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Mahiyangane - Historic relic enshrining ceremony
The Times of Ceylon Press
A revolution has broken out in Trans-Jordania against the Emir Abdullah, whose camp was attacked yesterday by Adwan abd Beik tribesmen, who are reported to have sustained heavy casualties. The Emir who is son of the King of the Hedjaz and brother ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
A riot occurred at Race Course Colombo yesterday due to a crowd being unhappy about starting a race. The tables and chairs were destroyed because of this riot. They requested the authorities to restart the horse race. However, this request was not...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Russian Airliner Crash in Copenhagen
Thwenty-three people lost their lives when a Russian airliner nose-dived into Copenhagen harbour after hitting a power station chimney. The machine was about to land at Kastrup Airport on way from Moscow. Picture shows ambulances and frogmen waiti...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
Shramadhana Campaign at Agbogama
A group of villagers are holding a shramadana campaign for ground preparation at Seruwila, 'Agbogama' model village which would be be handed over to the public on next Saturday by the Prime Minister R. Premadasa. Agbogama contains 25 new houses. (...
Gunasiri Silva
Tens of thousands of residents of Addis Ababa and delegations from 14 administrative regions had demonstrated across the Revolution Square for several hours on September 12. The impressive manifestation was a climax of the festivities on the occas...
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