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Sunday October 25th, 2009
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Bribery probe on
ex-CJ begins
Ex-Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva will now have the
ignominy of having to go through a bribery and
corruption investigation followed by possible
prosecution in courts as a result of a series... Full Story |
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Happy to go home! |
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| It was happy home going for young and old alike as the government moved more than 41,000 internally displaced from camps to their original towns and villages this week. Here, one such scene captured by our photographer Ishara S. Kodikara at Musali, Mannar |
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SLMC still in two minds
The date for signing the official agreement between the
parties to the UNP-led United National Alliance will be
declared next Tuesday (28), United National Party
(UNP)...
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CMC acts promptly to solve dust issue
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) replied
promptly, much to the residents’ gratitude, to being
alerted by The Nation of extremely dusty conditions
down Horton Place.
The road, being renovated under
the 100-day road development programme where signal
lights are to be synchronised, is under construction, but had not been watered to combat
dust since Thursday evening. Full Story |
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Abducted Moulavi files FR
violation case
Akkaraipattu Moulavi S.L.M. Haneefa (Madani) who was
allegedly abducted by the henchmen of Minister of
Water Supply and Drainage A.L.M. Athaullah recently,
and was released later on the same day after being
given a lecture, has filed a fundamental rights case
in the Supreme Court.
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Student clash settled
The clash between schoolboys from Jayewardenepura
Boys’ School and Udahamulla Wijayarama Vidyalaya on
Thursday during a conference at the former school,
which left seven in hospital, has been amicably
settled by the Mirihana Police.
Considering their young age, no one has been charged
over the brawl, which an officer attached to the
Mirihana Police Station termed a minor incident.
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Landslide warning issued
The authorities want public to be vigilant on
landslides in the coming months with monsoons
pending.
R.M.S. Bandara, head of Landslides Studies and
Services Division of the National Building Research
Organisation (NBRO) said those who are living in
areas of Walapane, Pilimathalawa, Badulla,
Hanguranketa and Kotmale could be in danger once the
North-East Monsoons set in December. Full Story |
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Galleon founder had planned UK meetings
Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund boss arrested in
the US on insider dealing charges, was picked up by
the authorities as he prepared for a trip to see a
number of British companies, it emerged yesterday.
Rajaratnam had set up meetings with a number of
British advisors, such as the stockbroker Collins
Stewart, as part of a plan he had been working on to
launch a specialist investment fund focussed on the
country of his birth, Sri Lanka.
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Lankan nabbed in Indian credit card scam
Indian police on Friday claimed to have busted a major
credit card racket with the arrest of a Sri Lankan
Tamil, said to be the brain behind the operation in
which credit cards were cloned using a skimmer, an
embossing machine and other equipment. Full Story |
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SECRETS OF THE RAJ SAFE AS FILM EXPOSÉ IS PUT ON HOLD
News that British film-makers planned to lift the lid on
one of the most sensitive chapters of the last days of
the Raj – the love affair between Edwina Mountbatten and
Jawaharlal Nehru – sent waves of panic through the
modern-day Indian establishment when it was announced
earlier this month.
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Foreign job hopefuls given
time till Dec 15
The Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
Ministry has extended the date of closing of
applications from foreign job seekers for
registration with the Ministry’s data bank, up to
December 15.
“We earlier announced September 30 as the date... Full Story |
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POLITICS |
And the challenger
is….
 The Provincial Council elections may have been
concluded barring those in the North, and the focus
of attention has now shifted to greater stakes: the
presidential and general elections.
It is still likely that presidential elections would
be held first, for history favours this move. On the
only occasion when an incumbent President opted for
a general election first was when stand-in President
Dingiri Banda Wijetunge did so, and in that
instance, his United National Party (UNP) was
routed. President Mahinda Rajapaksa is unlikely to
make the same mistake.
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Raj scam jolts business and
US’s double standards
 New York-based hedge fund manager Raja
Rajaratnam, who ranks 236th in the Forbes List of
Billionaires has become the much talked-about person
in business circles since the FBI sleuths took him
into custody on October 16.
Sri Lankan born Rajaratnam and five executives of his
Galleon Group were arrested in connection with their alleged
involvement in insider
trading on the Bourse and for raking
in over US $ 20 million through this illicit activity..
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New chapter opens for IDPs
As the bloody war in the North and East
came to a conclusion on May 19 this year, the next
major issue that the government faced was to find
proper shelter for the people who were saved from
the humanitarian operation which was conducted by
the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the war affected areas.
Hence the Ministry of Resettlement and Disaster
Relief Services along with the other responsible
authorities decided to provide temporary shelter for
these innocent... Full Story |
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Together against terror
Full
text of address by Navy Commander Vice Admiral
Thisara Samarasinghe at the historic 19th
International Sea Power Symposium at Rhode Island,
USA
A set of fishermen turned smugglers, operating
across the Palk Straits in 10-foot dinghies with OBMs,
in the late ’70s, progressed over a period of time, to
transform into a formidable and ruthless terrorist
outfit by the late ’90s. This terrorist...
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No ‘safe haven’ for terrorist supporters
There are things that were just not meant to happen. I
mean it was thought that they would not and could not
happen. For example, the comprehensive military defeat
of the LTTE and the annihilation of the entire LTTE
military leadership, headed by that ruthless terrorist,
Velupillai Prabhakaran. All kinds of ‘alternative’
strategies towards resolving the conflict were proposed
in view of this ‘reality’ and shed of all academic...
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Honour the war heroes
‘I need this man. He fights’
Abraham Lincoln on General Grant
‘Mad, is he? I wish he would bite some of my other
generals’
King George II on General James Wolfe who took the
Heights of Abraham from the French and died in the
attempt
The terrorists were decisively defeated on May 18, and
peace, which was considered unattainable, reigns over
Sri Lanka after...
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Yuvraj and Dhoni doubtful
 India batsman Yuvraj Singh and captain Mahendra
Dhoni are doubts for the opening one-day
international with Australia in Vadodara on Sunday.
The big-hitting Yuvraj has yet to fully recover from
the finger he broke during last month’s Champions
Trophy. Wicketkeeper/batsman Dhoni hurt his knee
during practice on Friday.
Australia will be without batsmen Michael Clarke and
Callum Ferguson for the entire seven-match series
because of back and knee problems respectively.
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Be fit and stay healthy
 Fitness is a popular topic commonly
discussed among the new generation and the working
people residing in the suburbs. Commitments and work
loads have forced them to become workaholics which,
in other words, means that the well-being of the
person is neglected to a large extent. A recently
released report on a survey on the workforce of the
country reveals that more than 40% suffer from
prolonged disease. Aruna Aluthge, CEO of ‘Fitness
First’ is someone who believes that he has got the
right answer for this burning issue of modern
society.
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Lessons to be learnt
 Anyone
watching the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in
India will come to the conclusion that Trinidad &
Tobago, the domestic T20 champions from the
Caribbean was the best side in the competition
regardless of the final result.
Darren Ganga, the
captain brought a totally inexperienced team to
India and there were few expectations for them to go
all the way up to the final. But by the time the
final was over Ganga’s team had not only won the
hearts of the Indian
supporters with their
distinctive brand of cricket but also brought alive
the tournament which at one time looked like falling
far short of expectations.
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Motor race track at Mirigama
It all started as a teenage dream. After more than
30 years his dream is set to come alive and make
many faces grin with happiness. This is a short
story of a boy named Jayantha Perera who as an
ordinary teenager had a craving of building a tarmac
racing track of his own in his hometown Mirigama
where the teenager was born, bred, schooled and
earned respect as a topnotch businessman in the
area.
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INTERVIEWS |
“LTTE never enjoyed
support of Tamil people” – Chandrahasan
 The
ruthless terrorism unleashed by the LTTE not only caused
destruction to the populace and property of this
country, but also systematically eliminated the Tamil
politicians who promoted ethnic harmony between all
communities rather than acting as Tiger proxies. The
country saw people such as Josheph Pararajasingham,
Nadaraja Raviraj and T. Maheshwaran being mercilessly
gunned down, some in their holy places of worship. In
this context, The Nation contacted, eminent Sri Lankan
lawyer S.C. Chandrahasan, who now resides in Tamil Nadu,
to learn his views on Tamil politics and the role the
LTTE played in the minds of the people. Chandrahasan is
the son of S.J.V. Chelvanayakam...
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