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Latest News HeadlinesClergy returns to the Madhu Shrine following its liberation in Sri LankaRev. Fr. Anthony Victor Sosai, the Anunayake of the Mannar Diocese observes the Madhu Church liberated by the security forces from the LTTE terrorists. The priest returned to the Church this morning. Wanni Commander Major Gen. Jagath Wijesuriya...
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Sri Lanka lost 185 soldiers in Jaffna battle - military sourcesAt least 165 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and 20 more went missing in a major battle with Tamil separatists this week, military sources told AFP Friday as journalists attacked widening censorship. The toll makes Wednesday`s clash the bloodi...
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Sla Toll Mounts, `feint` Said To Ha..Even before the Tamil Tigers handed back the bodies of 28 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers left behind by their retreating comrades following Wednesday s pitched battle in the Jaffna peninsula, the bodies of 143 other soldiers had been brought to three...
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UN cuts rations to poor LankansWith prices of essential grain hitting record levels around the world and no corresponding increases in finances the UN World Food Programme is cutting down on its rations to about one million Sri Lankans it is feeding in the North and East. W...
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Bishop to meet Lankan govt., LTTE over Madhu issueThe Catholic Church of Mannar is planning to meet representatives of the government and the LTTE seeking an assurance that they would not enter the Madhu area and refrain from fighting in the church vicinity so that the sacred Madhu statue could be ...
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Sri Lanka emerging as a global leader in eco-friendly manufactureSri Lanka`s apparel industry is believed to be on the threshold of becoming a leader in eco-friendly manufacture on the global stage, and one industry leader pledged to spend US$ 25 million (Rs 2.7 billion) over the next four years to place the coun...
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Sri Lanka Army launches offensive in Ma`nalaa`ru Saturday, 26 April 2008 - 9:47 PM SL Time Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) defensive units were confronting Sri Lanka Army (SLA) units that have launched a large-scale offensive push in Ma`nalaa`ru (Weli Oya) Saturday morning around 6:00, according to LTTE Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan.
The LTTE defensive formations were confronting the SLA at Kokkuththoduvaay and Ma`nki`ndimalai Forward Defence Lines.
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Bomb blast in Piliyandala Sri Lanka Friday, 25 April 2008 - 8:49 PM SL Time A bomb blast was reported inside a bus around 6:45 p.m. Friday near Piliayandala bus-stand, 17 km southeast of Colombo, according to initial reports. The bus was fully packed with passengers when the bomb exploded. 16 passengers were killed, Police said. 40 persons were wounded and rushed to Kalubowila hospital.
The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus was heading from Piliyandala to Kahapola. The bus has sustained heavy damage in the attack. Meanwhile, Colombo police Friday evening around 4.10 p.m. recovered a parcel bomb weighing about 5 kg placed near a police sentry at Aadduppaddiththe`ru, on receipt of information. A police party rushed to the site and cordoned off the area. Army bomb disposal squad deactivated the bomb, sources said.
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In war `one can`t always win` Friday, 25 April 2008 - 9:28 AM SL Time The government says that despite suffering heavy casualties security forcers have been able to capture forward defence line territory in the North.
When fighting terrorism you can t always win said Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. The Sri Lankan Military said on Wednesday that it has captured 400 to 500 metres of L.T.T.E. area in Muhamalai , in the Jaffna peninsula.
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Clergy returns to the Madhu Shrine following its liberation in Sri Lanka Sunday, 27 April 2008 - 9:37 AM SL Time Rev. Fr. Anthony Victor Sosai, the Anunayake of the Mannar Diocese observes the Madhu Church liberated by the security forces from the LTTE terrorists. The priest returned to the Church this morning. Wanni Commander Major Gen. Jagath Wijesuriya welcomed and accompanied him to the Church. He was thereafter briefed on the damages inflicted by the terrorists to the shrine. The gallant soldiers succeeded in taking control of the Madhu area which was forcibly occupied by the tiger terrorists. The terrorists retreated with the troops of the 572nd Brigade of the Army capturing the area. The Brigadier in Charge of Operations Lt. Col. Senarath Bandara said all access routes to the Church premises, the environs of the Madhu tank and camping grounds of the devotees had been mined and booby-trapped. But he pointed out that there were no land mines and booby traps detected within the Church premises. He underlined that there was no resistance from the terrorists when they entered the Church precincts. However, the tigers had damaged the doors and windows and part of the Church roof. These also came under the observation of the priest. He described the liberation of the sacred premises by the troops as a miracle.
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Sri Lanka lost 185 soldiers in Jaffna battle - military sources Friday, 25 April 2008 - 9:48 PM SL Time At least 165 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and 20 more went missing in a major battle with Tamil separatists this week, military sources told AFP Friday as journalists attacked widening censorship. The toll makes Wednesday`s clash the bloodiest in recent years and saw the authorities extend `unofficial` press censorship to hospitals and funeral parlours, a media rights group said. The death toll from the sources were far higher than official defence ministry casualty figures, who have long been accused of massaging the statistics.
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Sla Toll Mounts, `feint` Said To Ha.. Friday, 25 April 2008 - 9:22 AM SL Time Even before the Tamil Tigers handed back the bodies of 28 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers left behind by their retreating comrades following Wednesday s pitched battle in the Jaffna peninsula, the bodies of 143 other soldiers had been brought to three funeral parlours in Colombo, a pro-opposition website reported. Meanwhile, CNN quoted `highly placed` army sources as saying the SLA had been drawn into an ambush when it launched an offensive against LTTE positions Wednesday.
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UN cuts rations to poor Lankans Sunday, 27 April 2008 - 9:25 AM SL Time With prices of essential grain hitting record levels around the world and no corresponding increases in finances the UN World Food Programme is cutting down on its rations to about one million Sri Lankans it is feeding in the North and East. WFP Country Director of Mohamed Saleheen said they were forced by circumstances to suspend their food-for-work programme to about 175,000 people in the war-affected regions from May 1 and reduce rations of others from 1,900 kilo calories to 1,665 kilo calories per day per person.
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Bishop to meet Lankan govt., LTTE over Madhu issue Saturday, 26 April 2008 - 4:14 AM SL Time The Catholic Church of Mannar is planning to meet representatives of the government and the LTTE seeking an assurance that they would not enter the Madhu area and refrain from fighting in the church vicinity so that the sacred Madhu statue could be restored in its original shrine. Mannar Bishop Rayappu Joseph told the Daily Mirror the shrine could be called safe only if both parties kept at least two kilometres away from the shrine.
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Lanka Army liberates sacred Madhu shrine from terror clutches Friday, 25 April 2008 - 1:15 PM SL Time Sri Lanka army has liberated the sacred Madhu shrine by beating off the occupying LTTE terrorists today morning (April 25). The soldiers of 8 Sri Lanka Light Infantry reached the shrine as the terrorists beat a retreat unable to withstand the army advance. The centuries old Catholic shrine is held sacred and respected by all Sri Lankans irrespective of religion and ethnicity. Thousands of pilgrims used to visit the shrine, especially during the church feast in August, before the terrorists took control of the area in 1999.
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Sri Lanka emerging as a global leader in eco-friendly manufacture Sunday, 27 April 2008 - 9:12 AM SL Time Sri Lanka`s apparel industry is believed to be on the threshold of becoming a leader in eco-friendly manufacture on the global stage, and one industry leader pledged to spend US$ 25 million (Rs 2.7 billion) over the next four years to place the country on the world map as a location for environmental best practice. Speaking at inauguration of the country s first converted Green Factory yesterday (25), Brandix CEO Ashroff Omar said Sri Lanka is already ahead of many of its competitors in the region in eco-friendly manufacture, and has gained international recognition as a major location for ethical manufacturing.
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Six SriLankan flights cancelled Saturday, 26 April 2008 - 4:11 AM SL Time Six SriLankan airlines flights were cancelled yesterday due to pilots going on strike demanding a pay hike. The flights which were to arrive from Chennai, Trivandrum, Bangalore and Delhi, as well as the Male and Dubai flights that were to depart from the Bandaranaike International Airport were cancelled according to airline sources. However, some officials said it was due to an operational problem. An authoritative source said that the operations in these sectors would resumed soon. (HG)
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Global hunt for Sri Lanka`s Tigers` assets Friday, 25 April 2008 - 9:24 AM SL Time A global onslaught against the international network of front organizations of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) coincides with the domestic reverses the rebels have suffered within Sri Lanka. On Wednesday, the LTTE claimed it had killed 100 Sri Lankan soldiers in the nation`s bloodiest battle in 18 months, while the military claimed more than 100 rebels died in the fighting, following pre-dawn fighting in the northern peninsula of Jaffna.
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Lankan conflict - LTTE misleads South African parliamentarians Sunday, 27 April 2008 - 9:40 AM SL Time The LTTE has misled the South African parliamentarians along with its support groups in South Africa on the Sri Lanka crisis, said Minister of Media and Information, Anura Priyadharshana Yapa. He was addressing the 118th General Assembly of the International Parliamentary Community in Cape Town, South Africa last week. The Assembly was held from April 13 to 18, where a Parliamentary delegation led by Speaker W. J. M. Lokkubandara represented Sri Lanka.
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Festina lente!! Saturday, 26 April 2008 - 4:13 AM SL Time The much lionized Tigers have lost their first line of defence at Muhamalai despite their bragging that it was impregnable. The army has consolidated its power in a newly gained area encompassing approximately half a kilometre ahead of its FDL from Kilali to Kadolana, thus rendering the LTTE positions in the peninsula and beyond extremely vulnerable. The Tiger defences that fell, it should be noted, had been fortified over several years to prevent a southward thrust by the Jaffna based troops. At a time the outfit is under tremendous pressure on the Mannar and the Weli Oya fronts, it is possible that it will go all out to move northwards from Muhamalai, where it has a heavy presence. The army may have sought to pre-empt such an attack on Wednesday by capturing the LTTE`s FDL. But, the question is whether the army has learnt its lessons from the heavy losses it had suffered in battles at Muhamailai in 2006 and last year.
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The Red and Blue hypocrisy Friday, 25 April 2008 - 9:14 AM SL Time Rathu Sahodarayas, as is well known, are masters of slinging mud at others. They have given many a political leader a right royal mud bath. The JVP may have inherited that trait from its founder Rohana Wijeweera, whose forte was vicious iconoclastic calumny, with which he apparently sought to overcome some personality problems. His successors seem to have overtaken him posthumously in that respect, if their sordid conduct is any indication.
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Sangakkara thwarts Mumbai Sunday, 27 April 2008 - 9:23 AM SL Time Sachin Tendulkar cannot return from his groin injury fast enough after the Mumbai Indians side, captained in his absence by Harbhajan Singh, suffered their third-straight defeat, this time going down by 66 runs to Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. Bought at a cost of $111.9 million, Mumbai are the most expensive of the eight IPL franchises. Friday night`s damage was inflicted by Sri Lanka`s keeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara, who cracked 94 off 56 balls to help the Kings XI reach 182.
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Sri Lanka Sports Ministry to investigate N Eliya racing tragedy Saturday, 26 April 2008 - 4:12 AM SL Time `This person (de Costa) distorts the facts and spreads utterly false stories saying that we have made an organisational blunder in conducting the N Eliya race. But the fact is that Mr. de Costa is acting on his personal egoism and making use of this sorrowful human loss for his own benefit. That is really pathetic,` said present SLMC acting president Mahesh Gammampila yesterday. `We met the Sports Minister (Lokuge) last Thursday (24) and showed him all the documents to prove that we held the races in a proper manner. This is one of the oldest motor races in the country. Even the main accuser here (de Costa) too was part of the organising committee of the N Eliya car races for some years. We have collaborated with the motorcycling mother association before these races. I think the minister was very much convinced that we were not at fault as the organisers of the event. But he needed some time to investigate more into the issue and convey his final verdict,` Gammampila further explained.
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Kingswood stuns Royal 13-7 Friday, 25 April 2008 - 9:16 AM SL Time Kingswood College upset all calculations when they beat Royal 13-7 (one goal, two penalties) to a goal in their Singer Shield A Division rugby tournament game at the Bogambara Stadium yesterday. At half time Kingswood led 7-0. The Kingswoodians owe their victory to the kicking boots of scrum half Roshan Weeraratne who contributed eight points in addition to some excellent play in the loose by making some daring moves. His moves, however, lacked support. Skipper Gayan Ratnage too had a good game and so did their full back M.C. Sansoni.
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