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Yesterday’s picture of troops carrying out mopping up operations in the Kilinochchi town, which was recaptured by the security forces on Friday. Pic courtesy Sri Lanka Army. |
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Prabha's day-dream turns into Tiger nightmare
Situation Report - By Iqbal Athas |
| It was past 12.30 pm on Friday when Major General Jagath Dias, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Army's 57 Division, reached out to a secure telephone to give the Commander of the Army, Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka the good news. Troops have entered Kilinochchi bringing to a close a three-pronged thrust. |
Advanced general elections post-Kilinochchi
- Political Column |
| He surfaced in the hallowed halls of the stately old Parliament building following the 1970 General Elections, as the youngest Member of Parliament in the then House of Representatives, representing the southern electorate of Beliatte. As tradition demanded, the 'baby of the House' was given an opportunity of making a speech on the opening day of sittings. |
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| Where have the voices of Indo-Pak peace gone? |
From where do I start? And how do I start? One thing is sure that it has been a long haul. I am referring to people-to-people contact which we fostered like a gardener tending a sapling. |
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| Entertainment with a splash |
The Little Mermaid will be exchanging the ocean for the Visakha swimming pool this January. The school's reputed water ballet and dance teams intend to become partners in the telling of Ariel's story. |
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| Obama the greatest marketer of them all! |
The American people recently demonstrated once again their unique capacity for self-renewal by electing, for the first time, a black man as head of state, not much more than a generation after the country's African-Americans were accorded full civil rights. |
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| >TOP NEWS |
| LTTE to be banned; decision next week |
| Hard on the heels of the successful campaign to re-capture Kilinochchi, the Government is formulating plans to proscribe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on grounds that it is a “terrorist” organisation. |
| Thousands of Lankans losing foreign jobs |
| More than 30,000 Sri Lankans employed in the construction sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and South Korea are at risk of being laid-off owing to the global recession, a senior Minister warned yesterday. |
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EDITORIAL |
| Be magnanimous in victory |
The much awaited entry of the Security Forces into Kilinochchi on Friday augurs well for the Government's prosecution of the war. Much blood has been shed in wresting this town, which was the political headquarters of the LTTE organisation.
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| Haven for birds in
war - ravaged Mannar |
| Vankalai, in the Mannar district, with its numerous bird species has been declared a sanctuary by the Department of Wild Life Conservation (DWLC), a first in the area since the armed conflict erupted in the north several decades ago. |
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FINANCIAL TIMES |
| No devaluation of rupee - President |
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ruled out a devaluation of the Sri Lanka rupee to levels of currencies in other countries, because of the impact on import costs.“At a meeting on Monday, the President explained that it is not possible ...... |
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| Cricket windfall for Lankans! |
Starved of cricket till July this year, Sri Lanka Cricket which is now gaping into an almost empty barrel, will in all probabilities be a busy pack.
According to cricket sources, the upcoming Sri Lanka’s tour of Pakistan may take place in two stages. |
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| The Dream and New Year |
| It was the day before New Year and Taraka was in church with her mother that evening. She saw tears in her mother's eyes as she knelt to pray. Taraka was upset and her heart went fast, pitter patter, pitter
patter. |
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