Tour Operators Outbound Market Report says:

Sri Lanka a top honeymoon destination
 

SRI LANKA has been recognised as one of the top honeymoon destinations in the world. According to the Tour Operators Outbound Market Report 2004\2005 issued recently in the UK, Sri Lanka has been placed in one of the top three places as a popular honeymoon destination.

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Kadirgamar's portrait unveiled at Oxford; second Lankan honoured after SWRD
 

Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar wound up his tour of Britain yesterday with a visit to Oxford where his portrait was unveiled amongst a distinguished pantheon of Oxford Union Presidents. Kadirgamar is the second Lankan after the late Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike to be honoured with a portrait at this hallowed seat of learning which has produced world leaders and statesmen.

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British boy donates £4500 for orphaned tsunami children
 

A nine year old British boy who miraculously survived the Boxing Day tsunami which struck Sri Lanka, yesterday reached out to the tsunami orphaned children in the country with a gift of 4,500 Sterling Pounds collected from his friends in a London Primary School.

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Pakistan Army completes mission in Hambantota
 

Pakistan High Commissioner Bashir Wali Mohmand yesterday stressed that the time tested friendship between the two countries will continue to prosper since Pakistan and Sri Lanka have always been well respected "friends in need and friends indeed".

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