Vol. 30 No. 25 Tuesday 14th December, 2010, 44 pages Rs. 20 Registered in Sri Lanka as a Newspaper - Late City Edition ‘WAR CRIMES: ONLY 55% OF THE ACCUSATIONS DOGS ARE SANTA’S THE GLOBAL PSYWAR DEVELOPMENT AGAINST ASSANGE FAVORITES AGAINST SRI LANKA PROJECTS ON SCHEDULE 11 12 Financial review Leisure land Inside: Grade 5 Scholarship Norwegian funds used for LTTE arms Exam Cut-off Marks Provincial Councils do not need police powers – Karuna Elizabeth Hurley admits marriage is over after LTTE cannot be revived and former Tigers will never kiss with Shane Warne want to join a terrorist outfilt of that nature and undergo suffering; they have suffered enough, Deputy Minister Muralitharan says BY HARISCHANDRA GUNARATNA Resettlement Deputy Minister through the provincial councils to the Vinayagamoorty Muralitharan, better North and the East,” he said. A group of the UNP MPs led by Sajith Premadasa, yesterday, briefed the press at Hotel Sapphire, known as Karuna, giving evidence “The UNP never made a sincere Wellawatte. After the event, Premadasa, Rosy Senanayake, Thalatha Athukorala, Sujeewa before the Lessons Learnt and effort to end the war and successive Senasinghe and Ranjith Maddumabandara were seen in a jubilant mood in the lobby of the Reconciliation governments made no Commission yesterday attempt to nip the The model and actress wed Hotel. (Photo-Kamal Bogoda) said that the type of LTTE in the bud; nor Arun Nayar, an Indian business- political solution that did the international man, in a lavish celebration only he would advocated was Karuna community” he said. three years ago. one which was accept- Although some UNP to stage mammoth protest able to the majority before countries had banned WORLD VIEW community and guaran- the LTTE, they teed the security of LLRC allowed its leaders to against govt on Jan. 26 Tamils. operate on their soil, Responding to ques- he charged. BY ZACKI JABBAR tions, Muralitharan told the He was optimistic that the LTTE The first anniversary of the last tion in the high cost of living and Commission that in a small country like could not be revived and that the former Presidential Election, which falls on implementing the rule of law despite Sri Lanka, Police powers need not be LTTE cadres would never want to join a January 26, 2011 would be greeted by a having been in power for nearly six devolved to provincial councils and it terrorist outfit of the nature of the massive protest comprising one mil- years. was an unreasonable demand. lion people,the UNP leader Ranil The Peoples Protest which would be “But we will have to devolve power Wickremesinghe said yesterday. held in Colombo on January 26 would He told a news conference in be the beginning of a series of rallies Colombo that the Mahinda Rajapaksa aimed at installing a UNP government government had failed to fulfil its elec- tion pledges which included a reduc- Ranil Another Indian diplomat UNP constitution changed for subjected to pat-down at US airport better through sacrifices - Sajith New Delhi, December United Nations, was asked 13, 2010: Close on the heels by airport officials to BY DASUN EDIRISINGHE of the news that Indian remove his turban during a Hambantota District UNP “I would like to convey my gratitude to Ambassador Meera security check two weeks ! Postal workers threaten to Parliamentarian and aspirant to leadership the MPs and grassroots level party mem- Hardeep Puri, India’s Shankar was subjected to a ago at Houston Airport. Sajith Premadasa said yesterday that the bers who tirelessly worked for us to achieve Permanent ‘pat-down’ search, another When Mr. Puri refused to resort to trade union action. UNP had finally changed the 1994 party con- our goal,” he said. Representative to the incident of top Indian diplo- remove his turban, the offi- ! Going by delays, I thought stitution, which allowed one man to be the A group of people had attempted to mat Hardeep Puri was sub- cials made him to wait for they were already on a go- leader until death. He said the new constitu- obtain an injunction from Court to stop the United Nations, was jected to a pat-down search over half-an-hour in a ‘hold- slow campaign. tion made it possible for any member of convention, but they failed, he said. “We asked by airport offi- down at Houston Airport ing room’. the party to vie for leadership. Addressing a have to thank our lawyers, too, for their cials to remove his has come to light, following India has lodged an offi- press conference in Colombo, Premadasa support to defeat that attempt.” turban during a secu- which India has lodged a cial protest through its said that the adoption of new party consti- Premadasa said he also thanked strong protest with the U.S. Consulate General in tution on Sunday at Sirikotha had been the Pradeshiya Sabha, Urban Council, rity check two weeks According to reports, Mr. Huston with the U.S. Podi Hamuduruwo’s result of a concerted effort sustained for ago at Houston Puri, India’s Permanent birthday several months. Airport. File photo Representative to the Ven Galboda Gnanissara Thera (Podi Postal workers threaten strike Hamuduruwo) of Grade 5 scholarship cut-off marks released the Gangaramaya BY PRIYADHARSHANA LIYANAGE temple, Postal workers have decided of the Postal and Hunupitiya, Royal, Visakha 179; Dharmaraja 175; Ananda, M’deva, Devi 174 to launch a countrywide strike, Telecommunication Union Colombo, cele- commencing midnight tomor- Chinthaka Bandara said that brates his birth- BY DASUN EDIRISINGHE row (15), if the Ministry of the Union had already submit- day today. As the The Education Ministry yes- while the marks for Ananda Posts and the Post Master ted seven main demands to the terday released the cut-off Tamil Medium marks College Colombo, Maliyadeva General fail to spell out a practi- PMG, Ministry Secretary and chief incumbent cal solution to their problems. Minister Jeevan Kumaratunga. of the Gangaramaya, since 1984, marks for students, who sat the to be released shortly College Kurunegala and Devi August 2010 Grade Five scholar- Balika Vidyalaya in Colombo The combined postal workers’ However, the authorities had so Podi Hamuduruwo has done ship examination, to gain admis- was 174. unions demand an immediate far failed to respond positively Visakha Vidyalaya in Colombo. yeoman service for both, the sion to popular schools. The highest cutoff marks for solution. to their demands. The second highest, 175, was for Sangha and the laity and contin- The highest cut-off marks, Commenting on their pro- Dharmaraja College Kandy ues to do so. 179, were for Royal College and posed work stoppage, Secretary MR’s reacts to Oxford fiasco: Status of court martial Sajin directed to liaise with External Affairs Ministry SC gives parties 10 days to BY SHAMINDRA FERDINANDO file written submissions In the wake of criti- Ministry, sources told cism levelled at a sec- The Island. BY CHITRA WEERARATHNA tion of the bureaucra- Sources said that on The Court Martial is included the Court of Appeal. General court marital came nowhere cy for circumstances, the instructions of the in the words ‘any court’ specified (retd) Sarath Fonseka had chal- there. It was clearly outside under which the President, Lalith in Article 89/d of the lenged, in the Supreme Court, his Chapter 15 of the Constitution, Oxford Union unilater- Weeratunga, Secretary Constitution of Sri Lanka, said expulsion from Parliament, conse- which referred to Judiciary. The ally cancelled to the President had Mohan Pieris, Attorney General quent to a conviction and the court martial was not a court of President Mahinda informed External PC appearing for the State, when imposition of a 30-month rigorous law described in Chapter 15 of the Rajapaksa’s speech at Affairs Minister Prof. the interpretation of Article 89/d imprisonment term by a Court Constitution, he argued. the Oxford Union on Sajin de Vass G. L. Peiris of the of the Constitution of Sri Lanka Martial. Nowhere was the Court Dec. 2, the President post-UK fiasco move. was taken up before the Supreme Shibly Aziz PC, at the outset, Martial elevated to a normal has appointed MP Sajin de Weeratunga had said that Court, yesterday. said that Article 4 of the Court of Law. Vass Gunawardene to liaise the Galle District MP, even This interpretation had been Constitution referred to the judi- with the External Affairs referred to the Supreme Court by cial power of the people. The.