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Kokavil Transmission Tower commissioned

06 Jun 2011

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The Kokavil Multi Purpose Transmission Tower which caters to the entire Jaffna peninsula’s telecommunication, television, radio and defense transmission needs was commissioned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa a while ago

Scattered showers expected

06 Jun 2011

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Scattered showers can be expected today in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central Provinces and Galle and Matara districts, while the Southeast coastline will experience winds speed from 30 -40 Kph, Duty Meteorologist  Nayana Hewavitharana told Daily Mirror online

Lightning bolts

06 Jun 2011

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Lightning bolts strike around the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain near southern Osorno city June 5, 2011. The volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, as winds fanned it toward neighboring Argentina, and prompted the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said. REUTERS

No Chinese naval base in SL

06 Jun 2011

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Chinese National Defence Minister Liang Guanglie on Sunday dismissed out of court suggestions that Beijing was carving out “a permanent naval presence” in India's neighbourhood in South Asia. General Liang disclaimed moves to build naval bases at Gwadar in Pakistan and at a Sri Lankan port

Nalini Wickramasinghe passes away

06 Jun 2011

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The mother of Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, Nalini Wickremesinghe passed away last night and the funeral service will be held at 6.30pm this evening at the Borella cemetery.  She was 90 years old at the time of death

Mobile users duped by teenager

06 Jun 2011

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Baby elephant drowns’

05 Jun 2011

10

A  baby elephant had drowned at the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage Saturday evening, officials said. It drowned after the foot of the baby reportedly got trapped in stones in the area which led to the drowning in the Ma-Oya, they said

Stand by the armed forces – SL

05 Jun 2011

10

Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Pakistan Jayalath Weerakkody asked the people of Pakistan to stand by the armed forces and support the government, as both needed public support to bring back normalcy in the country

Remidias crosses over to UPFA

05 Jun 2011

6

Jaffna Municipal Council’s TNA Opposition Leader Mudiappa Remidias has crossed over to the UPFA, Jaffna Mayor Yogeswari Patkunarajah said. When contacted the TNA neither confirmed nor denied the crossover but added that more details would be available after a meeting of TNA members this afternoon

Will support a genuine scheme - JVP

05 Jun 2011

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The JVP assured it would not hesitate to provide its support if the government brings a fresh but genuine private sector pension scheme

Monkey business

05 Jun 2011

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Britain's primatologist Jane Goodall observes a group of chimpanzees at Taronga Zoo in Sydney June 5, 2011. Taronga Zoo announced a $150,000 five year funding partnership for Tchimpounga, the largest African chimpanzee sanctuary in Congo, according to the zoo. REUTERS

Mammoth tusk

04 Jun 2011

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An archaeologist cleans the tusk of a prehistoric animal at Miraflores neighborhood in Tegucigalpa June 3, 2011. According to Virgilio Paredes, director of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH), the finding could correspond to the tusk of a mammoth or mastodon from 12,000 or 15,000 B.C. REUTERS

Students’ safety at risk – IUSF

04 Jun 2011

7

The safety of students who are currently participating in the leadership training camps is in a hazardous state as the physical and mental health of students are deteriorating, the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) said today

US renews pressure on SL

04 Jun 2011

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The United States said on Saturday it remained 'deeply concerned' about alleged Sri Lankan war crimes as it distanced itself from a junior US military officer who questioned the credibility of the accusations against Sri Lanka

Thunderbirds

04 Jun 2011

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The United States Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 fighters perform during the Air Show Turkey 2011 at the Izmir port in the Aegean port city of Izmir, western Turkey, June 4, 2011. REUTERS

Son of UNP MP arrested

04 Jun 2011

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The police today reportedly arrested the son of a leading UNP Parliamentarian after he assaulted a police officer at the Colpetty junction this morning

Stashed away

04 Jun 2011

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A Thai custom officer shows a false gavial during a news conference at Thailand's customs department in Bangkok June 2, 2011. Thai customs have found 451 turtles worth 1 million baht ($33,000) stashed in suitcases offloaded from a passenger flight from Bangladesh, the latest seizure of live creatures at Bangkok's bustling Suvarnabhumi airport. Turtles of varying sizes worth around 2,000 baht apiece in Thai markets, and seven false gavi

‘We are ready to go to prison’ – FUTA

04 Jun 2011

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We are even ready to be imprisoned in our struggle to win the demands of a substantial pay hike, Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) today said

Taking cover

04 Jun 2011

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Riot police take cover behind an election campaign point of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) as they clash with left wing demonstrators during a protest against the government in Istanbul June 2, 2011. REUTERS

"Las Mayas"

04 Jun 2011

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A boy plays with a cat while her father works on their shack at the slum of Las Mayas in Caracas. The hillside slum of "Las Mayas" provides both great vistas of Caracas and an ideal view of a housing crisis shaping into a major battleground for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's re-election bid. Along one side of the once-forested slopes, shacks of corrugated iron, wood and mud cling precariously to land that erodes a little bit

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