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59th Annual General Meeting Ceylon Muslim Scholarship Fund – CMSF

59th Annual General Meeting of Ceylon Muslim Scholarship Fund was held on 11th March 2012 at 47/2A, Fredrica Road, Colombo 6. Mr S.H.M.Jameel presided. The following items as per the notice convening the meeting took place. Minutes of the last AGM was read and adopted Chairman's report was read Audited accounts for the year 2010/2011 was adopted The following were …

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Lanka marks Independence with pomp and pageantry – Daily News

Dharma Sri Abeyratne Rasika Somarathna and Nimal Wijesinghe in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka celebrated the 64th anniversary of gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1948 with pomp and pageantry in the sacred and ancient city of Anuradhapura, under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday. The day’s events not only symbolized the freedom gained from the administrative, economic and …

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Doctor who led us to bin Laden was CIA agent, says US – Imprisoned Pakistani ran fake health scheme to get DNA evidence that al-Qa’ida leader was in house bY DAVID RANDALL

The United States has confirmed publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor long suspected of collecting vital evidence before the assassination of Osama bin Laden was indeed working for them. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told 60 Minutes on CBS, in a profile to be broadcast today, that Shakil Afridi helped provide proof that the compound in Abbottabad to …

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‘Govt. has to limit pilgrim numbers’ By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS

Minister of Haj Bandar Hajjar, left, meets with Sri Lankan Senior Minister for Urban Development Abdul Hameed Mohamed Fowzie at his office in Jeddah on Wednesday. (SPA)     RIYADH: Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar said Wednesday that around 80 countries have requested an increased quota of Haj pilgrims, but the ministry has to restrict the number of Hajis according to …

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