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Air Force personnel trained in commando warfare patrolling the terrorist-infested jungles in Morawewa yesterday. Pic. Sanka Vidanagama
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Ties with India on tightrope
Political Column |
The scenario was all too reminiscent of the events between May to June 1987. Then the Army had launched "Operation Liberation" to regain total control of the Tiger guerrilla-dominated Jaffna peninsula.
The then Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, telephoned the then Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene to warn of the consequences. |
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| Economic crisis: Iceland coming out of cold |
 When the global financial crisis, which began with the collapse of housing investment banks in the United States, spread to Europe, Iceland was one of the countries that were hit. . |
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| Joys of standardisation |
| Living in a country where English is not the first language, you may have often heard teachers and elders emphasise the importance of being a capable speaker of English – the international language of business and diplomacy. |
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| ‘Akasa Kusum’ blooms in Pusan |
 Akasa Kusum' (Flowers in the Sky), the latest cinematic direction by the award winning filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage had its international premiere at the Pusan International Film Festival, in Pusan, Korea, last week.
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More Education |
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| Troubleshooters to Delhi |
 President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to send two emissaries to New Delhi this week for high-level talks on matters of concern expressed by the Government of India. It will comprise Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga and presidential advisor Basil Rajapaksa. |
| Rs. 21b. bailout package if garment industry stripped of GSP+ |
The government has agreed to an estimated US $ 200 million (Rs.21 billion) 'bailout package' for the garment sector, if the European Union's GSP+ trade concession is not renewed next year, garment exporters said yesterday. |
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EDITORIAL |
| Not pooja but prudence |
With the advent of the monsoon comes the thunder and rain. Across the narrow Palk Straits, there is more -- political thunder and hot air. (Please see the Political Commentary, alongside). |
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| Erskine Point: Almost a point of no return |
| Erskine Point would have remained in quiet solitude, if not for an estate worker who took me into his confidence. His great grandfather had worked on the estate of the British planters, of which one had ventured high into the clouds and onto a fearsome ridge. It was also said that at the end of the ridge was an inscription. |
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FINANCIAL TIMES |
| Now trouble brewing in Co-op Banks |
New legislation, hard on the heels of the Sakvithi financial scam and rising concern about other deposits in unlicensed institutions, is to be introduced to protect depositors in cooperative rural banks, thrift and credit societies and lending institutions. |
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SPORTS |
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| The country under one canopy |
 Time passed. The elder prince was 16 years of age. Venerable Veedagama Thera, got down the prince. The army chiefs were also asked to come to the temple. By this time, the clergy too had lost confidence in Alakeshwara, mainly because he did not belong to the line of rightful kings.. |
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Latest News October 19 - 25 |
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Weeks ago, troop carrier Jetliner was heading to Trincomalee from Kankesanthurai (KKS) with a complement of some 2200 officers and men. They had begun the voyage at 1 p.m. from KKS and were only some two hours away from the Navy's eastern area headquarters in the Dockyard.
Upon any development, the thirteen Sri Lankan cricketers who have signed with the IPL and embroiled in a huge controversy that has stirred the entire cricketing world will not budge from their present stance. 
