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Political
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Politics of panic and confusion |
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By Our Political Editor |
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 Politico-military issues continue to be the uppermost priority for the Mahinda Rajapaksa Administration -- as security forces in the North and Special Task Force commandos of the Police stepped up their offensives against Tiger guerrillas in the two theatres of conflict. |
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5th
Column |
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Attacks, accusations and abductions; Mahinda maama carries on… |
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By Rypvanwinkle |
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"Thaaththa," Bindu Udagedera asked, "what should be done about all these bombs exploding every now and then?"
"As we all know," Bindu's father Percy said, "nothing much can be done about it..."
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Situation
Report |
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Not published with this week issue |
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By Iqbal Athas |
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The
Economic Analysis |
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Money crunch crushing small and medium enterprises |
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By the Economist |
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 Small industries are facing a severe crisis. Small and medium enterprises are the most vulnerable to tight money policies. They are the first to fall when the supply of credit shrinks and the costs of borrowing rise. |
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Thoughts
from London |
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Media under threat as the business of corruption thrives |
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By Neville de Silva |
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 A few days ago an e-mail landed in my computer from the editor-in-chief of the Post-Courier published in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. He had written to the Small Newspaper Information Exchange started by the Commonwealth Press Union in London and managed by Professor Mark Pearson, head of journalism at the Bond University in Queensland, Australia to alert members to a new situation there. |
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Issue
of the week |
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Not published with this week issue |
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By Ameen Izzadeen |
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Focus
on Rights |
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Hauling editors before parliament |
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By Kishali Pinto
Jayawardena |
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The recent exchange of words between the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the main opposition party, the United National Party on the refusal by certain newspapers in this country, to publish parts of speeches made by both the Opposition leader and the Chief Government Whip in relation to the recent judgment by the Supreme Court curtailing the privileges of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, raises some interesting questions. |
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Lobby |
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Not published with this week issue |
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By Chandani Kirinde, Our
Lobby Correspondent |
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Inside
the glass house |
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Deeper and deeper into Iraq quagmire and more |
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By Thalif Deen at the united nations |
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 NEW YORK - When Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on 20 July 1969, scores of children born worldwide on that day were baptized with the US astronaut's first name, perhaps as a gesture commemorating his monumental achievement. |
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