Stories about Colombo
Observing the Poll in Sri Lanka's Paddy-landscatherine mcguire - cmcguire [115] The mosquito nets - plastic-wrapped hoops of candy-pink - hanging outside the general stores on the journey into Eastern Province - were the first sign we had entered the paddy-lands of Ampara. Vast,...
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Colombo
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Sri Lanka's "Kilburn Imperial" teaAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188] * * * Inspired by a French perfumer and egged on by an English aficionado, a Sri Lankan master tea maker has revived a centuries-old Chinese tradition to make a brew that few but an emperor could...
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Sri Lanka |
Colombo
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Between Realism and Schmaltz: Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost.Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] In the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it anymore. --Ernest Hemingway These prophetic words of Hemingway's could have formed the epigraph of Michael Ondaatje's most recent novel,...
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Colombo
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Renovation work may prove Indian emperor built Nepal monasteryAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188] KATHMANDU, Feb 10, 2003 - Ancient artefacts unearthed during renovation work on Nepal's second-oldest Buddhist monastery may prove a long-held popular belief - that the structure was built by the...
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Nepal |
Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Kathmandu |
New Delhi
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In the Peace Zone: A Sri Lankan Journey (Part 1)Gregory McElwain - gmcelwain [586] "Are you Christmas?" asked the tuk-tuk driver, casting a quick glance at me in his rear-view mirror as he maneuvered the three-wheeled vehicle down Galle Road, Colombo's busy main thoroughfare. "Yes,"...
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Colombo
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Great Wave, Silver LiningKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] For some reason disasters occur only when I go home to visit my family. It is as if the forces of stability and chaos wish to remind me that neither will ever vanquish the other, that yin and yang are...
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Malaysia |
Burma |
Colombo |
Indonesia |
Aceh |
India |
Kuala Lumpur |
Phnom Penh |
Andhra Pradesh |
Sri Lanka |
Maldives |
Phuket |
Cambodia |
Thailand |
Yangon
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In the Peace Zone: A Sri Lankan Journey (Part 3)Gregory McElwain - gmcelwain [586] Ours is not a Hotel, nor even a Guest House. It is only a Home. Owners are not responsible for neighbours' dogs barking, cats wailing, aircraft overflying, domestic noises etc while the house goes...
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Sri Lanka |
Colombo
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In the Peace Zone: A Sri Lankan Journey (Part 2)Gregory McElwain - gmcelwain [586] Think, for a moment, of the island of Sri Lanka as a fried egg. A kind of misshapen raindrop of a fried egg, but, still, a fried egg. The crispy edges are the country's beaches. The white section is...
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Colombo
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Dispatches from Sri LankaJeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Dispatch 4: Toy Story 15 January 2005 POTTUVIL, SRI LANKA -- The Sri Lanka offices of Mercy Corps occupy a single room on Dharmapala Mawatha, in a building run by the Academy for Educational...
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Colombo
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Sri Lankan TeaAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188] Sri Lanka is the world's largest tea exporter, hosts the world's largest weekly tea auction and yet it is struggling to earn a name as an upmarket tea maker and become what France is to wine. After a...
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Colombo
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