Vol. 31 No. 09 ISSN: 1391 - 0531

11th August 1996

• Front Page News
  * US pooh-poohs LTTE's pleas and protests * ICJ, IPI to monitor Editor's trial from now * Get ready for local polls, says Chandrika * NGOs kept out of Kilinochchi * Shaky Govt. Offers sops to Tamil parties

• News/Comment
  CP wants Workers' Charter implemented * Two dons in Bosnia group * Hotels slash rates to stay afloat * CPC pays Rs. 360m. for excess staff * Phone tapping: reply in two weeks * Five LTTE men killed * War used for political end - NSSP * Maha Bodhi's 100th meeting * No end to surveyors' strike * Terrorism and the dilemma of the media * Mahindapala and the muddy rut * Govt. Policy leading to a major financial crisis * The Malaysian miracle' * Russia's Vietnam or Chechen Jihad? * Ashraff: something's terribly wrong in the state of Lanka * Watch out for the free press that suppresses the news * Saudi jobs: an ambassador's answer * TIME news: biased or not?

• Editorial / Opinion
  • Editorial - Lesson from Malaysia?
  • The Political Column - Ratnasiri to be removed?
  • The Situation Report - Blunder, bluff
  • The Military Column - Title
  • The Defence Column - A premature operation determined to go on
  • The Fifth Column - Govt. without newspapers
  • Taraki's Column - Target Prabha
  • Rajpal's Column - Of opportunities and subsidies
  • The Guest Column - The Asian renaissance
  • The Jungle Telegraph

• Business News
  * Economic time bomb in our hands * Alliance Finance makes profit * Bottomline * Mind Your Business * Balance of payments problem * Govt. Turns to treasury bonds * Lanka Carbon accounts qualified * Malaysians want special treatment * Discount card for middle class clients

• Plus
  * Elephant walk * Tying and untying the knot * LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• Sports News
  * Air Force, Red Diamonds win their matches * Aussies will play: no extra pay * CRushing defeat for Police * Eight Lankans in Asian * HNB crowned as netball queens * Johnnie Walker Golf in Lanka * Red Shirts flatten Kandy by 28-5 * Organisers rap Lankan expatriates * More shady deals under the pool * Junior Lions beaten

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