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TODAY'S
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Tears of a true
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Sailor, soldier foil
bid to blast A’pura pola
Bomb defused
in the
nick of time
by Percy Kuruneru
Our Anuradhapura Special Corr
N. S. W. I. Bandara, attached
to a newly established detachment
south of Mannar, after spotting an unattended bag at the
weekly pola located a short distance away from
the main bus stand, cautiously
opened it. When Bandara and Sgt. Ravindra Prabath found
an explosive device fitted with a timer inside,
they immediately defused it, thereby preventing a
catastrophe
There were about 2,000 traders,
and at the time the detection was
made there had been several tho-
usand people there, police said.
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A grief-stricken Mangala
Samaraweera, MP, pays his last respects to his colleague
Sripathy Sooriyarachchi, MP, at Jayaratne funeral
parlour. The co-leader of dissident Mahajana party died
on Saturday afternoon when the jeep he was travelling to
Colombo from Anuradhapura veered off the road and
crashed into a tree at Medagama, Galgamuwa. Tiran Alles,
former Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services who
financially backed the move against the government is
seen with Samaraweera.
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| NEWS |
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PSC to take up ICES issue
 Vijitha
Herath, Chairman of the Select Committee yesterday
said that the ICES would be investigated thoroughly. A
comprehensive inquiry was needed in view of the
charges and counter charges centred around allegations
that the NGO was promoting foreign intervention,
thereby posing a severe threat to the country’s
sovereignty. The ICES had been also accused of
financial irregularities, the JVP MP said. According
to him, the committee would summon all those who have
publicly supported the ICEC to come before the
committee to make their position clear.
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Army now 150,000 strong recruits
more,
readies for big battles on the Vanni front
As the army advanced on
LTTE positions, the LTTE, in a desperate bid to
trigger a clash near Madhu church Saturday late
afternoon fired 81 mm mortars at troops deployed south
of the church. The army said that troops had not
targeted LTTE firing position near the Madhu church.
"Had we responded to the enemy threat, the LTTE and
the media sympathetic to them would have caused a
major uproar," the army said.
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| FEATURES |
- Special Report
US Lawmakers with ties to
LTTE money
"In the case of
Congressman Danny Davis his connection to the LTTE may
have gone unnoticed if not for another notable event.
The Democrat from Illinois gained notoriety a few
after the August 2006 arrest of 11 LTTE operatives in
the US for allegedly conspiring to procure military
hardware and attempting to bribe US officials to
remove the Tigers from the State Department’s list of
terrorist organizations."
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What it could have been, if
not for the conflict
Regional Councils were to
have powers over specified subjects including
agriculture, cooperatives, land and land settlement,
education, health, fisheries, housing, social
services, electricity distribution, water schemes and
local road networks. The definition of powers was to
be made in the Act. The central government was to
provide block grants to Regional Councils.
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| SPORTS |
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Elated India down Aussies
Skipper Dhoni came out to
steady the ship, combining with 20-year-old Sharma (39
not out) to get India across the finishing line and
move them closer to a place in the final of the
three-team tournament.
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