OTHER NEWS Sri Lanka denies claims of unfair election in east CMEV report on Election-related Violence New SP for Mutur missing – UNP Navy logistics ship sinks    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend SRILANKAN AIRLINES SPURNS HOLIDAY OFFER FOR HEATHER MILLS BY SYDNEY REYNOLDS 20-03-2008 HEATHER MILLS [formerly Lady Paul McCartney] has been snubbed by SriLankan Airlines over the suggestion that she be given a free holiday with air tickets in Sri Lanka to recover from her acrimonious High Court battle for compensation from her former husband, ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney. Miss Becky Addley, Account Director for the Airline's PR company, told me emphatically yesterday [Mon]: 'I'm sorry but we don't go in for this sort of promotion.' Miss Mills, who has been awarded £24.3m, would have relished a holiday in the paradise Island of Sri Lanka. It is not known if Miss Mills has already been to Sri Lanka on a previous holiday. Thus SriLankan Airlines has missed a golden opportunity of providing Miss Mills with not only a holiday of a lifetime but also a chance to recover from her matrimonial strife which nobody would wish upon themselves or anybody else. The Airway's PR company has also missed the chance of a great deal of free publicity for which otherwise they would have had to pay. Print Version | Email to friend

Sri Lanka denies claims of unfair election in east Sat, 10-05-2008 19:00:00 The Sri Lankan government on Saturday denied claims by election watch dogs and the main opposition party that the Eastern Provincial Council election held for the first time in 20 years was not free and fair. "Except for a few incidents, the election was free and fair," Anura Yapa, the government spokesman and the Minister of Media said. Susil Premajayantha, the minister of Education said that a few incidents were not big enough to alter the final outcome of the el... |FULL STORY|

CMEV report on Election-related Violence Sat, 10-05-2008 15:00:00 CMEV has received 25 complaints of election related violence, today 10 May 2008, polling day in the Eastern Provincial Council Election. Of these, eighteen (18) fall into the category of Major Offences. The offences in the latter category include Murder, Attempted Murder, Assault, Threat and Intimidation, Impersonation and Ballot Stuffing. Of the Major Offences, 13 were reported from Batticaloa, 03 from Ampara and 02 from Trincomalee. CMEV is concerned that the fears expresse... |FULL STORY|

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New SP for Mutur missing – UNP Sat, 10-05-2008 15:00:00 A new Superintendent of Police has been sent to Mutur area yesterday and UNP alleges that he is yet to switch on his mobile for today and as a result there is nobody to looking into the gross election violations in the area. “The government has deliberately made the move so that there wouldn’t be anybody to check violence created by goons backed by ministers” alleges UNP. ... |FULL STORY|

Navy logistics ship sinks Sat, 10-05-2008 14:00:00 logistics vessel belonging to the Sri Lanka Navy sunk after an explosion at the Trincomalee Harbour in the early hours of this morning (May 10th), the Navy Spokesman said. The A520 'MV Invincible', moored at the Ashroff Jetty, was damaged in an underwater explosion and sank around 2.15 am, he said. According to the Navy Spokesman, an Improvised Explosive Device had been used for the blast. No lives were lost to the explosion, the Media Centre for National Security said. Meanwhile,... |FULL STORY|

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