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| NEWS
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| CID grills Gajanayake |
| The government yesterday took a dramatic step in the probe on the spate of abductions, ransom demands and killings when the CID questioned a former Air Force officer who is... |
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| Battle for Thoppigala erupts again |
| Fresh fighting erupted between government troops and the LTTE in the east as troops backed by air cover yesterday moved further into the Thoppigala jungles, ... |
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| Latest massacre: Six bodies identifiable |
Six of the nine bodies recovered from a marshy land in Dummaladeniya, Wennappuwa on Friday were in an identifiable state, police said.
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| PLUS
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| What lies ahead for little Dinusha? |
 No words are needed. Her beautiful melting eyes say it all. She smiles but the gentle smile has a haunted quality. It is a smile tinged with sadness, reinforcing the sorrow behind her eyes. She speaks too, softly…….a few words, mostly monosyllables, through trembling lips. |
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| Treasure house |
 Outside the sun rides high in the afternoon sky, but inside interior designer Rohan de Silva’s home in Kandy it is dark and cool. Within the Surya Kantha Maha Walauwa’s thick sturdy walls Mr. de Silva co-exists..... |
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| Tender Trap |
 At the outset, I was charmed and entrapped by the greenery of the forest, the vividly contrasting light and shade, the deep calming, brooding silence, interspersed by bird calls and the shrill cries of our simian ancestors.... |
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After Friday's Supreme Court ruling, restraining the eviction of Tamil lodge dwellers, the government offered to bring back those who were taken to Vavuniya and Trincomalee. A group of evicted Tamils are seen lining up at Gamini Maha Vidyalaya, Vavuniya to register themselves before returning to Colombo in government-organised buses.
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| COLUMNS
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| Political |
| Not published with this week issue |
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| 5th
Column |
| Deals and dislodging done at crack of doom |
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| The Economic Analysis |
| Safeguarding and improving country’s social development imperatives |
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| Situation
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| Thoughts
from London |
| Insensitive acts that blacken our already tarred image |
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| Issue of the week |
| Another Bush legacy: Return to arms race |
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| Focus on Rights |
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| Lobby |
Hullabaloo in House as the hunt for lodgers begins |
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| Inside
the glass house |
| Bangladesh fights corruption, But Britain covers it up |
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| INTERNATIONAL |
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 TOKYO, (AFP) - With a wedding ring on her finger and a party endorsement on her back, Kanako Otsuji is on a mission to become Japan's first openly gay member of parliament ......
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| FINANCIAL
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| Capital markets plan fast tracked |
| A 10-year master plan to develop Sri Lanka’s capital markets and bring it in line with international bourses is being fast-tracked to two years to speed up the process.The ambitious plan by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)... |
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| The garment industry to lobby for duty free access into US |
| The garment industry is to visit Washington this month to lobby for duty free access into the US market, on the grounds of ethical manufacturing standards.“We will be visiting Washington from June 25 to 27 to meet US congressmen... |
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| Why is business silent? |
| Every Monday morning, most Sri Lankans wonder what’s in store for them. Rather than look at the week ahead with a lot of vigour, vitality, drive and passion, we have become a nation of what one would call the “what next or so what” mentality. |
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| SPORTS
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| The ‘silver’ linings |
| While watching the first Afro-Asian One Day International which was taking place in Bangalore, suddenly my attention was taken over by a conversation which took place between the famous Indian Journalist... |
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| Royal draw first blood |
| It was robust, rousing, rib-bruising rugby, spiced with dashes of sizzling running by the back divisions as Royal took a couple of uncertain steps towards winning back the Bradby by beating Trinity by 20 points (1 goal, 2 tries, 1 penalty) to 12 (1 goal, 1 try) at a comfortably full Bogambara Stadium yesterday. |
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| Canning the rugby worms |
| As is common knowledge schools rugby has almost hit rock bottom in many ways. From a cluttered season to numerous court battles, there was more action off the pitch than on it. The proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back happened when referee Pradeep Fernando was allegedly... |
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