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Jayasuriya blasts Sri Lanka to win Friday, 29 December 2006 - 12:06 AM SL Time Sanath Jayasuriya blasted 111 off just 87 balls as Sri Lanka chased down a daunting target of 286 with ten overs to spare in the first one-day international against New Zealand at Napier on Thursday. The hosts had looked well set after a fine century in only his third one-dayer from Ross Taylor helped New Zealand to 285 for eight from their fifty overs at McLean Park. But a thrilling opening stand of 201 in just 24 overs between Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga (68) set the Sri Lankans up for a seven-wicket victory and a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Taylor spanked an unbeaten 128 off 133 deliveries, featuring 12 boundaries and four massive sixes. The 22-year-old`s final six sailed out of the ground and into a neighboring property, forcing the umpires to call for a new ball. 
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Anandasangaree tells President to stop de-merger Thursday, 28 December 2006 - 12:47 PM SL Time TULF President V. Anandasangree has told President Mahinda Rajapaksa the demerger of the North-East Province was untimely. `If you are serious about all our people irrespective of their ethnicity enjoying all rights like others, please stop further action on the de-merger and maintain the status quo` the TULF leader told the President in a letter sent to him on Tuesday. ` Having failed these 50 years to find a solution in a unitary state, the only option left is a federal solution within a united Sri Lanka. The international community welcomes it and the local Tamils too. The LTTE is also fully aware that the international community will oppose separation tooth and nail and that the LTTE should agree to a federal solution`, he said.
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Tsunami: UN slams Govt., LTTE Wednesday, 27 December 2006 - 12:29 PM SL Time The United Nations yesterday slammed Sri Lanka`s warring parties for stalling tsunami reconstruction efforts as the country marked the second anniversary of the disaster. The outgoing UN Secretary General Kofi Annan blamed both the government and the LTTE for the violence that has slowed rebuilding after the December 26, 2004 tsunami that killed an estimated 31,000 people in the country. In a statement, he said the conflict between the government and rebels had made reconstruction even more difficult in Sri Lanka. `No one could have prevented the tsunami`s wave of destruction. But together we can stem the tide of conflict, which threatens once again to engulf the people of Sri Lanka,` Mr. Annan said.
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Police appeal to public Don`t light high powered crackers Saturday, 30 December 2006 - 9:44 AM SL Time Police have appealed to the public to refrain from lighting high powered fireworks as the New Year 2007 dawns. This request is being made in view of the security situation prevailing in the country, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Colombo) Rohan Abeygurnawardena said. He said the police were not trying the to deprive the public of their happiness at the dawn of the new year, but felt it was unwise to light high powered crackers at midnight. He said special security arrangements for the new year will be in place in the city and about 5,000 policemen will be deployed on duty for the occasion. He also said in case of any emergency public could call toll free phone number 119 for police emergency service, all 24 hours of the day.
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S B`s sons at it again... Saturday, 30 December 2006 - 2:39 AM SL Time UNP frontliner S. B. Dissanayake`s sons had allegedly been involved in another brawl, by attacking a girl at a party in a star class hotel on Christmas eve in Colombo, police said. A girl of Colombo-5 had complained to the Fort police station that Narada Dissanayake and Tharaka Dissanayake had allegedly attacked her following an exchange of words over the pulling of a chair at the Hilton hotel. According to the complainant she was first attacked by the wife of S. B.`s son, Lakshi and later the two brothers. Following this the victim was reportedly admitted to hospital for treatment. In a previous incident one of the sons of the former Minister was allegedly involved in an attack on Former Tertiary Education Minister Kabir Hasheem`s nephews. Dissanayake had been involved in the incident along with the son of former Parliamentarian Mahinda Wijesekara.
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`Farah` seeks Norway`s help Friday, 29 December 2006 - 9:49 AM SL Time The owning company of the Jordanian merchant vessel `Farah 3` which still remains in LTTE custody in Mullaitivu has sought Norwegian assistance to get the vessel released, a Norwegian embassy spokesman told the Daily Mirror. However the Norwegians have advised the owners to coordinate with the government and other relevant parties to have the vessel released as the mandate of the facilitators is only to communicate between the two warring sides and not carry out rescue operations. Subsequently the vessel owners as well as the local agents held talks with the Foreign Ministry yesterday on moves to salvage the stricken vessel. `It does not mean we will not assist. We can help with communicating with the LTTE. We have advised the owners to communicate with the government to have the ship removed,` the Norwegian embassy`s acting spokesman Tom Knappskog said.
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Helping hand for Jaffna women Saturday, 30 December 2006 - 9:43 AM SL Time Widows, under 40 years of age and women deserted by their husbands, living in the Jaffna Peninsula were given cash donations to start self employment projects by the Ministry of Social Services and Social Welfare. On December 22 and 23 such donations were handed over to women at Palai, Kopay and Chavakacheri. Elders, disabled persons and those in need of medical treatment, too, would be provided with help and a list of such needy people is now being prepared by the Ministry. on the direction of Minister Douglas Devananda, the Ministry of Social Services and Social Welfare said.
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President to sign Sampur coal power plant MoU today Friday, 29 December 2006 - 9:51 AM SL Time The Memorandum of Understanding with regard to the construction of the country`s proposed second coal fired power plant at Sampur, Trincomalee will be signed under the auspices of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today. Ceylon Electricity Board Chairman W. A. S. Perera on behalf of the Government and Secretary to the Indian Ministry of Power R.V. Shabi on behalf of the Indian Government will sign the MoU, a Power and Energy Ministry spokesman said. The total cost of the 1,000 MW project is around US$ 500 million out of which US$ 350 million will be provided by the Indian Government and the rest of the US$ 150 million will be borne jointly by the National Thermal Power Company of India, a State owned company and the CEB. The project will be completed by 2010, he said.
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TUs to take legal action against political pay hikes Wednesday, 27 December 2006 - 12:32 PM SL Time The Public Sector Salary Review Trade Unions Committee (PSSRTUC) yesterday said it was taking legal action against the government`s decision to increase the salaries of the President, the Prime Minister, the ministers and the parliamentarians without substantially increasing the salaries of public sector employees. Saman Ratnapriya of PSSRTUC said Cabinet approval had been given to increase the President`s salary by 300%, a minister`s salary by 210% and an MPs salary by 165% with effect from January 1, 2006 while the other public sector employees got only a 6% to 15% increase. He said an approval was also given for personal ministerial staff to receive a pension once they complete five years of service though any other public servant would have to complete 20 years in service.
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ODEL revamps its sports section Saturday, 30 December 2006 - 9:46 AM SL Time ODEL enhances its appeal of providing customers with the ultimate shopping solution, all under one roof, by revamping its sports section and making way for an array of world famous brands. ODEL`s snazzy new sports section has been expanded and refurbished making way for mega brands like Reebok, Dunlop, Vilka and Wilson, along with the existing Nike, Puma, And 1, Speedo and Field brands. ODEL delivers on its promise of being a true lifestyle solution provider by providing its customers with the very best options in sport. Not only do they carry high quality and original branded apparel by Nike, Puma, Speedo and Reebok, including track pants, yoga pants, sports t-shirts, sweat shirts, soccer jerseys, caps, socks and athletic shoes but also premium sporting equipment and athletic gear like Dunlop and Wilson tennis, squash and badminton racquets and balls and Speedo swimming goggles.
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Inflation 19.3 % in December Saturday, 30 December 2006 - 2:40 AM SL Time The Central Bank said yesterday the Colombo Consumers` Price Index (CCPI) at 5114.1 for December, 2006 registered a 19.3 per cent increase compared to December, 2005 and an annual average inflation of 13.7 per cent. The highest contribution to the increases arose from domestically produced agricultural food commodities. The year-on-year increase in prices for rice was around 10 per cent, while for vegetables, increases were in a range of 1 to 145 per cent. In addition, prices of major imported goods also increased. In response to the increasing price of wheat grain in the international market and the depreciation of the Sri Lankan Rupee, the import price of wheat grain increased by 24 per cent in October, 2006. This raised the price of wheat flour and bread by about 32 per cent and 30 per cent respectively. Compared to last December, 2005 the import price of sugar too increased, resulting in about 42 per cent increase at retail level, the Central Bank said.
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United States checks Govt. on corruption Thursday, 28 December 2006 - 11:58 PM SL Time A US Congressional report based on a recent mission by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the Asian region said yesterday the government of Sri Lanka did not take corruption seriously as an issue. On Sri Lanka, the report said NGOs surveyed were not in agreement that the Government provided ample space in which they could operate within the country. In addition, there was no shared consensus that `watchdog organizations fear being coerced politically, economically or physically.` but there was agreement that the Government does not take corruption seriously as an issue, the report said. The mission by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was aimed at examining the state of democracy in the region, with particular emphasis on programmes supported with US Government funding via NGOs.
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Looking beyond Vakarai Saturday, 30 December 2006 - 9:45 AM SL Time It is speculated that the government might go for an election in the Eastern Province after the capture of Vakarai, which is imminent with the area surrounded and the LTTE combatants trapped without reinforcements and supplies. In other so-called thinly held areas in the East, the LTTE will still be operating, but the military boasts that it could be tackled without much effort. If the East could be cleared as planned, then it will certainly be a turning point in the war. For, the LTTE will have no control over both the strategically important Jaffna and the East, the be-all-and-end-all of its separatist project. In the past, too, the LTTE was driven out of the East but it managed to hold on to the vital areas of the North, especially Jaffna and mitigate the loss. The East was brought under government control decisively by President D. B. Wijetunga, who conducted the Local Government elections there in the early 1990s. President Chandrika Kumaratunga adopted the opposite of his strategy. She took back Jaffna in 1995, at the expense of the East. She, of course, had compelling reasons to wrest control of that township. The LTTE had put most of its military eggs in the Jaffna basket and gone to the extent of issuing an Eelam stamp which pointed to a move to declare independence unilaterally. She may have thought of making a swift move. She won the day.
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Killer waves, sharks and vultures Wednesday, 27 December 2006 - 12:33 PM SL Time Corrupt elements in the garb of public servants, who lined their pockets with tsunami relief or abused the rebuilding process for that purpose, have gone Scot free, as we reported yesterday in our lead news item, Merry times for tsunami racketeers. The government is still dithering, without initiating a probe, in spite of an interim report by the Auditor`s General Department, which has shed light on their sordid operations. Several key state institutions have been named in the report as being responsible for the blatant irregularities in the disbursement of tsunami funds and allied matters. The government`s failure to bring those who have robbed the tsunami funds to book has led to a severe erosion of confidence of the public as well as the international donors who answered Sri Lanka`s desperate call for help in the aftermath of its worst ever catastrophe and channelled the monies of their tax payers to the tsunami victims. It was only the other day that those human vultures that stripped a tsunami victim of her gold chain were sentenced to death. Those who have plundered the money meant for the tsunami affected languishing in welfare centres, too, are vultures; they deserve a similar punishment. They must be named, shamed and punished.
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Bring them to book! Friday, 22 December 2006 - 11:51 AM SL Time The controversial Oerlikon gun deal has taken a dramatic turn with the revelation that there was a sinister attempt to dupe Sri Lanka into purchasing outdated cannon, which would have had a debilitating impact on the Sri Lanka Navy. According to classified information that The Island is privy to, it is clear that a group of Navy high rankers tried to line their pockets at the expense of national security interests. The Special Presidential Commission appointed by President Mahinda Rajapakse has, we learn, recommended in its interim report tough action against those who are responsible for the scandal. The Commission, comprising Supreme Court Judges Shiranee Tilakawardane, Nissanka Kumara Udalagama and Nimal Edward Dissanayake, had conducted, under trying conditions, painstaking investigations, which included the perusal of stacks of documents and elicitation of oral evidence from a large number of military personnel and civilians, before filing the report.
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New Zealand win, squares the series 1-1 Wednesday, 27 December 2006 - 12:32 PM SL Time Sri Lanka`s decision to give all its squad members an opportunity prior to the five match ODI series against New Zealand didn`t quite work off, as the hosts secured a five wicket win in the second Tewnty-20 International here at Eden Park in Auckland yesterday to square the series 1-1. The tourists decided to rest their three most experienced players, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas along with all-rounder Farveez Maharoof and struggled on a wicket that had pace and bounce. Sri Lanka failed to make use of their full 20 overs as they were bowled out for 115 in 18.2 overs and despite a middle order collapse New Zealand got home with nine balls to spare.
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All roads lead to MCG Tuesday, 26 December 2006 - 10:10 AM SL Time England will be looking to stave off the first Ashes whitewash since 1920/21 when the fourth Test starts at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today, the Boxing Day. But with Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath retiring from Test cricket at the end of the series, Australia will be fully focused on a clean sweep. Warne, playing on his home ground, needs just one more wicket to become the first man to take 700 in Tests. A world record crowd of 100,000 is expected on the opening day. All tickets have been sold for Boxing Day to surpass the 90,800 for the second day of the fifth Test against the West Indies at the MCG in February 1961. And Warne, who can expect an emotional send-off in his 144th Test, is keen on another humiliation of England.
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Ranatunga says he`s lost respect for Crowe Monday, 25 December 2006 - 9:59 AM SL Time Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga says that he`s disappointed with the recent comments by former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe on Muttiah Muralitharan`s bowling action. Crowe, now a television commentator, had said that Muralitharan`s doosra, a delivery the bowler has mastered to fox world`s leading batsmen needs to be scrutinized regularly by the game`s governing body. Ranatunga, a staunch supporter of Muralitharan, told `Sunday Island` that he has lost respect for Crowe. `If you are not happy with something you raise your concerns as and when you see it. You don`t wait till your team loses and then make a big hue and cry about it. Why didn`t Martin have any concerns when the New Zealanders were winning in Christchurch? Why does he all of a sudden raise issues when the team is losing? It`s disappointing,` Ranatunga, Muralitharan`s mentor said.
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