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| Fair turnout, but monitors cry foul |
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| A turnout of 55 to 65 percent was reported in the crucial and keenly-fought Eastern Provincial Council elections yesterday – but the polls were marred, especially, by alleged large-scale ballot rigging by the government ally, the Pillayan group in the final hours. |
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| Probe on sinking of navy vessel in Trinco |
| An undersea explosion which sank the navy’s cargo ship MV Invincible in the Trinco harbour early yesterday is being probed by the authorities, Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara. |
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| Karuna likely to be deported to Lanka |
| Britain is on the verge of deporting LTTE rebel leader Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Col Karuna to Colombo after he was prematurely released from prison last week.
Karuna, an embarrassment to the British government from the time it was known that he ...... |
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