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Comfortable wins at Matara, Anuradhapura,
Kurunegala and Hambantota:
UPFA takes early lead
The UPFA was on course to a solid victory at the
third stage of the Local Government polls held yesterday, gaining
early victories in several areas including Matara, Anuradhapura and
Kurunegala Municipal Councils and Hambantota Pradeshiya Sabha. The
ruling UPFA has already won 250 out of 299 Local Government bodies
for which elections were held during the first two stages on March
17 and July 23 this year.
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Bharatha, two others killed in shoot out
Duminda injured:
Presidential Trade Union Advisor and former
Parliamentarian of the Colombo District Bharatha Lakshman
Premachandra and two others including a bodyguard of Premachandra
were killed and five others injured in a shooting incident involving
Colombo District UPFA MP Duminda Silva yesterday evening. The
incident took place close to Angoda IDH hospital.
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Group loses grip on Tamil diaspora:
Pro LTTE candidates fail to secure seats in Canadian polls
Pro LTTE candidates had failed to secure seats
at the recently concluded provincial elections in Canada sending a
clear signal that the group is losing its grip on the Tamil diaspora
and its support base. The Ontario province, the highest populated in
Canada where there is the highest concentration of Tamils,
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More ex-Tigers in Canada renounce violence
Five years after they were apprehended buying
arms for the LTTE, three Canadians have signed an open letter from
prison acknowledging they were wrong and renouncing political
violence. “We incorrectly believed that violence could achieve the
goals that we sought,” they wrote. “We now realise that what we did
was not helpful in leading to a positive resolution of the issues in
Sri Lanka.”
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A bag containing a body of a baby was found dumped on the road in Thalangama last evening by an employee of Kaduwela Municipal Council, the police said.
At least 28 passengers were injured when a private bus bound for Matale from Colombo toppled in Karandeniya area last evening, the police said.
Two were killed and over 70 others sustained injuries when a bus transporting school children fell into a precipice in Seetha Eliya in Nuwara Eliya this afternoon, police said.
A law student of the Open University Colombo who stabbed a female lecturer was arrested by Mirihana Police today.The student who is also a medical doctor is said to have stabbed his lecturer when the latter had refused to accept his assignment after the due date, police said.
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.
