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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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    Sri Lanka Industrial Development Co. Ltd; Sri Lanka Institute of Co-operative Management; Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd; Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration; Sri Lanka Insurance & Robinson Hotel Company Ltd; Sri Lanka-Libya Agricultural & Livestock Development Co. Ltd; Sri Lanka State Trading Corporation; Sri Lanka Sugar Co. Ltd

  4. 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.

  5. World Trade Center Colombo - Wikipedia

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    The World Trade Center (also known as WTC Colombo or WTCC) (Sinhala: ලෝක වෙළෙඳ මධ්‍යස්ථානය, romanized: Lōka Veḷen̆da Madhyasthānaya; Tamil: உலக வர்த்தக மையம், romanized: Ulaka Varttaka Maiyam) is a 152-metre-tall (499 ft) twin building in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 39-storey ...

  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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  8. Special Task Force (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    The Special Task Force (STF) (Sinhala: විශේෂ කාර්ය බලකාය Visesha Karya Balakaya; Tamil: சிறப்பு அதிரடிப் படை) is the tier one police tactical unit of the Sri Lanka Police specialising in anti-irregular military, apprehension of armed and dangerous criminals, clandestine and covert operations, combat and patrolling in urban areas ...

  9. Task Force Anti Illicit Immigration - Wikipedia

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    Task Force Anti Illicit Immigration (TAFII) was a task force deployed by the Sri Lanka Army from 1963 from 1981 to counter illegal immigration from South India. It was the first field formation deployed by the Ceylon Army and had its headquarters at Palaly .