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| IMF
closing down Colombo mission |
| The
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to close
down its resident representative office in Colombo when
the term of its current Senior Resident Representative,
Luis Valdivieso’s term ends next month. |
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| More
queries on CBK’s UNESCO Job |
 Fresh questions
have arisen over UNESCO's suspension of former President
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's appointment as
a consultant to the UN agency following complaints over
her human rights record. |
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| Tigers
hold shipwrecked crew |
 Diplomatic efforts were under way
last night to secure the release of 25 crew members
of a foreign ship which drifted into the LTTE controlled
Mullaitivu after developing engine trouble |
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| PLUS
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| Still waiting in line |
 A living hell, that’s how the people describe it. A toddler sits on the floor, with a tin plate with a little rice and vegetables in front of him. His face, especially around his mouth and nose,..... |
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| A message of sharing |
| “Never have I felt so keenly the immensity of the gulf between the blessed promise of Christmas and the reality of our unredeemed human nature. In Wellawatte, where we live, the ruined and gutted walls of houses, boutiques and shops still stand as mute evidence of man’s inhumanity to man......” |
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| Partially paid and then forgotten |
 On July 2 this year, The Sunday Times featured the plight of a tsunami community of about 30 families occupying a row of classrooms at Methodist College Dehiwala. A few weeks later, on August 27, the Sunday Times highlighted the plight of another 154 families living in temporary shelters at Vystwyke Park Mattakkuliya, who were hoping they would soon be relocated. |
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Wakanabe Satoshi, a Japanese
youth, returned to Sri Lanka to mark the second
anniversary of the December 26 tsunami by
cycling throughout the island visiting all
areas that were hit by the disaster.
Mr.Satoshi was in Sri lanka in 2004 when the
tsunami struck and joined in with locals in
the relief operations. Mr. Satoshi is seen
here at Peraliya near the monument erected
at the site where more than 1,500 train passengers
perished in the disaster. Pic by Gemunu Wellage
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| Editorial |
| Christmas and
religious tolerance |
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| COLUMNS
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| Political |
| Politics of party revolt |
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| 5th
Column |
| My Dear Santa Claus, |
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| The
Economic Analysis |
| It’s a blue, blue Christmas without peace |
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| Situation
Report |
| Not published with this issue |
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| Thoughts
form London |
| Corrupt politicians are found in the West and rich countries too |
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| Issue
of the week |
| Not published with this issue |
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| Focus on Rights |
| Is the JSA ignoring the beam in its own eye? |
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| Lobby |
| Not published with this issue. |
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| Inside
the glass house |
| Lanka mends fences with Palestine as UN envoy lashes out at Israel |
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| FINANCIAL
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| Traffic snarls costly to business |
Growing traffic congestion in Colombo due to security considerations has adversely affected the economy, business and adds to the annual 30 billion-rupee cost of congestion, business and traffic planning specialists say. |
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| Office buildings acquired near President’s House |
| The President's Square Project, a government plan to secure the area around the President's residence in Fort for security reasons is underway with several office buildings being seized. |
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| Looking
back at
2006 |
| Controversial businessman Harry Jayawardena dominated the headlines of business and economic pages across Sri Lanka this year while the resumption of peace talks and the escalation of the conflict also grabbed the attention of the business community. |
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| SPORTS
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| Nothing to Crowe about |
| From that infamous boxing day of 1995 when that now disgraced authoritarian Australian umpire Darrel Hair called Sri Lankan off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing, the world of cricket never has been the same. However so far the tale has been readng like Hair has been voted out or kicked out (you are free to choose the phrase you like to use |
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| Like Phoenix
- rising from the ashes |
| In the Western Australian city of Perth Ricky Ponting and team defeated their arch rivals England and regained the Ashes that they lost in 2004. It was their third consecutive win and the Englishmen simply could not rise from the Ashes.
In the neighboring country, in Wellington, the Sri Lankan showed the art of rising from the ... |
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| Jani recommendations this week |
| The future of Jani Chatunrangi will only be known later this week. Head of the Sports Medicine Unit Dr. Geethanjana Mendis speaking to The Sunday Times said that the inquiry in to the doping scandal was held as scheduled on the 5th of this month. |
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NEW YORK, (AP) - Once upon a time the holiday season was a quiet time spent with family and friends -- simpler, less commercial, more spiritual, nothing like today's frenzied orgy of soulless consumption.
