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Sunday September 30, 2007
Vol. 42 - No 18

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Paan and Parippu, the common man’s favourite breakfast could be beyond his reach very soon as prices of flour and other items rise rapidly while he sees no such rise in his salary or income. Pic by Gemunu Wellage

NEWS
Head Line of the week |
Top officers to testify via satellite
Top Sri Lankan military, legal and law enforcement officials are set to testify via satellite link from a secret location in Colombo in an Australian court case against three key LTTE activists in that country.
 
After Ritz glitz, now Beverly blitz
Procedural blunders and diplomatic faux pas seem the highlights of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to United States to address the UN General Assembly in New York last week.

 


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FINANCIAL TIMES
Power of protection CB to act tough on cheque returns
The law is in place and a pioneering one at that. Whereas earlier it was considered a hush-hush issue, a strictly “family affair” now it is being discussed openly, with ....
The Central Bank is gearing to amend certain laws in a bid to reduce large scale cheque returns and discipline account holders in banks, but this has come under fire by certain bankers who say the main reason for this increase is the economic crisis in the country.
   
Lanka’s ozone award War deters Dialog’s growth
When “Ozone-friendly”, “CFC free” labels started to appear in the early ’90s on products such as refrigerators, to many, it seemed just another marketing strategy, but in fact, these “ozone-friendly” alternatives may save lives. Skin cancer, .....
The drop in international roaming revenue has affected premier blue chip Dialog Telekom’s decline in growth over the past few quarters, along with the plunge in revenue contributions from the North and the East, according to top company officials.“We are growing big and the effect of the growth denominator at present is large.
COLUMNS
Political Thoughts from London
CBK- Manmohan lunch upsets Government Human rights or rights for some humans
   
Situation Report Inside the glass house
Great military victories but Tigers still a threat As UNGA sessions begin, there is no dearth.....
 


SPORTS INTERNATIONAL
  INTERNATIONAL | Yangon
Dambulla ready for showdown Junta back in control
International cricket is back at Dambulla after a lapse of nearly two years with the hosting of the three initial ODI’s against England in three day/night matches. The first of the matches will be on show tomorrow. A United Nations special envoy flew to Myanmar today, as the ruling junta deployed an overwhelming security presence in the nation's biggest city in a campaign to choke off mass protests.UN chief Ban Ki-moon .....
   
SUNDAY MUSINGS
INTERNATIONAL | Colombo, SRI LANKA
THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME Maldives blast wounds 12 tourists
Sri Lanka who won ICC accolades for preserving the ‘spirit of the game” for their conduct on and off the field and especially their reactions to umpiring decisions takes on England in a five match ODI series. It was England who were bestowed with this honour when ICC met for the same task last year. A bomb ripped through a crowded park in the Maldives Saturday, wounding 12 foreign nationals in a rare attack on tourists in South Asia's top luxury holiday destination, the tourism minister said. Two Britons, two Japanese and eight Chinese were injured in the blast, in an area of the capital Male popular with holiday-makers.....


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Afire The battle in the hills
The choir was hard at practice. The Merry An Singers were rehearsing for another of their shows. Soon break time came along and their guest guitarist sat in a corner at the Deva Surya Sena Centre, strumming away as guitarists are wont to do.
Serious fighting continued in 'Atadahasrata,' which was the Eastern Dissawe of Ruhuna. The king's army entertained a wish to conquer Mahanagakula, the capital city of the earlier rulers of Ruhuna. So they decided to open up a new war-front in the west.


TV TIMES
MEDISCENE
Ajith's literary bombshell on cinema  
Writer and film critic Ajith Galappathti's latest book ‘Ape Sinamawe Mithyacharaya’ or 'Falsely Acting in our cinema' is a bombshell on Sri Lankan cinema and cinema artistes. It analyses thirty eight filmmakers and their works and Ajith's conclusions .......
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  Honorary doctors only bring dishonour to us
  What's an ant in the ear got to do with an E.C.G.?
  Why are we treated like this?
 
Appreciations
  Llewellyn Kulasekere
  Laal Bertram Wickramasinghe
  Harold Herat
  Ranjit Sri Nissanka
   
Travel
  Stroll through Sevilla - Exclusive to The Sunday Times
  KumbukRiver vies for top slot in Oscars for travel and tourism
   
Features
  Living amidst debris once again
  71 and still yearning to learn
  It's a tough job but rewarding
   
Arts
  A good laugh under the stars
  A solo show at Colombo
  Come, listen to a sea of voices
  Intimate monologues
  Rohan's works at Theertha
   
People and events
  All night long and more
  Who’s the most photogenic?
  Variety in Vogue
  Awareness programmes to mark World Heart Day
  A heartfelt contribution from Gateway College charity walk
  Rohan gives New Yorkers an evening of music
  Celebrating World Children's Day
  A play on the plight of journalists
   
International
   
Police baton-charge Pak lawyers
   
Nepal leaders meet to end deadlock on monarchy
   
   
Climate change: Bush goes on the attack
   
Silent Burmese days: Dictators rule on
   
Vietnam bridge collapse kills at least 47 people
   
Iraqi Kurds angry over Turkey deal
   
Coal is still king, but wind energy grows in India
   
Marie Antoinette's pearls up for auction
   
12th delivery was a 7.75kg bundle of joy
   
No need for dissection as see-through frogs jump in
   
West vows to get tough on junta - but how?
   
Ravages of Minamata
   
Armstrong’s race against cancer
   
The binders of history
   
Hollywood icon growing old gracefully
   
Iraqis return to making music at home
   
Study shows law prompts drop in heart attacks
   
Clinton’s biggest show in town
   
Master ranchers
   
Maldives blast wounds 12 tourists
   
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TV Times
   
'Jane Eyre' on miniscreen
   
   
‘Ray’ plays the first note for artistes and entertainers
   
Gold FM celebrates ninth anniversary
   
Bathiya , Santhush to rock the Sebs after 'Walk'
   
OTSC goes 70's
   


 


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