Warning Shots Fired by Sailor at Unidentified Person

A sentry on duty at the naval detachment in ALLES GARDEN area having observed an unidentified person approaching the detachment warned verbally and fired a few warning shots as he continued to walk despite his warning towards the point around 10.30 p.m. yesterday (13)...

...On investigations it was revealed that the person who had approached the detachment during dark was a Pilipino national named "Aptonio Vilamor" working in a NGO named "Mercy Corps" in TRINCOMALEE.

Due to the warning shots, the Pilipino national sustained minor injuries and was taken to the TRINCOMALEE hospital and later transferred to Colombo for medical treatment.

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Court blocks Japan's NTT from selling stake in Sri Lanka Telecom

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court halted Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) from selling shares in the island's main telecom company pending a corruption probe.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Sarath Silva suspended the proposed sale to Global Telecom Holdings, a unit of Malaysia's Usaha Tegas Sdn, and set a new hearing date for Sept 17.

'This type of transaction must have a high degree of transparency,' the chief justice said, calling for documents relating to the transaction.

NTT, which owns a 35.2 pct stake in Sri Lanka Telecom, last month received approval from the Sri Lankan government to sell 25.3 pct to Global Telecom Holdings.

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Sri Lanka recalls Atapattu

SRI Lanka has recalled former captain Marvan Atapattu for the Test series with Bangladesh which starts this month.

Atapattu, 36, last played Test cricket against India in 2005, before he was sidelined for 18 months with a serious back injury.

The right-handed batsman, a veteran of 88 Tests, returns in place of Sanath Jayasuriya, who retired from the Test scene after this year's World Cup.

Uncapped left-hand batsman Malinda Warnapura and left-arm pace bowler Sujeewa de Silva are the two new faces in the 15-man squad.

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Retired Major General Ashok K. Mehta criticized ManMohan Singh’s National Security Advisor

A retired Major General of the Indian Army has severely criticized Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh’s National Security Advisor for his blunt statement that proposes to cancel Sri Lanka’s sovereign right to purchase its weapons from anywhere it wants and says India has been only paying lip service to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and territorial integrity without meeting its obligations.

Writing an op-ed piece in the Indian daily, The Tribune, retired Major General Ashok K. Mehta said that once, “Sri Lanka was forced to turn to Pakistan for the crucial multibarrel rocket launcher which saved Jaffna from being overwhelmed by the LTTE. Sri Lanka refers to Pakistan as a friend and saviour.”

Mehta very bluntly said, “As India has underwritten Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, it has the moral responsibility to sort out the mess in that country which endangers its own security.”

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