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Sunday January 20, 2008
Vol. 42 - No 34

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The Army moved into Thanamalwila and other areas in the Moneragala district to flush out terrorists responsible for the killing of some 42 civilians in a bus explosion and two other massacres this week, after the government abrogated the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement with the LTTE. Pic by Saman Kariyawasam

NEWS
Head Line of the week |
Karuna pleads guilty, faces jail
Breakaway LTTE “eastern commander” Karuna alias Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan has pleaded guilty to breaching British immigration laws and will be sentenced by a Crown Court on Friday......
 
“Give me some package,”.....
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has told the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) that he needs “something” from its report to be handed over to him on Wednesday as “everybody expects us to put a political package on the table.” The President made this comment during a luncheon he hosted at Temple Trees .....

 


OTHER TOP NEWS ARTICLES |
Display mobile phone no. on parked ..... Beware! all that’s new maybe illegally assembled


PLUS
FINANCIAL TIMES
LIT BLITZ Govt. gearing to defend GSP+

This weekend, you would have been forgiven for thinking that all roads had suddenly changed course and led directly to Galle.

The GSP+ is coming up for review mid this year with the government mustering all its resources to make sure the GSP+ continues for another three years even as the west shows...

COLUMNS
Political Thoughts from London
British MPs miss the wood for the trees
   
Situation Report The Economic Analysis
The economic impact of the global recession
 


SPORTS INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY MUSINGS | S.R. Pathiravithana INTERNATIONAL | Gaza City
To err is human Israeli strike kills two more Gaza....

Last week the new SLC chief Arjuna Ranatunga airing his personal views on the current controversies on umpiring came out with an interesting point. His views on the matter ....

A pre-dawn Israeli air strike north of Gaza City killed at least two militants from the Islamist Hamas movement today, medics said, amid escalating hostilities in the territory.

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Thilina creates history in local ... Bhutto killing: Pakistan nab teenage..
Thilina Silva created history when she became the first female to participate in a major tournament in the history of cue sports in Sri Lanka by participating in the sixth...
Pakistani police have arrested a teenager who was allegedly part of a five-man squad assigned to kill opposition leader Benazir Bhutto last month, security officials said Saturday.


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Ending the cycle Development work undertaken
I'm eight-years-old. I wear the same stained tee-shirt to school every day. The kids at school make fun of me and hit me with sticks. I can't fight back, because they are too strong...
There were disputes regarding the appointment of the Pandya ruler. That was due to the fact that the Cholas and the Sinhala people were on opposite camps. At one stage, the Cholas supported Kulasekera. But when he finally got friendly with the Sinhala people...


TV TIMES
MediScene
'Saruketha' for speciality cuisine ABCs of arthritis
‘Saruketha’ means good harvest in Sinhala and the name ideally fits this restaurant, which serves rich cuisine direct from the harvest.
Arthritis and rheumatism, is there a difference? People are often confused- and they do overlap. 'Arthritis' means disease of or damage to the joints.


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TV Times

Readers corner

  ‘Super Stars’: Reply to Mr. Mathias
  Comments on Sirasa Superstar - Season 3
  Planning ahead for ‘Season 3’
  Ideas for Super Stars 3
  What’s wrong ITN?
   

TV Scene

  ‘Jeewithaya Lassanai’ scores triple century
   

Movie Scene

  Janitha : From importer to producer
   

After Dark

  Rupavahini plays top dramas and musicals
  ‘Madam Brouette’ visits Alliance Francaise
   

Movie $ Music Scene

  ‘Nethra’ opens
  American comedy in ‘Airplane'
   


International
White House e-mails on Iraq, CIA missing
   
   
Britain, China seek joint effort on climate change
   
Benazir's death and India's love for Pakistan
   
I want to bring peace, says Osama’s son
   
World would be a dangerous place, if not for George Bush - View from Dubai
   
25 dead in Kenya opposition protests
   
News
Chilly nights to continue
   
Mervyn’s TV brawl: CID turns focus on Rupavahini staff
   
NSB lawyers take their bosses to court
   
Display mobile phone no. on parked vehicles: Request by police
   
Three vie for BASL top post
   
Abduction in Hatton town?
   
Mourning has broken in Moneragala
   
Vigilance committees formed to tackle terror
   
All set to prevent bird flu here
   
Bus hit by lorry goes down precipice
   
Hustings in east off to a violent start
   
 
CoL explosion: Consumers battered and bruised
 
Bus travel won’t be easy going for commuters
 
Stop CPC from selling LP gas: Laugfs tells President
 
Same old stuff without the salt and pepper
 
Theoretical understanding of the death of truce
 
 
CC last hurdle cleared, but more problems likely
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sports
Aney is it true? with nam
   
A look at rugby safety - RUGBY TALK by Vimal Perera
 
 
 
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Plus
Letters to the editor
  Time for Constitutional Council to get cracking
  Driving customers away!
 
Appreciations
  Gunapala Windsor
  Flower Munasinghe
  Daisybelle de Mel
  C.P.G. (Dottie) Fernando
   
Travel
  Berlin: Where boredom is not on the map
   
Features
  James begins life anew
  A princely hospital now lies in ruins
  My long march to freedom
  Freedom from external influences - Duruthu Poya falls on Tuesday
   
Books
  Trapped and Other Tales by Premala de Mel
  Fictional Island
  'Ehela Ablaze' by Shireen Senadhira
  The Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka
  The Burghers goes audio
  Creative Expressions 2 launched in Canada
   
People and events
  A healer, mentor and distinguished man - Tribute
  Chaaya relaunches resorts in Maldives
  Enjoy a feast of lavish kebabs
  Puss is back
  LAWASIA conference in Colombo
  Training programme on 'Mental Health Practice and Research'
  Colombo here we come
   

 


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