The government in Colombo said it will make a formal response to the request made by Philip Alston , the UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

Sri Lanka to Study United Nations Call for Report on Alleged Shooting
India Vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Venue Moved from Visakhapatnam to Nagpur
The Indian Cricket Board on Monday shifted the second one-dayer of the five-match series between India and Sri Lanka to Nagpur after police in Visakhapatnam expressed inability to provide security for the tie in the wake of political crisis in Andhra Pradesh.
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Yuvraj Singh May Miss First Sri Lanka ODI Due To Injury
India received a major jolt on Saturday with Yuvraj Singh suffering an injury on his left hand, which may rule him out of the first ODI against Sri Lanka, to be played on Tuesday. A final decision on Yuvraj's availability would be taken on Monday.

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India Vs Sri Lanka 1st Twenty20 Match Highlights, Watch Online Video and Photos
Watch the highlights of India Vs Sri Lanka 1st Twenty20 match played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur. India won the toss and elected to field.

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India all set for Sri Lanka Test challenge
India will make a quick switch to Test cricket to defend their unbeaten home record against Sri Lanka in a three-match series starting in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Read more »Sri Lanka says it will release 58,000 Tamils
As a 10-member delegation of Tamil Nadu MPs returned from a five-day visit to Sri Lanka after reviewing the condition of over 2.53 lakhwar-displaced Tamils there,
Read more »Sri Lanka raised defence expenditure by 20 %: report
Sri Lanka has raised its defence expenditure by another 20 percent this year following its military victory over separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.
Read more »Karunanidhi begins hunger strike to demand ceasefire in Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi went on a hunger strike here Monday to protest "cruel acts" against Tamils in Sri Lanka and demanded an immediate ceasefire in the island nation."I have decided to offer my life to the increasing numbers of lives lost due to the Sinhalese regime's continuing cruel acts against the Tamil ethnic minority in the war in Sri Lanka ," Karunanidhi told reporters.

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Sri Lanka Says 500 Tamil Tigers Remain in Last-Held Territory
Sri Lanka said fewer than 500 fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam remain in the last rebel-held territory in the northeast, as the LTTE called for a cease-fire to allow aid to reach civilians.Soldiers captured Iranapalai near Mullaitivu at the weekend, the army said on its Web site. The LTTE is blocking food supplies and firing on supply vessels to try to create the “myth” of starvation among civilians, it said.
Read more »Two Sri Lanka players still in hospital after Lahore
Two Sri Lankan cricket players remain hospitalised in Colombo, two weeks after the squad was attacked by militant gunmen in Pakistan, the team's doctor said on Monday.Thilan Samaraweera, who had a bullet removed from his left thigh, and Ajantha Mendis, who had shrapnel extracted from his head and back, are being treated at a private hospital, Geethanjana Mendis said.
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