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  2. Riving knife - Wikipedia

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    A splitter is a stationary blade of similar thickness to the rotating saw blade mounted behind it to prevent a board from pinching inward into the saw kerf and binding on the saw blade, potentially causing a dangerous kickback. [7] Like a riving knife, its thickness should be greater than the body of the saw blade but thinner than its kerf. [7]

  3. List of government-owned companies of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited; The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd; B.C.C. Lanka Ltd; B.O.C. Bank; CTB BUS; Lynx BUS; Building Materials Corporation Ltd

  4. 1977 anti-Tamil pogrom - Wikipedia

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    The 1977 anti-Tamil pogrom in Sri Lanka [1] [2] [3] followed the 1977 general elections in Sri Lanka where the Sri Lankan Tamil nationalistic Tamil United Liberation Front won a plurality of minority Sri Lankan Tamil votes. In the elections, the party stood for secession.

  5. 1981 anti-Tamil pogrom - Wikipedia

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    Sinhalese mobs, UNP, Sri Lankan government, Sri Lanka Police [2] The 1981 anti-Tamil pogrom occurred in Sri Lanka during the months of June, July and August 1981. Organised Sinhala mobs looted and burnt Tamil shops and houses in Jaffna, Ratnapura, Balangoda, Kahawatte, Colombo and in the border villages in the Batticaloa and Amparai districts.

  6. 2022 Sri Lankan protests - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, as protests began growing in Sri Lanka, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, former Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States and Mexico, and a cousin of the Rajapaksa brothers, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for defrauding $332,027 from the Sri Lankan government during the purchase of a new embassy building in 2013.

  7. Category:Anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

  8. Unibuffel - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka Army Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lanka Air Force Special Task Force United Nations Peacekeeping: Production history; Designer: Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: Manufacturer: Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: Unit cost: 3 million rupee [1] ($29,646) Produced: 2000 - Present: Variants: Mark I to Mark II: Specifications ...

  9. 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom - Wikipedia

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    The 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom and riots in Ceylon, also known as the 58 riots, refer to the first island-wide ethnic riots and pogrom [3] [4] [5] to target the minority Tamils in the Dominion of Ceylon after it became an independent dominion from Britain in 1948. The riots lasted from 22 May until 29 May 1958 although sporadic disturbances ...