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Claymore mine blast in Sri Lanka public market Thursday, 27 September 2007 - 10:31 PM SL Time Suspected Tamil Tigers triggered a Claymore mine explosion in a public market in northern Sri Lanka this morning killing two civilians and injuring seventeen others, the military said.
The injured included fifteen civilians and two police personnel. Defence sources said that a claymore bomb planted inside a bicycle parking space near the marketplace was detonated at the Chunnakkam marketplace in Jaffna. Officials believe the actual target was a police vehicle that was parked nearby. Meanwhile the Media Center for National Security said the Army foiled another infiltration attempt killing seven LTTE Tigers when they attempted to infiltrate the Forward Defense Lines at Pokkaraverni in Vavuniya yesterday afternoon. 
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Sri Lanka`s moves to pluralism stymied by the Tigers - Peace Secretary Wednesday, 26 September 2007 - 11:10 PM SL Time Attempts to incorporate Tamils in the democratic process in Sri Lanka have been blocked by the intolerance of LTTE Tigers, Secretary general of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP), Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha said.
Wijesinha speaking in a right of reply at the 6th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva said the Sri lankan government tried to be pluralistic, but the efforts of Tamil Tigers had reduced the participation of Tamils in the Government and in the army over recent years. He said this in response to a comment made by Visuvalingham Kirupataran, a representative of the non governmental organization Interfaith International that systematic discriminatory legislation had proved that racism and xenophobia existed in Sri Lanka.
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Terrorism anywhere is terrorism, nothing good. Sri Lanka has taken upfront position to deal with terrorism - President Rajapakse Wednesday, 26 September 2007 - 9:33 AM SL Time Military operations were launched in Sri Lanka only to exert pressure on terrorists in order to convince them that it will not be possible for them to obtain a military victory. Government`s goal remains a negotiated and honorable end to this unfortunate conflict. `The All Party Representative Committee is working successfully towards it,` said President Mahinda Rajapakse addressing the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday.
President Rajapakse said: `Even as we gather here, State`s sovereignty, civil society and the rule of law are increasingly being threatened by terrorism and other illegal and illicit activities in many countries. We need to be vigilant about these activities. Although the UN system has set up mechanisms to deal with many of these problems, the capacity of the UN to address these challenges effectively has been brought into question.
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The Muttur Tragedy: A Re-examinatio.. Saturday, 29 September 2007 - 12:17 PM SL Time Table 2. Killing of ACF Workers - Reconstruction of the Sequence of Events Date Events 1 August, Tuesday * ACF workers arrive in Muttur by ferry from Trincomalee * LTTE cadres in the outskirts of Muttur town, having captured the SLArmy encamp ments adjacent to the town 2 August, Wednesday * Re-dawn ? Tigers attacked on Muttur * Civilian evacuation of Muttur begins * External telephone contacts with ACF workers 3 August, Thursday * Serious fighting between the SLArmy and the Tigers * Mass exodus from Muttur continues * External telephone contacts with ACF workers 4 August, Friday * Early morning ? last reported external telephone contact with ACF workers
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`KP` triggers fresh dispute Saturday, 29 September 2007 - 12:16 PM SL Time Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday accused the UNP of undermining the battle against terrorism as part a wider campaign targeting the government. `A section of the UNP seems to be hell-bent on weakening the government,` the retired Colonel said, `Unfortunately, in their haste to grab power they are playing pandu with the war effort.` Dismissing the latest allegation that the Rajapaksa administration had facilitated the release of an LTTE frontliner in Thai custody under a pre-presidential poll deal between his brother Mahinda and the terrorist group, he said this was nothing more than a `sick` joke.
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Catholic Priest On Humanitarian Mis.. Thursday, 27 September 2007 - 6:16 AM SL Time Rev. Fr. Nicholaspillai Packiyaranjith, 40, the Mannaar district coordinator of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) was killed when Sri Lanka Army Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) attackers launched a Claymore attack on his Hiace vehicle, riding on Mannaar - Pooneryn (Poonakari) Road, at Kalvi`laan in Ve`l`laangku`lam Wednesday evening, Tamileelam Police officials in Mallaavi said. Fr. Ranjth was bringing baby milk and essential humanitarian supplies for displaced children in his vehicle, JRS sources in Mannaar said.
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Church `supports` Burmese monks Saturday, 29 September 2007 - 12:18 PM SL Time Christian clergy in Sri Lanka have expressed serious concern over the violence in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. In an open letter to the Ambassador for Myanmar in Sri Lanka, Rt Revd Duleep de Chickera, the Anglican Bishop in Colombo, has expressed solidarity with the protesting Buddhist monks in Myanmar. `As a fellow religious leader, I wish to express my solidarity with the commendable leadership provided by the Buddhist monks of Myanmar to this mass agitation,` the letter said.
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Negotiated end to conflict Govt`s aim Thursday, 27 September 2007 - 6:22 AM SL Time The Government launched military operations only to exert pressure on terrorists to convince them that it will not be possible for them to obtain a military victory and its goal remains a negotiated and honourable end to the unfortunate conflict, President Mahinda Rajapaksa told world leaders at the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. `The All Party Representative Committee is working successfully towards it,` President Rajapaksa emphasised. The President stressed the importance of combating terrorism, noting that State sovereignty, civil society and the rule of law are increasingly being threatened by terrorism and other illegal and illicit activities in many countries. `We need to be vigilant about these activities. Although the UN system has set up mechanisms to deal with many of these problems, the capacity of the UN to address these challenges effectively has been brought into question.`
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Lanka scores low marks in corruption index Thursday, 27 September 2007 - 6:18 AM SL Time Sri Lanka has been ranked 94 out of 180 countries where there is corruption in the public sector in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International. The 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index score given for Sri Lanka is 3.2 points out of a total of 10 points. Somalia and Myanmar share the lowest score of 1.4, while Denmark has edged up to share the top score of 9.4 with perennial high-flyers Finland and New Zealand. The 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index looks at perceptions of public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories - the greatest country coverage of any CPI to date ? and is a composite index that draws on 14 expert opinion surveys. It scores countries on a scale from zero to ten, with zero indicating high levels of perceived corruption and ten indicating low levels of perceived corruption.
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Saudi Arabia deports 71 Lankans Saturday, 29 September 2007 - 12:19 PM SL Time The Saudi government has deported 71 Sri Lankan migrant workers charged with various violations. The workers arrived in Sri Lanka on Thursday. The 71 workers included 30 females, according to sources of the Foreign Employment Bureau. Saudi government has born the airfare and other costs of the deportees, sources further said.
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Army chief: Sri Lanka`s rebels lose 60 percent territory Thursday, 27 September 2007 - 6:35 AM SL Time Sri Lanka`s Army Commander Sarath Fonseka said Wednesday that Tamil Tiger rebels have lost 60percent of the territory they controlled in the island`s Northern and Eastern provinces during the last two years. The Army Commander told reporters that the Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) have also faced severe internal problems according to intelligence sources. `We have killed over 3000 of their cadres in our humanitarian operations while another 1000 of them had been injured,` Fonseka said. However, Fonseka said the rebels still possess a large amount of weapons and ammunition as they had amassed them during the start of the ceasefire period between 2002 and 2004.
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Sri Lankan business confidence stifled by taxes - IFC Thursday, 27 September 2007 - 6:33 AM SL Time High taxes and red tape are eroding business confidence in Sri Lanka, one of the worst places to do business in South Asia, a study released Wednesday by the International Finance Corp (IFC) says. The research, which ranked 178 countries around the world on trade, taxation, business start-up costs, labor laws and legal procedures, put Sri Lanka in 101st position, down from 89th in the past two years. Some South Asian neighbors did better in their overall rankings, with the Maldives ranking 60th and Pakistan 76th. However, Sri Lanka scored ahead of Bangladesh (107th), Nepal (111th), Bhutan (119th), India (120th) and Afghanistan (159th) in the `Doing Business 2008` report by the IFC, a World Bank arm that promotes private-sector investment in
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Let the truth be known! Saturday, 29 September 2007 - 12:20 PM SL Time The killing of Rev. Fr. Nicholaspillai Packiyaranjith has shocked the civilised world beyond measure. The 40-year-old priest was well known in Mannar for his selfless service to the displaced and orphans as the co-ordinator of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in that district. He was on his way to an orphanage in an LTTE-held area carrying relief on Wednesday at the time of the deadly blast. The government lost no time in blaming the killing on the LTTE, which in turn held the deep penetration units of the army responsible for the attack. While anything is possible in the prevailing culture of impunity, the question is whether the army would have sent its long rangers on so risky a mission to target a priest who was no threat to the military.
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Go tell that to the Marines! Thursday, 27 September 2007 - 6:39 AM SL Time Once upon a time, there lived a village bum who had the bad habit of feasting on stolen toddy. One day, having clambered up a kitul palm at dawn, he was about to taste the pot that cheers, when he was challenged by the owner cum tapper who demanded to know what he was doing up there. Caught in flagrante delicto as he was, our bum started climbing down calmly with the cool reply: `I was looking for some grass.` `Where on earth does grass grow on kutul palms?` roared the other menacingly. Pat came the quip: `You are right there was no grass up there. That`s why I am coming down!` Moral of the story: Excuses are never in short supply. What should we do with such cunning bums? Should they be pilloried like in the olden days or thrown behind bars? No! They, we reckon, shouldn`t be punished at all. Instead, they must be rewarded with diplomatic postings so that they could `lie` abroad for the sake of their country.
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Bandicoot rats of terror Tuesday, 25 September 2007 - 11:46 AM SL Time Evidence surfacing in the on-going investigations into the recently detected tunnel dug by a group of LTTE cadres at the Kalutara prison points to inside help, according to press reports. We don`t need a high level probe to tell us that the prisoners concerned had inside help for their attempted escape. Given rampant corruption that has turned the prisons into the Augean Stables of Sri Lanka, the moment the news of the tunnel emanated, everybody suspected the involvement of some members of the prison staff in the clandestine project. One is reminded of an interesting parody of the famous Sherlock Holmes detective series. A section thereof runs like this. Sherlock Holmes while engrossed in deep thought cut off from the world outside has Watson barging in. `Watson, it must be raining!` says the great detective. Astonished, Watson asks admiringly, `How did you know?` `My dear Watson,` Sherlock Holmes smiles sagely, `Your umbrella is wet!`
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Indian cricketers return home to hero`s welcome Thursday, 27 September 2007 - 6:46 AM SL Time Ecstatic fans danced and showered rose petals on India`s victorious cricket team on its returned home Wednesday after winning the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa. Braving heavy rains, hundreds of fans waited at Mumbai`s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport to see team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni holding aloft the silver trophy and his team mates flashing victory signs. Indian cricket fans have thrown their support behind the national team after it bounced back from an inglorious exit from the limited -overs Cricket World Cup in the West Indies earlier this year. India won the twenty20 tournament with a narrow five-run win over neighboring rival Pakistan at Johannesburg on Monday.
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Miandad says Twenty20 is not `real cricket` Tuesday, 25 September 2007 - 11:48 AM SL Time Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan captain, has warned that the continued promotion of Twenty20 cricket poses a threat to the traditional bastions of the sport, particularly at Test level. `They [ICC] are turning cricket into baseball,` Miandad said. `In their bid to further commercialise and globalise the sport they are ruining its traditional character and spirit.` Pakistan will face India in the final of World Twenty20 today but Miandad played down the team`s achievements and insisted the shortest form of the game was not real cricket. `This is not the cricket we played and are aware of. Winning any tournament is an achievement for any team but this is not real cricket.` He said if Twenty20 was allowed to flourish as one-day internationals were, sponsors and spectators would eventually turn away from Test cricket.
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Twenty20 final an Indo-Pak affair Monday, 24 September 2007 - 8:35 AM SL Time India beat Australia by 15 runs in a memorable floodlit match in Durban to book a place against Pakistan in the final of the World Twenty20. The brilliant left-hander Yuvraj Singh hit 70 off just 30 balls as India won the toss and recovered spectacularly from a sluggish start to total 188-5. Australia kept in touch through Matthew Hayden (62) and Andrew Symonds (43), despite Sree Santh`s excellent 2-12. But they crumbled when 30 were needed from the last three to end on 173-7. India won the toss and had little hesitation in opting to bat first at a ground where they had played all but one of their previous matches. But they were stifled initially, and had to make do with an unthreatening 41-2 after eight overs.
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