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Anarkali elected to the Southern Provincial Council Sunday, 11 October 2009 - 10:55 PM SL Time
 
Actress Anarkalli has been elected to the Southern Provincial Council after coming in 10th for the UPFA with 26,726 votes at the Southern Provincial Council (SPC) polls. Speaking to Daily Mirror online the actress said she was the youngest female to be elected to the Council.

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Now, UK wants to share Lanka s experience Monday, 24 August 2009 - 11:49 PM SL Time
 
Against the backdrop of Sri Lanka`s unparalleled military victory over LTTE terrorism, foreign powers are lining up to study Sri Lanka`s modus operandi in fighting the LTTE.

Former Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka, who spearheaded the war against the LTTE, declared on the Vellimullivaikkal beach that the international community would seek Sri Lanka`s expertise as it was the only success story against terrorism since the British campaign in Malaya in the 1950s. But that was against terrorists armed with 303 rifles, whereas the Sri Lanka army faced a well equipped enemy with sea and air assets.

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Sri Lanka to train Pakistani army Saturday, 22 August 2009 - 2:26 AM SL Time
 

Sri Lanka will offer specialist counter-insurgency training
Sri Lanka`s army has said it will be happy to give training to members of the Pakistani military.

It says Islamabad has requested the training because of the country`s success in defeating the Tamil Tigers.

In May, the government announced the end to a decades-long war with the rebel group.

The army`s new commander told the BBC that Pakistan had already asked if it could send its military cadets to train in counter-insurgency operations.

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Uva Wellassa University Wednesday, 5 August 2009 - 2:45 AM SL Time
 
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`Kung Fu` found dead in Bangkok Thursday, 4 June 2009 - 11:00 PM SL Time
 
BANGKOK - Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series `Kung Fu` who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide.

A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He said Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family.

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India lacks sound counterterrorism measures: US : Friday, 1 May 2009 - 11:23 PM SL Time
 

Washington, May 01, 2009: India is incapable of adequately responding to the threat of terrorism because of poor coordination between regional authorities and an inefficient legal system, the US State Department said in a report released on Thursday.



The State Department`s annual report on global terrorism for 2008 said that India was among the world`s top targets despite a strong government commitment to fighting terrorism.


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JHU demands 50 billion pounds from UK Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 9:37 PM SL Time
 
Hon David Wright Miliband MP
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
United Kingdom


Sir,

When Libya announced last year that Italy had agreed to pay `billions` as compensation for its three decades colonial rule in the oil rich country, a massive move was already underway in Sri Lanka to demand compensation from Britain for the social, political, economical and ecological damage caused for more than one and half centuries here.

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We didn t have a leader with a backbone to end 30-year LTTE genocide. Now we got a leader with a backbone and balls Wednesday, 22 April 2009 - 1:54 AM SL Time
 
Colombo(PTI): Maintaining that a pause in the military operation against LTTE is `unnecessary`, Sri Lanka has assured Britain that the political process to resolve the ethnic problem in the island nation will be commenced `once terrorism has been eliminated`.

During a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday, Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the massive exodus of Tamil civilians from the LTTE-held areas has led to a `completely new situation` in the embattled north.

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Karunanidhi now says LTTE is terror group - TN Mootans are gems Tuesday, 21 April 2009 - 12:57 AM SL Time
 
Mon, Apr 20 12:37 PM

Chennai, April 20 (IANS) A day after he reportedly said Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was not a terrorist, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday did a U-turn saying the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was indeed a terrorist outfit.

As Tamil Nadu was hit by a political storm after Karunanidhi made the initial remarks Sunday, the DMK chief said the Tamil Tigers began as a liberation group but turned terrorist later.

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LTTE threat to Kerala airports security tightened Saturday, 21 March 2009 - 1:59 AM SL Time
 

Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Security was on Friday stepped up in all the three international airports in Kerala following an alert about LTTE threat to the key installations, police sources said here.

The Air India security office here received the alert message from its Mumbai office, they said.

The CISF, incharge of airport security, has stepped up vigil at the airports in Thiruvananthapuram, Nedumbassery (Kochi) and Karippur (Kozhikode).

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Tiggy visits Maka Tuesday, 24 February 2009 - 1:03 AM SL Time
 
LNP Tiggy made a suprise visit to the Maka`s hideout :):) lolz


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France wants to lift EU ban on LTTE? :) Monday, 23 February 2009 - 11:52 PM SL Time
 
`LTTE group` arrested in France


The Sri Lankan group is accused of shooting dead a French policeman
Police in France have arrested six Sri Lankan Tamils accused of killing a police officer in Paris, officials said.
Sugeeswara Senadheera, Minister Counsellor, Sri Lankan embassy in Paris, told BBC Sandeshaya that all arrested were members of the LTTE.

The French policeman was shot dead, Mr. Senadheera said, as he questioned the group collecting money for a banned organisation.

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The World`s Most Amazing Basketball Shot watch Friday, 20 February 2009 - 1:45 AM SL Time
 
enjoy!!

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Give up your weapons, India tells LTTE Wednesday, 18 February 2009 - 9:50 PM SL Time
 
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) India Wednesday unveiled its intention to play a proactive role in Sri Lanka by asking the Tamil Tigers to give up their weapons and said it was ready to work with Colombo to evacuate civilians caught up in the war zone.

Under pressure to act following widespread reports of civilian suffering in fighting between the military and the Tigers, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha that India was also ready to assist in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Sri Lanka`s war-hit northeast.

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British PM...first appoint a special committee to investigate child affairs in Britain Saturday, 14 February 2009 - 4:08 AM SL Time
 
LONDON - A baby-faced 13-year-old British schoolboy has fathered a child with his 15-year-old girlfriend, it emerged Friday, triggering debate about the country`s high level of teenage pregnancies.

Alfie Patten, whose voice has not yet broken, admitted he had not thought about how he and girlfriend Chantelle Steadman would support baby daughter Maisie Roxanne, who was born Monday, but vowed to be a good father.

`I didn`t think about how we would afford it. I don`t really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me 10 pounds` (11 euros, 14 dollars),` the four-foot (1.22 metre) tall teenager from Eastbourne, southern England, told the Sun tabloid.

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