Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Benji Lanyado's guide to travel blogs

  Published: July 30, 2007, 10:25 am

  Tags: Travel, Taiwan, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Travel Writing, Paris, Argentina, South America

  Separating the wheat from the chaff is a tricky business online. Benji Lanyado on some more of his favourite travel blogs.

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• Troops, rebels killed in fresh Sri Lankan clashes

  Published: September 8, 2007, 6:15 am

  Tags: Unrest Conflict War, Sri Lanka

  The Sri Lankan military says seven Tamil Tiger rebels and three of its own men have died in fighting in the north of the country.

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• On a family tour of Sri Lanka

  Published: September 11, 2007, 5:49 am

  Tags: Travel, Sri Lanka, Family Holidays, Adventure Travel

  Simon Hoggart embarks on a holiday in Sri Lanka with the kids but this time they are the ones in charge.

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• Vendy Madness Begins

  Published: September 11, 2007, 9:59 am

  Tags: Nyc, Sri Lanka, Food

  2005 Vendy runner-up and the Sri Lankan purveyor of the best dosas and uthappam this side of...well...that I can find in NYC. The long lines for his $5 fare prove it. So I was happy to see that he has been nominated again for a Vendy. See all the nominees here, or in the video below. It'll make you appreciate those street vendors and the life

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• Sri Lankan asylum seekers declared refugees

  Published: September 12, 2007, 5:19 am

  Tags: Community Society, Immigration, Refugees, Australia, Nauru, Sri Lanka

  Seventy-two Sri Lankans who have been in detention on Nauru for more than six months have been granted refugee status.

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• The Independent: Five best Factory Hotels

  Published: September 7, 2007, 12:57 pm

  Tags: Spain, Italy, Greece, Hotel Design, Hotels, Australia, Unusual, Sri Lanka

  The Tea Factory Hotel in Sri Lanka The Independent: Rising out of the mist on a hilltop in Sri Lanka’s highlands, the imposing Tea Factory Hotel once produced some of the finest pure Ceylon tea in the world. Built during the British Raj in the 1930s, it was later rescued from dereliction in 1992 and converted into a luxury hotel. The 57

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• Sri Lanka needs to crush Tamil Tigers, top official says

  Published: September 17, 2007, 7:45 am

  Tags: Unrest Conflict War, Sri Lanka

  A top Sri Lankan official says that Tamil Tiger rebels need to be defeated, an apparent shift in the government's previously stated intention to negotiate.

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• Murali in squad to face England

  Published: September 17, 2007, 1:04 pm

  Tags: Sri Lanka

  Sri Lanka include Muttiah Muralitharan in their squad for the one-day series against England, provided he can prove his fitness.

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• Three Tamil rebels killed in Sri Lankan clash

  Published: September 24, 2007, 2:37 am

  Tags: World Politics, Unrest Conflict War, Sri Lanka

  The Sri Lankan military says three Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier have been killed in a clash in the north of the country, the latest confrontation in a renewed civil war.

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• Sri Lanka clashes kill over 20 rebels, 1 soldier

  Published: September 24, 2007, 8:44 am

  Tags: Unrest Conflict War, Sri Lanka

  Sri Lankan military says more than 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier were killed in clashes in the country's north, the latest in a rash of confrontations amid renewed civil war. The military said intercepted radio communications revealed about 20 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in the Jaffna clash, up from an initial estimate of three, but

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• How much would you pay for a dessert?

  Published: September 24, 2007, 1:08 pm

  Tags: Aquamarine, Dessert, Expensive, Fortress Sri Lanka, Italian Cassata, Sabayon, Sri Lanka

  about $14,500? The Fortress Sri Lanka, a luxury resort in Galle has created the The Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence, a dessert that costs nearly as much as my parents' first house. Of course, it's not actually the edible ingredients that are so spendy. It's actually a lovely sounding concoction of gold leaf Italian cassata, mango and

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• USER THOUGHT:Finding my way around...

  Published: September 27, 2007, 5:20 am

  Tags: Chandana Kulatunga Associate Writer Colombo Sri Lanka

  solution for the places like Sri Lanka where we don't get any sort of decent digital mapping solution yet. Google Earth only shows the terrain but there's no Google Maps for road directions or other location details. So here I've scanned a large scale SL map and calibrate it using PathAway PC tools and put it on the Treo. For long trips and

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• Sri Lankan Military Says Navy Sinks Three Rebel Boats, Kills Top Commander

  Published: September 29, 2007, 6:23 am

  Tags: World, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tiger Rebels

  Sri Lankan military officials say the navy has sunk three Tamil Tiger rebel boats during a sea battle off the country's northeastern coast, the latest in a series of nearly daily clashes.

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• England vs Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka one day series - Free live streaming links

  Published: September 30, 2007, 1:17 am

  Tags: Watch Online, Streaming, England Vs Sri Lanka, Cricket, India, Free, England In Sri Lanka, List, 2007, Websites, Live, Links

  13, 2007 Oct 1 - Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla at 4:00 AM US central timeOct 4-Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla at 4:00 AM US Central timeOct 7 Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla at 4:00 AM US central timeOct 10 Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), 4th ODI at 04.00 AM central timeSun Oct 13 Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), 5th ODI at

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• Some interesting times ahead...

  Published: October 2, 2007, 12:39 am

  Tags: Chandana Kulatunga Associate Writer Colombo Sri Lanka

  Off the topic here though this is gonna be one heck of an interesting debate in the smartphone industry. Like it or not Engadget talks about what happens when Apple let hell brake loose last summer.< Some interesting times ahead. Read more here at Engadget.

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