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UNP urges Mahinda to appoint Ind.
Commission members
The newly elected President Mahinda Rajapakse
has come under pressure from the main Opposition party, the UNP
to take immediate steps to make appointments to a number of
important government instruments like the Constitutional
Council, The Election Commission, The Police Commission, and the
Public Service Commission, which have become inoperative, having
come to the end of their legal term of office.
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Hunters become the hunted
A group of
photojournalists from various newspapers who completed
an Advanced Photojournalism Training Course under the
guidance of the Sri Lanka Press Institute and Fojo
International held an exhibition titled Life along the
Railway Track at the Sri Lanka College of Journalism
yesterday. They posed for a picture with the workshop
teachers Mia Grondahl of Sweden and Sriyantha Walpola.
Pic by Sajith Jayasekera |
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Night club ban on Mervyn’s son
lifted
The Colombo High Court yesterday (2)
lifted the ban imposed on the son of Deputy Minister Mervin
Silva, Malaka, on visiting night clubs. He has been given the
Court’s permission to visit and freely move about in night clubs
from December 15 to January 15.
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Tigers kill DS
The Divisional Secretary, Kaththankudi
in the Batticaloa District, A.L.M.Faleel was killed by the LTTE
pistol gang yesterday (2).
He was shot by two members of the LTTE
who had come on motor cycle to the Divisional Secretary’s
Office. Though they fired two shots at him only one shot, which
hit his chest, was fatal police said.
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Future of Asean and East Asia
The future of East Asia, or for that matter,
Asia, would be in the hands of leaders from 10+3+1+2 – Asean,
China-Japan-South Korea, India, as well as Australia and New
Zealand, when they meet in Kuala Lumpur on Dec 14.
Although the inaugural meeting would be replete
with symbolism and fanfare, it is hard to foresee what the
actual ramifications might be.
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Mahinda got Muslim votes, too
An impression is being created that
Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse[MR] was elected by majority Sinhala
Buddhist votes. But a careful analysis reveals that a
substantial number of Muslims and Catholics voted for MR. A
substantial number of Muslims in the east and the south of the
country voted for Mahinda. A careful scrutiny of the results
reveal upto 40% of the Muslims voted for Mahinda notwithstanding
the fact the JHU was with him. A good number of Muslims of the
east voted for Mahinda because they feared if Mr. Ranil
Wickramasinghe was elected he would grant more concessions to
the LTTE and thereby endanger the existence and rights of the
Muslims in the east.
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- Sri Lanka has domain
knowledge and capacity to enter international sphere for
outsourced services
Global Out-sourcing potential huge
Although domain knowledge was available within
the sphere of professionals locally, already outsourced, real
potential for demand of available expertise could expand
considerably if education policy could cater to requirement of
English for impact of outsourced services, said Managing Partner
Neo IT Avinash Vashista.
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Hirdaramani
hands over houses to the tsunami affected at
Hambantota
The Hirdaramani Group recently handed out 58
houses to the tsunami affected people of Chithragala, Hambantota
District, in accordance with the MOU signed between the
Hirdaramani Memorial Trust and the District Secretary,
Hambantota, for the ‘Hambantota District Tsunami Disaster Relief
and Development Program’.
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President
Rajapakse questions Jayasuriya’s axing
The coming few weeks could see an amazing turn
around in local cricket administration, after president Mahinda
Rajapakse called for an investigation to find out why former Sri
Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya was left out of the country’s
Test tour to India. Cricket analysts were backing former fast
bowler and ex-chief cricket selector Asanatha de Mel, who was
unceremoniously dumped from the post soon after the interim
committee headed by Jayantha Dharmadasa wrested control of
cricket headquarters, in dramatic fashion using government
force, to take over.
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India 1st Test
Ganguly comeback delayed by
rain
CHENNAI, India, Dec 2 (AFP) - Sourav
Ganguly’s return to international cricket was put on hold after
heavy rain washed out the opening day’s play in the first Test
between India and Sri Lanka here on Friday.
The rain, a prelude to a cyclonic storm hovering
in the region, pounded the Chepauk ground since Thursday night
and drenched the uncovered parts of the outfield.
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 PAKISTAN:
Pakistani batsman Kamran Akmal (L) congratulates
batsman Mohammad Yousuf (C) for his double century
during the fourth day’s play of the third and final
Test match between Pakistan and England at the Gaddafi
Cricket Stadium in Lahore, 02 December 2005. Yousuf
hit a career-best 223 in a record stand with Kamran
Akmal as Pakistan buried England under an avalanche of
runs in the third and final Test. (AFP)
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