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| Vavuniya lawless: CJ intervenes |
| The administration of justice in government controlled Vavuniya has come to a standstill with hundreds of cases being put off.
Chief Justice Sarath Silva has made an urgent appeal to Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to settle the crisis between lawyers and pro-government militant groups. |
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| Kandana horror: 5 brutally slain bodies in swamp |
| The discovery of five bullet-riddled bodies in a Kandana swamp with their faces blindfolded and disfigured has caused shock and horror yesterday. |
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| Lanka fully with China on Taiwan issue |
| Sri Lanka will not develop any official link with Taiwan and will support all efforts by China to achieve national reunification, President Mahinda Rajapaksa assured the Chinese government, during his six-day visit which ended yesterday. |
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| PLUS
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| Bonding through chena |
| For thousands of years the human-elephant conflict has dogged Sri Lanka. The plaintive cry in any dry zone village would be: “Aliya gahala merune” or “Ali ape kumburu vinasha kara”.Is there a permanent solution not only ..... |
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| Violent youth |
| Trucks filled with boys in strange costumes, flags of varying colours draped over their bodies, boys roaming the streets begging tin in hand and unruly groups attempting to scale the walls of girls' schools. Contrast this with an incident in recent times, where a gang of Ananda College students allegedly used a stun-gun.... |
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| Amma’s message |
| “This world is like a flower. Each nation a petal. If one petal is infested, does it not affect all the other petals” Amma who is known for her extraordinary acts of love and self-sacrifice asks, pointing out that it is the duty of each one of us to preserve the beauty and fragrance of this world. |
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 The guests of honor were feuding. Spectators booed and cheered behind steel barricades. Anna Nicole's Smith's funeral on Friday was part soap opera, part circus _ perhaps a fitting combination for a woman who found.....
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| FINANCIAL
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| Lanka Internet goes bust |
| Internet and telecommunications service provider, Lanka Internet Services Ltd has gone bankrupt and unceremoniously disappeared into thin air with senior management of the company jumping ship and unable to be located. |
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| HNB looks overseas |
| Hatton National Bank (HNB), is exploring its options of entering India in the near future while also eyeing the region, South East Asia, emerging East Asia and some parts of North Africa. |
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| Touchwood in trouble over assets claim |
| The Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board (SLAASMB), after launching an investigation into the financial statements of Touchwood Investments Ltd, has 'determined that the estimates of fair value... |
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| SPORTS
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| Arjuna’s
Formula For
World Cup |
| In the three previous episodes we discussed about Sri Lankan cricket’s entry into the big time game and the initial growing pains that they had to undergo. However, in this episode we will discuss how Sri Lanka cricket... |
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| Srimantha and Lahiru see Petes to safety |
| The 73rd Battle of the Saints between St Joseph’s and St Peter’s concluded at the P. Sara Stadium ended in another stale draw. The Peterites after being bowled out for 193 from their overnight score of 161... |
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| Top order should put their hands up |
| Sri Lanka’s quest to make a strong statement at the 9th edition of the ICC World Cup will depend on their top order batsmen with the onus once again resting on the shoulders of thirty seven year old veteran Sanath Jayasuriya. |
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| KANDY TIMES |
| Kandy Library blaze reveals tales of woe |
| The Kandy library auditorium, which was burnt on February 2 has raised many questions from its ashes as it had not been properly insured.“We were in the process of estimating the value of the whole premises to insure it, after making some changes in the library. |
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