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‘Prabhakaran is a proclaimed offender’:
Indian PM reiterates united Sri Lanka
CHENNAI, May 9 - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today favoured
a solution to the problems of Tamils within the framework of a
united Sri Lanka, notwithstanding Tamil parties including ally DMK
pitching for a separate State.
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Defence Secy directs police:
Ensure safety of IDPs valuables
Over 3,000 savings accounts opened:
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has
directed the police to take immediate measures to protect valuables
such as jewellery and cash of Internally Displaced Persons. A large
number of IDPs have brought their valuables along with them to the
camps.
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Ranil takes wing on dubious tour
Opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is
scheduled to make another controversial tour of Europe. Local
political sources said the main aim of his European tour is to hold
discussions with several Scandinavian officials on the situation in
Sri Lanka and a strategy to save the LTTE leadership now trapped in
Mullaitivu.
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Tamil politicos satisfied with rehabilitation process
Former Vavuniya district Parliamentarian and People’s Liberation
Organisation Tamil Eelam Leader D. Sitharthan along with the General
Secretary of the Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (NABA)
T. Sritharan who visited the rehabilitation centres set up for
former LTTE cadres in Ambepussa and Pallekele have expressed
satisfaction over the rehabilitation measures carried out in those
centres.
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A gang of eight in motor cycles snatching gold chains from women was taken into custody by Wellawa Police. According to Police, the gang had been operating in several villages in the Kurunegala district and had robbed gold chains over Rs. 500,000.
Postal Votes Percentage in Monaragala District - Mahinda Rajapaksa 66.70%& Sarath Fonseka 32.95% | President Mahinda Rajapaksa - United People's Freedom Alliance – 4,988 | General Sarath Fonseka - New Democratic Front – 2,464
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first. The match played in Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. India 245/all out (48.02 ov).Sri Lanka 249/6 (48.3 ov)
