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Sri Lanka to boycott Nobel prize award ceremony
PTI
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External Affairs Ministry spokesman Bandula Jayasekara said that "the government wouldn't accept Norway's invitation to attend the ceremony".

Eighteen other countries including Russia, Cuba, Iraq and Iran have already decided to boycott the event.

Fiffty-eight countries that have embassies in Oslo were invited to attend the event tomorrow.

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(Published 09 December 2010, 13:20 IST)