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Sri Lanka rebel chief slams international community Wednesday, 28 November 2007 - 2:23 AM SL Time Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran on Tuesday accused the international community of failing his rebel group and said they were partly to blame for Sri Lanka`s killing of a top aide in an air force bombing raid.
Prabhakaran said he had no hope of a political settlement with the Sri Lankan government, and exhorted the entire Tamil-speaking world to back the rebels` fight for an independent state in the north and east of the island. `This partisan and unjust conduct of the international community has severely undermined the confidence our people had in them,` Prabhakaran said in an annual `Heroes` Day` address to commemorate slain rebel fighters. `And it has paved the way for the breakdown of the ceasefire and the peace efforts.` 
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Air Force bombs Voice Of Tigers(VOT) building Tuesday, 27 November 2007 - 8:20 PM SL Time Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka say their main radio station is flattened by a Sri Lanka Air Force SLAF) bombing raid.
The bomb raid occurred as the station prepared to broadcast LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran`s annual speech, the LTTE said. `Many civilian employees` of the Voice of Tigers (VOT) radio station were killed in the attack, according to the Tamil Tigers. The Sri Lanka military confirmed that Air force launched an attack on a radio station at 1630 (SLT) on Tuesday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2007/11/071127_vot_bombed.shtml
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A`sangaree tells Ranil to accept MR`s premiership offer Tuesday, 27 November 2007 - 7:50 AM SL Time TULF leader V. Anadasangaree yesterday urged Opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe to accept the offer of Premiership, offered by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a National Government as conveyed by Mahinda Wijesekera at a press conference on November 22.
In a letter to Wickremesinghe Anandasangaree said: `You have a moral duty to accept this offer in the greater interest of the country and its people and this will receive the support of the majority of the people of this country and will also be applauded by people belonging to all ethnic and religious groups.` Tracing the ethnic conflict in the country he said that apart from extensive damage caused to both public and private property worth several billions of rupees, the other losses cannot be assessed in terms of money and what is lost cannot be replaced.
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JVP urges Govt. to officially abrogate CFA Thursday, 29 November 2007 - 6:20 AM SL Time The JVP yesterday called upon the Government to abrogate the ceasefire agreement which is non-existent according to the LTTE. `LTTE leader Prabhakaran in his Heroes` day speech accused the Government of paving the way for the collapse of the ceasefire by withdrawing unilaterally. In other words, he says he too is not bound by the agreement, which is non-existent. So, we demand the Government to declare it null and void officially,` JVP Parliamentary Group Leader Wimal Weerawansa, said in a special statement in parliament.
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Ltte Mortar Attack On School Injure.. Tuesday, 27 November 2007 - 7:52 AM SL Time Five students and two teachers of the Pullaiadiirrakkam Roman Catholic School in Kadaiadappam, Mannar were injured in an LTTE mortar attack around 1.20 p.m. yesterday. According to the Media Centre for National Security a teacher and a student were admitted to the Mannar hospital in a critical condition. The others were being treated at the Murunkan hospital. The Tigers had fired the mortars from an uncleared area, the MCNS said. Meanwhile, airforce fighter jets bombed two targets in Pudukuduirrippu and west of Kilinochchi at around 5.20 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. yesterday. Air force spokesman Group Captain Ajantha Silva said they had received reliable information that some senior LTTE cadres and leaders were hiding in those places.
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Arrested Over Killing Of Daughter Tuesday, 27 November 2007 - 7:51 AM SL Time The Avissawela Police arrested 45-year-old Nimal Ranasinghe of Dulagalakanda, Maniyangama on suspicion over the death of his eight-year-old daughter Nirmala Ranasinghe, whose body was recovered from a two-foot deep pit near his house The girl has been killed a month ago. On a tip off given by villagers to the Eheliyagoda Police the message was conveyed to the Avissawella Police who immediately arrested the suspect. According to investigations, the suspect had married a woman, a mother of two sons, who had deserted him. Subsequently he had married another woman who bore three children and the dead girl was the youngest of the three. The mother of the deceased had died two years ago. The suspect who is a liquor addict had ill treated the girl. The body of the girl had been exhumed and the Magisterial inquiry was to held yesterday.
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Ban Ki-moon condemns suicide attacks in Sri Lanka Thursday, 29 November 2007 - 6:28 AM SL Time Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced outrage at today`s twin suicide attacks in the Sri Lankan capital, which have killed or wounded dozens of people, and yesterday`s aerial assault on a United Nations aid office in the far north of the troubled country. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban condemned the attacks in Colombo, which occurred outside the Ministry of Social Services building and in the Nugegoda district, and offered his condolences to the families and friends of the victims. Media reports state that at least 16 people were killed in the Nugegoda blast and 37 others were injured, while one person was killed and two others hurt in the earlier bombing at the ministry building. The statement from Mr. Ban`s spokesperson noted that he was also concerned about yesterday`s aerial attack in the town of Kilinochchi in which the office of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) was damaged.
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TNA condemns Colombo blasts Thursday, 29 November 2007 - 6:22 AM SL Time Sri Lanka`s major political party representing the Tamil minority has strongly condemned the bomb blasts in the capital, Colombo. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian Chandrakanth Chandranehru told BBC Sandeshaya that the party does not condone any attack on the civilians. `I myself would have been caught had I was there at the time of the blast,` the MP whose parliamentarian father`s assassination is still unresolved said
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Minister Rambukwella gives dodgy answer Thursday, 29 November 2007 - 6:21 AM SL Time The Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare is housed at the World Trade Centre on a monthly rent of Rs. 1.6 million, Subject Minister Keheliya Rambukwella informed Parliament yesterday. Responding to an oral question in the House, Minister Rambukwella said his Ministry office was housed on the 18th floor in the East Tower of the World Trade Centre, leased from Overseas Realty (Ceylon) Ltd., on a monthly rent of Rs. 1.6 million, with the lease set to expire in 2010. JVP Parliamentarian Ranaweera Pathirana who asked the question said that when the interest on the Rs. 9 million deposit for the lease was added, the actual rent was over Rs. 1.6 million a month.
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Reporters Without Borders says air strike on rebel radio station is `war crime` Thursday, 29 November 2007 - 6:30 AM SL Time A Sri Lanka military air strike yesterday on the Voice of Tigers, the radio station of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the country, was a `war crime,` Reporters Without Borders said. Three of the station`s staff, who had not been given any warning, and six other civilians were killed in the bombardment by air force jets. `Voice of Tigers is a propaganda radio operated by the LTTE rebels, but the rules of war are clear - military bombardment and bombing must be limited to strictly military targets,` the press freedom organisation said. `The government in Colombo uses the Geneva Conventions to condemn LTTE crimes but forgets the conventions when it bombs what is a civilian installation and therefore protected by the conventions.`
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Iran pledges US $ 1,500 mn in aid Thursday, 29 November 2007 - 6:19 AM SL Time Iran has pledged US $ 1,500 million in aid to Sri Lanka for various development projects, including an oil refinery, highways and the Uma Oya project. President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was on an official visit to Iran, met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and at the end of his visit, on Tuesday evening, both leaders issued a joint statement. The agreements on bilateral issues were signed on Tuesday evening at the Iranian Presidential Palace.
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Sri Lanka to get more Japanese development aid Tuesday, 27 November 2007 - 8:09 AM SL Time Moving an adjournment motion in Parliament yesterday, UNP Colombo District member Ravi Karunanayake said the Sunday Leader newspaper printing press had been set on fire by some hooligans but the government which professed the freedom of press has not been able to catch the culprits though five days had elapsed since the incident. `The freedom of the press is being suppressed by the government and newspapers and journalists are under threat. The government media was only scorning at the Opposition but there was no freedom for journalists or media. It was strange how the press, which was located between the airport and a security force camp, in a high security zone, was entered by the thugs who set it on fire without the police or the forces being able to prevent it. The country was losing its reputation at home and abroad and the government should say why the Sunday Leader had been the victim of such attacks in the past as well as threats against the newspaper and its journalists,` Karunanayake said.
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The Big Tiger lets the cat out of the bag Thursday, 29 November 2007 - 6:23 AM SL Time The Tiger chief has spoken. Unlike his previous speeches full of sabre-rattling, threats, warnings and vivisection, Tuesday`s one was not a roar but a whine punctuated by feeble growls here and there. Overall, it was a passionate entreaty to the international community begging for its help vis-à-vis the increasing alienation of the LTTE internationally. The not-so-eagerly-awaited speech begins with a lament. Prabhakaran is sad that the `Sinhala nation` is lagging behind other nations in Asia in this `Asian century`. Many countries in the region, he says, have made vast strides in various fields and are researching into the space, the moon and the atom. The reason why the Sinhala nation cannot keep pace with the others, according to him, is that it is trying to destroy the Tamil nation. Then he sheds a few tears for the island which, he says, `continues to soak in blood`. Not a bad start but he is being a bit too maudlin!
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Why `Bellboys` got cold feet in South Tuesday, 27 November 2007 - 8:10 AM SL Time The speed at which events are unfolding on the political front is amazing. We keep moving from issue to issue as fast as parliamentarians shift allegiance. Even the so-called seasoned political commentators on the ball may find it difficult to juggle with all the issues as and when they crop up without dropping one or two. It is natural that the recent Southern Provincial Council (SPC) budget vote came to pass without a stir. That, we believe, is so important as to merit a comment albeit with a slight delay. The UNP and the JVP together have 33 seats in that council while the ruling SLFP-led coalition has only 22. Earlier on, the JVP had faulted the UNP for having sided with the ruling party in the Western Provincial Council, while campaigning at the national level to topple the government. The JVP accused the UNP of duplicity. The SPC budget happened after the vote on the second reading of the Budget 2008 in Parliament and one may have thought the UNP and the JVP would make use of that opportunity to avenge their defeat in Parliament. So, speculation was rife that the combined Opposition would resort to a show of strength and topple the SPC administration. But, that was not to be. They walked out. Why?
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Lanka owes an apology to Pakistani people Monday, 26 November 2007 - 11:58 AM SL Time The Rajapaksa government, true to form, first got wires crossed over the suspension of Pakistan from the Commonwealth and then regained sanity and stood by that friendly nation. It is heartening that in spite of initial bungling, Sri Lanka has at last shown that it is not devoid of gratitude by opposing the suspension tooth and nail. Sri Lanka is not short of friends but those fine-weather friends turn away at the first sign of things turning foul. But, Pakistan has always stood by her. True, the situation in Pakistan has taken a turn for the worse with President Pervez Musharraf becoming more and more autocratic. He stands condemned for his emergency rule and the suppression of the Opposition. But, Pakistan cannot be helped in any way by conferring pariah status on her. For, Musharraf is not Pakistan!
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How England can avoid falling under the spell of Murali magic Thursday, 29 November 2007 - 6:24 AM SL Time Sometime in the first Test that starts in Kandy on Saturday, I expect Muttiah Muralitharan to take the five wickets he needs to go past my world record of 708 Test victims. Hopefully, England will make him work for them, but once I retired, I knew it was only a matter of time before Murali passed me. In fact, I think he will reach the magical figure of 1,000 wickets. As I look back, I am happy I got to be top of the tree for three or four years, but of more importance to me is the way you play the game. I am very comfortable with the way I played it and what I achieved. It was so much more than I expected to do when I started out on my career. Without doubt, Murali has been one of the best bowlers to have graced the game. Sure, he has picked up a lot of wickets against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, but he can only get out the batsmen who are put in front of him and his record against England has been impressive. They have not played him very well and shortly I am going to offer a few tips to the present England batsmen.
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England-Sri Lanka Test Series Monday, 26 November 2007 - 11:59 AM SL Time Ever since Sri Lanka stood up to England and gained their maiden Test win in that country in 1998, matches between these countries have been mouth watering contests. None will ever forget the incidents of 2001. There was excellent cricket played despite some horrendous umpiring decisions and some players ended up spending more time at the Match Referee`s room than spent in the middle. That was the series where a record number of players were either fined or reprimanded for bringing the game to disrepute. Key players of that series are still part of the Sri Lankan outfit while most England players who played six years ago relax in comfortable seats of the Sky commentary box. Traditionally, Sri Lanka have opted to play the first Test in Galle, then move to Kandy before signing off in Colombo. That`s part of a strategy to wear the opposition down in the Galle minefield, to go 1-0 up before moving to the hill capital. This time the first Test starts in Kandy on December 01 and later the teams will travel to Colombo before moving to Galle for the final Test, which will end just in time for the England supporters to get back home for Christmas.
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Tharanga, Sujeewa and Bandara included in Test squad Sunday, 25 November 2007 - 7:41 AM SL Time The biggest question of the Sri Lankan team after the Australian tour was who would fill the vacancy created by Marvan Atapattu who announced his retirement after the Hobart Test. Sri Lankan selectors seem to have sorted out the problem by including the former opener Upul Tharanga in Sri Lanka`s squad for the first Test at Kandy starting on December 1. Upul Tharanga was one of the three batsmen who scored centuries in the SLC Board President`s XI match against England this week. While Tharanga`s century has earned him a place in the squad, Chamara Kapugedara who top scored with 141 runs and Thilina Kandamby who came up with an unbeaten 107 runs have failed to find a place in the 14 member squad. Leg spinner Malinga Bandara and left arm paceman Sujeewa de Silva are named in the squad, while Thilakaratne Dilshan who failed to score in the practice match has failed to find a place Thilan Samaraweera has been dropped.
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