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| Crossover today, MoU ends |
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| The United National Party (UNP) informed President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday that the party’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with his government would end with his accommodation of dissident UNP MPs.
The warning was conveyed by UNP Chairman Rukman Senanayake during a meeting with President Rajapaksa yesterday. |
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| High sea drama at Colombo Port: Tiger attack foiled |
| Security at Colombo port was tightened yesterday and international shipping lines reassured there was no risk after the Navy thwarted a possible attack on the Colombo port or Naval vessels anchored there. |
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| Asitha’s Iraq booms in British Oscars |
| A film by young writer, director and producer Asitha Ameresekere has been nominated for Britain’s biggest and most prestigious film awards – the BAFTA awards 2007 -- the forerunner to the Oscars. |
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| JVP to strike with all its might |
| The JVP’s threat that 2007 would be a year of strikes was put into effect this month and the party’s trade unions will strike hard on Friday with an all-island general work stoppage. |
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