Tigers sold Norwegian passports to al-Qaeda

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have stolen Norwegian passports and sold them to the al-Qaeda organisation to earn money, Norwegians Against Terrorism Organisation chief spokesman Falk Rovik said.

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Ten essential items under price stabilisation

The Government has stabilised the wholesale prices of 10 essential commodities, under an agreement reached with the Essential Food Commodities Importers and Traders Association as a measure of providing relief to consumers during the upcoming New Year festival .

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Conspirators removed to prevent crisis: SLFP General Secretary

SLFP General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena said if those who recently conspired within the party were not removed, there would have been a political crisis affecting the masses.

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A variety of 'new things' giving Richard Pieris' the business bounce

If you look at the manufacturing side of Richard Pieris' which grew in the last 50 or 60 years, it has always been new things that we have introduced. If you take tyre re-treading, it was introduced by us, so were rotation - moulded water tanks.

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