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Norway fails to clinch tsunami relief deal with Tigers
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Sri Lanka on alert ahead of ex-US presidents’ visit
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The Central Bank says it has got Rs. 5.9 bn in tsunami aid to date.
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Iran seeks more trade with Sri Lanka, offers US$ 10 mn for tsunami relief
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Unemployement up by 300,000 by year end if tsunami aid not used properly, ILO
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Sri Lanka expects to reign in its galloping inflation in the next few months, but savers will still get a raw deal as the Central Bank fights shy to tighten monetary policy
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The EU fields a team to tsunami hit Asia to decide how € 350 mn should be spent.
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IMF says the Central Bank should tackle higher than target monetary aggregates that are subsidising big corporations at the expense of poor savers
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Sri Lanka blames rebel split for killings, praises Tigers “restraint”
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