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APRC final report in two
weeks
The final report of the All Party Representative Committee (APRC)
to solve the ethnic conflict will be handed over to President
Mahinda Rajapaksa in mid February.
Political sources claimed that a draft copy of the final report
has been given to all the political parties represented in the
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Envoy to Oslo recalled
Sri Lankan Ambassador to Oslo
Esala Weerakoon, has been recalled by Foreign Minister Rohitha
Bogollagama prior to completing his two-year assignment there,
informed Foreign Ministry sources disclosed yesterday.
It is learnt that among the complaints levelled against...
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Govt. insists trapped civilians 120,000
The government Friday
rejected the statistics of over 250,000 civilians trapped in the
Wanni and insisted that the number...
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Army Seva Vanitha
to the fore
Madam Kusum
Wickramanayake, wife of Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake
yesterday wishing Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka a long
life at a ceremony held at the Army Headquarters to award 100
scholarships to children of dead, handicapped, missing and
serving war heroes. Madam Wickramanayake was the Chief Guest on
the occasion. President of the Army Seva Vanitha Unit Anoma
Fonseka is looking on
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CID had not served notice on Cecille
Mount Lavinia Chief Magistrate Harsha Setunga on Friday (30)
reprimanded the CID Officers investigating into the Golden Key
Credit Card scam for allowing Cecille Kotelawala to leave Sri
Lanka.
Deputy Solicitor General Sarath Jayamanna...
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Onus now on LTTE: India
With Sri Lanka announcing a 48-hour pause in
hostilities, India on Friday said the onus was now on the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to allow the trapped
civilians to move to the designated...
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Online VET registration to prevent
forgery
In order to overcome the problem of forgery, where the Vehicle
Emissions Test is concerned, the government has come up with a
system of solving the problem by introducing an online system of
registration whereby the ‘forgery’ issue will not...
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NEWS |
Firearms dealer granted bail
A gun repair shop owner, who was arrested at Welikada by the
recently set up Western Province Security Operations Unit (WPSOU)
headed by Senior DIG Nimal Lewke for allegedly possessing arms
and ammunitions in the High Security Zone, was released on
surety bail of Rs. 5,000 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Kumari
M. Abeyratne last week.
When the case was taken up in court on January 26, the
Magistrate ordered the Police to report to the court on February
20 after referring the licences that were produced before...
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Dengue on the run again
Threat of Dengue is
escalating again with 620 Dengue cases along with five deaths
being reported in January 2009, alone.
Epidemiology Unit Consultant Dr. Hasitha Tissera said that it is
very essential to seek medical assistance if there is continuous
fever for more than three days.
“Numbers of Dengue victims reported were 179 in the
first two weeks of the month and now the number has
increased...
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pro-LTTE MPs
Congress
Deputy Leader in the Assembly, D. Yasodha on Friday asked the
Centre and the State Government to monitor the activities of
pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Sri Lankan Members
of Parliament in the State.
Participating in the debate on the Governor’s address,
Yasodha said that these MPs were camping in Tamil Nadu and
trying to create confusion.
They were trying to make the Centre appear guilty on the
issue, levelling unnecessary...
SEE INSIDE Mystery death of Lankan worker in Korea
A 28-year-old Sri Lankan worker who died in South Korea earlier
this month and whose second post-mortem was conducted by the JMO,
Negombo Dr. Channa Perera on January 26 has determined that it
was due to strangulation and not due to a heart attack as
reported by the Korean Government.
SEE INSIDE Civilians trickle through safety passage
In the wake of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcoming
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s announcement of safe passage for
all civilians, a group of 116 people entered government
controlled areas yesterday.
Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara told The Nation
that these civilians had managed to arrive in
Vishwamadu and Pulmudai areas uninjured and had been taken to
camps for the Internally...
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Bhanu injured
Top LTTE Leader Bhanu was seriously injured in Udayarkattu,
Mullaitivu and had fled for safety from the advancing Army,
military sources said, causing as severe dent in the fighting
capability of the Tigers.
Bhanu, a close confidant of LTTE Supremo Prabhakaran, joined the
group in 1994, undergoing training in India and a few
other countries. Accordingly, he has been responsible
for a number of major attacks launched by the Tigers
against...
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POLITICS |
UPFA gears for no
holds barred contest
 Even before the elections for the Central and North Western
Provincial Councils are concluded, the government sprang another
surprise at the Opposition last week: the dissolution of the Western
Provincial Council.
This was expected for some time now, but the abrupt announcement caught
quite a few by surprise, especially as the Council was singled out for
dissolution, with the Uva and Southern Provincial Councils still in
operation under their current administrations.
SEE INSIDEMedia attacks, Indian diplomacy,
Ranil’s gimmicks and Peace envoys
 Last Tuesday (Jan 27) editors of the Sinhala, Tamil and
English newspapers were called for a meeting by President
Mahinda Rajapaksa, to discuss the most recent attack on an
editor. The meeting that commenced at 4.30 in the afternoon at
Temple Trees, was attended by Ministers Rajitha Senaratne and
Keheliya Rambukwela, while IGP Jayantha Wickremeratne, DIG/ CID,
Director/ CID and Wijayananda Herat of the Presidential Media
Unit were also present.
President Rajapaksa began the conversation by saying that he
called the meeting to discuss the attack on the
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NEWS FEATURES |
Who wanted to KILL me?
It was just another Friday for me. Like any other Friday, on
Friday January 23 too I started my routine by getting up at 4:30
in the morning. As usual I started my morning exercises in the
front garden. I do my walking also inside the garden. On that
day, I felt a strange uneasiness in my mind. I did not know why,
and I never told anyone about it.
I usually walk from one end to the other in the garden. Even
though it was early dawn, there was sufficient light in the
garden. However, I could not see anything beyond the garden
wall.
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INSIDEMORAGAHAKANDA PROJECT 2-YEARS-OLD
January 25, 2009, marked the completion of two years since the
inauguration of the construction work of Moragahakanda Kaluganga
project. This important project, which comes under the Mahaweli
River Development Programme, is expected to completely address
the irrigation needs of the North Central Province (NCP). A
visit to the area earmarked for the project, would provide ample
evidence of a considerable amount of work done during the last
two years, in constructing the largest reservoir...
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Gallant Kandamby knock fails to
secure win
Thilina Kandamby played a lone hand scoring a career best
innings of 93 not out off 129 balls (9 fours), but could not
prevent India from winning the second one-day international by
15 runs and taking a 2-0 lead in the five-match series at the R
Premadasa Stadium under lights yesterday.
Sri Lanka chasing an Indian total of 256-9 were eventually
dismissed in the final over for 241 with the last three wickets
falling to run outs. In fact after Chamara Kapugedera’s
departure at 187 in the 43rd over, none of the late order
batters could stay long
 enough to lend support to Kandamby. The
last four wickets fell for 13 runs as the asking rate mounted
steadily against tight Indian bowling and sharp fielding. The
result of three run outs told the story how much pressure India
exerted on the Lankan batting.
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Point Blank
Making the right
decision
 It
is encouraging to see former cricketers officiating as umpires
at international level. The latest to join the ranks was former
Sri Lanka off-spinner Kumar Dharmasena who made his ODI debut in
the first match of the on-going one-day international series
between Sri Lanka and India at Dambulla on Wednesday. But
watching the manner in which Dharmasena conducted himself it was
quite evident that he was under tremendous pressure from the Sri
Lankan team to give decisions in their favour. Eventually he
crumbled under the pressure and gave the world’s best batsman
Sachin Tendulkar leg before wicket to a ball that pitched
outside leg stump. Incidentally it was his first decision on
international debut and what...
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INTERVIEWS |
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“UNP has given the best
deals to people”
 The United National Party (UNP) has saluted the brave soldiers for
their success in the Wanni. Besides, the party has also praised
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government for prosecuting the war
to the end. The party, while congratulating the government, has also
warned that the failure to evolve a political package soon, would give
rise to various other problems. UNP stalwart John Amaratunga says the
UNP is willing to help the government provided it shows a keen interest
to find a solution to the ethnic problem. Amaratunga says the
government’s failure in not placing before the APRC its own proposal is
something that worries the main opposition. “Simply calling us
to help the government is not going to really help them.
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