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Media hindered move to take over LTTE aircraft – FM

by admin on Jan.02, 2010, under Tamil Eelam

I’ll show who killed the journalists: Fonseka

General Sarath Fonseka said yesterday that he would hold inquiries and arrest those who had been behind the killings and assaults of journalists, within 24 hours of assuming office if elected president. “Some say I killed journalists and harassed them but I will show who is behind those acts and put them behind bars within 24 hours of coming to power,” he said.

Media hindered move to take over LTTE aircraft – FM

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said that Sri Lanka’s efforts to seize LTTE assets overseas, including some aircraft could be jeopardised by reports revealing the ongoing negotiations with the international community. He told The Island that recent press reports concerning several aircraft owned by the LTTE kept in a particular country had hindered Sri Lanka’s efforts to take them over………… http://www.island.lk/2010/01/01/news1.html

Mano challenges govt. to reveal swimming pool ‘shots’ with P’karan

Democratic People’s Front leader Mano Ganeshan yesterday said that he would quit politics if anyone produced evidence that he had been with Velupillai Prabhakaran in the LTTE leader’s swimming pool in the Vanni. Responding to heavy propaganda attacks, particularly by National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa, he challenged the government to play the ‘VCD which allegedly contained a film of him and Prabhakaran taken a few years ago’…………. http://www.island.lk/2010/01/01/news5.html

 

Q+A – Key factors in Sri Lanka’s presidential poll

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is seeking re-election this month, with the main challenger his former army chief Sarath Fonseka, who led the military to victory in a 25-year war against separatists.  With a record 22 candidates in the field, the incumbent president leads Fonseka. But analysts say there has been a shift towards Fonseka since last week despite his party’s complaints that state authorities are engaged …………….. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100101/india_nm/india450981


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