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Top 10 Chocolate Destinations
Sunday, 1 April 2012 - 3:40 PM SL Time
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The world has been enamored by chocolate since around 1100 BC, when it was first cultivated by the Mesoamericans. Here are the top 10 travel destinations for chocoholics- there are no better places on earth to sample some of the best chocolate in the world:
10. Cologne, Germany
The chocolate capital of Germany, Cologne is the home of the Stollwerck chocolate company, which in its prime was the second largest supplier of chocolate to the United States. For the 150th anniversary of the company a museum exhibit was created to celebrate their history. Since then, the exhibit has grown into an entire museum. The Imhoff Stollwerck museum also known locally as the chocolate museum celebrates the history of chocolate around the world, and has interactive exhibits, samples and a giant chocolate fountain.
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The Media has a Key Role - Prof. Munasinghe
Thursday, 12 April 2012 - 2:10 AM SL Time
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Professor Mohan Munasinghe is Nobel Prize Laureate (2007) and Founder of the Munasinghe Institute for Development in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He explains the connection between education for sustainability and the media.
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Childrens Dance - Me Avurudu Kaale
Friday, 13 April 2012 - 10:32 AM SL Time
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i think the song is sung by late Mr.Lionel Ranwala , Ananda Music master
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If I was president
Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 6:16 PM SL Time
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Please list, what would you do if you were the President of Sri Lanka.
:)
If I was president,
I`d get elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday,
and buried on Sunday.
If I was president...
If I was president
Instead of spending billions on the war,
I can use that money, to feed the poor.
I know some so poor, when it rains that`s when they shower,
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Next world super power - United States of Europe ?
Thursday, 19 April 2012 - 6:00 AM SL Time
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Popular support for the European Union is wavering amid its unrelenting economic crisis, German President Joachim Gauck warned in Brussels. He called for `more Europe,` not less, in times of crisis.
`I am pleased that you`ve made your way to Brussels so soon after taking office,` European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told his German guest at a joint news conference in Brussels Tuesday.
The Portuguese carefully uttered a few sentences in German: `You`re sending an important, positive message about your commitment for Europe.`
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Breaking the silence, bit by bit
Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 11:54 AM SL Time
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By Feizal Samath
COLOMBO - Kamalika Abeyaratne dedicated her life to caring for children in Sri Lanka and had a wide circle of friends, until she discovered she was HIV positive. `Most of my friends then stopped coming home. Some of my doctor colleagues still cross the road when they see me approaching,` says the 66-year-old medical doctor and paediatrician, who now spends most of her time helping others living with HIV or with AIDS.
When Abeyaratne declared, about five years ago, that she was HIV positive, the story made newspaper headlines. It was the first time any Sri Lankan had the courage to say he or she was HIV positive.
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