ancient City of Sigiriya
Sacred City of Anuradhapura
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
Sacred City of Kandy
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Golden Temple of Dambulla

See the UNESCO website for more details

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Colombo

From Dutch and Portuguese colonial roots, Colombo has grown to being an ethnically diverse city, be inspired by the Buddhist and Hindu temples, the parks and bazaars.

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Kotte

An ancient fortified city, now its nation`s administrative capital. Kotte is a multi-ethnic, multi-religion city.

WEATHER DATA FOR SRI LANKA

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feb

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mar

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may

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aug

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sep

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oct

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nov

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dec

24
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Temperatures are in degrees Celsius (º)

Rainfall is in millimeters (mm)

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And Then They Came For Me - The Sunday Leader Online

No other profession calls on its practitioners to lay down their lives for their art save the armed forces and, in Sri Lanka, journalism. In the course of the past few years, the independent media have increasingly come under attack. Electronic and print-media institutions have been burnt, bombed, sealed and coerced. Countless journalists have been harassed, threatened and killed. It has been my honour to belong to all those categories and now especially the last.

The Unspeakable Truth

The Sunday Leader Online

Sri lanka: Humanitarian tragedy in Vanni enters deadlier phase | NowPublic News Coverage

Lasantha Wickramatunga - final editorial

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Jayalalithaa Slams LTTE on using Tamils as shield in the War

ally someone is talking sense about LTTE in Indian Political circle. AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa gave a bold and very sensible comment about the ongoing war and conflict between LTTE and Sri-Lankan Army.

And Then They Came For Me

published posthumously

And Then They Came For Me - The Sunday Leader Online

ICRC fear for Sri Lanka civilians

Q&A: Sri Lanka crisis

The Sunday Leader Online

Lasantha Wickramatunge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Journalist writes his own obituary in Sri Lanka

The Sunday Leader Online

murder has become the primary tool whereby the state seeks to control the organs of liberty. Today it is the journalists, tomorrow it will be the judges. For neither group have the risks ever been higher or the stakes lower. Why then do we do it? I often wonder that. After all, I too am a husband, and the father of three wonderful children. I too have responsibilities and obligations that transcend my profession...Is it worth the risk? Many people tell me it is not. Friends tell me to revert to the bar, and goodness knows it offers a better and safer livelihood. Others...have at various times sought to induce me to take to politics, going so far as to offer me ministries of my choice. Diplomats...have offered me safe passage and the right of residence in their countries. Whatever else I may have been stuck for, I have not been stuck for choice. But there is a calling that is yet above high office, fame, lucre and security. It is the call of conscience.

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