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[May 22 2013]
 Customs Revenue Task Force seized a stock of goods worth Rs.40 million declared as textile material imported for a BOI company. A forty foot container arrived from China was searched at the Colombo Harbor and found cigarette lighters, all kinds of shoes, industrial footwear, blankets and cosmetics.
[May 22 2013]
Bibile Magistrate imposed a novel punishment against a person who was mining for gems on a land belonging to the Government. The Magistrate ordered him to do social service for three hundred hours, Bibile Police said.
[May 21 2013]
 Emergency workers in the US are continuing to search for survivors of the gigantic tornado that tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City today. Rescuers worked through the night and into the morning in the rubble in Moore, the worst-hit area. Entire neighbourhoods were flattened by winds of up to 200mph (320km/h).
[May 21 2013]
 Crime branch officers in India had arrested a 35-year-old Sri Lankan, who was an operative of banned outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), when he was attempting to catch a flight to Nairobi.
[May 21 2013]
 India’s National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is all set to ink an agreement for the execution of the proposed 2 x 250 MW Sampur power project in Trincomalee in Sri Lanka by early next month, as the differences over operation and maintenance charges and issues relating to gross heat rate in the power purchase agreement have been sorted out.
[May 21 2013]
 A stock of rare herbs used as a component to produce an expensive fragrance was seized by the Police Special Task Force in Kolonnawa last night along with five suspects, police said.
[May 21 2013]
 A 48-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil settled in Chennai killed his mother, wife and daughter by slitting their throats before committing suicide by jumping in front of a suburban train near Pazhavanthangal on Tuesday morning. His friends said the man was in debt.
[May 20 2013]
 Husband kills wife before kids A person accused of killing his wife before his four children was admitted to the Kahawatte Hospital due to burn injuries he had sustained on his feet, and is under police custody.
[May 20 2013]
 Wijeweeras daughter arrested for assaulting mother Easha Wijeweera, the daughter of JVP founder leader Rohana Wijeweera, was arrested today for allegedly assaulting her mother and brother.
[May 20 2013]
 A person who had fraudulently obtained money from various individuals promising jobs in Europe and Singapore, has been remanded until June 3 by the Fort Chief Magistrate Thilina Gamage today.
[May 20 2013]
 Pakistans former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been granted bail in the case of the assassination of the former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. He is accused of failing to provide enough security after she returned from exile in 2007. His government blamed her killing on the Taliban.
[May 20 2013]
 The Department of Meteorology today warned people to be vigilant on the rising water levels of of Gin ganga and Nilwala river. The public has also been warned of rising flood levels at Pitabaddara, Paanadugama and Tawalama areas.
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