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Killing of Senior Military
Intelligence officer
Underworld
carry out LTTE contract?
Initial police investigations into Saturday
night’s killing, of senior Military Intelligence officer, Lt.
Col. T. Rizvi Meedin, had revealed that the shots were fired by
a person who had been travelling with the officer in his
official car. The assassin (name withheld on legal advice) is
believed to be a close associate of the officer, who shared a
bottle of liquor with him at the officer’s Kiribathgoda
residence over a hour before the killing. "The shots were
definitely not fired from outside," a well informed source said
adding that the military and police were investigating possible
LTTE involvement.
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Forensic
experts examine the interior of the car in which army
intelligence officer, major T. Meedin, was gunned down
30 October 2005 in Kiribathgoda. Meedin was the second
most senior officer of the military intelligence to be
gunned down. AFP
UNP lashes out at Mangala
UNP parliamentarian Gamini Lokuge yesterday
lashed out at Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse’s Presidential
election campaign chief, Minister Mangala Samaraweera over, what
he said was, the insulting manner in which Uduwe Dhammaloka
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UNP shedding
crocodile tears for Buddhist monks - Mangala
Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday said it
was regrettable that the United National Party, which tortured
and killed 667 Buddhist monks, was making a big fuss and
carrying out a cheap and dubious campaign, using its media
allies, over what he said was a slip of the tongue.
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LTTE might repeat tactics, I want
to meet Cushnahan - Sangaree
Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF)
leader V. Anandasangaree said he wants to meet John Cushnahan,
the Chief Observer of the European Union, election observation
mission, to ask him to watch the LTTE during the forthcoming
Presidential elections.
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| FEATURES |
- Presidential Elections and
Beyond
Neo-liberalism, Jathika
Chinthanaya, and Citizenship
We interpret the Presidential election of 2005
in its essence as a crucial battle for hegemony, between the
ideologies of neo-liberalism and Jathika Chinthanaya or the
‘national thought’ as its founders wish to call it, a battle
against the modern liberal ethos with the expressed desire to
revive a ‘national’ ethos.
We take the two candidates to be foremost the
representatives of the respective ideologies, one a committed
believer of neo-liberalism, while in the other case it is the
unfolding of the recent events that made the movement of Jathika
Chinthanaya select him as its leader, given that intuitively he
seems to be closer to the tradition Jathika Chinthanaya
represents than to the neo-liberal policies.
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Tea another
record month
Tea exports in September reached an all time
record figure of 30.6 MnKg. An increase of a massive 32% on last
year’s figure of 23.1 MnKg. The volume of exports too hit an all
time high of Rs. 7.7 billion equal to an approx. US$ 77 million.
Dollar earnings are up 28% YoY ’04. Total volume shipped for the
year reached 225.5 MnKg an increase of around 3 MnKg on the nine
month ’04 figure of 222.4 MnKg. Total value Rs. 59 billion
approx. US$ 593 million. In 2004 comparable earnings were Rs. 53
billion converting to an approx. US$ 536 million. Direct exports
to Russia/CIS, the prime destination are down 9% on ’04 to 50
MnKg. UAE (25 MnKg), Syria (21 MnKg), Iran (18 MnKg) and Turkey
(13 MnKg) are the top five destinations.
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SLT
Citylink, CDMA network launched in Anuradhapura
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) – Sri Lanka’s national
telecommunications provider launched its Citylink in
Anuradhapura. The launch comes in the wake of SLT’s commitment
to implement the largest CDMA network in rural areas.
The Anuradhapura launch is the first in a series
of the SLT Citylink network roll-out plan, which will be
concentrating on providing connectivity to rural communities.
SLT Citylink would connect villages and rural areas to all the
cities, covering the country through an integrated network.
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Sri Lanka
surrendered to superior Kazakhstan pack
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Sanjaya Fernando
The manager of the Sri Lanka rugby team,
Squadron Leader Sanjaya Fernando conceded that the national team
was undone by a superior set of forwards from Kazakhstan, who
beat the tourists (25-19) in their IRB World Cup 2007 Asian
Round Qualifying tie at Almaty on October 25.
Kazakhstan, having trailed 15-16 at half time
outscored Sri Lanka by five tries to one in the first leg match,
as the former collected their points from five tries to a
converted try and four penalty goals by the latter.
- 33rd
Royal – Thomian Regatta drawn
‘Thora’ takes honours after
tense final
The best Thomian oarsmen comprising
captain Dineshka Aluwihare, Shannon de Silva, Dayantha
Siriwardene, Manil Salgadoe (Coxswain) and Milindra Kulugammane
had to win the final race of the Regatta, the Senior ‘A’ Fours
for the annual Boat Race Trophy, if they were to equal Royal’s
20 points at this year’s annual Royal - Thomian Regatta on
Saturday. Royal’s supporters were expecting a win. But ‘Thora’
delivered after a close race to follow it up with a "bizarre"
tradition: Jumping into the Beira Lake - near the Colombo Rowing
Club - which is not the most hygienic place to swim.
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A stinking celebration?
 The
victorious Thomian Senior ‘A’ Four team celebrate
after their 37th Annual Boat Race against traditional
rivals Royal College. Following the win the Thomian
oarsmen jumped into the Beira Lake, which is notorious
for unhealthy, stinking waters, near the Colombo
Rowing Club. By winning the Boat Race Trophy, S.
Thomas’ finished this year’s 33rd Regatta with 20
points, the same as Royal College. (Pic by Nishan
S. Priyantha)
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