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DateLine Sunday, 11 May 2008

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Enthusiastic voters queue to cast their vote at Sal Marijan Vidyalaya, Sammanthurai in Ampara yesterday. The Eastern polls to elect members to the Eastern Provincial Council concluded yesterday.  Pic:Dudley Wickramasinghe


TMVP releases child soldiers, does not carry guns in public - UN

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), the political party which is transforming itself from an armed group to a party contesting elections released 39 child soldiers to a Government led rehabilitation program and restricted its armed recruits to the interior forest in the Eastern Province and they no longer travel in public carrying guns.

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PC Polls smooth: UNP in desperation

No major incidents were reported by the three Returning Officers of the three districts except for unconfirmed allegations levelled by two anti-government election monitoring organisations. But the main opposition UNP has made several unsubstantiated allegations of vote rigging.

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Turn-out 60% with heavy forenoon voting

The Provincial Council polls in the Eastern Province yesterday has recorded sixty percent of voter turn out in the districts of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara districts, according to the Department of Elections.

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Rs. 3.5 m investment to woo more Gulf travellers

The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) and SriLankan Airlines will invest Rs. 3.5 million to initiate an integrated marketing campaign in the Gulf to woo more travellers from June 1 to August 31.

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