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Three state officials
arrested over swindling Mavilaru compensation
The CID took into
custody three officers of the Agricultural and Agrarian
Services Insurance Board on suspicion of swindling a sum
of Rs. 15 million from the monies allocated to farmers
as compensation following the Mavil Aru fiasco
perpetrated by the LTTE last year.
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Private
sector gets set to strike over wages
Private sector trade
unions are flexing their muscles and have set a deadline
of April 8 to decide on whether to take trade union
action against the Government’s failure to order
employers to effect a 25 per cent salary hike.
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The ‘Four-in-four’ Man
Sri Lanka’s bowler Lasith Malinga,
celebrates as he dismisses South Africa’s batsman Andrew
Hall, unseen, for a duck during their Super Eight
Cricket World Cup match at the Guyana National Stadium
in Georgetown, Guyana, Wednesday, March 28, 2007.
Malinga, took four wickets in four successive balls.
South Africa won by 1 wicket with 10 balls remaining.
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Water as
precious as life - Dinesh
Water is as precious as life and there was no
substitute for water. The very essence of development
is to provide water to any human community and we
should provide water to those rural and urban areas
which suffer shortage of water, Minister of Urban
Development Dinesh Gunawardena said.
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Wiswa orders
rectification of salary anomalies
Higher Education
Minister Prof. Wiswa Warnapala, at a meeting with
representatives of the SLFP trade unions, instructed
Ministry officials to contact the Treasury and get a
sum of Rs 100 million for the University Grants
Commission in a bid a rectify the salary anomalies of
university employees.
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The god that failed again
 CERTAIN
things are not expected from some quarters. The belief is that
they, motivated by the pro-people considerations, will not go
that far. Yet, when they behave in the way the others do, the
disillusionment is deeper than the disappointment. The West
Bengal government led by the Communist Party of India
(Marxist) has shaken that kind of confidence.
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LTTE Air Attack: a Jolt to
Govt. Defences
 The
LTTE attack on the Katunayake air base in the very
early hour of March 26th should not come as a
surprise. The attack could have come a year or even
earlier if one knows how cheaply Unmanned Aereaial
vehicles or parts which could be fitted on to a
commercial aircraft could be procured in the open
market today. It is believed that such a widely
available system might have been used in November
2004, when Hezbollah flew a UAV from Lebanon overland
to the Israeli town of Nashariya and back north along
the coast.
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- 2006 GDP growth 7.7%
 The
Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) yesterday
published their report on last year’s GDP stated that
the country performed well in the agriculture,
industry and services sectors while reporting a 7.7
per cent growth.
- Developing Asia to post
robust growth in 2007-2008
Developing
Asian economies will post robust growth in 2007,
underpinned by strengthening domestic demand and a
broadly favourable outlook for the international
economy, ADB says in a new major report.
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Lasith plays down four in four feat
Lasith Malinga insisted making World Cup history counted for
little after Sri Lanka lost their Super 8 match to South
Africa in thrilling fashion.
The seamer took four wickets in four balls for the first
time in international cricket history, but the Proteas edged
to a one-wicket win.
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South Africa thru’ despite Malinga’s late four in four
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -
South Africa eked out a one-wicket win over Sri Lanka
despite Lasith Malinga’s unprecedented four wickets in four
balls late in Wednesday’s World Cup Super 8 match.
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Sri Lanka’s colourful demolition man Lasith Malinga
created World Cup history with four wickets in four
balls against South Africa in Georgetown, Guyana, on
Wednesday. His first victim was Shaun Pollock, clean
bowled, then Andrew Hall, followed by Jaques Kallis.
He then sent a thunderbolt which broke Makhaya
Ntini’s stumps.
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