A group of J’pura University lecturers numbering nearly 50 yesterday joined their fellow lecturer, Dr. N.A.A. Karunaratne, who is on a hunger strike demanding the removal of the University’s Vice-Chancellor. The lecturers and undergraduates refused to leave the university premises after it was declared closed by the Vice-Chancellor.  Picture by Dudley Wickremasinghe

Students refuse to leave :

J'pura varsity closed

by Manjula Fernando

A group of Arts Faculty lecturers and a mass of Arts students refused to leave the Sri Jayawardenapura university grounds yesterday after it was declared closed by the university authorities fearing another clash.
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Kinniya:

All parties eager to restore peace

by Our Trincomalee Corr.

The Security Forces, Police, LTTE and local community leaders have agreed to work together to restore security in the Eastern town of Kinniya rocked by a series of murders in the past week.
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No joint operations

The Presidential Secretariat and Defence Ministry attention has been drawn to media reports indicating that the Security Forces and the LTTE have begun joint operations against perpetrators of violence committed against Tamil and Muslim civilians in Trincomalee.
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