{"id":112722,"date":"2013-11-01T02:58:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T21:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=112722"},"modified":"2013-11-04T22:27:54","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T16:57:54","slug":"govt-spends-15-million-for-chogm-website-just-a-rehash-of-perth-2011-harsha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/govt-spends-15-million-for-chogm-website-just-a-rehash-of-perth-2011-harsha\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt. 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