Vol. 29 No. 292 Wednesday 27th October, 2010, 48 pages Rs. 20 Registered in Sri Lanka as a Newspaper - Late City Edition Unpalatable truth 10 about Bread Judiciary 12 on trial Dhammika transfers control Page 2 Page 8-9 ck Marion Jones: Gunmen atta of Royal Ceramics er 'I reall o rehab cent y wish I Mexic wouldn't have lied' Page 15 Opening OPDs 24/7: Impracticable,FINANCIAL say REVIEW health Spanish prostitutes ordered to wear reflective vests for their own safety Wednesday October 27th, 2010 unions, docs to decide tomorrow Ancient insect BY DASUN E findfind raisesraises The government’sDIRISINGHE decision to keep the Out Patient Departments trade unions say. questions about (OPDs) in government hospitals President of the All Ceylon open twenty four hours a day would Health Service Union Gamini Secretary to take steps to open the India's origins create major problems, health sector Kumarasinghe said the decision was OPDs of all State hospitals 24/7. The India's origins people-friendly but impracticable. main objective of this measure is to President Mahinda Rajapaksa ease congestion in OPDs of govern- he discovery of a trove of Basil wants Tinsects preserved in amber raises new questions about has instructed the Health Ministry whether India was always part of ment hospitals. the Asian continent, researchers This specimen was found in the Canbay said in a study published on amber deposit in Monday. Western India rejected Tiger See Page -16 saved at any cost Coal India IPO Only 7 percent of IDPs BY IFHAM NIZAM woos $27bn The media was given an opportu- nity yesterday to witness how the foreign investment new-born Tiger cub, at the National remain to be resettled Zoological Gardens in Dehiwela, was bottle fed with a specially imported milk after its mother BY DASUN he percentage of inter- EDIRISINGHE refused to feed it. nally displaced per- exercise would break all the The Zoo’s new Director General Tsons to be resettled Bhashwara Senaka Gunarathna said existing records in resettle- had come down to single they were still not in a position to ment in the whole world. digit, Resettlement Minister Be German, go Indian? exhibit the animal to the public, Milroy Fernando told Minister Fernando said though it was in good health. that the total number of Island The yesterday. IDPs in the Vavuniya relief “The animal didn’t get the much He said that there were needed early milk, which contains he Coal India IPO — the villages had dropped to 288,000 displaced per- colostrums, a protein which fights 17,641 while there were 1,158 largest in the history of sons in the govern- anti bodies, from his mother. TIndian markets — has ment welfare centres IDPs remaining in attracted foreign investment following the decima- Jaffna, bringing the of about $27 billion from tion of the LTTE lead- total number of overseas funds, exceeding the ership in May, 2009. IDPs to 18,799. combined influx of such This number had Secretary to the Oracle octopus dies money in equity markets this come down to 18,799 Ministry, M. B. year. by the end of last Dissanayake, told week. The Island “The percentage of remaining IDPs,that the in people to be resettled four welfare camps, BP CEO hits from the initial number of Milroy would be resettled back displaced is seven percent,” by the end of this at media Minister Fernando said. year. The original deadline and politicians He said that government’s was January 31, but it had speedy resettlement pro- to be extended due to de- Paul the octopus ‘predicted’ that Spain would gramme was unprecedented mining operations in the beat Holland in the World Cup final North. and that magnanimous Paul the Octopus, the tentacled(AP) tipster who fascinated football fans by correctly predicting results at this year’s World Cup, died Tuesday. ‘Grama Charika Paul had reached octopus old age of 2{ years and died in his tank on ’ project Tuesday morning in an aquarium in likely to widen UNP split the western German city of P Chief Executive Bob Dudley accused some Ranil W returns from Brussels to lead fresh Bpoliticians and the media on Monday of being campaign, which his opponents say is nothing too hasty to pin all the blame but a ploy to strengthen his position ahead of German Ambassador Jens Ploetner boarding the Tuk-Tuk. Nipunaarachchi on his company for the devas- tating Gulf of Mexico spill - Annual Convention in Dec, 2010. German Embassy’s endorses interim relief and emphasized the need for deep-water drilling. Tuk-Tuk sought by SF BY SHAMINDRA - Counsel Beleaguered UNP leader F hits C’bo streets BY CHITRA ERDINANDO German passion for premium cars is well known. However, WEERARATHNE WORLD VIEW Ranil Wickremesinghe’s lat- those driving in the city of Colombo will now spot a humble Lakshman est initiative called ‘Grama Annual Convention of the three-wheeler painted in German colours of red, black and yellow Nipunaarachchi, Charika’ now scheduled to be Party in December. and it happens to be German Embassy’s latest addition to its fleet of the Democratic launched in the Horana elec- Dismissing the project, MP of official cars of Benzes and BMWs. National Alliance, torate over the coming week- Premadasa told The Island will not replace end (Oct 30 and 31) is likely to that genuine effort was need- General Sarath be boycotted by those ed to revamp the party. He Fonseka in asserted that delaying tactics Sarath demanding immediate Parliament as he endorses the Lakshmaninterim reforms, political sources say. would be counterproductive, Few women addicted to fags, booze relief sought by Fonseka in his Writ though a section of the party Sources say Hambantota B Application, which seeks to suspend District MP Sajith Premadasa felt comfortable with such Y EMANTHI the decision of the Secretary General nonsense. MARAMBE and his supporters are A recent survey, conducted by The sources said, in compari- of Parliament to unseat him, following unlikely to join the two-day Premadasa boycotted a the Non Communicable Diseases son with the number of males a conviction and a sentence meeting held at Sirikotha long campaign, the first of Unit of the Health Ministry, addicted to both vices from the recently to decide on “Grama several similar programmes revealed that 1.30 percent of same age group, the number of Charika’ campaign. before the forthcoming women between the ages of 18 women addicted to smoking and and 65 were addicted to smoking drinking is negligible. The Island and 1.20 percent of the same age “Smoking and consumption of www.island.lk group to liquor. liquor leads to cardiac problems as well as strokes and other ail- ments,” the sources said. A bust of late Dr. A. N. S. ! Basil wants a Tiger cub Kulasinghe was unveiled saved at any cost. Is he yesterday at the Ministry Over 7,000 arrested so fond of Tigers? of Engineering Services in narcotics raids and Common Amenities ! Yes, yes, the Rajapaksas by Minister Wimal BY HEMAHTA RANDUNU destroy only the two Weerawansa. Harith The Police, in the recent raids legged ones. Kulasinghe (centre) son of conducted on drug dens and drug the late Dr. Kulasinghe dealers, have arrested 7,098 persons during the period 13-25 October. and Deputy Minister Police sources said until the drug Lasantha Alagiyawanna menace is completely eradicated, were present. from the country, raids will contin- (Photo-Siripala Halwala) ue..