Vol. 31 No.13 Wednesday 30th November, 2011, 48 pages Rs. 20 Registered in Sri Lanka as a Newspaper - Late City Edition NORWEGIAN DILSHAN A ZOOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF UTTARANI USIC OF CRICKETER OF SAFARI DOWN THEIR PEACE 2011– M OUR VALUES DIYAWANNA OYA 8 EFFORTS IN SL 10 16 THE YEAR Denied permission to talk of SF, irate MR intervenes to resettle evicted IDPs Ranil removes Commonwealth tie BY PABODHA HETTIGE BY SAMAN INDRAJITH A dispute over the presidential interven- Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa yes- wake of ruling party members recent eviction of a tion. terday prevented Opposition strongly objecting to the UNP group of people by secu- Mannar Divisional Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe from leader’s move, promising he would rity authorities from Secretary Mrs. Stanley making a special statement in par- decide whether that could be some parts of de Mel yesterday told liament on behalf of defeated pres- allowed to be made in Parliament Talaimannar, on the The Island that those idential candidate, General Sarath and inform the House of his ruling basis that they were evicted had been given Fonseka. today (30). squatting on State land, permission to return The Speaker intervened in the Pakistan’s govt. meets Ranil Nimal was settled through President over NATO raid The Pakistani govern- ment is considering whether to boycott an upcoming meeting in Germany on the future of Afghanistan in a protest Speaker: Serious over the NATO border attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Three rockets fired threat to MPs in from Lebanon hit Israel Rockets fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel early Tuesday for the first time in more than Parliament two years, drawing a burst of Israeli artillery fire across the tense border, Dy. minister suspended over bottle throwing the Israeli military said. BY SAMAN INDRAJITH he Parliament yesterday suspended Gampaha District MP Gunawardena for 40,000 troops to leave Deputy Petroleum Industries the disturbances caused during the TMinister, Sarana Gunawardena for President’s Budget speech. Afghanistan by 2012 a week for allegedly throwing a bottle of Parliamentarians exchanged blows with Drawdown plans water towards UNP leader Ranil MP Gunawardene caught in camera announced by the U.S. and Wickremesinghe during a mini-battle in throwing a bottle of water. However, it more than a dozen other parliament while the budget was being landed close to President Rajapaksa nations will shrink the foreign presented on Nov. 21. splashing some water on him. Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa MP Gunawardena has been dealt military footprint in Afghanistan announced Gunawardena’s suspension Sarana with under the provisions in Standing by 40,000 troops at the close of next year, UNPers demanding immediate release of Gen. Sarath Fonseka at yester- following a motion moved by Leader of Gunawardena Orders 72 (1) and 74 (2). leaving Afghan forces increasingly on the front- day’s rally in Colombo. Pic by Kamal Bogoda (More pics on P 12) the House Irrigation Minister Nimal At the commencement of business lines of the decade-long war. Siripala De Silva calling for the suspension of End politics of hate, revenge Iranian students storm British embassy Up against a ‘human’ wall, JVP release Fonseka – Ranil Thousands of Warns Govt. to listen or face countrywide protests angry Iranian stu- rebels boycott CC meeting dents yesterday BY ZACKI JABBAR BY SAMAN INDRAJITH stormed the British Leader of the UNP Ranil Addressing a large embassy in Tehran and set the Union Jack on A group of dissident to leader Somawansa General Secretary, Tilvin Silva Wickremesinghe yesterday protest rally at Hyde Park fire in protest after Britain imposed sanctions JVPers yesterday boycotted a Amarasinghe. to attend a Central Committee demanded the immediate Corner, Colombo, the on the Iranian banks. Iran has downgraded Central Committee meeting at Spokesman for the dissi- meeting scheduled to begin at release of former Army Opposition Leader said that diplomatic relations with Britain. Pelawatte party headquarters, dent group, Pubudu Jagoda 3.00 pm. According to Jagoda, Commander General Sarath the continued harassment alleging that they had been told The Island that a group of MP Ajith Kumara, Dimuthu Fonseka from prison, while and imprisonment of man-handled on the pretext of Central Committee members Attigalle, Duminda calling for an end to the poli- Fonseka, Play-with-pee games being frisked by some thugs had gone to party headquar- Nagamuwa, Chameera tics of hate and revenge. installed brought in there by those loyal ters on the invitation of JVP A British company JVP rebels walk out in protest has introduced hands Duminda will be Driver arrested free urinal-mounted games consoles that over death can be controlled by arrested on return, the flow of urine. Japan says it pioneered this CID tells Court of doctor gaming system. BY DON ASOKA WIJEWARDENA The CID yes- The Kananke police have terday informed arrested the driver of a vehicle Colombo which knocked down dental sur- Norwegian mass killer Additional ! Deputy Minister suspended geon Dr. Jannaki Bandusena of over bottle attack. confirmed insane Magistrate the Matara General Hospital on Prasanna Alwis Nov. 24. ! Is it because he missed Psychiatrists who the target? that Member of A senior GMOA examined Anders Parliament spokesman told The Behring Breivik who Duminda Duminda Silva Island that Dr. killed 77 people and would be arrested, in connection Bandusena had died injured 151 in Oslo a to the Bharatha Lakshman as a result of the few months ago have JVP rebels who had been invited to a Central Committee meeting of Premachandra killing, on his accident in the confirmed he is insane. the party walked out in a huff yesterday. The rebel spokesperson said that they had no alternative but to leave the party office as an attempt return to the country. Mirissa police area. was made to frisk them. Pic by Nishan S. Priyantha See page 5.