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WHY MAHINDA MAY HAVE TO FACE PRESIDENTIAL POLLS FIRST
Sunday, 22 November 2009 - 3:46 PM SL Time
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Throw a stone into placid waters and you get a big splash followed by numerous ripples. The ripple effect caused by the Fonseka factor continues to excite the contemporary Sri Lankan political scene.
The Presidential stakes earlier was a predictable one horse race. With the anticipated entry of an old warhorse, an element of uncertainty has been introduced.
This sudden turn of events in the political scenario is certainly due to one man Gen Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka !
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MR ready to sacrifice two years of term
Wednesday, 4 November 2009 - 11:05 AM SL Time
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MR ready to sacrifice two years of term
May hold presidential and general elections together
By Sandun A. Jayasekera
Addressing the 7th National Convention of the SLFP affiliated Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya at Temple Trees yesterday, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, expressed his readiness to forego two years of his six year term and hold the presidential election early.
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Sri Lanka strengthens navy to deter overseas threats
Saturday, 5 September 2009 - 4:02 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka strengthens navy to deter overseas threats
Sept 05, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka`s navy commissioned 90 officers and an offshore patrol vessel last weekend as it continues to expand, having defeated the powerful Tamil Tiger naval wing.
Senior defence officials said the navy`s future focus will be on protecting the island`s ocean resources and patrolling the surrounding seas to ensure terrorism, which was sustained by overseas supplies, does not recur.
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Lanka Forex Reserves Hit New High
Friday, 28 August 2009 - 9:09 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka forex reserves at US$3.9bn with new IMF allocation
Aug 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka`s gross official reserves rose to 3.9 billion US dollars after receiving the equivalent of 475 million US dollar under a new allocation International Monetary Fund reserves, the Central Bank said.
Sri Lanka`s reserves have now topped a 3.5 billion dollar peak reached in September 2008.
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Flair all round as Sri Lanka face Windies
Thursday, 18 June 2009 - 10:52 AM SL Time
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Flair all round as Sri Lanka face Windies
LONDON, June 18, 2009 (AFP) - West Indies are confident of chasing nearly any total in this event Sri Lanka believe there is no score they can`t defend. Clearly, something will have to give in their World Twenty20 semi-final.
Friday`s match at the Oval sees two exciting sides up against one another and, while Sri Lanka will start favourites, the West Indies have shown that they are not to under-estimated.
Sri Lanka, who have an admirably well balanced side for cricket`s shortest format, have yet to lose a match at this tournament.
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Mi 24s role in eelam war IV emphasised
Monday, 8 June 2009 - 1:54 PM SL Time
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Mi 24s role in eelam war IV emphasised
by Shamindra Ferdinando
The Hingurakgoda-based Mi 24 helicopter gunship squadron played a critical role in the recently concluded eelam war IV with nearly 400 missions in the Northern and Eastern theatres. Known as the No 09 squadron, it had caused devastating losses in coordinated attacks directed at fortified LTTE positions situated close to what Wing Commander Sampath Thuycontha, Commanding Officer of the squadron called forward location of own troops.`
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Harry Loses SLIC
Thursday, 4 June 2009 - 4:08 PM SL Time
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***SLIC privatisation null and void-SC
2009-06-04 14:25:16
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the 2003 privatisation of Sri Lanka Insurance Corp (SLIC) was `null and void`. -
The 3-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Sarath N Silva and including Justices P. Sripavan and G. Amaratunga, said the (privatisation) process was flawed and that the petitioner`s fundamental rights had been violated.
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Breaking News: Prabhakaran missing
Sunday, 17 May 2009 - 11:52 PM SL Time
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Breaking News: Prabhakaran missing
Prabhakaran and his clan are nowehere to be found. Clearing operations started in an area 200m x 200m by the Special Forces. If Prabhakaran is hiding in this last uncleared patch or his remains are in the area, they would be found.
Some surrendered LTTE leaders say Prabhakaran had escaped while other said he was still there when they left the area. At the time of writing, Prabha and his coot`s whereabouts or fate was still unclear.
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Sri Lanka Tiger chief`s fate a mystery as rebels routed
Sunday, 17 May 2009 - 12:44 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka Tiger chief`s fate a mystery as rebels routed
May 17, 2009 (AFP) - Scouring a tiny beach and lagoon peninsula in Sri Lanka`s northeast are thousands of government troops, examining the faces of the dead, hunting for hidden bunkers under the jungle floor.
They are looking for any sign of the leader of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, who built up what was once the world`s most lethal guerrilla organisation.
And without him in a body bag or behind bars, the island`s bitter ethnic war cannot be considered won.
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Tamil Selvam`s Wife Caught
Sunday, 17 May 2009 - 12:17 AM SL Time
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Prabha to commit suicide
Prabhakaran and a few of his cohorts are now completely surrounded and are expected to commit suicide within the next 24hrs, thus ending a 30 year-old bloody conflict once and for all.
There is no heavy fighting at this moment as regular troops engage in clearing operations removing civilians from the area. The LTTE has given up the fight!
President Mahinda Rajapakse is expected to make a speech on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning to declare the victory. He is expected to land tomorrow morning.
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Prabha`s Last Meal
Saturday, 16 May 2009 - 11:57 PM SL Time
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It has been reported tht LTTE leader vellupillai Prabhakaran has oredered his last meal! Its a special meal. He has ordered MASALA CYANIDE DOSA!
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Sri Lanka president says `terrorism crushed`
Saturday, 16 May 2009 - 9:00 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka president says `terrorism crushed`: state radio
May 16, 2009 (AFP) - The president of Sri Lanka declared Saturday that the island`s separatist Tamil Tiger rebels have been `crushed,` state radio reported.
President Mahinda Rajapakse, speaking to a G11 group of developing nations summit in Jordan, said he would return home on Sunday as `a leader of a nation that crushed terrorism,` the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation said.
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