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If this is a cat-fight,
how will it end?

Inside the Karuna
fortress

Sunday March 14, 2004


News
	Poll shows ceasefire no longer taken for granted
	State media bosses snub Polls Chief
	Mud-war within LTTE leadership
	JVP’s Wimal says sorry
	CBK, Ranil scale down campaign
	SLASA stages protest over salary anomalies
	Expert proposes measures to reduce drug prices
	Anything but green
	Alliance manifesto at odds with MoU
	LSSP opposes UPFA plan for new constitution
	Retired judge now consents to be on bribery body
	City water is okay: chief medical officer
	Thousands suffer as doctors’ strike goes on; talks today
	From SB to CBK: A billion-rupee letter of demand
	A nation confused: Wh ich way will it turn?
	Inside the Karuna fortress
Financial Times
	JKH pulling out of plantations?
	IMF mission to visit before approval of funds
	Painkillers and leisure
	Dankotuwa puts off Rs. 2 billion expansion plans
	New standards for tea, coffee and cocoa
	Leniency for rule breakers
	Maxi Prelis - from engineering to banking
	Central Bank continues current rates
	Tri Star group completes 25 years in business
	Countries eligible for new U.S. aid to be selected in May
	J-Biz recommends 25-member cabinet
	Browns group, HNB chief dead
	Rights group seeks equal opportunity as J-Biz
	Cooked by the sun
	FTA and their benefits to Sri Lanka
	South African Coke bottler to acquire Colombo plant
	Care to look at Care Services?
	PA-JVP win unlikely to change economic policy
Sports
	Light rescues hapless Thomians
	Herath in for Dharmasena, Jayantha stand by
	Cambrians run out of time
	Trinity-Antonian; dull boring affair
	Another absorbing battle of attrition?
	Top badminton players for SAF Games
	Ananda-Nalanda mini battle today
	The real Muralitharan saga
	Warne revels in fairytale comeback
	It's a crying shame again!

As tension builds up amidst a power struggle in the LTTE, the Karuna faction says it is ready for any eventuality. Karuna loyalists are seen here with their heavy weapons. Pic by Lakshman Gunathilake
Columns
	Polls: now we have to factor in the Karuna factor - Political Column
	East on powder-keg - Situation Report
	South observes stony silence over NE rift - 5th Column
	Why can't they even fight in peace? - Political Sketchbook
	If this is a cat-fight, how will it end? - The Rajpal Abyenayake Column
	Facing the nation: Disclosing party economic policies - The Sunday Times Economic Analysis
	How noble of our British buddies - Thoughts from London
	Public funds and elections - Focus on Rights
	Signing anti-corruption treaty: Is it a symbolic gesture? - inside the glass house
Plus
	Wonders of a wetland
	Sharp wit, acid tongue and quick repartee
	Marriage during our time
	The silent revolution of 1956
	Letters to the Editor
	Appreciations
	Travel
	Books
	Arts
TV Times
	‘Feels Like Home’ with Norah Jones
	‘Spark’ hits the music scene
	Stars of 70’s show back on the track
	Gamini-Malini in Yakada Yaka
	Gamini honoured for his achievements
	Little boys make it big
	Raunchy ‘Euro Trip’ in looking for e-love
Mirror Magazine
	Memorable performances
	“I have a point…”
	The search for the yellow letter
	It’s been a long, long journey
Funday Times
	Meeting the Goddess Swarnamalee
	Restoring the sacred city of Anuradhapura
	Wasgomuwa National Park
	Blue Sapphire - the national gemstone

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