Progressive forces rally round President

Re-alignment of political forces in North and East:

Constitutional Affairs and National Integration Minister and Communist Party of Sri Lanka General Secretary Dew Gunasekera in an interview with Daily News staffer M.P. Muttiah says that it is a foregone conclusion that President Mahinda Rajapaksa will comfortably return to power.

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The Morning Inspection

Api okkoma rajavaru

Politicians, regardless of party, colour and ideological persuasion, are a superstitious lot. They are among those who habitually consult astrologers, palmists, crystal-gazers, numerologists, clairvoyants and others who such fortune-tellers.

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Generals and politics:

A bit of history

Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister was standing outside number 10, Downing Street, one day during the World War II days. His official car had given trouble. He hailed a taxi cab and the driver pulled it up to Churchill who was with his hat pulled down over his forehead so that he could not be recognised easily.

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