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All Sri Lanka Regions (26)

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Bardsongs

Lost and Found at Cinequest 21

This year, eight films were available on DVD for pre-screening and review: Bardsongs, Snow, Bi Do...

Sri Lanka / Vietnam / Japan Celeste Heiter

Some of the old carved statues in Anuradhapura.

A Glimpse Into the Ruins of Sri Lanka

According to recorded history, in the fifth century before Christ, Sri Lanka was already a land o...

Sri Lanka / India Heng Wah

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War-weary Asian nations offer new treats for tourists

War-weary Asian countries are planning new treats for travellers in a bid to cash in on a "peace ...

Sri Lanka / Cambodia / Indonesia AFP/Mel Gunasekera

Sri Lankan Fish Curry

Recipe: Sri Lankan Fish Curry

The base for this delicious curry is coconut milk, with stir-fried onions, ginger, garlic and gre...

Sri Lanka Celeste Heiter

Templeberg Villa, Galle, Sri Lanka.

Where to Stay in Galle, Sri Lanka

Galle, Sri Lanka offers several period restored Colonial homes...

Sri Lanka Brent

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Dispatches from Sri Lanka

Dispatch 2: Sri Lanka, Revisited 8 January 2005 In January of 1984, two months shy of my 30th bir...

Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald

Making for the Hills

I remember exclaiming with awe when I woke up in Simla (or Shimla, as it is often spelled and pro...

Sri Lanka / Myanmar / Indonesia Kenneth Champeon

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Film Review: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwaï by Pierre Boulle, The Bridge on the River Kwai de...

Sri Lanka / Myanmar / Thailand Celeste Heiter

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Renovation work may prove Indian emperor built Nepal monastery

KATHMANDU, Feb 10, 2003 - Ancient artefacts unearthed during renovation work on Nepal's second-ol...

Sri Lanka / Nepal / India AFP/Shusham Shrestha

Dalada Maligawa (Buddha's Tooth Temple) in Kandy

Sights of Sri Lanka

From the warm tropical beaches, fringed with coconut palms and lovely bays, most of Sri Lanka rem...

Sri Lanka Heng Wah

Mercy Corps, handing out toys in Sri Lanka.

Dispatches from Sri Lanka

Dispatch 4: Toy Story 15 January 2005 POTTUVIL, SRI LANKA -- The Sri Lanka offices of Mercy Corps...

Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald

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Between Realism and Schmaltz: Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost.

In the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it anymore. --Ernest Hemingway These p...

Sri Lanka Kenneth Champeon

The Forsaken Land

Film Review: The Forsaken Land

The Forsaken Land, winner of the Best First Film Award at Cannes in 2005. Written and directed by...

Sri Lanka Celeste Heiter

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Batik Fashion from Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan batik waxing lyrical in face of tough times...

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Sri Lankan master tea maker Malinga Herman Gunaratne (L) shows his exotic 'Kilburn Imperial' tea at his Handuugoda tea plantation in southern Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's "Kilburn Imperial" tea

* * * Inspired by a French perfumer and egged on by an English aficionado, a Sri Lankan master te...

Sri Lanka AFP/Amal Jayasinghe

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Dispatches from Sri Lanka

Dispatch 5: Toy Story 2 15 January 2005 To a lot of people, the image of relief agencies in devel...

Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald

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Dispatches from Sri Lanka

Dispatch 6: A Journey Through the East 19 January 2005 TRINCOMALEE - Two weeks in Sri Lanka. Near...

Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald

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Dispatches from Sri Lanka

Dispatch 7: Tea with the Tigers 22 January 2005 SAMBOOR, SRI LANKA -The pace of work has been rel...

Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald

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Dispatches from Sri Lanka

Dispatch 3: The Buried Village 11 January 2005 POTTUVIL, SRI LANKA - Aboard the Blackhawk helicop...

Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald

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Dispatches from Sri Lanka

Dispatch 1: Up in the Air En route to Sri Lanka 6 January 2005 In the Air, BKK to Singapore There...

Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald

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