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China to loan Sri Lanka $290 mln for infrastructure
Reuters,
March 10.
COLOMBO, March 10 - China has agreed to lend $290 million to Sri Lanka for a new airport and to revive the country's railway network, the island nation's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
China will provide a $190 million loan through its funding arm, Exim Bank, to construct the island's second airport and $100 million to boost the capacity of the Sri Lankan railway, the ministry said in a statement.
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Published: Wed Mar 10 09:07:32 EST 2010
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Sri Lankan Parliament reconvenes to extend emergency
hindu,
march 10.
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Parliament, which had been dissolved, was reconvened for a short while on Tuesday to extend emergency laws by another month.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa had earlier signed a proclamation extending the emergency. The validity of the emergency regulations extended by Parliament, which was dissolved on February 10 in the run up to the general election scheduled on April 8, expired on March 1.
Emergency laws can be passed only by Parliament and are valid only for one month. Any presidential proclamation extending emergency laws is subject to approval by Parliament.
On Tuesday, the state of emergency was extended with 93 votes in support and 24 against. The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, the United National Party and the Tamil National Alliance voted against the extension of emergency.
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Published: Tue Mar 9 22:02:21 EST 2010
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Sri Lanka's ex-Army chief to be court martialed this week
Xinhua,
March 10.
Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate and former Army chief General Sarath Fonseka will be produced before the Court Martial this week as the gathering of evidence has been concluded, the Army said on Tuesday.
Military spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe, who declined to mention a specific date, said Fonseka would be produced at any given date during this week.
"He will face five or more charges under the Army Act," said Samarasinghe.
Though he is detained at a navel base since Feb. 8, two weeks after the presidential polls, the government has not announced the exact charges against him so far.
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Published: Tue Mar 9 21:59:22 EST 2010
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