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South Africa’s Sun City resort in Sri Lanka

The head of the island nation’s state-run stated that the, Tourism Board South Africa’s Sun City resort will invest $800 million in a tourism project in Sri Lanka. South African gaming and hotels group Sun International Ltd would be the authority which would run the Sun City resort. It will be the largest ever investment [...]

December 31, 2011 / / Read More

Burma prisoner release includes prominent comedian

October 12, 2011

The authorities in Burma have released dozens of prisoners, including political detainees, at the start of a general amnesty. Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says more than 100 political prisoners have been released so far. A popular comedian, Zarganar, was among the first to be freed. He was arrested in 2008 after publicly criticising [...]

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