Ranil falls from raja yoga to paraja yoga

More than before Ranil Wickremesinghe’s actions tend to border on antics and histrionics. Increasingly he is veering away from pursuing any credible or pragmatic moves to stage a comeback. Last week, for instance, he resigned from a post which he never held. He thought he was a member of the Gangaramaya Dayaka Sabha only to find, after he resigned, that he had never been a member of it.

His successive defeats have not taught him that he has lost every card he played because he is way out of the central forces on which he has to depend for his political survival. April has proved that even his horoscope is not going to save him. He can be saved only if he joins the rest of the nation. And right now the nation, according to the polls, is with Mahinda Rajapakse.

Read more,
http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/5673

LTTE Hand Grenade Attack at IDP Centre Injures Two Children & Six Others

A GROUP OF SUSPECTED LTTE TERRORISTS threw a hand grenade towards the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) centre at SARATHA school in KATTANKUDY, BATTICALAOA Thursday at about 10.35 p.m.. Eight IDPs including two children of 12 and 15 years of age sustained injuries in the explosion.

Read more,
http://www.army.lk/fulsit.php?idx=564

LTTE attempts to raise funds in Greece fail

The LTTE activists have made several unsuccessful attempts to collect funds from Sri Lankan expatriates in Greece.

Though Greece comes under the European Union, which has already declared the LTTE as a terrorist organisation, there have been several attempts by Tiger agents to collect funds from the Tamil community living here.

But a member of the Sri-Lanka Greek Friendship Association here said it is hard for the LTTE to collect funds in Greece.

“Unlike in other European countries such as Britain, France, Norway and Switzerland, the LTTE can not do their fundraising here,” he said.

Read more,
http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/05/11/sec01.asp

Sri Lanka drop Atapattu for Pakistan one-day series

Sri Lanka have dropped former captain Marvan Atapattu from their one-day squad for a three-match series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.

Atapattu, 36, was part of the squad at this year's World Cup in which Sri Lanka lost to defending champions Australia in the final but he did not feature in any of their matches.

Chief selector Ashantha de Mel told reporters Atapattu had been left out to give opportunities to younger players.

Read more,
http://africa.reuters.com/sport/news/usnBAN046704.html
Photo,
http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/image/254173.html