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Tigers’ arsenal amazes Army
Seven 152 mm artillery pieces, 42 thermobaric weapons,
13,240 T-56 assault rifles, among many other arms seized

Sri Lankan forces yesterday said that 24 four barrelled 14.5 mm anti-aircraft guns of Chinese origin (ZPU 4) had been among arms and ammunition worth millions of US$ recovered by troops during eelam war IV.

They said that the mobile guns had been acquired along with a range of other armaments from China producing North Korean and Eritrean end-user-certificates.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently said at a public meeting that he had felt that..

All’s Well

A woman riding her push cycle overtakes an Army tractor, an indication that all’s well at this once volatile town where LTTE atrocities were rampant and people moved about in fear of being hit by cross fire .This was a scene at Vavuniya town on Thursday. (Photo-Kamal Bogoda)


Australia dismissed for 263
England bowled out Australia for 263 just after lunch Friday on the second day of...

The question of European reprisals
The IMF loan came through at last despite so many attempts to block it. It is...

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