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Harvest of havoc

Sunday August 24, 2003

Armed Muslim groups emerging
Intelligence sources in the Eastern Province confirmed the emergence of organised armed Muslim cadres as the government moved in to quell growing tension between the LTTE and Muslim civilians in the area.

Sex education ‘classes’ at Royal
A 20- year- old youth who posed off as a school master and entered Royal College Colombo to give lessons related to 'sexual education' has been eventually nabbed after a female security officer suspected his movements, Police said.

LTTE frontliner seeks Oslo Municipal seat
A front-line activist of the LTTE's international organisation - Raja Balasingham alias Baskaran is to participate in Norwegian Municipal elections next month, a stepping-stone to the national politics of that country.

Pongu Thamil: Army tells GA to explain
Wanni security forces commander Susil Chandrapala has a sought written explanation from the Vavuniya District Secretary K.Ganesh as to how government servants attended an LTTE - backed meeting to organise the Pongu Thamil programme to be held on September 15.

Curtains for Sigiriya rock concert
A Tourism Ministry proposal backed by the U S and Norwegian governments to be implemented in the garden at the entrance to the Sigiriya fortress has run into a storm with strong protests from the Archaeology Department and the Central Cultural Fund (CCP) .


Muslim farmers in the eastern Ampara district have been forced to seek Special Task Force (STF) protection to carry out their harvesting of paddy in the wake of threats from the LTTE. In the picture a group of farmers in the Ninthavur area work under the protection of the STF.
Pic by Lakshman Gunathilake .

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Political Column - Master-student and the trouble in the East


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5th Column - Polls or back to war is the million-dollar question

The Rajpal Abeynayake Column - How to cope with the Eastern front

Opposite Editorial - Harvest of havoc

The Sunday Times Economic Analysis - New expectations of higher economic growth

Thoughts from London - Like looking up and spitting no?
Focus on Rights - Selling away our heritage?
Lobby - Bill passed with a whimper, amid Eastern rumblings
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