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Monday, May  04,  2009
      Editorial:‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ to be enacted in Vanni?

Amidst mounting international pressure to suspend the war against the LTTE, the UNP yesterday urged the government to maximize the use of all armaments at its disposal to finish off what is left of the group’s conventional military power.

UNP MP Palitha Ranga Bandara told The Island that there shouldn’t be any restrictions on the use of artillery...

The army has fought fierecely to overrun LTTE-built earth bunds both west and east of the A 9 road since the launch of major operations in Marc 2007. This is a section of the 600 m long earth bund running across west to east in the civilian zone captured by the 58 Division about a week ago. Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa told The Island that the LTTE had used heavy machinery obtained from INGOs. (Defence.lk)

*Swine flu threatens Lanka
Both thermal scanners out of order, no mandatory checks

The GMOA yesterday said that both thermal scanners installed at the Bandaranaike International Airport to check passengers arriving in Sri Lanka as part the efforts to tackle the spread of deadly swine flu weren’t operational.

‘Tamils, not Tigers, are the issue’
The LTTE’s days as a military force seems over, but the Tamil community needs to have a say in managing their own affairs if the decades old ethnic...

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