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A special Police team on Monday, in a search operation
in Vellamullivaikkal, in the Mullaitivu District, recovered the slain
LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s personal weapon, an M 16 A 2 rifle
with folding butt, and body armour along with a cache of weapons and
explosives used by the terrorist outfit.
Nimal Lewke, DIG, North said, "This is the largest recovery of items used by the LTTE in the post war period."
The other items recovered included 250...


Govt. claims 17 A now
defunct
The government yesterday announced in Parliament that
the 17th Amendment to the Constitution had no practical value now.Chief
Government Whip, Urban Development and Sacred Area Development...

Private hospitals to get
Govt. trained medics
The Health Ministry had decided to allow those who pass
out from the State medical institutions to join private sector
hospitals, Minister of Health Nimal Siripala de Silva said.




The
question of the Tamil vote
Tamil politics took centre stage again last
week too though it was up-country ...