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Sri Lankan President Sirisena assures hoteliers maximum financial help to revive tourism

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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has assured hoteliers that the government will give them maximum financial relief to revive the lucrative tourism industry hit by the country’s worst terror attack on Easter Sunday that killed 253 people, including 40 foreigners. Tourism accounts for about five per cent of Sri Lanka’s economy, with India, Britain and […]
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Key questions and answers about Japan emperor’s abdication

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Japan’s 85-year-old Emperor Akihito ends his three-decade reign on Tuesday and his son Crown Prince Naruhito will ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne on Wednesday. Some key questions and answers about the abdication and ascension- Q. Why is Akihito abdicating, and how is it different from usual successions? A. Akihito in August 2016 expressed his wish […]
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Oman’s Sultan Qaboos dies aged 79: state media

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Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said died on Friday evening, state media said early on Saturday without mentioning a cause of death, and a three-day period of national mourning was declared. Western-backed Qaboos, 79, had ruled the Gulf Arab state since he took over in a bloodless coup in 1970 with the help of Oman’s former […]

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