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News in brief UNESCO Award for Lester Film director Lester James Peries and Hollywood's movie star of yesteryear Clint Eastwood will receive 'Sellini Awards' at the Cannes film festival in France on May 25. Peries will fly to France today at the invitation of the UNESCO Film Foundation in France. Peries will receive the award for his movie "Wekanda Walauwa" (Mansion by the Lake) which has been selected for screening at the festival. (DAW) SLT nabs call booth pirates Five suspects including an Indian national who had cheated the Sri Lanka Telecommunication Ltd, (SLT) for a sum of Rs. 15.1 million by not paying for international calls made through their call booths have been arrested by CID officials, Police sources told "Sunday Observer". Sources said that the Indian passport holder is also involved in a drug related offence where he was given bail by courts. The five suspects have been ordered to appear before the Kegalle Magistrate on May 22 for an identification parade. The suspects had set up public (IDD) call booths in various parts of the country including Rabukkkana, Kandy, Nawala-Rajagiriya and Panadura areas and tried to vanish without paying the SLT for calls. Several SLT employees have been questioned with regard to giving IDD dialling facilities for the suspects, the Police said. The fraud was detected by SLT officials who reported the matter to the CID for investigations. Indian military monitors back in June Vice Admiral P. J. Jacob of the Indian Navy scheduled to arrive on May 12 to submit his report on sea lanes has postponed his visit for next month. Meanwhile, Gen. Satish Nambiar left for India after submitting his report to the government on the HSZ. According to highly placed defence sources both military advisers will be back again in June. Both Gen. Nambiar and Admiral Jacob came here, earleir, on invitations extended by the government to make an on-the-spot study and advise on high security zones and sea lanes. R.K FM hands over report to Norway counterpart Foreign Affairs Minister, Tyronne Fernando, has handed over a copy of a report of the 23 member Sri Lankan multi-party parliamentary delegation to his Norwegian counterpart, Jan Peterson, which paved the way for Norway's facilitatory role in the peace process. The delegation, after its recent visit to Northern Ireland in October 1996 to study the peace process there, presented the statement advocating 'the services of a facilitator to move forward the talks between the Government and LTTE '. The copy was handed over in Colombo last week during the Norwegian Minister's visit to meet the leaders of the Government and the LTTE with regard to the peace process. Infant needs 'heart' help One-year-old S. T. Madhubhasini, of Suwarapola in Piliyandala is suffering from a heart problem and doctors at Sri Jayewardenapura General Hospital have recommended immediate surgery, at cost of Rs. 230,000. Her father P. Sudusinha seeks the assistance of well-wishers or volunteer organisations for funds and requests that donations be made to A/C No. 1001,5092,6739 at Sampath Bank. |
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