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June 28, 2006- 11.00 GMT
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Message of condolence from President:
Major General Parami Kulatunga |
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I was deeply
saddened at the news of the unexpected death of Major
General Parami Kulatunga, Deputy Chief of General Staff
of the Sri Lanka Army, due to a suicide bomb attack
by an LTTE terrorist.
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June 27, 2006- 11.30 GMT
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President pays respects to Major General
Kulatunga |
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President
Mahinda Rajapaksa paid his last respects to late Major
General Parami Kulatunga at his Kelaniya Residence on
Tuesday (27). Maj-Gen Kulatunga the third highest ranking
officer in the Sri Lankan Army was assassinated by a
suicide bomber yesterday.
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June 26, 2006- 12.30 GMT |
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I will take necessary action to protect
citizens from all terror- President |
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will not hesitate to take all necessary action to protect
our citizens as I am confident that my government is
capable of facing any tribulations that arise, said
President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking at the International
Anti Narcortics Day held at Temple Trees today.
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June 26, 2006- 8.30 GMT |
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Another example of the LTTE’s commitment
to terror – President |
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“The
assassination of Major General Parami Kulatunga, the
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army, is a another
example of the LTTE’s continued commitment to
terrorism and its cowardly use of suicide killers, deserving
of contempt and condemnation”, said President
Mahinda Rajapaksa in a special message on the LTTE’s
assassination carried out this morning.
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June 23, 2006- 9.30 GMT |
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Top level military committee to probe
Pesalai church attack |
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The
special inquiry ordered by President Rajapaksa into
the alleged incidents reported from Pesalai is now in
progress, and its report will be made available to all,
said Defence Spokesman, Minister Keheliya Rambukwella,
at a media briefing today.
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June 23, 2006- 9.00 GMT |
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International Buddhist Conference: President
pledges state support |
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A
preliminary discussion on holding an International Buddhist
Conference was held at Temple Trees on Wednesday (21)
under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Arrangements are to be made to hold the Conference on
the 11th and 12th of August this year in Pallekelle
in Kandy. This is to mark the 2550th Buddha Jayanthi.
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June 16, 2006- 11.15 GMT
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Message of Condolence from President Mahinda
Rajapaksa |
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“I
consider this the most horrendous crime perpetrated
by the LTTE in recent times. The Government and I, together
with the entire world community have totally condemned
this savage act of the LTTE, brutally killing unarmed
innocent people,” said President Mahinda Rajapaksa
in a message of condolence sent to the families of the
victims of the LTTE’s bomb attack at Kebitigollawa.
“We never expect such violence in the name of
a peoples’ liberation,” the President added.
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June 13, 2006- 8.00 GMT |
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2005 Presidential Elections ‘free
and fair’ says PAFFREL |
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The
Presidential elections held November last year were
free, fair and one of the best elections in Sri Lanka’s
recent history, said PAFFREL in its report on the Presidential
Elections held in November 2005. The report was handed
over to the President yesterday at Temple Trees by representatives
of PAFFREL.
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June 12, 2006- 10.00 GMT
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Legal panel to aid Constitutional Reforms
Committee |
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President
Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed a panel of Legal/Constitutional
Experts to aid the sub committee on Constitutional Reforms,
a committee comprising all political parties to formulate
proposals for constitutional changes.
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June 8, 2006- 10.30 GMT |
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Sri Lanka’s war heroes commemorated |
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A
ceremony to commemorate Sri Lanka’s war heroes
was held at the Ranaviru Commemoration Centre in Kandy,
yesterday. The ceremony is held annually to honor the
soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in the cause
of protecting the sovereignty and integrity of the country.
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June 8, 2006- 10.00 GMT |
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President congratulates ‘a son of
the soil’ |
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President
Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated Dr. J.S. Malik Peiris,
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, University
of Hong Kong on his recent election as a Fellow of the
Royal Society.
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June 7, 2006- 9.30 GMT |
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Duty of govt. to take care of war heroes
– President |
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President
Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday it is the duty of the
government to take care of war heroes and their children
as they had sacrificed their lives for the sake of our
country’s security. This week has been named as
War Hero’s week.
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June 7, 2006- 8.45 GMT |
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President congratulates
Sri Lankan cricket team |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa
congratulated Captain Mahela Jayawardene and the rest
of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team for their victory in
the third test match against England in Trent Bridge
on Monday (5/6).
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June 6, 2006- 11.50 GMT |
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Survivor tells President his horrifying
ordeal |
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The survivor of the Walikanda
LTTE massacre met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa today
at Temple Trees. He told the President his experiences
regarding the fateful day when he and his co-workers
were rounded up by the LTTE and shot and how he survived.
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June 5, 2006- 11.00 GMT |
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Sports to promote peace, says President |
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Sports can be used to achieve
peace, as even in historic times during great sporting
events, such as the Olympics, warring parties observed
a break in fighting, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa
yesterday.
The President was speaking
at a ceremony in Homagama, where he laid the foundation
stone for a 149 acre international standard sports complex
to be named after him.
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June 2, 2006- 11.00 GMT |
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All Party Committee to prepare framework
of political solution |
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The
All Party Conference summoned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa
which met at the Presidential Secretariat today (June2)
agreed to a proposal by the President that an All Party
Committee be set up to formulate a framework of proposals
for the devolution of power within an undivided Sri
Lanka, which could be the basis for future negotiations
with the LTTE. The respective parties will submit the
names of their representatives to this committee.
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June 1, 2006- 11.45 GMT |
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“I am committed to negotiated solution”
– President Rajapaksa to Ambassador Boucher |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa told Ambassador Richard
A Boucher, US for South and Central Asia that he was
committed to a negotiated solution to the ethnic crisis
in Sri Lanka, and would call on the All Party Conference
that meets tomorrow (June 2) to work out suitable proposals
for devolution of power to achieve this end.
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June 1, 2006- 11.15 GMT |
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“Taming the Tigers” by Mahinda
Rajapaksa |
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“The
World can do more to help Sri Lanka combat its terrorist
threat” says President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his
article published in the Wall Street Journal today,
Thursday June 1, 2006.
“…Despite my critics’
attempts to portray me as a hawk, I have shown by my
actions since taking office that I am far from a warmonger.
My government has shown enormous restraint in the face
of these repeated provocations. I am a man of peace.
I do not believe in war as a solution to the Sri Lankan
situation and I am committed to walk the extra mile
to achieve peace.
However I can not accomplish
this task alone. So I call on friends of democracy everywhere
to do their utmost to assist Sri Lanka’s democracy—and
the Tamil people themselves—to face up to the
terrorist threat and advance human rights, dignity and
pluralism throughout Sri Lanka.”
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