Tar Barrels
Non-availability of transport facilities from Trincomalee to Seruwawila has not only inconvenienced the public but has hampered Government work, too.
These tar barrels sent from Trincomalee to Seruwawila and needed for some urgent work had to be t...
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A Journey to Seruwawila
A journey to Seruwawila involves a sea journey by launch, lasting about 1 1/2 hours. Here are pilgrims boarding the launch.
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Crowd at the Mental Hospital, Angoda
Following a dispute over the site for a Buddha shrine room at the Mental Hospital, Angoda, doctors, nurses (both men and women) attendants, overseers and labourers attached to the hospital struck work recently.
The strike was settled after discuss...
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Major Gherman Titov the Second Soviet Cosmonaut
The Soviet Cosmonaut, Major Gherman S. Titov, recently visited United Nations headquarters where he was the guest of honour at a reception given by acting U.N. Secretary-General, U Thant. The cosmonaut and his wife were later conducted a tour of t...
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Russia's Second Astronaut put into Space Major Gherman Titov
"Russia's second astronaut put into space"
Photo shows: Major Gherman Titov, Russia's second astronaut to be put intp space.
Major Titov, aged 26, married but with no children, orbited the earth 17 times during his journey made at a height of 160 ...
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The Souvenir Medal on the First Man Made Space Flight
The souvenir medal on the first man made space flight which is being made by the Dulevo Porcelain Factory on its right side bears a relief portrait of the Hero-Cosmonaut with inscription "Yuri Gagarin".
On its left side, it has the Hammer and Sick...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington
Cape Canaveral, FLA - Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. climbed into the Mercury spacecraft "Faith 7" at 05.32 a.m. EST as NASA and McDonnel spacecraft engineers assist.
Picture shows astronaut Gordon Jr. 36-year-old Air Force Major climbing into M...
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