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Friday, July 25,  2008
      Editorial:A thundering diplomatic slap, VIP security etc.

The breakaway LTTE faction has been cautioned against causing a rift between ‘Colonel’ Karuna and Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, Chief Minister of the newly elected Eastern Provincial Council.
The warning came soon after intelligence services found evidence of an imminent threat to the SLFP-led coalition government’s efforts to stabilize the Eastern Province.
Authoritative sources said the government recently summoned Karuna, Chandrakanthan and several senior members of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pullikal (TMVP) to emphasise the ...

Central Provincial Councillor Deshamanaya K. P. Govindarajah, Advisor to the Sri Lanka Freedom Workers’ Association and Advisor to the Animal Husbandry Development Association, was appointed the Kandy District Organiser of the SLFP by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He was the first Tamil citizen to be appointed to this post. The President and he exchange greetings. (Photo-Jayaweera Bandara Atapattu, Kundasale)

Army bags big base, recovers 120 mm mortar
The army in a daring operation on the Vavuniya front yesterday seized one 120mm field gun, two 81 mm mortars, forty-eight 120 mm rounds, seventy-four 81 mm rounds, four communication sets, two motor cycles, ...

Govt. assures  implementation of 13th Amendment
The government yesterday gave an assurance that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution would be fully implemented.
Minister Rajitha Senaratne told the media that the government would
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Sri Lanka  on top
Skipper Mahela Jayawardene and Malinda Warnapura hit hundreds as Sri Lanka
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