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Latest News HeadlinesJaffna SLA commander calls upon LTTE cadres to surrenderMajor. Gen. G. A. Chandrasiri, the Head of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the North in a media communiqu released Tuesday night called upon the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) cadres operating in the peninsula to surrender themselves at the m...
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TNA MP Sivanesan was summoned to Kilinochchi by LTTE for secret meetingTamil analysts in Sri Lanka believe that K. Sivanesan, Member of Parliament (MP) of the LTTE -backed Tamil National Alliance (TNA) was killed by the Tamil Tigers. The LTTE has summoned Mr Sivanesan and another TNA MP for a briefing on Wednesday. Acc...
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Sri Lanka troops intercept high-tech military items destined for LTTEA stock of high-tech equipment, including digital binoculars, was seized by the Medawachchiya police today while it was being transported to LTTE -held areas. Police said they seized a three-wheeler with three persons and the equipment at a su...
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Sri Lanka Government hits out at British MinisterHuman Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe has expressed the Government s regret over what he termed the misconceived approach of the British Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, when making comments over the human rights s...
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Independence of Kosovo Sets No Precedent Anywhere Else in this World US Secretary of StateThe Government of the United States of America strongly believes that Kosovo makes a special and unique case and that the situation that existed Kosovo to gain independence does not exist anywhere in the world today. In a resolution moved in t...
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Direct air links improve trade between Sri Lanka and ThailandPrime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake on Tuesday stressed the importance of having direct airlinks between countries. Addressing a delegation of senior officers of the Royal Thai Airforce he said that direct air links between Sri Lanka and Th...
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Sri Lanka`s Mihin Air pulls out of three destinations Friday, 7 March 2008 - 8:11 PM SL Time Mihin Lanka which launched flights to six destinations in South India, East Asia and the Middle East has now been compelled to reduce them to three destinations from April with flights in South India already been suspended. The two weekly flights now in operation to Bangkok will be suspended from the end of this month.
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Parappakandal under army control, 23 killed in Sri Lanka clashes Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:38 AM SL Time Sri Lankan army on Thursday brought the entire town suburb of Parappakandal in Mannar district under its control even as 22 rebels and a soldier died in clashes in other parts of the embattled Northern region of the country, the army said on Thursday.
`Parappakandal, one of the major town suburbs to the north of Uyilankulam, was completely brought under the troops this morning, giving another severe setback and humiliation to the Tiger militants who had kept the area under siege,` an official statement said.
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Sri Lanka rapped over `disappeared` Thursday, 6 March 2008 - 10:35 PM SL Time Sri Lanka`s government is one of the world`s worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances, US-based pressure group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
An HRW report accuses security forces and pro-government militias of abducting and `disappearing` hundreds of people - mostly Tamils - since 2006. Sri Lanka`s government says HRW has exaggerated the scale of the problem. In a separate development, a team of foreign judicial experts has announced its withdrawal from the country. HRW says many of the missing are young Tamil men targeted on suspicion of links to Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Jaffna SLA commander calls upon LTTE cadres to surrender Friday, 7 March 2008 - 8:15 PM SL Time Major. Gen. G. A. Chandrasiri, the Head of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the North in a media communiqu released Tuesday night called upon the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres operating in the peninsula to surrender themselves at the military bases in the peninsula, sources in Jaffna said. The SLA commander of the Northern Region in his communiqu stated that most of the LTTE fighters have already surrendered at the Army camps and appealed to the rest to surrender taking advantage of the ongoing rehabilitation program.
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TNA MP Sivanesan was summoned to Kilinochchi by LTTE for secret meeting Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:46 AM SL Time Tamil analysts in Sri Lanka believe that K. Sivanesan, Member of Parliament (MP) of the LTTE-backed Tamil National Alliance (TNA) was killed by the Tamil Tigers. The LTTE has summoned Mr Sivanesan and another TNA MP for a briefing on Wednesday. According to political circles only Mr Sivenesan was free to go to Mankulam. The LTTE summons TNA MPs from time to time and instruct them on the stands they should take in Parliament debates and media interviews.
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Sri Lanka troops intercept high-tech military items destined for LTTE Thursday, 6 March 2008 - 10:37 PM SL Time A stock of high-tech equipment, including digital binoculars, was seized by the Medawachchiya police today while it was being transported to LTTE-held areas. Police said they seized a three-wheeler with three persons and the equipment at a surprise road checkpoint near the Karapikkada junction, Medawachchiya. Among the items were eight binoculars (including three digital binoculars), five data cables and video cables for digital binoculars, Blue Tooth cables, AC/DC adaptor power cords, ten audio earphones, two IFD Torch Mag-Lites, 63 mobile hand set shoulder straps, and 48 batteries.
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Sri Lanka Government hits out at British Minister Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:43 AM SL Time Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe has expressed the Government s regret over what he termed the misconceived approach of the British Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, when making comments over the human rights situation in Sri Lanka at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva. Responding to Lord Brown`s statement that `countering terrorism requires respect for human rights,` Mr. Samarasinghe said that, as a practicing democracy of long standing, Sri Lanka is well aware of this and has, over the years, developed new institutions that a colonial tradition failed to install.
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Independence of Kosovo Sets No Precedent Anywhere Else in this World US Secretary of State Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:35 AM SL Time The Government of the United States of America strongly believes that Kosovo makes a special and unique case and that the situation that existed Kosovo to gain independence does not exist anywhere in the world today. In a resolution moved in the United States Senate last year (carried in Asian Tribune) and confirmed by its Foreign Relations Committee, while supporting the independence of Kosovo, categorically stated that the Congress recognized the situation led to the freedom of Kosovo was unique to its territory and that it cannot be substituted in other situations anywhere in the world.
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Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation staff in a token strike Thursday, 6 March 2008 - 10:39 PM SL Time Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) staff launched a two-hour token strike today (06) from 12.30 to 2.30 PM urging the government to mediate immediately to halt the continuous intimidation of SLRC workers by unidentified persons. All the staff members sans the essential services staff took part in the walk out. SLRC Chairman`s sneaking off from his office and the absence of entire management in the SLRC premises was a notable incident. A trade union leader of the SLRC said to `Lanka-e-News` that the trade unions would send a letter to the President and the cabinet of Ministers today (06) requesting to take steps to halt the intimidation of the SLRC staff and warning that they would commence a continuous strike if such intimidation took place again.
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Direct air links improve trade between Sri Lanka and Thailand Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:40 AM SL Time Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake on Tuesday stressed the importance of having direct airlinks between countries. Addressing a delegation of senior officers of the Royal Thai Airforce he said that direct air links between Sri Lanka and Thailand had helped tremendously to improve trade ties between the two countries. `In an era where the world is developing rapidly in every sphere, Sri Lanka cannot afford to work in isolation. We need to cooperate with other countries. The government has launched a well planned programme in this regard,` he said.
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Richard Pieris sells 49% of its newspaper business Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:39 AM SL Time A London-based financier, Nilanka Rajapaksa, has bought 49 per cent of Rivira Media Corporation Ltd., a member of the Richard Pieris Group of Companies, fuelling speculation that the deal had the backing of the government. Well informed sources said the deal had been struck after Richard Pieris Chairman, Dr. Sena Yaddehige, concluded weeks of confidential negotiations and finalized the Rs 100 million transaction under which control still remains with Richard Pieris. Dr. Yaddehige yesterday confirmed the deal and said that the buyer, a Lankan who had been living abroad for a long time, expected to do other business with the Richard Pieris Group in the future.
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Jaffna census nears completion Thursday, 6 March 2008 - 7:32 AM SL Time A-follow-up meeting that was designed to review and evaluate the progress of the ongoing population census in the Jaffna peninsula took place last Saturday at Jaffna Security Forces headquarters premises. It was attended by Divisional Secretaries, Grama Seva Officials, Statisticians, Civil Coordinating Officers, Senior Army and Police Officers and other administrative officials, attached to the Jaffna District Secretariat, the Army announced yesterday.
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Responsibility lost in a jungle of rights Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:41 AM SL Time Father of Medicine, Hippocrates, would spin in his grave if he knew about the conduct of some physicians in this blessed land. Yesterday, we reported that a specialist doctor in Ratnapura had allegedly given a trainee nurse an injection by way of punishment for a mistake she had made. The nurse is said to have been warded following that jab of wrath. The nurses unions are on the warpath demanding stern against the doctor. The doctor is reported to have told the police that he only demonstrated to the trainee nurse how an injection should be given. What a way to conduct a demonstration! The incident has yet to be probed fully and we don t intend to subject the doctor concerned to a media trial. But, it is surprising that doctors trade unions and professional associations which go into the attack mode at the drop of a hat over issues concerning their rights and privileges have not been jolted into action on this score.
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On the fast track to hell Thursday, 6 March 2008 - 7:34 AM SL Time Judicial activism is, no doubt, anathema to ruling politicians and their cronies bent on keeping democratic institutions under their dirty thumb. But, it is a blessing for the ordinary people who are suffering in silence. It is also the best way to defeat autocratic tendencies of rulers of all hues and decelerate a country s slide towards anarchy consequent upon arrogance of power as well as the attendant public anger and disillusionment with democratic institutions. There are times when the modern day judges have to emulate Azdak in Brecht s Caucasian Chalk Circle. The hapless people being preyed on by political hyenas and commercial vultures must be assured that the law is on their side, if democracy is to be preserved. For, in the absence of confidence in the democratic process, a despondent public only have a choice between fatalistic resignation to their pathetic lot or adoption of ultra radical methods to have themselves heard or to avenge injustice.
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Yakadaya as a Super Star Wednesday, 5 March 2008 - 5:09 AM SL Time There is nothing in this universe that politicians and their henchmen don t use to gain mileage. We even see them declare open public toilets, don t we? (A wag says that is where they belong!) They haven t spared a single wayside wall or lamppost their posters and cutouts are ubiquitous. When Sanath and Murali reach turning points in their cricketing careers, it is not their hearts that skip a beat but those of political leaders anxious to be seen with them and share the limelight. When Murali set a new world record a few months ago, politicians flocked to Kandy like crows to congratulate him before TV cameras. Never mind the Master Blaster and the Spin Wizard, who are genuine heroes who have put this country on the map. Even lesser minions who have become known for anti-social activities are going places thanks to politicians predilection for mileage.
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Suresh Subramaniam is back - Sri Lanka Tennis Association Friday, 7 March 2008 - 4:42 AM SL Time At an unofficial meeting held in Colombo, amongst the top officials of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA), it was resolved to appoint Suresh Subramaniam as President of the SLTA again at its AGM set for March 29. At the meeting, present President Janaka Bogollagama said that he had decided to step down from his post. `I decided to step down and offer a chance again to Suresh (Subramaniam), to be the President. It was a cordial transition of power. I don t advocate any rivalry at the election. All of us needed to avoid such a situation,` Bogollagama told The Island yesterday.
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Peterites hoping to strike form against Joes Thursday, 6 March 2008 - 7:43 AM SL Time St. Peter`s College having maintained an unbeaten record this season are hoping that their senior players would strike form when they take on the traditional rivals St. Joseph`s College in their 74th annual Battle of the Saints` inter school cricket counter on March 7 and 8 at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium. The Peterites of course have done nothing extra ordinary this season and have managed to record just three outright victories against Trinity College Kandy, Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya and De Mazenod College Kandana.
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Kingswood : Dharmaraja 102nd encounter on Friday Thursday, 6 March 2008 - 7:35 AM SL Time The oldest big match in the hills will get under way tomorrow when Dharmaraja College take on arch rivals Kingswood College in the 102nd encounter, played for the T.B. Tennakoon Trophy at Asgiriya Stadium. Out of the 101 outings so far, Rajans lead the tally with 31 wins against 19 by Kingswood. 50 games have ended in draws while in 1973 the game was not played due to unavoidable reasons. The last time a decision was possible during the series was in 1980 when the Rajans took the honours by defeating the lads from the Randles Hill by nine wickets under the captaincy of Janaka Mendis.
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