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Monday 12th May 2008 |
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Results
of the Provincial Council polls in the East
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A jubilant
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday
the results of the Provincial Council
Election showed that the Eastern people had
endorsed the policies of the UPFA
government. |
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Pillayan, Hizbullah
tussle for CM post
(DailyMirror.lk)
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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 Minister
intensified yesterday
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Defence
Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa asserted the
comfortable victory gained by the
government-TMVP alliance would be a
tremendous boost to the military campaign in
the Vanni. |
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UPFA victorious in East
(Daily News)
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The United
People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)
recorded an emphatic victory at the
first ever Provincial Council Election
in the East, securing 20 (18+02 bonus
seats) out of 37 seats on offer
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The main
Opposition, while rejecting the results of
the Eastern Provincial Council election
yesterday, said the party was exploring the
possibility of filing an election petition |
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JVP cries foul (The
Island)
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JVP
General Secretary Tilvin Silva yesterday
said a large number of voters could not
cast their ballots owing to threats and
intimidation.
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SLMC leader Rauff
Hakeem yesterday said with evidence the
UNP-SLMC alliance would soon prove how the
government ‘rigged’ Eastern Provincial
Polls. |
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Indo-Lanka trade quadruples
under FTA
(Daily News)
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The free
trade agreement between India and Sri
Lanka has quadrupled trade to 2.7
billion dollars between the two nations
during 2000-08, according to a study.
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Dissanayake
severely criticised the government for
allowing the breakaway LTTE faction the TMVP
to engage in violence in the run up to
Saturday’s poll. |
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11th May 2008 |
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With an
overall 55% to 60% voter turnout, the
curtain came down on the Eastern Provincial
Council election yesterday sans any major
poll-related acts of violence. |
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Probe on sinking of navy
vessel in Trinco
(Sunday Times)
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An
undersea explosion which sank the navy’s
cargo ship MV Invincible in the Trinco
harbour early yesterday is being probed
by the authorities, Military spokesman
Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara.
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The Eastern
Province, though seldom playing a crucial
role in national affairs and not often on
the centre-stage, became the cynosure of all
political parties |
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Britain is on
the verge of deporting LTTE rebel leader
Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Col
Karuna to Colombo after he was prematurely
released from prison last week. |
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10th May 2008 |
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Ampara blast 12 killed, 36 injured
(DailyMirror.lk)
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At least
twelve persons were killed and 36
injured when a bomb exploded inside
‘City Café’ Hotel in the Ampara town at
5.40 p.m. yesterday, Army Spokesman
Udaya Nanayakkara said.
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Its all
systems go for today’s first ever Provincial
Council Elections in the East. A total of
1,342 candidates are in the fray to elect 35
members to the Council |
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Six dead during
nurses’ strike
(The Island)
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The Health
Ministry yesterday revealed there had
been three still births on Wednesday due
nurses’ strikes over the transfer of a
male nurse to the Kegalle General
Hospital following an incident involving
a lady doctor.
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President
Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday condemned the
Ampara bomb explosion which claimed the
lives of 12 persons and
expressed his confidence that people in the
East would not be discouraged because of
this terrorist act. |
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All eyes on East
today
(DailyMirror.lk)
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At this
election, 982,721 voters are eligible to
elect 37 members to the Provincial
Council. There are 1,022 polling
stations set up in the districts of
Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara.
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The UNP-SLMC
alliance which is fielding candidates under
the elephant symbol said it was confident of
victory. |
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EP polls unveils Tamils as
partners in governance
(Daily
News)
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The
Eastern Provincial Council elections to
be held today will make the
Tamil-speaking community of Sri Lanka
true partners in the country’s
governance for the first time in
history, the Government said yesterday
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Colonel Karuna’
former leader of the Breakway LTTE faction
now led by Pillaiyan who was jailed in the
UK in January has been transferred to an
immigration detention centre. |
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Minister brings
Puttalam IDPs to Trincomalee
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UNP
Trincomalee District Chief candidate and
SLMC Leader, Rauff Hakeem had written to
the Commissioner of Elections, Dayananda
Dissanayake alleging that supporters of
a Muslim Minister had brought IDPs from
Puttalam in buses to Trincomalee.
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9th May 2008 |
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The strike
launched at the Ratnapura hospital came to
an end last evening. An agreement was
reached to amicably resolve the issue |
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Ratnapura nurses’
strike kills three including child
(The Island)
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Three patients died at the Ratnapura
Hospital, after its nursing staff,
numbering around 500, went on strike
from Wednesday afternoon over the
transfer of a male nurse to the Kegalle
General Hospital
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The first Flag
of the National Heroes Flag Day was pinned
on President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday
(May 07) morning at Temple Trees during a
ceremony inaugurating a month dedicated to
the war heroes. |
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LTTE cadre commits
suicide
(The Island)
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The man
who died after swallowing a cyanide
capsule when he was arrested in Kotmale
was an LTTE cadre who had fled Kandy to
evade arrest, Police said.
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Opposition Leader
Ranil Wickremesinghe has written to Air
Marshal Roshan Goonetileke commending the
SLAF’s excellent handling of the helicopter
he was travelling when it ran into engine
trouble |
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Four Tiger suspects
charged in UK
(Daily News)
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British
police have charged four men with
conspiring to support the Tigers,
Scotland Yard said yesterday.
The four were arrested under anti-terror
laws and are accused of owning
computers, radio equipment and
high-power magnets for terrorist
purposes, AFP reported from London.
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Elections and
security authorities said yesterday that all
arrangements were in place for a free and
fair poll in the East which would take place
at 1,022 centres |
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Sri Lanka gives USD
25,000 to Myanmar
(The Island)
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Foreign
Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona yesterday
presented a cheque for 25,000 US dollars
as Sri Lanka’s contribution towards
helping Myanmar
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Human Rights
Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe will visit
Geneva next week to brief members of the
UNHRC, including its High Commissioner
Louise Arbour, on the human rights situation
in Sri Lanka. |
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