Bharatha, two others killed in shoot out
Duminda injured:
Presidential Trade Union Advisor and former
Parliamentarian of the Colombo District Bharatha Lakshman
Premachandra and two others including a bodyguard of Premachandra
were killed and five others injured in a shooting incident involving
Colombo District UPFA MP Duminda Silva yesterday evening. The
incident took place close to Angoda IDH hospital.
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More ex-Tigers in Canada renounce violence
Five years after they were apprehended buying
arms for the LTTE, three Canadians have signed an open letter from
prison acknowledging they were wrong and renouncing political
violence. “We incorrectly believed that violence could achieve the
goals that we sought,” they wrote. “We now realise that what we did
was not helpful in leading to a positive resolution of the issues in
Sri Lanka.”
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Sixth foreign Navy to call over:
Korean warships on three-day visit
The friendly Naval relationship between Sri
Lanka and the Republic of Korea enhanced once again when two Korean
made Navy ships "Kang Gam Chan", a destroyer and "Chun-Ji", a fast
combat support ship engaged in Cruise Training Task Force, called at
the Colombo Port last Thursday on a three day visit.
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Sunday Crime
Killers wait for their prey opposite dispensary
Two men lurking under the cover of darkness
suddenly sprang up and walked towards Dr. Priyanka Prasad Jayasinghe
who was going towards his car parked on the opposite side of his
private dispensary at Maha-Edanda at Karandeniya.
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