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MCNS alerts on
consequences:
Violators of law w arned
The government
will take legal action against those
who take the law into their hands,
damage public property and assault
public officials, Media Centre for
National Security (MCNS) Director
General Lakshman Hulugalle said
yesterday. He said that certain
groups are trying to change the
existing peaceful environment in the
country earned after a great effort,
by attempting to create a commotion.
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President’s stroll at
Independence Sq. signals end of SL’s
siege mindset
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa took a stroll in
the Independence Avenue Park, on
Sunday. In a city with many Army
sentry posts and barricades, this
marked another first: that of a
President stepping out in an open,
fairly crowded space and signalling
an end to the siege mentality that
has been the defining feature of Sri
Lanka for many decades.
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Milinda, UPFA’s Colombo mayoral
choice
UNP, JVP to
submit nominations on Aug 24,25:
Presidential
advisor and former Justice Minister
Milinda Moragoda is expected to be
named the UPFA candidate for the
post of Colombo mayor. A senior
Cabinet Minister said that Moragoda
was the front runner for the post
and he was most likely to be named
as the UPFA mayoral candidate for
Colombo.
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Kadhafi era over - Libya
rebel chief
Libyan rebel
chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil on Monday
hailed the end of the four-decade
“Kadhafi era,” after his fighters
took control of most of Tripoli. But
Abdel Jalil also warned that he
could quit as head of the rebel
National Transitional Council (NTC)
if he loses control of the
revolution, amid possible revenge
acts by insurgents.
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Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Udeni Atukorala was arrested by Bribery Commission officials for allegedly soliciting a Rs 1.5 million bribe from the Bentara Paradeshiya Sabha chairman. It is reported that he had accepted the bribe to provide a permit to transport soil. 
