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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has decided to hand over the operations of the Mattala International Airport to a private Russian, Indian joint venture.  Ports and Aviation Services Secretary K. D. S. Ruwanchandra speaking to News 1st said that discussions on the matter on Tuesday (5) were succe...

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Colombo (News 1st) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a legendary figure in U.S. foreign affairs and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, died late Wednesday (29th) aged 100, in his home in the U.S. state of Connecticut, U.S. media reported. Kissinger, who as a youth escaped from Nazi Ge...

MANILA – Mali, the elephant that had lived alone in a zoo in Manila in the Philippines for more than 40 years, and which animal rights activists had described as “one of the world’s saddest elephants”, died on Nov 28. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna said in a video message on Face...