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Majority of `abductees` found to have returned Friday, 29 June 2007 - 5:14 AM SL Time Chairman of the Presidential Commission to probe abductions, disappearances and killings, stated yesterday that he recommended tough action against policemen who had failed to take action to the complaint of abductions and disappearances.
Former High Court Judge, Mahanama Tillakaratne, who headed the commission detailing it`s findings, which was presented to the President recently, stated at a press briefing that that sometimes the police had been evasive in recording complaints. The High Court Judge stated that it was his observation that the police were in a `deep slumber`. According to the evidence before the commission some complaints had not been recorded even after the complaints had come to the police station several times and at times people had been kept waiting for over 10 hours to record their statements,` the head of the Presidential Commission said. 
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`London Tigers` charged Thursday, 28 June 2007 - 7:45 AM SL Time Two men, Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar, (also known as `AC Shanthan`), 50, of Upwood Rd, Norbury, and Goldan Lambert, 29, of Bramley Hill, South Croydon, will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates Court on Thursday.
The two men were charged Wednesday afternoon under the Terrorism Act 2000 for providing support for The Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which is a proscribed organisation in the United Kingdom. The Main accused, Chrisnakumar alias Shanthan is charged for five offences including purchasing equipment that can be used in terrorist activities, fundraising and organising public events to support the Tamil Tigers. The other suspect named as Golden Lambert, who was arrested at the Heathrow Airport on his return from Dubai last week, is only charged for managing a meeting at Hyde Park in London on 26th of July 2006.
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Troops enter final phase in Thoppigala Thursday, 28 June 2007 - 12:47 AM SL Time Troops engaged in the humanitarian mission to liberate the last bastion of the LTTE in the East have entered the final phase of the battle in Thoppigala by engaging in clearing operations in the jungle terrain bordering Narakamulla and Tharavikulam Tiger bases, Military sources said yesterday.
`Troops are engaged in search operations along difficult jungle terrain in Narakamulla and Tharavikulam in the Thoppigala jungles,` the Media Centre for National Security said yesterday. According to field Commanders in the Thoppigala battle front Commando Troops supported by the 6, 7 and 8 Gemunu Watch advanced towards Tiger strongholds in Narakamulla and Tharavikulam removing boobytraps and anti- personnel mines set by the fleeing Tiger cadres.
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Two shot dead in Jaffna, civilian killings escalate Sunday, 1 July 2007 - 6:07 AM SL Time Unidentified gunmen shot dead two civilians Saturday in Jaffna peninsula in two separate shootings, one at Mudakkaadu junction in Nelliyadi in Vadamaraadchi, and the other at Thirunelveali Kalladdi junction, sources in Jaffna said. The killings bring the total number of killed in Jaffna district in the last 72 hours to five. The victim shot dead in Nelliyadi was identified as Vallipuram Satgunarajah alias Nithiyananthan, 57, a father of four children, originally from Karaveddi, and presently a trader in Thenmaraadchi. The killers gunned down Satgunarajah, a former co-operative employee, as he was returning with his wife after worshiping at a temple. Nelliyadi police handed his body to Manthikai hospital. The youth shot dead at Kalladi junction was identified as Rajaratnam Satheesh, 24, from Puththoor, according to the National Identity Card found inside his clothes.
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Freezer truck a fireball Saturday, 30 June 2007 - 5:07 AM SL Time Weeks after the recovery of an explosives laden lorry from Kurunegala, Navy intelligence officers yesterday detected a lorry with more than 1,000 kilogrammes of explosives from a fishing village in Trincomalee. `The explosives-laden Freezer truck was found from the Padikkiya fishing village in Trincomalee following a tip-off,` a senior defence official said. Initial inquires indicated that more than 1000 kilos of C-4 explosives were packed inside the lorry, similar to the previous lorry found at Kotavehera in Kurunegala early this month.The official said explosives were defused and one suspect was taken into custody.
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TNA councilor assassinated in Ampaa`rai Friday, 29 June 2007 - 7:07 AM SL Time Thillainathan Uthayakumar, the chairman of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Piratheasa Chapai (Pradeshya Sabah) of Thirukkoayil in Ampaa`rai district was assassinated by armed men outside his residence at Vinaayakapuram in Akkaraippattu, Thursday at 8:50 p.m. Gunmen who entered the premises, took the 35-year-old victim, father of two, away from his house, located in Kappunaar street at Vinaayakapuram and killed him, lobbing a grenade on him, 100 meters away from his residence, according to the Police in Thirukkoavil. The assassination of the TNA politician comes after press reports in Colombo that the Government was planning for a new election in the East.
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Zero abduction in Sri Lanka: Is it possible? Saturday, 30 June 2007 - 5:10 AM SL Time Zero abduction in Sri Lanka: Is it possible? Introduction Sri Lanka has been witnessing gross violations of human rights committed by both the government and other groups from late 2005 and since the resumption of the war between the armed forces and the LTTE, it has recorded an exponential rise. This has received much international condemnation, especially from the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions- Professor Philip Alston, the Co-Chairs of the peace process and the SLMM. The International Crisis Group, the Human Rights Committee, the Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other human rights bodies have also universally condemned the continued abductions and extrajudicial killings. Whilst all these reports condemn the violations committed by the LTTE, severe strictures have been tabled against the Government of Sri Lanka. If this trend continues, there will be serious consequences for Sri Lanka internationally. Some of the consequences are as follows.
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Sri Lanka hopeful Norway meeting will help peace process Friday, 29 June 2007 - 7:09 AM SL Time Sri Lanka`s Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Thursday he was optimistic that a meeting of top donors this week would help to revive the island nation`s moribund peace process. Peace broker Norway is holding the crucial meeting of Sri Lanka`s top aid donors in a bid to halt a new wave of bloodshed. `We are expecting a very favourable development. The outcome is expected to encourage the current peace process toward contributing to the sustainability of our country,` said Bogollagma. Oslo-brokered peace talks collapsed in October last year and since then diplomatic efforts have failed to end violence in the bitter ethnic conflict which has claimed more than 60,000 lives in the past 35 years.
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SLAF strikes put Tigers to flight Friday, 29 June 2007 - 7:08 AM SL Time Sri Lanka Air Force jets attacked two LTTE camps south east of Nedunkerni, in the Welioya area, yesterday (28). Air Force sources said both camps were completely destroyed in the air raids but the number of deaths or injuries among the LTTE cadres in the two camps was not known. The retreating LTTE had abandoned a number of their camps in the North following intermittent air raids by the SLAF in recent months, sources also said.
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Bus fares going up, CoL soars Sunday, 1 July 2007 - 6:10 AM SL Time Bus fares will go up by at least 15 per cent from Tuesday as Friday night`s shock increase in fuel prices set off a chain reaction on prices of several items with the government claiming it is helpless. Private bus operators said they met the National Transport Commission (NTC) on Friday and obtained its approval for the hike in fares while the Shell gas company demanded that it be allowed to increase the price of 12. kg cylinder by Rs. 174 though the Consumer Affairs Authority approved a hike of Rs. 87. An official of the CAA said it had approved a hike of Rs. 87 only for Shell gas while a similar request made by Laugfs gas was being considered. Shell Marketing Director Radesh Daluwatte claimed the company was losing Rs. 200 per cylinder and it was insisting that the price be increased by Rs. 174.
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UN: Govt. blocking fuel supplies to its Wanni offices Sunday, 1 July 2007 - 6:05 AM SL Time The United Nations is accusing the Sri Lankan government of starving its humanitarian agencies of much-needed fuel to operate vehicles and also generators which power freezers storing life-saving vaccines and other medicines. The continued power shortages, caused by lack of fuel, will soon affect the preservation of vaccines and essential medicines, the UN warned in a letter to Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa. The UN, which is engaged in the humanitarian task of providing relief supplies to refugees caught in the crossfire in the north-east, says its operational activities are expected to come to a complete standstill unless there is urgent action. In the letter to Mr. Rajapaksa, the UN`s Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Frederick Lyons says that since March `none of the UN offices in the Wanni has received their fuel allocation, despite the written approval received from the Commissioner General for Essential Services (CGES) for April, May and now June.`
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Fuel prices up again Saturday, 30 June 2007 - 5:00 AM SL Time The price of petrol was increased by Rs. 5, diesel by Rs. 4 and kerosene by Rs. 16 a litre from midnight yesterday. The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Lanka Indian Oil Company said the decision to increase fuel prices had been taken due to rising crude oil prices in the world market. According to the latest hike the new price of a litre of petrol would be Rs. 111, diesel Rs. 71 and kerosene Rs. 67. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremenayaka told the media, the Cabinet Sub Committee on Cost of Living had directed the relevant authorities to decide on a price hike that would have the least impact on the public.
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Buffeted by the chill wind of political trouble Friday, 29 June 2007 - 7:13 AM SL Time The JVP has ruled out the possibility of any alliance with the UNP as a partner thus dashing the SLFP dissidents` hopes of turning the tables on President Mahinda Rajapakse in Parliament by forming a rainbow coalition. Only the politically naïve may have expected such an alliance to come into being. The JVP and the UNP can never get together except for a limited purpose like a move to defeat a bill e.g. the torpedoing of President Kumaratunga`s Regional Councils Bill in 2000 and the abortive attempt to shoot down the recent supplementary estimates. In real politics, the chances of their interests converging are as distant as cohabitation between a cobra and a mongoose. That was why in 2001, when the UNP launched its Janabala Meheyuma (which helped dislodge the Kumaratunga government a few months later), the JVP put off some of its protests, as it didn`t want to create a situation where the UNP would stand to gain.
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Right of reply the wrong way Thursday, 28 June 2007 - 7:51 AM SL Time Politicians and their lackeys are well known for putting their VIP feet in their big mouths. Some of them try to enhance their performance by putting both feet in their orifices simultaneously. But, the problem with pulling that stunt is that they are left with no foot to stand on. They land on their derriere with a thud. What a pity! Here is an example. One Mr. Daya Weerasinghe, who describes himself as Media Secretary-Min. of Foreign Affairs has, in a letter to the Daily Mirror Editor, accused this newspaper of having denied the Foreign Ministry of its right of reply presumably as regards our news item, Bogollagama`s security abuse Sethu Project advisors (June 12) and editorial comment, Don`t disturb Kadir in his sleep (June 13). We quote the relevant section of his letter:
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Nobody`s children in nobody`s schools Wednesday, 27 June 2007 - 10:20 AM SL Time There seems to be no end to depressing reports on the education sector. Hot on the heels of the alarming failure rate at the GCE (O/L) examination comes the news that the number of students in underprivileged schools is dwindling. Many of those schools have already been closed and some more are earmarked for closure. Yesterday, we reported that according to a survey conducted by the Education Ministry over fifty per cent of schools had fewer than 200 students each. Out of the existing 9,714 schools, 4,907 have been affected by the dearth of students. What we see are the early signs of closure. This problem stems from an assortment of factors such as prolonged neglect, the attendant scarcity of resources and rapid urbanisation, which has exerted a tremendous pull on the rural backwaters. The expansion of public transport has enabled the conveyance of the rural children who prefer schools in the urban and semi urban areas. When more and more of them vote with their feet, only the children of the marginalized sections of society become dependent on the poorly equipped small schools that are in trouble. (In some urban areas, too, a similar situation prevails.)
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Punishing Peterites inflict right Royal routing Saturday, 30 June 2007 - 5:06 AM SL Time St. Peter`s ruggerites proved that they are the most superior rugby team in the schools today when they completely routed Royal by 41 points (3 goals, 4 tries) to nothing in their inter-schools rugby encounter at Bambalapitiya yesterday. With this win the Peterites created history to register their biggest margin of win in their annual encounter against Royal. Their last biggest win was 24-nil in 1985 and yesterday was their happiest day as they also took hold of the Lim Billimoria memorial trophy. St. Peter`s made Royal look like novices that easily made their victory of the Bradby Shield as worthless and nothing to boast about. The game began with Royal occupying the Peterite territory in the first ten minutes of the game but they could not make use of it to score any points.
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Sri Lanka heap umiliation Friday, 29 June 2007 - 7:12 AM SL Time Spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan with a matchbag of nine wickets guided Sri Lanka to a rousing innings and 234 run victory over Bangladesh in the first test match concluded at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Maitland Place yesterday. The manner in which the Lankans completed their task was really outstanding with the match ending just half an hour into the fourth day`s play and it was also their biggest victory over Bangladesh. Their previous biggest victory was recorded in 2002 at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium where they triumphed by an innings and 196 runs. This also marked Sri Lanka`s eighth successive victory against Bangladesh with five of them by an innings. In fact Sri Lanka`s dominance against the test minnows have been so much in the past that they have never required a fifth day to seal victory. Four of the test matches have ended inside three days and the remaining three games have ended with a day to spare.
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JVP bids farewell to alliances Thursday, 28 June 2007 - 7:48 AM SL Time The JVP yesterday ruled out an alliance with the UNP and the Mangala ? Sripathy faction of the SLFP. Addressing a press conference at the National Library Auditorium, JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe said that they would not even talk with the UNP regarding the proposed alliance, which he described as a broad coalition against the Mahinda Rajapakse government. `The proposed alliance would be led by the JVP,` he said while dismissing reports of a possible link up with Mangala ? Sripathy faction.
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