Tiger fund-raiser jailed in Canada
A judge sentenced a Tiger fund-raiser to six
months in jail in Vancouver on Friday after the man pleaded guilty
to raising money in Canada to help support the Tigers in Sri Lanka.
“This is a serious offence,” said Justice Robert Powers, noting the
“great harm to all Sri Lankans” from the violence of the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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Lothario nabbed by police
A man who had a string of promiscuous affairs
with wealthy women and stole their gold jewellery and other
valuables after drugging them inside hotel rooms was arrested by the
Maradana police last Friday.
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End of a tin-pot dictator
An year ago on May 20, the Lion flags (national)
dotted every inch of the country fluttering majestically in Sri
Lanka, heralding the message that the war-ravaged country was
totally liberated after 30 years.
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