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UPFA Wins East |
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.11 12:21PM} The UPFA has won the Eastern Provincial Council polls with 20 seats while the UNP secured 15 seats, JVP 1 seat, TDNA 1 seat.
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Overall 55%-60% voter turnout in violence-free Eastern PC poll |
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.11 02:23AM} 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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Tamil Terrorist Bomb Blast, Ampara - Death toll reaches 12 innocent civilians |
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.10 03:57PM} The death total reaches 12 innocent civilians and 31 reported injured according to latest reports in the bomb explosion triggered by LTTE terrorists inside the "New City Cafe" hotel in Ampara
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Woman and child wounded in LTTE mortar attack- Bakmitiyawa |
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.10 03:14PM} LTTE terrorists mounted an indiscriminate 81 mm mortar shell attack at a civilian settlement at Pannalgama general area in Bakmitiyawa, Damana today(may 10),
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11 Killed, over 30 injured LTTE terrorists explode a bomb in Ampara town - Breaking News |
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Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.09 06:53PM} LTTE terrorists have exploded a bomb inside the "New City Cafe" in Ampara town around 5.45 p.m today, May 09.
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Traitors misuse funds sent by patriots |
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Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.09 02:58PM} Sections of the North-East Sinhala organization are misusing funds received from patriotic Sinhala expatriates abroad to promote the UNP-LTTE agenda.
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UNP seeks LTTE support in East |
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Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.09 02:34PM} The LTTE proxy – the so-called Tamil National Alliance (TNA) – and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress are openly appealing to residents of the East to vote for the United National Party.
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Army captures Adampan Town - Mannar front |
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Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.09 09:45AM} Sri Lanka Army soldiers fighting against terrorists on the Mannar front, captured Adampan town area this morning, May 09, defence sources said.
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Navy Chief : Focus on rapid change in naval warfare |
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Friday, May 09, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.09 08:41AM} Navy Chief Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda has urged officers to be aware of the impact the rapid change in technology and modernization was having on naval warfare.
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TMVP was unarmed during campaigning - PAFFREL |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.08 12:24PM} The Pillaiyan Group was not carrying weapons in their election campaign in the current Eastern Provincial Election campaign, PAFFREL Executive Director Kingsley Rodrigo said yesterday (7).
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Foreign Secretary, Dr. Kohona presents the donation to the Myanmar Ambassador |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.08 11:11AM} Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar H.E. Tin Oo Lwin met Foreign Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona at the Ministry, this afternoon.
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Security Increased for Eastern PC election |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.08 07:59AM} The Defense authorities are to employ heavy security measures in the Eastern Province ahead of the provincial elections on May 10th.
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Claims against TMVP are baseless - Minister Susil Premjayanth |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.08 04:38AM} The Claims made by the main opposition, UNP and the JVP that the TMVP is being used arms at the election campaign is completely baseless and false, the UPFA’s General Secretary Susil Premjayanth says.
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Tiger Shanthan re-arrested in UK |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.07 03:12PM} The notorious London-based LTTE terrorist A.C.Shanthan alias Chrishanthakumar has been re-arrested for terrorist funding and procurement operations.
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Tigers sought C$ 3 million from Canada |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.07 10:32AM} RCMP counterterrorism investigators in Toronto have seized a letter signed by the leader of the LTTE directing Canadian Tamils to send him $3-million
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Two new UPFA MPs in |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.07 04:23AM} UPFA MPs Sarana Gunawardena and Dulip Wijesekera were sworn in by Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara today to fill vacancies created by the deaths of Gampaha District Parliamentarians
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Emergency extended, Parliament to be prorogued |
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.06 11:36PM} The State of Emergency was extended for another month by a majority of 59 votes in Parliament today (May 6).
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Troops foil terror infiltration attempt - Welioya |
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.06 11:28PM} Security forces have thwarted an LTTE attempt to breach the security forces defence in general area Kambiliwewa in Welioya front around 8.15 p.m today.
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NMAT posters query India's dubious role |
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
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(COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.06 07:21PM} The National Movement Against Terrorism (NMAT) has put up posters in Colombo and suburbs questioning the dubious role India is playing in Sri Lanka's conflict.
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Troops advance further on the Mannar front; liberate more areas from terror clutches |
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
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SinhalaNet® |
COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2008.05.06 06:37PM} Sri Lanka Army Task Force 1 engaged in counter terrorist offensives on the Mannar front gained control over a significant area of ground during yesterday's (May 5) operations.
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