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Monday, February 09,  2009
      Editorial:Musings on paradigm shifts etc
Hot on the heels of Foreign Ministry’s decision to recall Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in Norway Asela Weerakoon for not being supportive enough of the country’s propaganda drive against the LTTE, the ministry had moved to send Rodney Perera to Oslo, well informed sources told The Island.
The sources said that the ministry had already informed the Parliamentary High Posts Committee headed by Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake of its decision.
SP Daya Samaraweera and other police officers with the 10 day old infant at the Police Station (Photo-Siripala Halwala)

Infants auction centre raided:10 day old sold for Rs 25,000
A secret location at Bodhiraja Mawatha in Maligawatte where a business of auctoning infants to childless parents that had been carried out for quite some time was detected yesterday (8) by the Colombo Central Intelligence Bureau..

Over 8000 escapees from LTTE suffering from diseases Special
health team rushed
Around 8000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) fleeing from the uncleared areas of Mullaitivu into Government controlled areas have been found...

The Cluster Bomb Game
I was deeply shocked by news on Friday that stones had been thrown at the office.

For the first time in history rubber not sold at weekly auction
Last Friday the unthinkable happened...

Celebrating Charles Darwins bicentenial: Some thoughts
The world will be celebrating the 200th...

Archbishop Tutu skeptical of Zimbabwe unity deal
Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu...

Sri Lanka win final ODI, but India secure series 4-1
Sri Lanka avoided what would have been...

A captain like no other
Last week the UNP leader finally got into the election campaign in the Central and...
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