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Lankan migrants nabbed
Sunday, 1 August 2010 - 9:48 PM SL Time
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Eighty five Sri Lankans who attempted to migrate to Australia illegally through the maritime border were arrested by the Australian navy. These arrests were made when the migrants were sited in a small boat close to Christmas Island.
The migrants were mostly Tamil nationals. The boatman was also arrested by the Australian navy.
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China Plans Huge Buses That Can DRIVE OVER Cars
Wednesday, 4 August 2010 - 8:58 AM SL Time
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China has overtaken the United States as the world`s biggest producer of greenhouse gases and biggest energy consumer.
But the country is also thinking in big and bold ways when it comes to how it will reduce pollution and a new plan to build a `straddling bus` is among the most space-age schemes yet.
In an effort to go green and relieve congestion without widening roads, the Shenzhen Huashi Future Parking Equipment company is developing a `3D Express Coach` (also known as a `three-dimensional fast bus`).
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Sri Lankan Tamils aim for North America, asylum he he
Wednesday, 4 August 2010 - 8:31 PM SL Time
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An estimated 200 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, including some believed to be members of a group the United States has labeled a terrorist organization, are aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean heading toward North America, according to U.S. government officials and other sources.
The MV Sun Sea had been destined for Australia but changed course after its captain determined that Australia`s navy and coast guard would prevent it from landing. Its current destination is believed to be the west coast of Canada, and it is expected to make landfall mid-month.
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Sri Lanka limits stock price swings to 10 percent
Thursday, 5 August 2010 - 9:08 AM SL Time
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Aug 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka`s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday imposed a 10 percent price change limit on most stocks, a day after it suspended trading in four stocks because of unusually large gains amid heavy trading.
Under the new directive, orders in the normal and odd lot boards 10 percent above or below the previous day`s closing price will not be accepted, the SEC said in a directive made public by the Colombo Stock Exchange .CSE.
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Two opposition MPs join the Government
Thursday, 5 August 2010 - 8:06 PM SL Time
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Two opposition parliamentarians Prabha Ganesan and P. Digambaram have crossed over from the opposition and joined the Government this morning (5th August) at Temple Trees.
Prabha Ganesan of Democratic People`s Front and P.Digambaram of the National Union of Workers Front contested the last General Election in April 2010 under the elephant symbol of the United National Front from Colombo and Nuwara Eliya districts respectively. After a brief meeting with the President Rajapaksa today, both opposition MPs agreed to extend their support to the government.
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KP In Vavuniya
Friday, 6 August 2010 - 12:02 AM SL Time
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A video has surfaced on YouTube of what appears to be former LTTE arms procurer, LTTE head, government captive, and now government supporter KP speaking to people in Vavuniya. This video was also shown by the website tamilcnn.com. In a recent interview with the Sunday Leader, KP confirmed that he had visited the Wanni and also the camps.
In that interview KP said, I I have been to the Wanni. I invited a delegation of senior diaspora to come here and see for themselves what is going on and so that they can be practical and all help and work together with the government to start on resolving the problems in a peaceful way.
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Sakvithi arrested
Friday, 6 August 2010 - 4:25 PM SL Time
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The most wanted fraudster Sakvithi Ranasinghe and his wife have been arrested and are now in police custody in Sri Lanka.
Intelligence sources told Daily Mirror online that Sakvithi had altered his appearance at the time he was arrested by the Mirihana Police and had in his possession monies worth more than Rs. 150,000.
Sources added that he was arrested in Kaduwela and had reportedly returned to the country from India two months ago.
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dbsjeyaraj.com Home
Saturday, 7 August 2010 - 10:25 AM SL Time
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It was one year ago on August 5th 2009 that Thambiaiya Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias KP was taken into custody in Kuala Lumpur at First Tune Hotel on 316 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman road.The former chief arms procurer of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) was brought to Colombo the following day.
KP`s capture was hailed as a significant breakthrough because the senior tiger operative was at that time the nominal chief of the re-structured LTTE. In the aftermath of the Mullivaaikkaal debacle resulting in the demise of LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran and senior tiger commanders, KP assumed leadership of the movement abroad. The LTTE was re-structured with KP being appointed Thalaimai Seyalar or chief secretary.
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Sri Lankan officials have lots of data about the overseas activities of the LTTE
Sunday, 8 August 2010 - 12:56 PM SL Time
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Here are some translated excerpts of the interview
Q:You were seized in Malaysia last year on August 5th. How will you describe your present situation after being under detention for one year ?
A: I was shocked when I was arrested and for about an hour I was dazed. But later I recovered. I was also worried when brought to Sri Lanka. But I believe in an almighty God. Though I feared, the worst would happen I have been fortunate.My being captured in a way has been a benefit to me. I have now got an opportunity to serve the suffering Tamil people. Our struggle has reduced our people in Sri Lanka particularly those in the Wanni to a pathetic situation. Now I have a chance to help them in a small way at least through the work of NERDO .
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They really f**king know what they re f**king doing and it s crazy f**ked-up that I am the first artist on the internet who happened to be a Tamil`-MIA
Monday, 9 August 2010 - 8:31 PM SL Time
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M.I.A. has claimed that the Sri Lankan government is forcing her fans to remove her videos from YouTube.
The `XXXO` singer told The Guardian that the UPFA-led government is exploiting its technological awareness to suppress her fans` uploads, only leaving those from official channels like Vevo.
M.I.A. said: They buried my `Paper Planes`, none of my f**king s**t comes up. All my videos have been constantly pulled, the latest thing that`s up there is from 11 months ago.
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Container ship crashes, tips near Mumbai
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 - 12:23 PM SL Time
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Two days after a container ship smashed into another vessel and ran aground off India`s coast near Mumbai, the container ship was still listing heavily Monday, the Associated Press reported. Officials were concerned about the environmental impact of oil leaks, according to AFP, which said 33 crew members were rescued.
One police officer fell off a patrolling speedboat and drowned, however, because neither the officer nor colleagues knew how to swim, a police spokesman told AFP.
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Canadian prison being prepared for Lankan refugees - official he he
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 - 2:50 PM SL Time
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Canada`s top security official said Monday he was getting regular briefings on a ship of asylum seekers from Sri Lankathat could be carrying terrorists.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said there was reason to believe members of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, known as the Tamil Tigers, are on the Thai cargo ship headed for Canada. Toews declined to provide further details.
The MV Sun Sea is expected to reach the Pacific coast province of British Columbia as soon as this week. The U.S. Coast Guard also was monitoring the ship.
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Two more Lankan asylum ships may set sail for Canada Rohan
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 - 2:53 PM SL Time
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As a cargo ship with 200 Tamils on board approaches British Columbia`s coastline, two other shiploads of would-be asylum seekers are planning to conduct a similar voyage, a terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna says.
Rohan Gunaratna, head of a research center in Singaporeand an expert on Sri Lanka`s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, says the potential asylum seekers are waiting to see what kind of reception those aboard the MV Sun Sea receive before deciding whether they, too, will set sail for Canada.
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Shares rebound, jump as much as 5 pct
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 - 11:40 AM SL Time
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August 10 (Reuters): Sri Lanka`s benchmark share index .CSE jumped more than 5 percent on Tuesday, clawing back early losses, as investors hunted for bargains after heavy selling in recent sessions sparked by regulatory curbs on how much share prices can move.
The index .CSE ended 4.7 percent higher at 5,092.94 points, off the day`s highs, after slumping more than 2 percent in early trade. Asia`s top performing stock market this year had slumped nearly 7 percent since the Securities and Exchange Commission announced last Thursday that it would limit daily share price moves to 10 percent after detecting unusual changes in some stocks.
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Ala Wage da Gowa
Friday, 13 August 2010 - 12:52 PM SL Time
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Ishanka Madurasinghe, Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Universe 2010 poses with fellow Miss Universe contestants and a chef at a dinner in Las Vegas, Thursday, as the pre Miss Universe events got underway before the final to be held on 23 August. Pic courtesy Las Vegas Sun
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Canada intercepts ship
Friday, 13 August 2010 - 12:55 PM SL Time
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Canadian authorities have intercepted the ship carrying 490 Tamils including suspected human smugglers and terrorists and are escorting it to CFB Esquimalt, just east of Victoria, the Canadian Globe and Mail website reported.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced that HMCS Winnipeg took action after the ship carrying Tamils altered course towards Port Alberni, B.C. The town lies at the end of a long inlet on the west side of Vancouver Island.
This afternoon, a vessel carrying 490 individuals claiming refugee status including suspected human smugglers and terrorists has entered our waters and the Canadian Government is taking action, Mr. Toews said Thursday afternoon.
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.Sri Lanka Seeks Moody`s Debt Rating Before $1 Billion Sovereign Bond Sale
Saturday, 14 August 2010 - 11:22 AM SL Time
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Sri Lanka is seeking a rating of its sovereign debt from Moody`s Investors Service ahead of a planned $1 billion overseas bond sale, central bank Assistant Governor C.J.P. Siriwardena said.
The South Asian nation last month announced plans to sell the bonds, with maturities of as much as 10 years, by the end of 2010 to help refinance expensive loans. Moody`s doesn`t have a credit rating for Sri Lanka, while Standard & Poor`s and Fitch Ratings place the country`s long-term foreign-currency debt at non-investment grade.
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Hambantota Port fills its basin today
Sunday, 15 August 2010 - 11:28 AM SL Time
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Giving impetus to the socioeconomic
development
process of future Sri
Lanka and fulfi lling the
objectives of the development of
port sector in the country as been
identifi ed in `Mahinda Chintahana,`
phase one of Hambantota Port
Development Project will come
into completion on August 15, 2010
with the fi lling of its basin with sea
water. The historic ceremony that
will be held with the initiative of
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will
be attended by a large number of
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RCMP eyes Canadian financial ties to Tamil migrant ship -Vic Toews
Monday, 16 August 2010 - 7:26 PM SL Time
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Canada wants to choke off financial links between this country`s Tamil diaspora and the human traffickers who sell passage on ships to Canada.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said he has been told the organizers of the voyage of the MV Sun Sea, which reached Canadian waters on Friday with more than 450 men, women and children on board, charged up to $50,000 a passenger for a potential total haul of more than $20-million.
Inside the Harper government, questions are being raised as to whether Canadian residents helped pay, Mr. Toews said in an interview Sunday. It is a criminal offence to give money to a banned terrorist organization or to participate in human smuggling.
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SRI LANKA RANKED 66TH IN WORLD`S BEST COUNTRIES
Thursday, 19 August 2010 - 11:58 PM SL Time
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According to a study carried out by Newsweek magazine Sri Lanka has been ranked 66th in the world`s best countries.
The study was conducted by the internationally acclaimed magazine on 100 of the world`s best countries.
The study focused on five main aspects which included health, quality of life and the political environment.
Finland was ranked No. 1 in the study while Switzerland, Sweden, Australia and Luxembourg were ranked 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively.
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Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission-Now ex-Defence Secy slams CFA
Friday, 20 August 2010 - 12:15 AM SL Time
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Former Defence Secretary Austin Fernando claims there had not been proper consultations with the military before the then Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe`s government signed the CFA with the LTTE.
Testifying before the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission headed by former Attorney General C. R. de Silva, Fernando said that he had had absolutely no authority to intervene though the CFA extensively dealt with national security issues. A mere Secretary could not interfere when government took decisions, he said.
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Sri Lanka govt says preventing rupee appreciation to help exporters
Saturday, 21 August 2010 - 1:45 AM SL Time
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Aug 20, 2010 (LBO) - The Sri Lankan government is preventing the further appreciation of the rupee against the dollar to support exporters after the loss of a trade deal giving duty free access to the European market, a spokesman said.
Media minister Keheliya Rambukkwelle said the government remained firm in its resolve not to link the extension of the GSP Plus trade deal given by the European Union to alleged human rights abuses.
The deal ended this week after the EU refused to extend it citing concern over human rights abuses in the ethnic war which ended in May 2009.
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Almost half of Canadians would deport Lankans: Poll
Saturday, 21 August 2010 - 9:29 AM SL Time
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Many adults in Canada believe that the Tamil migrants who arrived to the country on a ship last month should not be allowed to stay in the country even if they are not linked to terrorism, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 48 per cent of respondents believe the passengers and crew should be deported.
On Aug. 12, the MV Sun Sea a ship carrying about 490 Tamil migrants from Sri Lanka arrived in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The ship`s passengers and crew are currently undergoing medical and identification checks to determine the legitimacy of their refugee claims.
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Minority government possible in cliffhanger Australia poll
Saturday, 21 August 2010 - 10:31 AM SL Time
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Australians voted on Saturday in the closest election in decades with voters divided on whether to give Labour a second term or opt for conservative rule, raising a real prospect of a minority government unpopular with investors.
At stake was not only the political future of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the opposition`s Tony Abbott, both new and untested leaders, but also Labour`s plans for a 30 percent resource tax and a $38 billion (24.5 billion pound) broadband network.
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Refugees travel back to Lanka for vacation Survey
Monday, 23 August 2010 - 6:46 PM SL Time
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It`s a self-evident concern that some Tamil refugees already living in Canada duped the system to get in, says Canadian Government House Leader John Baird.
But it`s almost impossible to revoke their status, even if the government knows they lied.
According to a secret government survey reported by QMI Agency Sunday, 71% of Tamil refugees in Canada who responded to the survey travelled back to Sri Lanka for vacations, business, or to sponsor a family member, bringing into question the legitimacy of their refugee claim.
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The withdrawal of EU GSP+ scheme: its impact on Sri Lankan exports and its economy Are we ready to cushion the economic shock?
Wednesday, 25 August 2010 - 3:52 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka was among the 16 beneficiary countries and the only South Asian country that qualified for GSP+ arrangement, from July 2005. The EU-GSP+ concession was withdrawn from Sri Lanka with effect from 15th August 2010. This article critically , analyzes the progress achieved by the Sri Lankan exporters in the EU market under the EU-GSP+ Scheme since its enforcement and evaluates the resulting impact on the exports and Sri Lankan Economy due to its` withdrawal. The writer also questions the readiness of Sri Lanka to cushion the resulting economic shock.
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Match against Lanka was the last result we fixed: Majeed
Monday, 30 August 2010 - 6:09 PM SL Time
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Following Mazhar Majeed`s arrest on Sunday, the dirty underbelly and the ghost of rigging cricket matches returned to haunt the game. What News of the World reporters unearthed was the biggest fixing scandal to hit the game since Hansie Cronje, Mohammad Azharuddin and Salim Malik were given life-bans for `throwing` matches in the late 90s.
While the no-balls bowled by Pakistan`s quicks Majeed was paid 150,000 for the information by the reporters have been the big talking point so far, the event isn`t even the tip of the iceberg. We take a look at the other information that Majeed revealed the scandalous past, present and future of his relations with the Pakistan team to the British tabloid reporters during the sting operation.
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