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| LTTE denies secret deal, but Mangala reveals more |
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| Was there a deal between Government leaders and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the run up to the Presidential election in November 2005? |
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| Samarasinghe rules out UN monitors for human rights |
| Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe, who is under fire for comments he made in Geneva on Monday, has clarified the issue by saying there is no need for international monitoring of the situation here. |
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| Sripathi arrested, remanded till Tuesday |
| In a dramatic turn of events, the sacked headline-hitting minister Sripathi Sooriyarachchi was yesterday arrested by police, produced in court and remanded till Tuesday, on charges relating to the misuse of a state vehicle. |
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| Ranil: Rajapaksa Samagama
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| Opposition UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday accused a company called the Rajapaksa Samagama of skimming ten percent from 65 percent of the National Budget and said the present Government was riddled with Beeshanaya (terror), Dushanaya (corruption) and Rajapaksa Poshanaya (nourishment for the Rajapaksas). |
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| Sethusamudram hits rocky bottom |
| The controversial Sethusamudram ship canal project has hit a big physical barrier – and some may venture to comment that it is nature's protest, or even divine intervention. |
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