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Fears of JVP radicals having links with pro-Tiger groups
Last Sunday, hours after 2012 had dawned; life was lazy in the streets of Colombo and suburbs. Traffic along the main highways, choking even during holidays, had trickled down to a few vehicles. Most shops remained closed.
5th Column

Computer error: System crashes

My Dear Bandula and SB,

I thought I must write a letter to you to congratulate you on the successful completion of the Advanced Level examination because I know very well that you will not be writing letters these days-especially at a time when everyone else is demanding your letters of resignation!
The Economic Analysis
Expectations and prospects of bridging the 2012 trade deficit
The Central Bank expects worker remittances, earnings from tourism and other services, foreign direct investment and other capital inflows to bridge the trade deficit this year. It is this expectation that leads the Central Bank to not allow a further depreciation of the currency or increase interest rates. It's anybody's guess whether this expectation would be realised.
Lobby
Not Issued with this week
 
Focus on Rights
On those inconvenient 'truths' in the LLRC report
Several months ago, President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared to the world that the 'truth' in regard to the last stages of the war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and government forces will be revealed by the Report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) ......
Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Ball for Karuna, jail for Fonseka

Former Army Commander, one time General Sarath Fonseka, who led troops to victory in the military battles against Tiger guerrillas, has been at the Welikade jail for almost three years. For one of his erstwhile enemies in the battlefield in the years before, it is a different story.

From the sidelines
The 'underworld nexus' - Tangalle bleeds, Kelaniya unravels
The response of the political establishment to the killing of a British tourist in Tangalle points to a story as tragic as the murder itself. In the immediate aftermath of the Christmas day incident representatives of both the government and the opposition have been quoted lamenting its possible fallout on the tourism industry, and expressing regret that the country 'would not be able to reach its target of one million tourists.'
 
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