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The rift in the UNP between the reformist group and the Ranil Wickremasinghe camp widened last week, with preparations being made for a crossover, there were signs that the rift in the SLFP was also coming into the open. Like in the UNP where the leader and his number two were on opposing sides, in the SLFP too, the leader and his de facto number two are on opposing sides. While Mangala Samaraweera does not have an official designation as the Deputy Leader of the SLFP, he is clearly, the next in the line of succession. For a while now, there have been stories in the press about the rift between Mangala Samaraweera and President Mahinda Rajapakse.

That was very good have those artifcats in a permant place

STF commandos leave behind dead paramilitary - Seeralan

''it appears the LTTE shot one of its own members in ensuing battle in the dark, but is now claiming the unfortunate victim is a paramilitary cadre .. poor guy''

Alan Rock is pro-tiger

Found a little spare time and thought of snooping in. May be I can drop in off and on.

Was the CFA illegal all this time?

That is what the JVP and the JHU have been
saying all this while. From where did you get this 5 year rule? Can you explain that?

Six civilians killed in Vavuniya, 2 abducted


Six persons, including a woman and a driver attached to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were shot and killed, and two young men riding in a three-wheeler were killed, in two separate incidents in Vavuniya, Tuesday night. Four of the victims were killed at a house in Kurumankadu, 2 km west of Vavuniya town, 200 meters from a Police post, and the other two victims, riding in a three-wheeler on Rice Mill Road were shot dead. One of the victims was burnt inside the three-wheeler, Police said.
Anton Rupaseelan, 26, Clive Rohan Rajadurai, 44, a driver attached to MSF, Anthonypillai Ponmani, 57, a woman, and Yoganathan Jeyanthan, 28, were identified as the four victims who were shot and killed at Kurumankadu around 8:00 p.m.

The killers had come to the house that has been rented out by one of the victims, Mr. Clive Rohan Rajadurai, when he was visiting the house, according to his family.

A 25-year-old woman, Jasmin Sivakumar, was wounded. She is the only witness to the killings at the house.

Perumal Chandrasekaran, 25, and Tharatharan Ramesh, 30, were the victims who were killed around 9:00 p.m. while they were riding in a three-wheeler. One of the victims was the driver of the three-wheeler.

Their bodies were handed over to the Vavuniya hospital by ICRC, the police said.

Meanwhile, two young men, Markandu Jeyarajan, 30, Danushkodi Sivakanthan, 26, travelling in an autorikshaw have been abducted by armed men at Maraambaikkulam, according to a complaint made by their relatives. The abductors had come in two motorbikes and a three-wheeler