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Helicopter gun ships raid terror gathering - Palampiddi 05-05-2008
Sri Lanka Air Force , MI 24 helicopter gun ships carried out close air support missions targeting terror gatherings in general area West of Palampiddi this evening (May 5). According to the Air Force sources, air support was called in by troops engaged in counter terrorist operations on the Vavuniya front, in the Wanni theatre of battle.
The sources further said that two air sorties were conducted between 3.30 and 3.40 pm at terror gatherings located in the area 1.5 km West of Palampiddi.
Meanwhile, ground sources have confirmed that the enemy has suffered heavy casualties in the incident. However, the claim is yet to be verified through technical sources.
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Fri, 16-05-2008 04:00:00
An LTTE air craft was detected by the air defence system yesterday evening over the LTTE built Iranamadu runway, military sources said.
A senior Air Force official told media that the air defence system had detected the LTTE aircraft soon after, it was airborne. “However it immediately disappeared from the radar system, as it went down,” the official said.
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Fri, 16-05-2008 19:00:00
UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake , said , this Govt. has no capacity to do anything legal and honest ,whether it is administration, development or in the conduct of elections. It thrives only on murder, mayhem, corruption and malpractices. The Eastern Provincial Council elections bore all those hallmarks, he added. At the last Presidential elections it entered into a pact with the LTTE paying them billions of rupees betraying the country, and won. This time it entered into an allianc...
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Fri, 16-05-2008 18:00:00
Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan was sworn-in as the Chief Minister for the Eastern Province before President Mahinda Rajapaksa this evening.
Three other provincial councilors also took their oaths, as cabinet of ministers despite M.L.A.M Hisbullah was absent. They are T.Navaratnarajah, Wimalaweera Dissanayake and M.Uduma .
After swearing in ceremony Minister Athaullah welcomed the newly appointed Chief Minister.
Chandrakantha obtained the highest number of preferential vo...
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Fri, 16-05-2008 14:00:00
Mr.Pillayan took oaths as the Chief Minister of the Eastern Provincial Council in a short while ago....
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