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Rumours of tremors

By Nirupama Subramanian

COLOMBO, FEB. 1. Rumours of a mild quake in Sri Lanka gained strength after the State-run Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) announced today that a government scientist had felt a series of tremors in an upmarket neighbourhood of the capital on Wednesday evening. The SLBC's evening news bulletin said employees of a government retail outlet in the area confirmed this, but added that the Meteorological Department had no such information.

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