It is two months since the tsunami and Kalmunai was among the worst hit leaving a vast trail of devastation and misery. For these children in a displaced camp in Kalmunai, there is cause for cheer as they ride on swings put up by a voluntary organisation for the amusement of the children.  Picture by Prasad Purnamal.

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has decided to appoint with immediate effect, a Presidential Commission of Inquiry consisting of two High Court Judges to inquire and report on the recent circumstances and or any other motives leading to the attacks on those alleged to be LTTE cadres in the Batticaloa and Ampara districts, states a Presidential Secretariat Press release. Full story

Enjoying a great deal of sympathy within Tamil community, says STF chief:

Karuna group a strong opposition to the LTTE in Ampara and a force to reckon with

The Karuna group has become a strong opposition to the LTTE and is enjoying a great deal of sympathy and support of the Tamil community in the Ampara district. It has become a force to reckon with a fact that the LTTE is not prepared to accept.
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JVP will never leave Government, says Minister

by L. B. Wijayasiri in Kandy

The dream of power hungry politicians of the Opposition and a section of the private media that the JVP would leave the government would never become a reality, said Agriculture, Livestock Development, Lands and Irrigation Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
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