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Sunday November 4, 2007
Vol. 42 - No 23

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The busy Fort and Pettah areas were thrown into chaos on Friday when demonstrating jobless graduates went into a battle with the Police. Pictures show Police officers taking to their heels when the angry students threw stones at them. Pic by Saman Kariyawasam.


NEWS
Head Line of the week |
Govt. flushes loo tax on people
With the cost of living boiling over, your water bills also are going up mainly because you will have to pay a tax every time you use the toilet......
 
108 Lankan soldiers in Haiti.....
The United Nations will try to persuade the Sri Lankan government to prosecute -- to the fullest extent of the law -- the 108 soldiers who were serving with .......

 


PLUS
FINANCIAL TIMES
Telling fortunes, but living in misery Organic food for the world
Noon at Kudagama. The little ones and some not-so-little ones who have not gone to school are eating a scrap lunch, mainly a few mouthfuls of rice and one vegetable, no fish, meat or even a piece of karola, not off plates but nebiliyas. Most of the homes are wattle-and-daub with cadjan-thatched roofs while only a few are made of brick with sheeting as roofs.
A small village community in Matale produces tea packs made out of reed under a regular Rs 2 million monthly contract -- in a-too-good-to-be-true story -- thanks to the efforts of Bio Foods (Pvt) Ltd. The Kandy-based company founded by former Tea Research Institute (TRI) Scientist Dr Sarath Ranaweera is Sri Lanka’s biggest organic food......
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Who is that boy? Indian rupee soars, Lankan rup...
“Martin, I’ve just come from the most shocking case I ever tried… He blinded six horses with a metal spike.” – Hesther Salomon, Magistrate. And so, unfolds Equus – Peter Shaffer’s complex, disturbing, psychological drama where a middle-aged psychiatrist Martin Dysart....
The Indian rupee is gaining at an astounding rate against the US dollar while Sri Lanka’s rupee is depreciating faster than any other regional currency but it picked up last week on the back of the full subscription of the US$500 million bond.But will the euphoria last? Not so, say analysts, attributing the rupee gains to a short term phenomenon.
COLUMNS
Political Thoughts from London
Abortive coup against free media Mankind’s plunge to disaster- myth or reality?
   
Situation Report Focus on Rights
SLAF regains its image with powerful strike Smiling Tigers, corruption and national security
 


SPORTS INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY MUSINGS | S.R. Pathiravithana INTERNATIONAL | Islamabad, PAKISTAN
Governance in sport Musharraf imposes emergency rule
I just kept on thinking of that Dolly Parton favourite ‘the coat of many colours’. At that moment I could not think of the significance of a thought of that nature because I am not a great lover of that particular number. Then when I went through the morning papers I saw the connection with the headline..... Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule today, deploying troops and sacking a top judge in a bid to reassert his flagging authority against political rivals and Islamist militants. Nuclear-armed Pakistan's internal security has deteriorated sharply in recent months ......
   
Notes from Down Under | Chaminda Vaas INTERNATIONAL | Yangon
TOUGH! That’s why we are here Cry, beloved Burma
With only a few days to go for the first test in Brisbane and with a satisfactory outing against the Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI last week, our preparations are now in full gear as we play a full strength Queensland side at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane. Religious orders of monks have been the face of Burma ever since Buddhism was introduced here more than 1,000 years ago. For a monk to involve himself in politics or to hold a political post is contrary to the ethical code of Theravada Buddhism.


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Scintillating dance War in the Pandaya Kingdom
Music and dance lovers are in for a grand treat this November, as Elizabeth Moir School is set to take the stage once again with their explosive new production Breakin' Bars. A flamboyant mix of scintillating dance that will mesmerize the audience, Breakin' .....
The Burmese sources do not record the battle in the way the Sri Lankan records do. According to them, the invasion of Burma by the Sinhala army, was a minor one and that was done just as a punishment. King Alaunsitu, the Burmese king, .....


TV TIMES
KANDY TIMES
Asai Mang Piyabanna Hills come alive with KCR
"Asai Mang Piyabanna" Udayakantha Warnasuriya's latest film is now being screened at Savoy-Wellawatte and other EAP circuit cinemas around the country. Thirteenth directorial venture of Udayakantha the film revolves ....
Transmitting the voice of the villagers from Kothmale hills, 25 km southwest of Kandy, the Kothmale Community Radio (KCR) despite many difficulties, has become the favourite radio channel of the people of the area. Despite its popularity, KCR now faces a major obstacle....


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TV Times
   
'Om Shanti Om' roams at MC
   
‘Don't forget you are going to die’
   
It’s Christmas time at Hotel Thilanka
   
‘International Chef’s Day’at Ran Mal Hotel
   
Anura presents musical notation
   
Srilakvahini links up with LBN Sat
   
No more Meloney Magic
   
Kamal with the stars
   


International
   
UN envoy arrives in Myanmar amidst row
   
Mexicans flee floods amid fears of disease, looting
   
   
Sowing a knowledge revolution in Arab world - View from Dubai
   
Benazir Bhutto’s gamble
   
Pro-Taleban militants seize 120 Pak policemen, troops
   
News
   
Harbour police OIC shot dead
   
Sound of silence rebounds on officer
   
Quality drugs at lower prices under new policy
   
Athas case: DSG calls for enhanced sentence
   
Northern Muslims mark 17 years in exile
 
Odds & Ends
 
Top Senator says US aid is not a ‘blank cheque’
 
New laws to define private hospital charges
 
Bribery officials take charge of CEB files
 
New carriages don’t run so well
 
Jobs: A bucket in the ocean, say unemployed grads
 
UN worker in fatal accident
 
 
A right royal farewell to a revered teacher
 
No fairy tales but scary stories
 
Civil society joins fight for media freedom
   
N-E gets 150 new pharmacists
   
Thamilselvan’s funeral tomorrow, Prabha pays respects to his number two
   
CEA suspends clearing of Negombo mangrove swamps
   
Thalassaemia drug: Patients complain, but doctors say nothing to worry
   
Govt. appoints committee to look into SriLankan future
   
Speech-impaired youth nabbed for killing and robbing
   
Post-budget shock
   
Ritz complains of PSD behaviour
   

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Jayasuriya flop brings the hiccups
 
 
 
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Plus
Letters to the editor
  Ramadan: It's time that Muslims world over celebrated on one day
  Make it never on a Sunday
  Equus: Fine production, but little sympathy for audience
  The fragrance of humanity
  Let's help them
 
Appreciations
  Vijitha Weerasinghe
  Dr. Upali Weerasena
  The importance of being Viji
   
Features
  Gizmo gourmet
  Finally they came, and our time was over
  She dared to dream and still does
   
Travel
  The Khorezm lands of Persia
  Planning the key to pilgrimage tourism
   
Books
  Sri Lanka, LTTE and British Parliament - By Prof. Ravindra Fernando
  The Chena - a book for children - By Maureen Wickremasinghe
  Company Law In Sri Lanka - By Arittha R. Wikramanayake
  Kala Korner - Sahurda Satahan By Buddhadasa Galappatti
   
People and events
  Junkeer awes Colombo
  Musical memories
  Remembering a great son of Ruhuna
  Promoted as Superintendent of Police
  World Congress of Integrated Medicines
  Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration
  Buddhist Education Centre
  YWCA celebrates 125 years with concert
  How I was 'pinned'
   

 


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