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A convoy consisting of 66 lorries left for the Wanni on Friday carrying food aid under UN banner. The convoy is said to be the largest ever sent to the LTTE area after the troops captured all entry-exit points in recent battles. Pic by Priyantha Hewage
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| The new era of Internet, facebook |
 Remember the days when Internet first started in the early 90's ? Most of us really couldn't understand it because it was so complicated and was not as "colorful" |
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| Get close to nature at Kukule |
 Kukuleganga Holiday Resort, in the Kalutara District, is the only resort located in the Eastern border of the district. Just two and half hours drive from Colombo, the Resort can be reached from Kalutara, |
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More Education |
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| Indian aid: Govt. and ICRC cross swords |
| A new row has broken out between the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Commissioner General of Essential Services over the distribution of Indian food and relief supplies to civilians in the Wanni – with both insisting they should carry out the task. |
| Grave crisis in North-East hospitals |
| With health services in the crisis-ridden Eastern and Northern Provinces virtually at a deadly standstill, doctors will decide today whether they will restrict their services only to hospitals in main towns and not those in rural areas of the two provinces. |
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EDITORIAL |
| Play the game |
The 19th century self-styled genius Oscar Wilde once described the part-time exercise sport of English country gentlemen galloping after foxes as the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable. |
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PLUS |
| Brutal end to healing touch |
 The uneven stone steps cut into the rock lead down to the modest little house where tragedy has laid its mark. An elderly man stands at the doorway, greeting visitors with trembling hands, |
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FINANCIAL TIMES |
| CPC in the dock over hedging |
Serious questions are surfacing with little or no clear answers over the controversial oil hedging deals undertaken by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) in which the loss – at current crude oil prices – is estimated at over $300 million or about 15 % of the Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves, analysts said. |
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SPORTS |
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| Dharmadasa pooh-poohs Ranatunga allegations |
 Former Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee Chairman Jayantha Dharmadasa who was mainly at the butt end of the barrage of accusations by his successor Arjuna Ranatunga pooh-poohed |
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| Prince Sapumal becomes powerful |
 When in South India, Aryachakravarti had met the Commander of Vijayanagar. He would have also asked for help, to regain his kingdom. They would have even promised to invade the North of Lanka.
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Latest News November 23 - 29 |
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With just three days to go for Tiger guerrilla leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran's "Maveerar" (Great Heroes) Day speech, t
President Mahinda Rajapaksa's 63rd birthday on November 17 turned out to be joyous. He received two big birthday gifts. 
The alleged al-Qaeda mastermind of a 2006 transatlantic airplane bombing plot was killed in a US missile attack in northwest Pakistan early Saturday, officials said
Lanka Institute of fashion Technology (LIFT) the premiere institute for fashion education in Sri Lanka which has reached its 9th successful year is well focused and ready to offer more opportunities for students
