LTTE last bastion falls

Tigers retreat to No-Fire Zone:

The LTTE yesterday lost its final stronghold Puthukudiyiruppu and several top rung leaders including Theepan, Vidusha, Durga, Gadafi and Nagulesh compelling Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran to seek refuge in the Safe Zone mingling with the civilians along with remaining top rung leaders Pottu Amman, Soosai and Velavan, military sources told the Daily News yesterday.

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Lahore hero arrives in Sri Lanka

Meher Mohammed Khalil, the driver of the coach that drove the Sri Lankan cricket team to the safety of the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore on March 3, 2009 when it came under terrorist fire arrived in Sri Lanka last evening.

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Sri Lanka tells MEPs to influence diaspora

Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha has told Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) that some apologists among them are trying to save the LTTE by calling for a ceasefire and trying to stop the Sri Lankan Government from militarily defeating the terrorists.

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Overcoming GEC :

Country to face challenges

For the country’s economic direction any policy response to the crisis must distinguish between long term, short term and medium term measures all within a framework of a long term vision, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka Dr. Saman Kelegama said.

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