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Significant turnout in North for local polls:
UPFA gains early lead
Early results pointed to another comfortable win
for the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) at elections to 65
local bodies held in several districts yesterday. The UPFA won the
March 19 local polls elections with 55.69 per cent of the votes
cast. According to the first result released last night, the UPFA
won the Talawekele-Lindula Urban Council with 1,988 votes, gaining
seven seats.
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Ninety-two dead in Oslo twin terrorist attacks
At least 92 people died in the twin terrorist
attacks in Norway on Friday, Norwegian police said yesterday. Both
attacks are believed to have been carried out by a 32-year-old
Norwegian identified as Anders Behring Breivik who was later
arrested.
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Govt condemns Oslo terror attacks
The Government yesterday condemned the terror
attacks in Norway and extended its condolences to those affected by
the dastardly acts. A statement issued by the External Affairs
Ministry said there is no other country which could understand the
pain and suffering of the Norwegian people at this devastating time,
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Solheim feels ‘enormous shock’
Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim, who was the
face of peace efforts in Sri Lanka, Saturday said the “horrible”
massacre of 91 people was an attack on Norway’s “democratic values”.
“This is the most horrible attack on Norway in peace time,” the
minister of environment and international development told IANS in a
telephonic interview from London, while on his way to Oslo.
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Police warn motorists:
Don’t drive too close to ambulances, ministerial convoys
The City Traffic Police (CTP) yesterday warned
motorists to refrain from driving close behind ambulances and
ministerial convoys since it could cause accidents. According to the
CTP, some motorists and motor-cyclists were in the habit of driving
their vehicles close behind ambulances and ministerial convoys
thereby violating repeated police warnings.
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Royal won the second leg by beating Trinity 13 points (one goal and two penalties) to 9 (three penalties) in the second leg of the 69th Bradby Shield encounter played at Royal rugby grounds this evening. Trinity led 6-3 at half time. 
North Western Provincial Council member Ananda Sarath Kumara had been arrested for punishing a female teacher by forcing her to kneel down, for advising his daughter over a disciplinary matter.
A Lieutenant Colonel and a Corporal attached to the Commando Regiment died while a Major sustained injuries when the Land Rover they were travelling in crashed in to an electricity tower along Thabbowa Tank in Karuwalagaswewa area this morning.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared opened the reconstructed Iranamadu airstrip in Killinochchi a short while ago. 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the Commander in Chief of Armed Forces, have appointed Major General Daya Rathnayake as the new Army Commander. 
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed the present Army Chief General Jagath Jayasuriya as the new Chief of Defence Staff with effect from August 01, Presidential Spokesman Mohan Samaranayake, said. 
A 45-year-old man who fell off the fifth storey of an apartment block in Kirulapona succumbed to his injuries last evening, the police said. The victim named Jayapalan, an electrician by profession was attempting to fix an antenna on the fifth storey when he had fallen to his death. 
The Iranamadu runway in Killinochchi will be declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa tomorrow.Reconstructed by the Sri Lanka Air Force the runway will be open for all domestic aviation activities.
Ministry of Fisheries is to bring a new regulation making it mandatory to obtain an insurance before fishing in the sea.
Two passengers who were travelling in a trishaw sustained fatal injuries when the vehicle crashed into a bus after the driver had fallen asleep. 
DIG Vaas Gunawardena who was in the CID custody for interrogation over the alleged abduction and murder of businessman Mohammed Shyam was hospitalised following a chest pain, the CID said.The DIG had been admitted to Ward 42 of the National Hospital Colombo short while ago.
