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Jayasuriya quits
The Hindu,
Sunday, Mar 23, 2003.
Colombo March 22. Ace Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya today quit as skipper of the national side. ``I have tendered my resignation to the Minister of Sports, (Johnston Fernando). With my decision, I have given the selectors to opt for a new captain with the 2007 World Cup in mind,'' he said over state TV. The Sri Lankan team returned home yesterday.
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Published: Sat Mar 22 17:38:37 EST 2003
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 ASK LAKSHMAN!
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A Q&A with Sri Lanka's Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
We are pleased to introduce Mr. Lakshman Kadiragamar, former Foreign
Minister of Sri Lanka, as the 11th guest in our series of Q&A
sessions. Presidents Counsel and Member of Parliament, Mr. Kadiragamar
is currently the special adviser on Foreign Affairs to the President
of Sri Lanka. Send in your questions to Mr. Kadiragamar and receive
his answers here.
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IT'S NOT CRICKET, STUPID, IT'S COMPUTERS, LOVELY COMPUTERS
Fulbright Scholar Brings Computers to Urban Disadvantaged Children in
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
By Chulie de Silva, Colombo.
You would think on a warm Saturday morning, children in Sri Lanka
would be watching a cricket match and cheering on their heroes. No,
not in Kew Road, Slave Island, a multi-ethnic enclave just five
minutes away from the exclusive Trans Asia Hotel in Colombo's central
down town area. The cricket match played on at the Malay Cricket Club,
on Saturday 25, January but thirty children were flocked round five
computers in a little rectangular room of the Vocational Training
Center (VTC) run by the Sri Lanka Malay Association's (SLMA) Rupee
Fund. [More...]
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Sri Lanka has safety and evacuation plans for Middle East workers
ProLog,
COLOMBO, March 22 (AFP) .
Sri Lanka has had plans in place for several months to provide safety for its nationals working in the Middle East in the eventuality of a war breaking in Iraq, a government minister said Saturday. "We have been prepared since about four or five months ago for the eventuality of war breaking out in the Gulf region," said Labour and Employment Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe.
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Published: Sat Mar 22 12:40:16 EST 2003
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Colombo, LTTE for better truce compliance
The Hindu (International),
Sunday, Mar 23, 2003.
By V.S. Sambandan, COLOMBO MARCH 22. The Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended their sixth round of talks in Japan on Friday, with the Tigers sticking to their guns on several issues, including the sensitive one of maintaining the military balance.
Though the image as peace-makers was largely undisturbed by the March 10 sinking of an LTTE merchant vessel by the Sri Lankan Navy on the high seas, the moves made so far in the talks come as a pointer to further moves towards legitimacy by the Tigers. In contrast, no major moves were reported on key issues, particularly the inclusion of a separate Muslim team since direct talks started last September.
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Published: Sat Mar 22 17:39:39 EST 2003
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Protest against US
