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President
gives cold-shoulder to Pakistan’s military chief
Pakistan's top-most military man, General Mohamed Aziz Khan,
received a snub when President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
called off an appointment given to him at the eleventh hour.
LTTE
bans Govt. sports festival in Jaffna
The LTTE has banned the government-sponsored National Peace
Sports Festival scheduled for September 30 in Jaffna . The
LTTE has conveyed its position to the organisers of the festival
and wanted all the coaches sent by the Sports Ministry for
training to leave the peninsula. Accordingly they have returned
to Colombo.
JVP
show of force in SLFP stronghold
The JVP is to hold a Kandy-Colombo protest march with a major
rally at the SLFP stronghold Nittambuwa next Saturday. Spearheading
a broad alliance known as the Desha Hitaishi Jathika Viyaparaya
(National Patriotic Movement) after the collapse of the proposed
alliance with the SLFP, the JVP is aiming at winning support
from the MEP, Sinhala Buddhist MPs and Organisations.
MMC
faces woman smuggling charge
Ruling UNF Colombo Municipal Council Member Roy Bogahawatte
who had allegedly attempted to smuggle a woman to Switzerland
using a forged passport will be indicted in the High Court
soon.
Chandrasekeran
wants all Tamils under Prabhakaran
Community Development Minister Periyasamy Chandrasekeran has
appealed to the Tamils to unite under LTTE leader Velupillai
Prabhakaran, fearing that the Tamil language and the Tamils
as a distinct people will cease to exist in 50 years time
because they do not have a country and a government of their
own.
Trinco
situ: PM meets service chiefs
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has conferred with Security
Forces chiefs and their respective Eastern area leaders on
the security situation in and around Trincomalee.
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