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IPKF failed in mission as it spurned army help: General
Saturday, 04 July 2009 09:10


P K Balachandran



COLOMBO: General Cyril Ranatunga, chief of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) and Defence Secretary when the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was in Sri Lanka, says that one of the main reasons why the IPKF did not succeed in its mission to restore peace in the island was that it was over confident and unwilling to accept the assistance of the more experienced Sri Lankan army.
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Indian solar units brighten lives of tribals
Saturday, 04 July 2009 09:09





COLOMBO: Indian solar power units worth SLRs 13 million (US$ 112,554) which had been gifted to Sri Lanka, are lighting up the lives of hundreds of people belonging to a tribal community at Galagamuwa in the backward southern district of Monaragala. 
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Paranavitana helps lift Sri Lanka after early blows
Saturday, 04 July 2009 07:55


 
 
GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka opener Tharanga Paranavitana scored an unbeaten 57 to help Sri Lanka recover from a poor start and reach lunch on 104-3 on the first day of the opening test against Pakistan Saturday.
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UNP wants Army deserters pardoned
Saturday, 04 July 2009 07:37

 
 
 
UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekara has urged the president to grant a special amnesty to around 4,500 Army deserters and to get their contributions to national development thereafter.
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FCE launches Third Generation Early Warning
Saturday, 04 July 2009 08:26

    

  Local academics say the current military victory is a path to peace building in Sri Lanka but all communities  must avoid future conflict situations among ethnic groups.

 
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Sri Lanka's need for IMF wanes: Central Bank
Saturday, 04 July 2009 07:50




COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's central bank chief said that the island could live without a major IMF bailout that had been delayed by the final stages of the government's fight with Tamil Tiger rebels.
The government had requested the 1.9-billion-dollar loan in March to help stave off its first balance of payments deficit in four years after foreign currency reserves fell to around six weeks' worth of imports.
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SriLankan Air chief beats tourism drum
Saturday, 04 July 2009 06:23




The end of a 30-year-old civil war will be an uplifting factor in attracting foreign tourists to Sri Lanka, the visiting chairman of the island nation's flagship airline said Friday in Tokyo.
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