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Army Brigade commander killed
The Brigade commander of Sri Lanka Army 611 division in Vavuniya, Colonel D.A Palihakkara died in an accident this morning in Kurunegala.
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Special announcement to be made tomorrow on Sri Lanka's IDP situation
Nov 20 (CP) Colombo- Head of Uthuru Wasanthaya task force, President's Senior Advisor and parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa is to make a special announcement tomorrow on the future of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the resettlement process.
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Confrontational councilor of Southern Province granted bail
Nov 20 (CP) Colombo- The Galle Magistrate Courts today granted bail to Nishantha Muthuhettigama, the remanded Southern Provincial Councilor of ruling United People's Freedom Alliance.
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Sri Lankan government to grant more relief measures to state workers and service personnel
Nov 19 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka Government has decided to provide more relief to the state employees and tri-service personnel as well as pensioners with immediate effect.
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Remanded Provincial Councilor participates in Council session
Nov 19 (CP) Colombo- Nishantha Muthuhettigama, the remanded Southern Provincial Councilor participated in the Council meeting this morning under the tight guard of prison officials.
He was brought to the Southern Provincial Council building in Galle from Welikada prison by the prison officials.
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Minister injured in a road accident
The Minister Rishad Bathiyudeen has been injured in a road accident near the Menik Farm welfare camp in Vavuniya this evening.
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Prisoners in Welikada Prison clash
Two groups of inmantes inside the high security Welikada Magazine Prison in Colombo this morning clashed injuring seven.
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Two faculties of Sri Jayewardenepura University closed
The Arts and Management faculties of the Sri Jayewardenepura University have been closed indefinitely after a clash.
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Fire destroys estate houses in Central Sri Lanka
At least 60 persons were displaced due to a massive fire occurred in three line abodes on a tea estate in Pussellawa this morning.
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More explosives found from Eastern Sri Lanka
Vavuniya police has recovered 50 kilo grams of C4 explosives from Sampur in Trincomalee early this morning.
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Trainee police officer killed in Eastern Sri Lanka
A trainee police officer at the Police Training School in Kaladi, Batticaloa was killed while trying to defuse a bomb.
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Youth remanded for making offensive comments on Sri Lankan President
The Matale Magistrate Courts today remanded a youth who had made offensive comments on the President.
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Pillayan's car hit a tree, three killed
Backup car of Pillayan's motorcade ran off the road and hit a tree at Gokarella in Kurunegala killing 2 soldiers and a civiliian passenger.
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More LTTE cadres arrested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka police have arrested several key LTTE cadres from various parts of the country during the last twenty four hours [see SECURITY sec].
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More LTTE supporters arrested in Colombo
Sri Lanka police have arrested another two suspects from Kochchikade area who have allegedly supported the LTTE in the past.
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Group of suspected LTTE members on trial in Paris
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A group of 22 suspected LTTE activists were on trial on Monday for running an extortion racket among Paris-based Tamil expatriates to fund their separatist struggle in Sri Lanka.
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Manusha Nanayakkara's vehicle convoy comes under gun fire
An unidentified group has shot UNP candidate Manusha Nanayakkara's vehicle convoy at Walahanduwa in Galle today.
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Female LTTE cadre arrested in Southern Sri Lanka
Special Investigation Unit of the Kalutara police has arrested female LTTE cadre from Pahalawatta area in Kalutara last night.
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MP's office burned
An unidentified group has set fire to the election office of UNP MP Range Bandara in Madampe last night.
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Suicide jacket found from a house in central Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka police found a suicide jacket and several weapons from a house at Hansamunawa in Kurunegala early this morning.
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Sri Lanka police arrest LTTE fuel supplier and seize boat
Sri Lanka police yesterday arrested a senior LTTE rebel who allegedly supplied fuel to the LTTE and seized his boat used in the operation.
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Plot to bomb Colombo revealed
Nov 20 (Island) The police have uncovered a fresh plot by the Tamil Diaspora to carry out a massive bomb attack in the city. The recent arrest of Ananda Varnan, a hardcore LTTE terrorist, in Vavuniya by a special police team has revealed the planned attack.
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Man accused of fraud allegedly assaulted by Sajin Vaas
Nov 20 (DM) A suspect who was brought to court allegedly having misappropriated Rs 15,752, 042. 29 from a private technology company complained to the Colombo Additional Magistrate G. Praharsha S. Ranasinghe that Southern Province Provincial Councilor Sajin Vaas Gunawardena and two of his body guards had assaulted him in the office premises.
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Tamils slowly leaving refugee camps
Nov 20 (ABC) It seems there is hope for Tamils stuck in squalid refugee camps after being displaced by the conflict raging in Sri Lanka's north for more than two decades.
Ever since the long-running civil war there ended six months ago, Sri Lanka's government has been under pressure over an estimated 300,000 people made homeless by the fighting.
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Sri Lanka floods leave 58,000 homeless
Nov 19 (AFP) Nearly 60,000 people were left homeless in Sri Lanka on Thursday following flash floods in the capital Colombo and the suburbs, an official has said.
"We have a list of over 58,000 individuals who were left homeless in and around Colombo," Kodipillai said, adding that they were being housed in public buildings.
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Poor show at elections to ‘eelam transnational govt.’
Nov 19 (Island) The new LTTE leadership’s plan to form a transnational eelam government came a cropper when about ninety percent of the Tamil Diaspora members showed their contempt by abstaining from voting for the proposed outfit.
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Express Newspapers barred from appeal
Nov 19 (DN) The Supreme Court yesterday refused Express Newspapers Ltd leave to appeal from a judgement from the Civil Appeal Court.
Appellant-defendants Express Newspapers Ltd, Veerakesari illustrated weekly Editor S. Nadaraja and V. Warja appealed against the judgement of the Provincial Civil Appeal Court that affirmed the judgement of the District Court awarding Rs. 50 million to TULF Leader V. Anandasangaree.
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Australia Says It Will Take Some Tamil Refugees After Standoff
Nov 19 (Bloomberg) Australia expects to take some of the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers that left a customs ship moored in Indonesian waters after a standoff lasting more than four weeks, Immigration Minister Chris Evans said.
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U.S. advises its citizens not to travel to Northern Sri Lanka yet
Nov 20 (CP) Colombo- The United States State Department warned the American citizens on travelling to Northern Sri Lanka despite the end of the war between the government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) six months ago.
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Sri Lanka lifts fishing restrictions in Kalpitiya seas
Nov 20 (CP) Colombo- The Ministry of Fisheries today lifted the restrictions imposed on fishermen against using boat engines exceeding 30 horsepower in the seas off Kalpitiya in the North Western Province.
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Japan relaxes its travel advisory on Sri Lanka
Nov 20 (CP) Colombo- The Government of Japan has decided to relax its Travel Advice and Warning on Sri Lanka for Japanese citizens travelling to the Northern or Eastern region of the island.
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School students injured in Sri Lanka
Nov 19 (CP) Colombo- At least 11 school children from Monaragala have been admitted to the hospital after a test tube they were using in a science experiment exploded.
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Two de-miners injured in Northern Sri Lanka
Nov 19 (CP) Colombo- At least two persons engaged in demining activities in Sri Lanka's Northern region were injured during the clearing operations.
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Gale force winds damage 250 houses
A gale force wind that blew across Koralawella area in Moratuwa Friday night damaged nearly 250 houses.
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Mobile phones and money found from Muthuhettigama's prison room
The police have found two mobile phones, three chargesr and 35,000 rupees this evening from the prison cell of Nishantha Muthuhettigama.
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51 Sri Lankan fishermen released
Indian authorities have released another 51 Sri Lankan fishermen from their custody along with their seized vessels.
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Emergency passed in Sri Lanka parliament
Sri Lanka Parliament today passed the State of Emergency for another month with a majority of 78 votes. The
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TNA MPs questioned at the airport
Two Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians have been questioned by the CID at the Bandaranayke International Airport this evening.
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Three LTTE cadres arrested in Sri Lanka capital
Sri Lanka police have arrested another three key LTTE cadres this morning in Grandpass, a suburb of capital Colombo.
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Haul of Claymore mines found from Vavuniya
Sri Lanka Police have recovered a haul of Claymore mines and several other explosives from Vavuniya last night.
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A suicide LTTE cadre arrested in Northern Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka police have arrested a suspected suicide bomber in Nagadeepa, Jaffna last night.
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Police round up street children
The Police has taken 27 street children into their custody in Colombo under a court order.
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School children hospitalized in Eastern Sri Lanka
At least 62 school children from Meerakerny Macan Markar Vidyalaya in Eravur, Eastern Sri Lanka have been admitted to the hospital this morning
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police arrest head of LTTE "Vanni Tec
Police have arrested the head of an LTTE run computer institute, "Vanni Tec", today in Negombo.
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Emergency passed again in Sri Lanka parliament
Sri Lanka Parliament today passed the State of Emergency for another month with a majority of 70 votes.
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Former DIG's election office attacked
An unidentified group early this morning has attacked the election propaganda office of former Deputy Inspector General of Police D. W. Prathapasignhe.
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Two soldiers shot dead in Northern Sri Lanka
An unidentified gunman has killed two army soldiers who were on duty at Paranthakadathan in Mannar last night.
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Severe weather kills five in Southern Sri Lanka
At least five people were killed and few more were injured when a tree fell on a house in Galwadugoda in Galle this evening.
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Govt probing claims of attempts on Fonseka's life: report
Nov 20 (PTI) Sri Lankan government on Friday said that it was investigating claims that there was an attempt to assassinate the former Chief of Defence Staff Sarath Fonseka.
"A newspaper report on Friday alleged that the government is trying to hatch a conspiracy to kill retired Chief of Defence Staff Sarath Fonseka and we have asked the police to enquire into the matter," Director General of the Media Centre for National Security Laxman Hullugalle told PTI.
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Fonseka can pick his guards
Nov 20 (Island) The government yesterday said that General (retd) Sarath Fonseka had been allowed to pick his security contingent.
A spokesman for the Presidential Secretariat told The Island that that the Defence Ministry had instructed Army Chief Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya to release officers and men requested by the former Army Commander.
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Five State drug suppliers banned for two years
Nov 20 (DN) Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said that the Ministry has stopped using injections, saline and other drugs supplied by the companies which provided unsafe injections, saline and other drugs to Sri Lanka.
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Lawyers for Sri Lankan migrants grill terrorism expert
Nov 20 (G&M) Lawyers for Sri Lankan migrants whose ship landed on the West Coast last month grilled Singapore-based terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna Thursday on his claims about the men, questioning his sources, connections to the Sri Lankan government and the reliability of the information that he publishes on a terrorism database.
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Resettlement quickened for Sri Lanka war displaced
Nov 19 (AP) COLOMBO— Sri Lanka won praise from a top U.N. official Thursday for expediting the resettlement of ethnic minority Tamils detained in government-run camps since the end of the country’s civil war six months ago.
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Govt. to provide list of northern youth in custody
Nov 19 (DM) Justice Minister Milinda Moragoda has assured the TNA parliamentarians who visited the IDP camps that a list of Tamil youth from the North under detention or in remand, would be made available soon through the Vavuniya District Secretary.
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Govt denies it guaranteed resettlement
Nov 19 (AGE) The federal government is insisting the Sri Lankan asylum seekers from the Oceanic Viking were given no guarantees of resettlement in Australia.
The last of the 78 Sri Lankans left the Australian Customs vessel on Wednesday for processing in an Indonesian detention centre in Tanjung Pinang.
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Sri Lanka Seeks UN Aid as Envoy Visits War Refugees
Nov 19 (Bloomberg) Sri Lanka asked the United Nations for help resettling civilians displaced by the country’s civil war as a UN envoy visited camps where mainly Tamil refugees have lived since the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels in May.
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