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US stops military supplies to Sri Lanka after truce abrogation Friday, 4 January 2008 - 7:07 PM SL Time The US has stopped the supply of military equipment and services to Sri Lanka, as key countries rapped the Mahinda Rajapaksa government for unilaterally abrogating the 2002 Norway-brokered truce with the Tamil Tiger rebels.
A US government website said the country has suspended the issuance of licences for the sale or transfer of military equipment and services to Sri Lanka with effect from Dec 26, 2007, as per the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programmes Appropriation Act. The Sri Lankan government had Wednesday decided to withdraw from the ceasefire agreement it had signed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) citing its failure to bring peace to the country. 
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CFA abolition no bar to talks - Says Sri Lanka Government Friday, 4 January 2008 - 11:03 AM SL Time The Government`s decision to abrogate the Ceasefire Agreement was based on a policy decision and the doors are yet wide open for a peaceful and negotiated political solution to the ethnic conflict, Cabinet Spokesman and Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said yesterday.
Addressing the maiden Cabinet news briefing for the New Year at the Government Information Department Auditorium in Narahenpita, Minister Yapa said the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) signed between former Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe and Vellupillai Prabhakaran in 2002, will be abrogated based on a Cabinet memorandum submitted by Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayaka at the Cabinet meeting last Wednesday night.
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Sri Lanka withdraws from CFA - Ends Jan 16th day after Thaippongkal Thursday, 3 January 2008 - 7:35 PM SL Time Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Thursday evening officially conveyed in writing to the Norwegian Ambassador Tore Hattrem in Colombo that the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) was withdrawing from the February 2002 Cease Fire Agreement (CFA). The message was conveyed to the Ambassador at the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry in Colombo. The CFA formally ends on 16 January, the day after the Tamil festival Thaippongkal.
Ratnasiri Wickramayake, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, on Wednesday conveyed a proposal to the Sri Lankan cabinet, based on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa`s decision to abrogate the ceasefire agreement. The majority of cabinet ministers had supported the proposal, officials at Sri Lankan foreign ministry told media.
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Sri Lanka not looking at February for Indian PM`s visit Saturday, 5 January 2008 - 4:45 AM SL Time Sri Lanka said Friday that it was not expecting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit the country in February, to be the chief guest at the 6oth independence day celebrations. `We are not looking at February or any other specific date for the Indian prime minister`s visit. What we would like is a bilateral visit by the Indian prime minister in the course of 2008. No Indian prime minister has paid a bilateral visit to Sri Lanka in the last 20 years,` Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told the media here. Asked if any other date had been fixed if Manmohan Singh was not likely to be in Colombo Feb 4, the country`s independence day, the minister said it was for India to come up with dates.
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Govt. undecided on banning LTTE Saturday, 5 January 2008 - 4:44 AM SL Time Although the government decided to abrogate the Ceasefire Agreement entered into with the Tigers in February 2002, it has not taken a decision on banning the outfit, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said yesterday. `Dealing militarily with the LTTE does not in any way mean that the Government had abandoned a search for a political solution`, he said. Addressing a press conference in Colombo the Foreign Minister said abrogation of the ceasefire agreement gives the government a broader space to pursue the goal to search for a political solution involving all political parties. `Because of the CFA, other political parties remained sidelined. The CFA also reduced the country to a nominal State instead of a Sovereign State,` he said.
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Mervyn denies assault, claims he was the victim Friday, 4 January 2008 - 11:11 AM SL Time Labour Minister Mervyn Silva has told the CID that he did not go to the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation to assault anybody but was himself assaulted. The CID recently recorded the statement of the Minister. CID sources told The Island yesterday that they would record the statements of all those who accompanied Mervin Silva to the SLRC and also of some staff. The CID yesterday assured that a very fair investigation would be conducted and appropriate action taken against the culprits, irrespective of their standing in society. Minister Mervyn Silva, accompanied by some thugs, had gone to the Rupavahini Corportaion around 10.00 a.m. on December 27 to inquire from the News Director why a speech made by him the previous day, at Matara, was not telecast. In an argument that ensued the News Director was allegedly assaulted by the Minister and hundreds of Rupavahini employees in turn manhandled the Minister.
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No bail for the Mervin`s goon Saturday, 5 January 2008 - 4:49 AM SL Time Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi today (04) rejected the bail application of the goon Nuwan Udaya Kumara alias Kudu (Heroine) Nuwan of Minister Mervin Silva`s security squad who was arrested at the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) for assaulting the SLRC News Director. Considering the bail application, the Magistrate said that it could be taken up when the case is called on January 11. Lawyer Anton Senanayaka appeared for the suspect.
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Probe on Mervyn will take time - Nimal Saturday, 5 January 2008 - 4:47 AM SL Time Chairman of the three-member committee, Nimal Siripala de Silva, appointed by the SLFP to probe into the recent activities of Minister Mervyn Silva, said that a thorough investigation would be conducted and it would take some time since many people had to be questioned and the statements made by some to the Police had to be studied. Minister Mervyn Silva recently forced himself into the premises of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Cooperation with some underworld thugs and is alleged to have assaulted the News Director for apparently not telecasting a speech made by him at Matara the previous day.
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Over 100 Sri Lankans chose to live under voluntary remand in Jaffna Friday, 4 January 2008 - 11:15 AM SL Time Lack of adequate security caused 119 people to choose voluntary remand imprisonment in the Jaffna peninsula in the year 2007. These people produced themselves in court through the human rights commission and pleaded voluntary remand imprisonment. According to legal sources in Jaffna, these people came to their decisions after life threats and escalation in extortions and abductions in the area. Nine families are among them, sources added. The voluntary prisoners are kept at several safe houses under full police and Army protection.
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Official welcome for Mihin Lanka at Changi, Singapore Saturday, 5 January 2008 - 4:51 AM SL Time The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) held a ceremony today to officially welcome Mihin Lanka, to operate at Singapore Changi Airport.The state-owned airline first began operating six weekly flights between Singapore and Colombo on 24 September 2007 with Airbus 321 aircraft.
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Outstation students take pride of place Thursday, 3 January 2008 - 10:53 AM SL Time Outstation candidates were in the majority among the top five scorers in each stream of the GCE Advanced Level 2007 Examination results released yesterday. Of the top 20, 14 are from outstation while only six are from Colombo`s top schools. Two were first in the Bio Science and Arts streams while Colombo schools secured first places in Maths and Commerce. Thirimadura Charith Yasendra Mendis of Royal College, Colombo recorded top marks in the Maths stream and the highest Z ? score 3.3349 in all streams. Ahangama Vithanage Irosha Chandimal of the St. Aloysius College, Galle came first in Bio Science, while Tharani Gavisha Mattaka Gamage of Visaka BMV, Colombo was the top scorer in Commerce. Nadeesha Hansamali Epa of Christ Church BMV, Baddegama scored highest marks in Arts stream.
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No development possible till terrorism wiped out - PM Wednesday, 2 January 2008 - 9:41 AM SL Time `People who had taken law into their hands should not be recognised. Terrorism was also a case of the law taken into the hands of a small group of people. Until we wipe out terrorism from our country we will not be able to develop our country,` Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickremanayake said, addressing his staff, on New Year`s day. `There is a group of terrorists who are trying to destroy the country and whatever political views we hold or whatever group we belong to we should support the armed forces who are sacrificing a lot to protect the country.` The Prime Minister said that people should not only grow flowers in their gardens but also at least some vegetables so that the effort to become self sufficient in food could become successful. People should attach more importance to local things.
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More on Arachchi`s dog Saturday, 5 January 2008 - 4:47 AM SL Time The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is reported to have appointed a committee headed by Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva to probe the asinine conduct of Labour Minister Mervyn Silva at the Rupavahini Corporation the other day. Appointment of committees is a ruse that any government in trouble adopts by way of a dilatory tactic. Committees, as it is said, function the way a person eases himself: They sit, deliberate for a while and then drop the matter with a thundering report. If there is anything good about the committee in question, it is that the Health Minister is its head. For, the national anti-rabies campaign comes under his purview and he could be urged to test canine vaccines on political thugs. Or, the mental health institutions under his ministry may also be of some use in rehabilitating political rowdies.
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A symbolic interment Friday, 4 January 2008 - 11:11 AM SL Time The government has at long last relegated the CFA to the catacomb of legality. Eulogies, requiems and sermons being dished out may mislead one into the belief that its demise occurred only recently. But, make no mistake about it, the CFA became brain dead shortly after its birth. Thereafter, it had been kept on a heart and lung machine for years in the hope that a miracle would bring it back to life like in a fairy tale. The CFA was doomed right from the word go, having been signed on Feb. 22, 2002 against the backdrop of a fierce sea battle between the Navy and the Sea Tigers who were smuggling in a large quantity of arms in spite of the LTTE`s self-declared ceasefire, exposing its real motive. The LTTE`s hand in the drafting of the CFA was only too evident. It was tailor-made for helping the LTTE gain legitimacy and officially recognising some parts of the country as being ruled by the outfit thus bolstering its claim of running a de facto state. Even the then World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka Peter Harrold had the audacity to recognise that claim as being valid in a press interview!
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Mines and mindless violence Thursday, 3 January 2008 - 10:57 AM SL Time The first blast in the New Year has happened. One soldier and three civilians were killed in an LTTE claymore mine explosion yesterday at Slave Island. The attack came as no surprise. It was on Dec. 31 night that many thought the LTTE would launch an attack somewhere. With a military onslaught in the Wanni staring it in its face, the LTTE is likely to step up such cowardly attacks in time to come. Terrorists have to be lucky only once. No amount of checks and raids will be sufficient to bring terror strikes to a complete halt. All that they need to wreak havoc is a single bomb. Not even the military super powers have succeeded in preventing terrorist attacks. New York and London have become as vulnerable to terror attack as little Colombo, which has, to its credit, at least developed a remarkable immunity to the germ of terror. Yesterday`s attack made only ripples and not waves in the city. The people went about their business as usual after a pause to check what had happened. After the debris is cleared and the road reopened, the people will put the blast behind them. How many of them can remember the year of the Central Bank attack? The people have mastered the art of living with terror. Prabhakaran has been their guru!
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Wasim eyes coaching job Saturday, 5 January 2008 - 4:50 AM SL Time Former Pakistan skipper and paceman Wasim Akram says that he would like to do coaching stints with both England and County Championship side Glamorgan in the future, cricket365.com reported on its website on Wednesday. Akram says that he would love to give back something to the game he cherishes. Wasim enjoyed his days as Lancashire`s overseas player, and the former Pakistan all-rounder would like to return to Great Britain to work as a coach. After bagging a total of 414 Test wickets at an average of just 23.62, alongside 502 one-day international wickets at 23.52, there a have been few more dangerous bowlers around in recent times. After retiring in 2003 to work in the media, Wasim now says that he would like to try his hand at coaching, and would like to work with England`s bowlers one day, along with County Championship side Glamorgan.
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Sangakkara`s Kandurata to play first match Wednesday, 2 January 2008 - 9:42 AM SL Time The third and fourth encounters of the 10-match Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament will be held in Colombo today. Kandurata XI led by Kumar Sangakkara will take on Tillakaratne Dilshan`s Basnahira South at SSC while Wayamba, led by Sri Lanka Captain Mahela Jayawardene, will meet Basnahira North, skippered by Chaminda Vaas, at R. Premadasa Stadium under lights. Today`s match will be the first encounter for Kandurata, featuring top players like Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chamara Kapugedera, Thilan Samaraweera and Kaushalya Weeraratne, in the Tournament.
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Jayantha resigns, Arjuna to take over today Tuesday, 1 January 2008 - 4:03 AM SL Time Jayantha Dharmadasa, the Chairman of the Cricket Interim Committee, has resigned from his post with effect from January 1, 2008, Sri Lanka Cricket said yesterday. Sports Ministry officials confirmed that former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga will take charge as the new Chairman of the Cricket Interim Committee. Officials further said that Ranatunga will receive his letter of appointment from President Mahinda Rajapakse today at the Temple Trees. `The Island` also learns that Dharmadasa will be put in charge of another honorary post, possibly as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Film Corporation.
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