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Elections Chief warns parties:

Re-poll in all violence marred centres
 

ELECTIONS Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake yesterday warned that he will not hesitate to go for a re-poll in polling stations marred by violence, stressing that this will delay the overall result and the appointment of the new Executive President.

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Age of consent:

Govt will not proceed with amendment
 

THE Government has decided not to proceed with the proposed amendment to Section 363 of the Penal Code on statutory rape. Justice Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne told the weekly Cabinet briefing yesterday that the decision was made owing to concerns raised by the public based on the misconception that the amendment seeks to lower the age for consensual sex from 16 to 13.

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IPM President Daya Bollegala

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Emirates wins Conde Nast Readers Award
 

READERS of Conde Nast Traveller magazine in the UK voted Emirates their favourite airline for 'Business Travel' at the 8th annual awards held in London recently. The Dubai-based international carrier beat off stiff competition from other airlines, toppling last year's winner Singapore Airlines into second place and British Airways to third, to claim the top accolade in the Business Travel category.

 

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Sourav Ganguly

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Ganguly not fit to lead India - Chappell
 

INDIA'S cricket coach Greg Chappell believes Sourav Ganguly is no longer fit to lead the side and has threatened to quit if the captain is not changed, a cricket board source told AFP on Friday. Chappell, the former Australian captain and batting great who took charge of the Indian team in June,

  

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Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake at yesterday’s press conference. Picture by Sudath Nishantha


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