(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died. He was 69.
Kim’s death was announced Monday by the state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

(Colombo-Lankapuvath)
Celebrating your 18th birthday is a momentous occasion for anyone, but for tiny JyotiAmge the milestone is even bigger news.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - Islamic Da’awa Community members and other Muslims at Beitour in the vicinity of Ramallah prayed for peace, prosperity in Sri Lanka and wellbeing and good health of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the peoples of Sri Lanka.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Portugal resident in Paris, his Credentials to Prof. Anibal Cavaco Silva, the President of the Portuguese Republic at the Presidential Palace in Lisbon.

During his four day visit, the Ambassador paid courtesy visits within the Portuguese Foreign Ministry to Ambassador Jose Bouza Serrano, the Chief of Protocol and to Ambassador Vasco Valente, Secretary General.

(Colombo Lankapuvath) A woman has claimed that late Michael Jackson sexually transmitted a disease to her in the late '70s that ruined her life.

(Colombo Lankapuvath) Director and veteran photojournalist, well known for "Restrepo, his searing, Oscar-nominated documentary about a U.S. platoon in Afghanistan was killed while covering fighting between rebels and government forces in the western city of Misrata, in Libya.

(Colombo-Lankapuvath) The fallout of the massive Kuwait sandstorm on Friday evening will continue to affect the UAE this morning, keeping visibility down to 1,000 metres.

(Colombo Lankapuvath) The Bolivian president and a Russian political leader have launched a joint effort to have President Barack Obama stripped of the Nobel Peace Prize, the News Week said.