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Tamil detainees allegedly abused at Boossa
Sixty-eight Tamil detainees, hurriedly transferred from New Magazine Prison in Colombo on the night of May 10th by the Terrorist Investigation Division were subjected to torture as well as verbal and sexual abuse at the Boosa Detention Centre.
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[2008-05-13 9.40pm] The JVP breakaways Wimal Weerawansa and Nandana Gunatilake will launch their newly-registered political party, National Freedom Front, at the BMICH in Colombo tomorrow. |
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[2008-05-13 7.40pm] The Jathika Hela Urumaya filed a fundamental rights petition in the Supreme Court today (May 13th), seeking an injunction against the construction of a 500-unit tsunami-housing complex near the Digawapi sacred area. |
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SL fishermen arrested in Indian waters to be released |
| [2008-05-13 3.20 pm] Following talks between the Indian government, Sri Lankan Ministry of Fisheries and representatives of fishermen's trade unions, 60 Sri Lankan fishermen who were arrested for fishing in the Indian territorial waters have been released, reports say. |
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Pillayan has no right to be CM
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| [2008-05-13 1.10pm] The clash between M.L.A.M. Hizbullah and Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan over the post of East Chief Minister is intensifying, ... |
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President to address Oxford Union |
| [2008-05-13 12.35pm] President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to address the Oxford Union today (May 13th), at the invitation of the Oxford Union and the Sri Lanka Society of Oxford University. |
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Police and Land powers for East PC |
| [2008-05-13 12.30pm] The newly-elected Eastern Provincial Council would be vested with wide powers, to ensure that people in the East will receive benefits that those in other parts of the country enjoy, now that it is a government controlled area. |
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Mahinda repeated what J.R did in 1981 |
| [2008-05-12 4.40pm] The government who deprived the citizens in the East of democratic rights by sparking a racial conflict between Tamils and Muslims, has opened doors for the LTTE, ... |
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The selection at the East PC polls within the echo of ethnicity |
| [2008-05-12 6.45pm] Since a considerable amount of racist politics was unleashed at the recently concluded Eastern Provincial Council elections, the selected candidates in terms of ethnicity can be shown as follows: |
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3 Tamil people abducted yesterday |
| [2008-05-12 3.30pm] An identified group has abducted a Tamil resident in Wellawatta last evening (May 11th), reports say. |
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North Central Provincial Council to be dissolved |
| [2008-05-12 12.45pm] Presidential Secretariat sources disclose the President has decided to dissolve the present North Central Provincial Council and hold elections immediately. |
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Wimal-Nandana party to be registered as ‘National Freedom Front' |
| [2008-05-12 11.15am] Arriving at the Elections Secretariat this morning (May 12th), JVP breakaways Wimal Weerawansa and Nandana Gunatillake have handed over documents needed to register their new political movement under the name of ‘National Freedom Front’ (Jathika Nidahas Peramuna), reports say. |
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Lanka Dissent opinion poll proved correct |
| [2008-05-11 3.30 pm]The outcome of the violence-ridden East PC polls has proved correct the prediction by ‘Lanka Dissent’ in an opinion poll that the election would be a close contest between the UPFA and the UNP. |
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UNP rejects East PC
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| [2008-05-11 3.45 pm] The UNP has refused to accept the results of the East PC polls, and said it would go to courts to seek redress on the matter. |
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Pillayan becomes eligible to be East Chief Minister |
| [2008-05-11 3.15 pm] Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan, who is the leader of the TMVP that contested yesterday’s ... |
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Digamadulla goes to UPFA |
| [2008-05-11 2.10 pm]The UPFA recorded victory in Digamadulla at the East PC election. |
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Launch of Wimal Weerawansa's party on May 14 |
| [2008-05-10 10.55 pm] JVP breakaways Wimal Weerawansa and Nandana Gunatilake will launch their political party in Colombo ... |
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UPFA wins in B’caloa |
| [2008-05-11 7.50 am] The UPFA has won a majority of seats in Batticaloa at yesterday's (May 10th) polls for the Eastern Provincial Council. |
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MCNS head, armed bodyguards, enter Trinco counting centre |
| [2008-05-10 8.20pm] Government strongman Lakshman Hulugalle and his armed bodyguards have entered the counting centre at the Trincomalee District Secretariat and are inquiring into counting activities of today's Eastern Provincial Council polls. |
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Polling at 3 centres in B'caloa to be annulled? |
| [2008-05-11 12.20am] Annulling polling at three centres in Batticaloa from where serious malpractices have been reported is under consideration by Returning Officer Sundaram Arumainayagam, his deputy T. Krishnanandalingam told 'Lanka Dissent' a short while ago. |
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| EPDP leader's advisor gunned down |
[2008-05-13 11.00pm] An advisor to EPDP leader and Minister Douglas Devananda has been murdered in Jaffna. |
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| Maunagurusami as CM of East |
[2008-05-13 3.25pm] The government is considering appointing a person other than its two top contenders as chief minister of the eastern province to prevent the contest between them from getting out of hand and worsen into a conflict between communities. |
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| Murder suspect shot dead |
[2008-05-13 2.50pm] A man who was accused of having killed Police Constable Dhammika Bandara of the Weeragula Police has been shot dead, reports say. |
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| 2 police arrested on abduction & ransom charges |
[2008-05-13 1.25pm] Two policemen have been arrested on the charge of abducting a Tamil jeweler for a Rs. 01 million ransom and receiving Rs. 400,000 of the sum. |
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| Tamil national abducted in Vavuniya |
[2008-05-13 11.15am] An unidentified group in a van has abducted a resident of the Veppamkulam area near the Vavuniya- Mannar road last night (May 12th), reports say. |
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| Policeman shot dead in B’caloa |
[2008-05-13 10.30am] Two police personnel attached to the Kaththankudi police station were shot by an LTTE pistol man at the Aransadi junction in Batticaloa last night (May 12th), the Defence Ministry website reports. |
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| Pillayan, Hizbullah clash for CM post |
[2008-05-12 6.30 pm] The tussle between TMVP leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan and UPFA Muslim leader M.L.A.M. Hizbullah for the hotly contested post of the Eastern Provincial Council Chief Ministership could intensify into a violent conflict, a senior government Minister confirmed. |
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| Elections Commissioner ended public hopes for a free & fair election – Ranil |
[2008-05-12 5.25pm] By announcing the conclusion of a successful election, the Commissioner of Elections has also ended public hopes for a democratic country as well as hopes for fair and free elections, said opposition leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe. |
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Wimal faction is assisting govt.
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[2008-05-12 5.10 pm] Though anyone has the right to form a political party, it should be examined to which niche that party belongs to in the field of politics, said Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna politburo member, Anura Kumara Dissanayake. |
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| CAFFE Election Monitors assaulted |
[2008-05-12 2.10pm] An unidentified gang has assaulted two election monitors of the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) last night (May 11th) in Trincomalee. |
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| Twin murders in Grandpass |
[2008-05-12 1.30pm] Two residents of Stace Road, Grandpass have been hacked to death last night (May 12th), according to Grandpass police. |
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| Election results, a mandate against terrorism - President |
[2008-05-12 11.55am] In a statement following the government’s victory of the Eastern Provincial Council elections, President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that this democratic victory has further enhanced the humanitarian mission of liberating the East. |
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| UNP triumphs in Trinco |
[2008-05-113.15 pm] Trincomalee district was won by the UNP at the East PC elections. |
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| New judicial system for East |
[2008-05-11 11.05 am] A new judicial system will be in place for the eastern province within one month of its new administration assuming office, Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva has said. |
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| UNP triumphs in Trinco |
[2008-05-1110.30 am] Trincomalee district was won by the UNP at the East PC elections. |
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| Mervyn Silva seizes Russian Embassy-owned prime land |
[2008-05-11 11.10 am] Labour Minister Mervyn Silva and his supporters have seized a prime plot of land at Bauddhaloka Mawatha in Colombo owned by the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka, 'Irida Divaina' reports. |
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| UPFA leads in B'caloa posting voting |
[2008-05-11 12.40 am] According to unofficial postal voting results of Batticaloa district, the UPFA has polled 2,159 votes. |
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| EPDP tops 1st result out unofficially |
[2008-05-10 10.05pm] The EPDP has topped the list in the first result from the May 10th Eastern Provincial Council election that has been released unofficially. |
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| East polls, a non-election: should be held afresh - LPW |
[2008-05-10 10.05pm] Lanka Polls Watch urges the Elections Commissioner to hold fresh elections for the entire Eastern Province, as today's poll had been a non-election infested with corruption and state-sponsored terror. |
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| Govt. yet again proved its fear of democracy - JVP |
[2008-05-10 8.20pm] The present regime has yet against demonstrated its fear of democracy at the Eastern Provincial Council elections, ... |
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Pramuka depositors see the light |
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Sri Lanka Pelwatte Sugar losses mount |
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Sri Lanka Telecom buys Wi-Max spectrum |
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Schools rugby secretary suspended |
| [2008-05-08] Secretary of the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA), Rohitha Indunil, has been suspended on the order of the director of school sports, reports say. |
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12-member squad for S. Australian netball tourney |
| [2008-05-07] Sri Lanka has named a 12-member squad for an international netball championship organized by South Australia this month. |
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Brother in panel probing SLC manager |
| [2008-05-06] The Interim Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket is to hold a disciplinary inquiry against one of its officials, B.H. Perera, for his alleged involvement in a tender fraud. |
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Gavaskar resigns as ICC cricket committee head
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Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000 |
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