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Sri Lanka`s peace deal collapses over party defections Tuesday, 16 January 2007 - 11:43 PM SL Time A landmark deal between Sri Lanka`s ruling party and the main opposition to bring a political solution to the island`s ethnic conflict collapsed Tuesday, officials said. Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met President Mahinda Rajapakse and urged him not to bring opposition lawmakers into the cabinet, a move the party has said would wreck the deal, but the request was turned down, a top official source said. `The president made it clear that he was not fishing, but the opposition MPs were stalking him and were ready to cross over en masse,` said the source close to Tuesday`s talks at the presidential secretariat. 
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Sri Lanka kills 30 rebels in fresh offensive: military Tuesday, 16 January 2007 - 7:03 PM SL Time Sri Lankan troops, backed by warplanes, have launched a fresh offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels, killing at least 30 guerrillas for the loss of one soldier. Troops, supported by air force fighter planes, destroyed three Tiger mortar positions in the eastern district of Batticaloa, the defence ministry said in a statement Tuesday. `In the confrontation one soldier died and 15 were injured,` it said, adding that over 30 rebel bodies were found in the area. Troops also recovered a haul of arms and ammunition from the battle zone. However, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) dismissed military claims and said they beat back an army ground offensive, placing their losses at seven cadres wounded during a five-hour battle.
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Senior leaders killed Tuesday, 16 January 2007 - 3:38 AM SL Time A senior LTTE leader and a top intelligence member were killed by the military on Sunday in Wandaramulla in Batticaloa, military sources said. `Troops on a night foot patrol successfully repulsed an LTTE small arms attack killing at two senior LTTE members and injuring many others in Wandaramullai, Batticaloa,` a senior army official said. He said that LTTE`s `Major` Shankar, who is responsible for collecting extortions from Tamil civilians in the Batticaloa region was among the LTTE members killed during the clash. `Another top LTTE intelligence member `Dileep` was also killed in the clash,` he said. LTTE cadres fled the area following retaliation by the troops. Two bodies of the senior LTTE members were found along with, a T 56 assault rifle, two packs, 140 rounds of live ammunition, five T-56 magazines, and a note book with extortion figures, by trops in a subsequent search operation.
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GARAGE SCAM `FUNDED TERROR GROUP` Thursday, 18 January 2007 - 7:07 PM SL Time Money stolen from customers visiting a petrol station cashpoint in Hull may have been used to arm terrorists 6,000 miles away in Sri Lanka. Detective Inspector Paul Welton, of Humberside Police, said his seven-strong team was investigating possible links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, known as the Tamil Tigers. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of customers using the cash point at the Jet garage in Princes Avenue, west Hull, may have fallen victim to the `scam`, said Det Insp Welton. The British Government classifies the Tamil Tigers - a separatist group fighting for independence in north east Sri Lanka - as a terrorist organisation. Criminals are believed to have started cloning cards at the garage cashpoint in early November and then used customers` personal details to withdraw cash at machines across the world.
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Yogi surfaces Thursday, 18 January 2007 - 5:58 AM SL Time The onetime LTTE strongman Yogaratnam Yogi is again in the limelight after a lapse of about sixteen years. Yogi, who was removed in the early nineties from the ranks of the organization, but not hunted down as in the case of many other ex-LTTE leaders, was reported later to be coaching cricket at Jaffna Central College. He was seen for the first time at an LTTE platform on Tuesday, when the organization held a meeting to commemorate the onetime LTTE Jaffna leader and later LTTE international secretariat head in London, Sathasivam Krishnakumar alias Kittu. Kittu, with nine others blew up the boat in which they were sailing towards Sri Lanka, when Indian Navy vessels intercepted it and forced it to enter into Chennai harbour when the boat was sailing close to India`s shores on January 16, 1993.
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LTTE grows cannabis, says Sri Lankan Govt Wednesday, 17 January 2007 - 9:45 PM SL Time The LTTE is into growing cannabis to make big money, says the Sri Lankan government`s Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella. Since big money could not be made by extortion because of the closure of the A9 highway linking South Sri Lanka with Jaffna through LTTE-held Wanni, the rebel group was resorting to cannabis growing in the East, he charged at a press conference here on Wednesday. The Army showed video clippings of the discovery of a cannabis farm in one of the 16 camps of the LTTE in the Kanjikudichcharu jungle which the Special Task Force (STF) had captured.
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`Joining soon` says Rajitha Thursday, 18 January 2007 - 6:03 AM SL Time United National party (UNP) MP Rajitha Senaratne says it is certain that about twenty UNP mps are set to defect to the government soon. He said this move is to infuse new life to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the goverment and the UNP leadership. `The MOU has become ineffective and is just a paper`, Senaratne said. The UNP MPs joining the government are going to give value to the MOU, he said. Asked whether defecting UNP MPs are looking forward to accept ministerial posts,Senaratne replied though there are no preconditions they will accept portfolios. When told UNP was making the present cabinet still bigger by accepting ministerial posts, he said, the number will be reduced in the forthcoming cabinet reshuffle.
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Ranil to meet Mahanayakas Thursday, 18 January 2007 - 5:58 AM SL Time UNP Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet the Mahanayake Theras of the Asgiriya and Malwatta Chapters during his visit to the Dalada Maligawa on January 19, UNP sources said. According to these sources Mr. Wickremesinghe is expected to meet the Mahanayake Thera of the Asgiriya Chapter on January 19th. This would be followed by the meeting with the Mahanayake of the Malwatta Chapter on January 20. Mr. Wickremesinghe is expected to participate in religious ceremonies at the Dalada Maligawa on January 20 prior to his meeting with the Mahanayake of the Malwatta Chapter.
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`I can`t stop anyone who is coming` - President Wednesday, 17 January 2007 - 4:03 AM SL Time The Leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe held a special discussion with the president at Temple Trees this morning, at a time a group of parliamentarians of the UNP are discussing and preparing MOU`s to join the government. It is being reported that the discussion which lasted for around 35 minutes had touched on the implementations of the points stated in the MOU signed between the UNP and the President while the president had spoken about strengthening the power of the Government in Parliament. According to information available Wickremesinghe has objected the measures taken by the government to absorb certain UNP MP�s. Then the president had reminded the Opposition Leader that he is a party leader and would not stop anyone who wants to join his party.
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ONGC Videsh gets oil block in Sri Lanka Thursday, 18 January 2007 - 7:05 PM SL Time The state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has been awarded an exploration block by Sri Lanka in the island`s northwestern Mannar basin, a Sri Lankan minister said Wednesday. `Out of eight identified exploration blocks, we have given one to the Indian government on nomination basis and another to the Chinese government,` said minister of railways, transport and petroleum A.H.M. Fowzie. `The balance will be given through bidding process in three months time,` Fowzie told reporters at the Petrotech 2007 exposition on hydrocarbons sector here. The minister said the delay in awarding exploration blocks was due to changes in the country`s exploration policy and the time taken in the appointment of new consultants. He said all the requisite seismic data had been collected, which were sold to the ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of ONGC, and British Gas.
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Battle-torn Jaffna gets back to barter Thursday, 18 January 2007 - 5:57 AM SL Time People in Jaffna have gone back to the barter business which was in vogue in the 15th century. After the A-9 land route was closed essentials including milk powder are distributed through the co-operative societies. Some people now tend to exchange some of the items they buy with other essential items they need. One person buys baby milk powder but he really needs full cream milk powder, while another person who has bought full cream milk powder needs milk powder for his baby. Both exchange their packets of milk powder. In another case one person gets malted, but he needs full cream milk so he barters his purchase with one who has bought full cream milk but does not need it because his doctor had advised him to drink malted milk as he is suffering from chikungunya.
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One-way traffic plan Wednesday, 17 January 2007 - 3:44 AM SL Time A one-way traffic scheme will be in force in Kandy with effect from Thursday 18. All motor vehicles entering Kandy town from Peradeniya are expected to pass along Sirimavo Bandaranaike Mawatha (Peradeniya Road) and the motor vehicles driven towards Peradeniya, are expected pass along William Gopallawa Mawatha thjrough a road connecting Sirimavo Bandaranaike Mawatha and William Gopallawa Mawatha that can be used either way. Parking of vehicles on the two roads are limited to a few locations only.
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Take effective steps to stop this robbery Thursday, 18 January 2007 - 6:01 AM SL Time However nauseating the subject of corruption is, we, nevertheless, cannot avoid returning to it regularly since the menace constantly keeps spreading its octopus-like tentacles far and wide. The serious and uncontrollable proportions the level of corrupton assumes causes much concern and worry to all sections of people in this country. The report submitted to parliament by the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), which is headed by National List MP Wijedasa Rajapaksa, lends irrefutable credence to the aggravating situation of corruption in most spheres of administrative activity in the country. True, the people were aware of the many and varied allegations of corruption against politicians and state officials. However the extent of the damage it causes to the country`s economy and the veracity of the allegations have always been in doubt.
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From big bellies to bad English Wednesday, 17 January 2007 - 3:40 AM SL Time The Daily Mirror Health Action page last Friday highlighted a report that spending more time around the family dinner table -- and less time in front of the television-- can help prevent children from getting fat with all its resultant consequences of non-communicable diseases such as cholesterol, blood sugar blood pressure and heart ailments later in life. Among 8,000 children followed from kindergarten to third grade, those who watched the most TV were at the greatest risk of being or becoming overweight, according to findings by Dr. Sara Gable of the University of Missouri, Columbia and her colleagues. The fewer meals children ate each week with their families, the more likely they were to put on excess pounds. `Families need to work together to help children maintain a healthy weight,` Dr. Gable said in an e-mail message. `Even the simple things, like how often families eat together and the amount of time that children spend watching television, play a role in children`s weight status.`
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A parasites` paradise Tuesday, 16 January 2007 - 3:35 AM SL Time Aesop tells us about a fox which got stuck in a rocky cleft in a stream. A swarm of ticks descended on it and soon they were bloated with the vulpine blood. On seeing the poor fox in excruciating pain, another animal offered to help him. It was too small to pull the fox out but offered to remove the insects instead. Terrified, the fox turned down the offer with a plea: `Oh, don`t do that, for god`s sake! They are already full and let them be. If you remove them, another set will take over and I will be dead before long!` The people of this poor country are in the same predicament as that wretched fox. Or, their plight is worse, as they, unlike the wise fox, opt for new political ticks at elections only to have them feasting at their expense. Yesterday, we reported that parliamentarians have showered on themselves pay hikes with retrospective effect. While the sectors like health, education, social welfare and infrastructural development are starved of funds, the MPs have hurriedly set aside money for their salary increases.
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Schoolboy takes 10 wickets and hammers fastest 50 Thursday, 18 January 2007 - 5:59 AM SL Time A schoolboy from Kurunegala, Ibbagamuwa Central College`s Nipuna Ranasinghe produced a magnificent feat of taking a match-bag of 10 wickets and slamming what must be the fastest fifty in schools cricket in just 14 balls as his team beat Royal College Wayamba in their inter-school match at Ibbagamuwa yesterday. Ranasinghe hammered seven sixes in his 14-ball 50 in the second innings after taking 10 scalps with his leg-spinners. Interestingly he notched up all 50 runs that his side needed to win after cracking 91 in the first innings. Royal College Wayamba 88 (Dananjaya Basnayake 3 for 8, Nipuna Ranasinghe 6 for 20) and 170 (L. Nadeesha 67, L. Lukman 32, Dananjaya Basnayake 3 for 20, Asanka Priyadharshana 2 for 32, Nipuna Ranasinghe 4 for 64) Ibbagamuwa Central College 209 (Nipuna Ranasinghe 91, Senaka Gunatilleke 22,
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Trinity`s Pathirana leads Under 19 Wednesday, 17 January 2007 - 3:39 AM SL Time All rounder Sachith Pathirana of Trinity will lead Sri Lanka Under 19 for the triangular cricket tournament to be played in Malaysia from January 23 to February. The other two countries participating are India and host Malaysia. Pathirana represented the junior national at the Under 19 World Cup held in Sri Lanka last year. Included in the squad are four other players who played in the Under 19 World Cup last year namely Ashan Priynjan of Nalanda who is the deputy skipper and three Josephians Dimuth Karunartne,Thisara Perera and Roshane Silva. But missing from the squad is prolific rungetter inthe school circuit Umesh Karunaratne of Thurstan and all rounder Rangana Kaushalya of Revatha MMV who has been in top form in the school and club circuit. The squad: Sachith Pathirana (Trinity, Capt), Dimuth Karunaratne (St Joseph`s), Lahiru Thirimanne (Prince of Wales), Kushal Perera (Royal), Nisham Mazahir (S. Thomas`), Thisara Perera (St Joseph`s), Isuru Tilakaratne (DSS), U. Manohara (Sri Devavnanda Ambalangoda), Amal Atapattu (Nalanda), Sanjaya Fernando (St Sebastian`s), Wimanga Perera (Maliyadeva), and Roshane Silva (St Joseph`s). Standbyes - Ishan Jayaratne (Wesley), Shivanga Ranasuriya (St Peter`s), Kanishka Boteju and Haroon Mowjood (Royal). have been picked as stand byes.
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Visakha Vid. is 90 today Tuesday, 16 January 2007 - 6:02 AM SL Time Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo, celebrates its 90th anniversary today with a series of programmes to mark the event. Among the main events are religious rites to be held at the school on today (16) with an alms giving for Buddhist Clergy and special sermons organized by the school. The school was founded by Mrs. Jeromius Dias in 1917 and the religious events on the anniversary are intended to invoke merit on the founder and all others, including past principals, teachers, students and well wishers, who helped to make it one of the leading schools of the country. The religious events are also to invoke merit on the Armed Forces, President and the people of the country, a spokesperson of the school said.
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