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Ravi Shankar gifts white shawl to Prabhakaran Thursday, 28 September 2006 - 8:08 PM SL Time New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has gifted a white shawl to Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran. The gift was passed on to the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) when Ravi Shankar briefly flew to the rebel-held northern Sri Lankan town of Kilinochchi a week ago, a spokesperson to the guru told IANS Thursday. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who enjoys considerable following around the world including Sri Lanka, usually gives away white shawls to select people `as a sign of blessing`, the aide said over telephone from Bangalore, where the guru`s Art of Living Foundation is headquartered. White also signifies peace. The aide did not say if the gift was given directly to Prabhakaran, who is at the centre of a quarter century long Tamil separatist campaign in Sri Lanka, or to any of his representatives. 
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Jaffna won`t be accessible overland Thursday, 28 September 2006 - 4:18 AM SL Time The sources said that the Navy would continue to facilitate civilian movements between Trincomalee and Kankesanthurai. The Navy Tuesday moved approximately 1,000 civilians who were stranded in Vavuniya to KKS. `They were moved overland to Trincomalee and from there taken on board a passenger ship,` a senior spokesman said. He denied the possibility of the re-opening of the Muhamalai entry/exit point in the near future. `We have so far moved about 4,600 people free of charge,` he said. The recent battles destroyed the Muhamalai entry/exit point. The military said that the LTTE initiated the August 11 offensive with a devastating artillery strike on the point. Jaffna-based army officers said that several soldiers and civilians died in the attack. Artillery fire also damaged dozens of vehicles at the site. A senior military official pointed out that the Nordic truce monitoring mission acknowledged this.
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Colombo`s refusal to open A9, serious Humanitarian violation - Thamilchelvan Wednesday, 27 September 2006 - 9:38 PM SL Time Liberation Tigers Political Head S.P. Thamilchelvan Wednesday held discussions with the Head of Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Major General Lars Johan Sølvberg, urging the Head of Mission to clarify the stand of Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) after the refusal by Sri Lanka Army in allowing the truce monitors access the Muhamalai area. Mr. Thamilchelvan questioned the HoM on the cooperation extended by GoSL in restoring normalcy in re-opening the land route and relieve the humanitarian sufferings of 500,000 civilians entrapped in economic embargo and GoSL refusal to open the Jaffna Kandy A9 route. Also other access routes to LTTE controlled areas in the East remain blocked.
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Artillery wreaks havoc on - Jaffna attackers - Brigade Commander Friday, 29 September 2006 - 2:12 AM SL Time The military believes that the effective deployment of artillery units played a critical role in the recent battle for the Jaffna peninsula. `The Artillery Brigade played a significant role,` military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said referring to the combined air and artillery assault on LTTE field guns positioned at Pooneryn during the August battle. This neutralised the threat on the strategic Palaly airbase, he said, emphasising the importance in combined security forces action, both defensive and offensive in nature. Artillery Brigade Commander Brigadier Jagath Rambukpotha said that his units delivered a knock-out punch. Acting on the instructions of Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, the Brigade wreck havoc among the enemy, he said. Addressing a group of journalists during a recent visit to the Jaffna peninsula, the Artillery Chief paid a glowing tribute to officers and men who contributed immensely to the recent success. `It was a high intensity battle,` he said, `We overwhelmed them. We struck the right place at the right time.`
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Tiger beaten by terrorist leaders defects, surrenders to Army Thursday, 28 September 2006 - 4:48 AM SL Time A man who joined the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) broke away from the group and has surrendered to the Army as he was beaten by the terrorists, the Government said yesterday. Arumugan Thanidan, 20, had joined the Tigers four months earlier and had received weapons training, a spokesman at the Media Centre for National Security said. Thanidan surrendered to the Army on Tuesday in Trincomalee, saying he had been beaten by the terrorist leaders, the spokesman said yesterday.
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Attack on Air Force camp: Seven suspects remanded Wednesday, 27 September 2006 - 9:52 AM SL Time Seven suspects in the attack on an Air Force camp on August were Monday produced before Additional Colombo Magistrate Manjula Tilekeratne at Court No. 1, and remanded under detention order till October 27. The suspects in this case are Selvaraja, Mylvagnam, Winson, John Bosco, Arjun, Ramakrishnan and Thevaraja. Terrorists Investigations Division told court that on 2006.08.29 the LTTE attacked the Air Force camp at Puwarasamkulam and withdrew leaving behind 16 corpses. Seven terrorists were captured. A haul of weapons comprising of seven T-56 automatics 215, rounds of ammunition, five pouches and nine bags of clothing were recovered by the security forces. Flight Lieutenant Menuwaragamage made a complaint regarding the incident to Chief Inspector Saparamadhu of the STD.
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Rambukwella expulsion case - UNP files objection Friday, 29 September 2006 - 2:10 AM SL Time Objections by the disciplinary committee of the UNP, to the petition filed in the Supreme Court by Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, challenging his expulsion from the UNP, consequent to his being appointed a Cabinet Minister, by President Rajapakse were filed yesterday, requesting the Court to dismiss the petition. The members of the disciplinary committee who held the inquiry against Rambukwella are, Ariya B. Rekawa. Mayor of Kurunegala, Vernon Tillekaratne, Attorney-at-law, and A. B. Thalagune, a member of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service. The committee head said that they were duly appointed according to the UNP constitution. Rambukwella was elected to Parliament through UNP votes.
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TNA MPs protest in parliament Thursday, 28 September 2006 - 4:57 AM SL Time Tamil parliamentarians in Sri Lanka have staged a `Satyagraha` in the parliament against the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the north and the east. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MPs said they wanted to bring to the attention of the government the plight of the hundreds of thousands, mainly Tamil, due to the ongoing violence in the region. 'A-9 road, for example, is closed. People in the north do not get enough supplies as a result,' Jaffna district MP Nadarajah Raviraj told bbcsinhala.com.
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Anura complains... Thursday, 28 September 2006 - 4:20 AM SL Time Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike has sent us the following comments on the caption of our main picture that appeared on page one of The Island yesterday. `A photograph captioned, `Between you and me`, on your front page appearing this morning has a diabolically mischievous caption. The picture shows me talking to President Mahinda Rajapakse and you state in your caption `Sunethra Bandaranaike and Prime Minister Wickremanayake do not seem to be interested in what Anura is saying`. But my sister Sunethra and the Prime Minister are well bred persons and are not in the stupid habit of eavesdropping into others` conversations. Listening to others` conversation must be common to your newspaper.`
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Court detains 28 carts, bulls Friday, 29 September 2006 - 2:13 AM SL Time The Pottuvil Magistrate`s Court yesterday detained 28 carts and feral bulls belonging to 28 persons involved in illicit felling of trees. SP Ampara G.B. Peramanne said the timber thieves had felled Burutha, Halmil, Palu and other rare species worth nearly half a million rupees. The SP also said that the illicit felling of trees takes place between Pottuvil and Rathal Kulam, covering a range of 40 kilometres. It is also learnt that illicit fellers belong to all communities, however, in this instance all the culprits were Muslims. Meanwhile, everything is back to normal in Pottuvil. The Special Task Force is restricted to their camps to prevent further clashes, said STF Pottuvil Area Commander Ranjith Perera. Army and Police are handling security from Pottuvil to Ulla while the STF is controlling the other areas.
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President informed of BMICH mess Friday, 29 September 2006 - 2:11 AM SL Time The Inter Company Employees Union has drawn the attention of President Mahinda Rajapakse, in his capacity as Chairman of the BMICH, to the various irregularities and shortcomings caused by the arrogance and poor administration of the management Secretary of the ICEU, Parliamentarian Vasantha Samarasinghe, in a letter to President Rajapakse has said that when action was taken by the employees to stop corruption and waste, the Director General of the BMICH had started punishing the workers. Some members of the ICEU have been interdicted and workers belonging to other unions have been asked to resign from their unions. The Director General refuse to meet with the Commissioner of Labour to discuss issues affecting the workers, the Union charged.
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Illegal land filling destroys Bolgoda lake environment, fish breeding Thursday, 28 September 2006 - 4:32 AM SL Time The natural environment of the Bolgoda lake and fish breeding is gradually being destroyed due to the illegal filling of earth on either side of the river. This was stated by K. Ajith Perera (UNPFA) at the monthly meeting of Panadura Pradeshiya Sabha held at the Vijaya Kumaratunga Hall, Wadduwa, recently. `The Bolgoda lake is one of the most attractive tourist places in the Kalutara district. The Pradeshiya Saba should take immediate action to prevent the destruction of such natural environment.` N. Shantha Lal Fernando Chairman of Panadura PS (UPFA) presided at the meeting. Fernando said that they have identified two persons who were involved in the filling of the lake and surrounding marshy lands.`We have already complained to the Panadura Police and Central Environmental Authority asking them to take action to prevent the filling.
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Satanic forces Friday, 29 September 2006 - 2:15 AM SL Time Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is reported to have asked: `Why not call terrorists in Sri Lanka Hindu terrorists'` He is using this rhetoric question as a peg to hang his argument that there is nothing called Islamist terrorists or `Islamo-fascists`. We couldn`t agree with him more. There is neither Hindu terrorism nor Islamist terrorism. Nor is there Christian terrorism or Buddhist terrorism for that matter! Terrorism has nothing to do with religion (or ethnicity). It is a phenomenon which is secular in nature, though it may come with different labels for marketing purposes like the branded drugs or like the dates in Egypt, named after foreign leaders like the Venezuelan President Chavez and the Iranian President Ahamadinejad among others. Osama bin Laden may be hero to some misguided Muslims but no genuine followers of Islam will believe that Allah would forgive him for turning the World Trade centre into hell for thousands of innocent American citizens.
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Words of little use Thursday, 28 September 2006 - 4:24 AM SL Time The LSSP has fired a paper missile at its arch rivals, the JVP and and the JHU. Those two parties are, the LSSP says, disseminating communalism. They, through their campaign against the CFA at the last presidential election, paved the way for the emergence of communalism in the South, it charges. An LSSP communique, which we carried yesterday, makes some observations about the plight of the war displaced, crimes against civilians, the economic cost of war etc. One may not find it difficult to agree with the LSSP on the adverse impact of war and the need to protect civilians and campaign for a settlement of the dispute through peaceful means. Similarly, one may question the validity of some of its pronouncements.
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Bibile:deeds not words Mr. Minister Wednesday, 27 September 2006 - 9:45 AM SL Time In an unprecedented wave of interest for the Senaka Bibile policy on rational drug use or the essential medicines concept, at least five major ceremonies are to be held this Friday to mark the 29th death anniversary of this revered prophet whose policies are being successfully implemented in 150 countries but tragically not in his own country. Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva will be present at least at two of these ceremonies, the important one being in the morning at the Colombo Medical Faculty auditorium to mark the issue of a Senaka Bibile postage stamp. But Professor Bibile being a man of deeds and not words, slogans or rhetoric would speak loudly to the Health Minister and other politicians or top officials attending Friday`s ceremonies. He would say to them, 'If you wish to honour me, if you are sincere about your tributes, go beyond your words and implement my policies to provide relief to millions `
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Sri Lanka pick two expatriate athletes for Asian Games Friday, 29 September 2006 - 2:16 AM SL Time The Athletics Association yesterday included two foreign based Sri Lankan athletes as it selected a 42-member athletic team for the Doha Asian Games, in December. Thus, the UK based woman sprinter, Anoma Sooriyaarachchi and Italy based sprinter Manura Lanka Perera have been included in the team. Anoma, a promising sprinter who left the country in disgust a few years back will run in the 100m dash along with Susanthika Jayasinghe, the possible gold medallist at the Doha Games. Anoma will fill the void left by controversial sprinter Jani Chathurangi who is in the midst of a doping scandal. The selectors included Anoma in the 4x100m relay event as well. Meanwhile, Manura who lives in Italy is expected to play a vital role in Sri Lanka`s medal hunt in the 4x400m relay.
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Nalanda trounce Thomians Thursday, 28 September 2006 - 4:25 AM SL Time Leg spinner Amal Atapattu bagged 8 wickets including a five-wicket haul in the second innings while skipper Milinda Weerasinghe also picked up a five-wicket haul as Nalanda College romped to an outright victory over St. Thomas` College, Matara in their Inter School Under-20 cricket encounter concluded at Nalanda ground, yesterday. Having restricted the visitors for 92 runs in the first innings the two spinners, Atapattu and Weerasinghe shared all ten wickets between them to bundle out Thomians for 126 in the second innings. Nalanda 256 for 4 declared St. Thomas` 92 (Dasun Kumara 14; Amal Atapattu 3/07, Lahiru Aponsu 2/14, Namal Gunawardena 2/38) and 126 (Tharaka Dushantha 53; Amal Atapattu 5/38, Milinda Weerasinghe 5/41)
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Chappell calls Ponting`s behaviour `out of order` Wednesday, 27 September 2006 - 9:53 AM SL Time Ian Chappell, the legendary Australian captain, has said that Ricky Ponting was `out of order` when he questioned the umpire`s decision in the recently-concluded DLF Cup. Chappell was talking about Ponting`s argument with umpire Mark Benson, during the final league game of the tournament, when he recalled Sachin Tendulkar after incorrectly declaring him out. Though Chappell felt that the spirit of cricket campaign championed by Australia and encouraged by the ICC was `nonsense`, he said that Ponting was wrong. `I know when I was a captain that the law stated the captain was able to check with an umpire on a point of law, and I think this is where Ricky`s wrong,` Chappell told The Age, a Melbourne-based daily. `If you`re arguing on a judgement call, then I don`t think you should be doing that. I think it`s also in the way that you ask the questions.`
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