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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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Mannar camp, Kelanitissa suffer minor damages in LTTE air raid

Tiger aircraft coated with special paint to minimize heat emission?

Two LTTE aircraft yesterday bombed the Mannar army camp and the Kelanitissa Power Station in Colombo. However, the damage was minimal, the military said.

No details were immediately available from Mannar but a senior defence official confirmed one soldier had been injured there and that bombing had damaged a cooling system connected to a gas turbine at Kelanitissa. The Fire Brigade had managed to bring the situation under control, he said.

First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa declares open the Swimming Pool of the Colombo Sirimavo Bandaranaike Balika Vidyalaya. Principal of the school Ms Pushpa Kalubowila, Education Minister Susil Premjayanth and Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge were associated with the First Lady at yesterday’s opening ceremony. (Photo-Nihal Chandrakumara)

LTL to get Beliatta power project outside tender procedure
The latest Cabinet Paper on the Beliatta Electricity Project, which was approved on October 22 and is due to be ratified today, is aimed at handing over the project to Lanka Transformers Limited by-passing tender procedures.
Doctors get ready to cripple A’pura hospital
The Government Medical Officers’ Association yesterday warned that it would launch a continuous strike at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital from today if a senior grade medical officer, qualified to hold the post of director, was not appointed immediately.
Pledges to refund defrauded Rs. 2 mn
A person who was alleged to have defrauded two million rupees, pledged before the Moratuwa District Judge that he would repay same.
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