Colombo: An explosion ripped through a commercial area of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Channel NewsAsia Front Page News] Reference

Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The editor of a Sri Lankan newspaper and his wife were beaten in Colombo, newspaper staffers said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference

Most of the jewelry bought and sold in Colombo is sold in the corridor of the Grand Oriental Hotel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference

He never grew up and did not stop growing, "his gravestone in Colombo is to read, in accordance with the author's wishes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Childhood's End - NASA Watch] Reference

He died early Wednesday at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arthur C. Clarke Has Died - NASA Watch] Reference

Possibly – in my eyes, at least – Colombo is more beautiful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference

It is very popular in Colombo and commands a high price – as jewelry!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference

We told them we had just arrived in Colombo and had taken off immediately.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Japanese Ceylon Attack] Reference

This is Arthur Clarke, speaking to you from my home in Colombo, Sri Lanka.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arthur C Clarke: 90 Orbits And Counting - NASA Watch] Reference

He was turned back at the airport in Colombo after trying to enter on a tourist visa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Voices in English » Sri Lanka: The Pros And Cons Of International Attention] Reference

It's interesting that the group has a protest planned in Colombo, Sri Lanka coming up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discourse.net: Westboro Baptist Church Plans Picket at UM Law Graduation on Sunday] Reference

The two newspapers in Colombo are in charge of two young Englishmen who are very clever.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference

Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, he graduated from the University of Aberdeen with an M.A. and an LL.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pushing the Perimeters—The Changing International Business Scene] Reference

Before that I called my Colombo office and asked if anyone wanted anything brought from the duty free.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kottu] Reference

The Colombo Plan began with a meeting of the Ministers of the Commonwealth in Colombo over a year ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Looking Ahead in the Commonwealth] Reference

His body is to be brought to his home in Colombo so friends and fans can pay their respects before his burial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clark didn’t make it to 2010….. plus there are no atheists in hell | Fused Film] Reference

John R. Mott asked Harte to work for the International Committee in Colombo, Ceylon in 1906 on a temporary basis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I] Reference

I visited at the temples in Colombo, finding little of interest, and always having to pay liberally for the privilege of looking about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference

Columbus is called Colombo his Italian name, and not Colom or Colon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503] Reference

The convoy then departed for Ceylon (Sri Lanka) where they had a days leave in Colombo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ron Cridge] Reference

Sri Lanka's state gas distribution monopoly, then known as Colombo Gas Company, was itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [LBO-Lanka Business Online] Reference

Jayewardene makes surprising discovery about the identity of the King Kong now in Colombo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Aces Abroad - George R. R. Martin] Reference

Colombo, which is based in Rockville, has a branch in Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal] Reference

ROSHINI RAJAPAKSA, NYU MEDICAL CENTER: I was in Colombo, which is the capital, in a hotel right by the ocean, actually.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2005] Reference

But the beloved star of "Colombo" doesn't even know it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2009] Reference

For 50,000 pesos in gold, Picaluga invites Guerrero to a meal aboard his boat, "Colombo", anchored off Acapulco.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexico this month - January] Reference

"Nah, but when we moved back to Palmy my aunty had a cat called Colombo who we took over really.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference

I hope our friends from Kandy will not be too critical of me as I humbly try addressing this topic from a "Colombo" point of view.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kottu] Reference

New Fiat Panda tv campaign Subject: Panda 100HP "Colombo" Director: Sebastian Strasser.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Fiat Factory Is Test Case for Italian Workers and Economy] Reference

Colombo touted its anti-insurgency tactics as the force that finally ended Sri Lanka's civil war.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Youth Bulge] Reference

Mommy said that Nihal (our thoroughly annoying driver) is only going to his house and not to Colombo!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Send Mail-And Cds] Reference

His rebels have been fighting a full-fledged war with Colombo for 17 years; about 60,000 people have been killed.    From Wordnik.com.  ['You Will Have To Die'] Reference

On a quiet street in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, a wary eye peers from a spy-hole in the 10-foot-high steel gate.    From Wordnik.com.  ['You Will Have To Die'] Reference

The Fernandos then invited us up to their home in Colombo for the night, thinking we might want a break from the beach.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Macphersons: Beach Bums] Reference

That night the Fernandos hosted a dinner party for us with several of their friends at the restaurant in Colombo called "The Gallery.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Macphersons: Beach Bums] Reference

Our first stop was Colombo, the capital, where we met with the minister of Health Care and Nutrition to find out where we were needed most.    From Wordnik.com.  [THEY NEEDED TO KNOW THE WORLD CARED] Reference