Six Sri Lankans apprehended
by the Indian Coast Guard, off Tamil Nadu coast last
Wednesday (11), are believed to be LTTE cadres involved
in the recent attack on a multi-day fishing trawler
launched from Kanyakumari.
Lankan
expatriates in London demonstrate outside Amnesty
International Headquarters in London on Friday. The
protest was organized by the Campaign for Peace & Unity
in Sri Lanka.
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Lankans in London protest against AI’s ‘Play by the rules’ campaign
Hundreds of Sri Lankans,
living in London, belonging to all political parties
and ethnic groups, demonstrated outside the Amnesty
International headquarters in Easton Street, London on
Friday demanding that the AI should not come in
between the Lankan team and its possible Cricket World
cup win.
The anatomy of abductions
Karuna’s
breakaway was a strategic gain for the army where the
State has succeeded in splitting, almost in the
middle, the LTTE, which was once monolithic. The news
is Karuna’s men are willing to identify LTIE cadres
and moles much to the delight of the armed forces.
After all, the forces are fighting an elusive and
formidable enemy and anyone helping in the process may
be welcome. They may go on the basis: My enemy’s enemy
is my friend.
"He's
a natural sportsman, he's got an
incredible eye, and his bat speed is as
quick as anyone's bat speed in the
game. You talk about Tiger Woods' club head speed,
well Jayasuriya is the cricket version of that," Moody
said.
Fielding fitness focus aids
Sri Lanka cup plans
There were a few but not
as many as is made out. And while not quiet Victorian,
Sri Lanka's great amateurs of that bygone era,
Yahaluweni, were among others former captains Dr. C.
H. Gunasekara, his nephew Ivers (or CI), Papa de Saram
and Sathasivam. They did have that spirit of adventure
that was part of a growing identity and with the
identity was the challenge to achieve recognition.