JVP vehemently condemn the position taken by the British government

British government,whose ancestors have devoured the resources belonged to all Sri Lankan communities during the colonial rule, has no righteousness to respond ignoring that national crisis is the worst consequences of that pillage, People's Liberation Front(JVP) insists.

However Britain or any country interfere with the internal problems of SriLanka violate the independence and sovereignty of the nation, which would not be tolerated by the citizens of Sri Lanka. Therefore, the JVP vehemently condemn the position taken by the British government and plead the peace loving British people to protest against the ctions of their government against Sri Lankan people.

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http://www.lankatruth.com/full_story/2007/may/06/200700506_1.htm

Muralitharan wants more

Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan intends to continue playing at the highest level for at least two more years.

The 35-year-old, who last month picked up a runners-up medal in the World Cup final, has been an international cricketer for almost 15 years but has no intention of retiring yet.

"It has been a very long time and I will have to call it a day some time,” he said.

“But I am hoping to play for at least another two years and see how good it is and how my fitness is.

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http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/world/murali-wants-more,12712,EN.html

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Norwegian Ambassador to meet Tigers tomorrow in northern Sri Lanka

Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Hans Brattskar will leave for Tiger-held Kilinochchi tomorrow.

He will meet the head of the political division of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), S.P. Thamilselvan, and other leaders and discuss hopes of revitalizing the collapsed peace process in Sri Lanka.

The Norwegian Ambassador’s visit, scheduled for two weeks ago, was postponed on security grounds at the Sri Lankan government’s request. This time the government has granted permission for the Ambassador’s visit.

Extracted from,
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_07/May6140342SL.html

Jordanian Airlines stands by Sri Lanka

While some airlines have decided to pull out from Sri Lanka due to the crisis situation, at this moment of distress and uncertainty, at least there is one airline that has reiterated their strong commitment to Sri Lanka, and firmly assured that they will continue as they have done for the last 15 years..

Hussein Dabbas, Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Services, Royal Jordanian Airlines said that they are committed to the Sri Lankan market and plans to increase our operations by the end of this year. He was speaking at the occasion of celebrating their successful operations as a member of One world Alliance, held at Ceylon Continental Hotel, last week. They also made use of the occasion to felicitate their passenger and cargo operators.

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10 sea tigers killed; 8 sea tiger boats destroyed - Mullaittivu

Naval patrol craft detected a cluster of LTTE boats heading towards Pulmudai from Nayaru in Mullaittivu last night, Friday the 04th of May.
Naval sources said that 26 LTTE sea tiger boats including 4 suicide boats were among the LTTE boat cluster detected at 11.30 p.m. yesterday.

Sri Lanka Navy Fast Attack Craft immediately confronted with the LTTE sea tigers and sunk two sea tiger boats defence sources said.

Further, six LTTE boats were severely damaged in the confrontation and LTTE sea tigers fled along with the damaged boats due to effective retaliation.
According to the defence sources 10 LTTE sea tigers were killed and 12 were injured.
Meanwhile, two naval personnel sustained minor injuries due to the confrontation.

Extracted from,
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20070505_04

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http://www.rnhit.com/mcns/fullnews.php?id=5605

INTELSAT BREAKS ITS WORD AND STILL BROADCASTING LTTE PROGRAMS

The Sri Lanka Embassy in Washington DC complained to the Justice Department and the State Department that the Washington based Intelsat Corporation is breaking US law by continuing to broadcast the propaganda television and radio services of the foreign terrorist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by a satellite they own despite public assurances given weeks ago to the contrary.

Embassy spokesperson Rajika Jayatilaka said in a telephone interview that she contacted David Synkfield, Senior Vice President in charge of customer operations and Engineering of the Corporation and he admitted that the South Asian beams are still working for the terrorist group.

Although Intelsat claimed that the terrorist group was pirating their satellite this correspondent could not find any evidence that it could be possible with Intelsat 12 satellite and the LTTE in a statement denied that they were pirates.

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http://lankapage.wordpress.com/2007/05/05/
intelsat-breaks-its-word-and-still-broadcasting-ltte-programs/

Heavy rains continue in sri lanka

It is reported that heavy rains along Sri Lanka's coastal belt continue as same as yesterday.

Suddenly a 15 feet diameter black hole emerged in the middle of the road as the road sunk opposite Roxy Cinema at Colombo 6 (Wellawatte) at 8:45 am.

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL212343.htm
http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/5582
and
http://news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2295&Itemid=44


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CM has love and affection towards LTTE: Jayalalithaa

AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa today said that Chief Minister M Karunanidhi 'has love and affection' towards the LTTE, despite his recent announcement in the assembly that his government would not support the activities of the banned outfit in the state.

In a statement here, she pointed out that the policy note for police tabled recently in the assembly stated that Sri Lankan Tamils being behind the smuggling of arms from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka. But not a word was there on the LTTE's involvement, she said.

"This only implies that Karunanidhi is indirectly supporting the LTTE. How are innocent Sri Lankan Tamils behind the smuggling?. It is a well known fact the LTTE is behind all this. What further proof is needed to know that he (Karunanidhi) is supporting the LTTE?, she asked.

Extracted from,
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200705031968.htm

Flash floods hit Sri Lanka capital

At least four people have been killed by heavy rains in Sri Lanka, while flash floods caused heavy traffic jams and displaced thousands of people living in shanties in Colombo city.

A spokesperson for the Colombo National Hospital said one young woman drowned when she fell into an unprotected manhole, while another was killed by lightning.

Police said motorists were struck in lengthy traffic jams as the most of the city’s roads were underwater.

Extracted from,
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_07/May3114435JV.html

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http://www.lankaenews.com/Sinhala/news.php?id=2234 (Sinhala version)

Chennai airport to accommodate flights to Sri Lanka in case of emergency

ndia's Chennai airport has announced that it is ready to accommodate civilian aircraft that may be diverted from Colombo by any LTTE air raids.

Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials are on high alert to handle flight diversions, takeoffs and landings, and flight parking if Colombo airport is suddenly closed, a media report said.

“Priority will be accorded to such flights. Parking bays will be arranged and the local officials of the airline companies will be alerted to take care of passengers,” Airport Director Dinesh Kumar said.

When the LTTE attacked the Katunayake Air Base on March 26, the Bandaranaike International Airport was closed for four hours and Chennai airport handled the landings, with some flights diverted to Thiruvananthapuram.

Extracted from,
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_07/May2130939JV.html

SLFP proposals violate Mahinda Chinthana : JVP

Most political parties representing Parliament have now rejected the SLFP power devolution proposals to resolve the national question, with the JVP blaming the ruling party for the non-inclusion of its commitment to preserve the unitary character of the country.

JVP Parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa said though the SLFP said Sri Lanka was a state which was sovereign and independent, the party had not made its stand clear to preserve the unitary character of the country in terms of the Mahinda Chintana policies. In its proposals the SLFP said Sri Lanka was a State which was sovereign and independent.

“If the Government believes it can resolve the problem by increasing the number of administrative bodies, it will be a joke. People are already confused about the provincial council system. So the establishment of a few other such bodies would only help corrupt politicians misappropriate public funds by being part of the system,” Mr. Weerawansa said.

However, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said these were not the final set of proposals to resolve the national question, and therefore they were open for discussion at the All Party Representative Committee (APRC).

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http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/05/03/front/2.asp

Tamil Television Network (TTN) shut down

Tamil Television Network (TTN), a pay television channel has been shut down today at 17.00 hrs French time. Owners of TTN television in a final departing message said that they are closing down due to political pressure.

TTN, a satellite Television operating out of Paris, is owned by the Tamil Tigers, formally known as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a banned terrorist organization in the European Union countries including France.

Earlier Washington based Intelsat Ltd took similar action recently against National Television of Tamil Eelam (NTT) the official television of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

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Thirteen terrorists killed

SL Army troops on patrol throughout Tuesday (01), in the Mannar FDL areas were confronted by LTTE terrorists many times, according to MCNS officials.

The troops had retaliated and had observed that a total of ten (10) Tigers had been killed in the confrontations throughout the day (01).

Meanwhile, military officials said that, three more LTTE terrorists were killed in Weli - Oya area around 05.30p.m on Tuesday, the 01st of May.

Troops retaliated and intercepted LTTE radio transmission had confirmed that three terrorists were killed in the confrontation.

No casualties were sustained by own troops the officials further added.

Extracted from,
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20070502_05

SLFP Devolution Proposal failed to meet the aspirations of the Tamils?

Three Tamil political parties in a joint statement expressed their disappointment over the devolution proposal put forward by the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party. The joint statement added that the proposal did not meet the genuine aspirations of the Tamils. V. Ananandasanagaree, President TULF, D.Sithadthan, President PLOTE and T.Sritharan General Secretary, EPRLF have said in the joint statement that instead of taking the peace process forward, the ruling party’s proposal has made it difficult to find a reasonable solution.

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http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/5544