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| Alleged plot to harm President |
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| Barely 24 hours after the sacking of three Ministers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered a top-level Police inquiry into what is being described as an alleged conspiracy to cause physical harm to him. |
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| Friend or foe: Police probe alleged threat to Bandaranaike |
| At least two of the callers who spoke to parliamentarian Anura Bandaranaike during times he alleged he received abusive calls were his friends, Police said yesterday. |
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| SLFP endorses sacking of ministers |
| The All Island Executive Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) last night unanimously endorsed President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decision to sack Ministers Mangala Samaraweera, Anura Bandaranaike and Sripathi Sooriyarachchi. |
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| DIG in alleged link with gem smuggler |
| A Deputy Inspector General (DIG) attached to Police Headquarters has come under CID investigation after he walked to the arrival area of the Colombo airport in official uniform to meet a passenger and later allegedly interfered when the Customs found that the man was smuggling gems. |
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