OTHER NEWS Lankan toddler in UK crushed by TV Four Lankans in UK get life sentence British HC builder remanded over alleged 18 m. fraud NIRJ DEVA MEP DEMANDS A �TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION� FOR ZIMBABWE AND CONDEMNS RECENT ELECTIONS AS    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend UK Anti Terror police continue to search Powys properties 01-05-2008 COUNTER-TERRORISM officers were yesterday continuing to search properties in Powys at the centre of an investigation into suspected Tamil Tiger fundraisers. The searches follow the arrest of two men, aged 39 and 46, at addresses in Newtown and another, aged 33, who was held in Mitcham, south-west London. Anti-terrorism officers from Scotland Yard were yesterday still questioning the suspects, who can be held for 28 days before they must be released or charged. Dyfed-Powys Police again sought to reassure locals there was no danger in Newtown as it’s believed the men are suspected of activities designed to finance Tamil terrorism within Sri Lanka. A force spokesperson said four premises in Newtown were being searched – three houses and one business – after the two arrests. Newtown neighbourhood policing teams were patrolling the town throughout the day yesterday and a mobile station was at Morrisons supermarket to reassure the community. Dyfed-Powys superintendent Steve Hughson said: “We would like to stress that this inquiry relates to alleged fundraising and procurement in support of terrorism overseas.” The Tamil Tigers – or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) – have been involved in a three-decades long conflict with the Sri Lankan government that has claimed the lives of more than 70,000. The Tigers want a separate Tamil state on the northern and eastern side of the island off the coast of southern India. Tuesday’s dawn raids were the latest development in a long-running investigation aimed at targeting sympathisers of the banned organisation. Print Version | Email to friend

Lankan toddler in UK crushed by TV Sun, 20-07-2008 20:00:00 A Sri Lankan toddler in UK has died after a television apparently toppled over and fell on him. The one-year-old boy from Swansea, was named by the local Evening Post newspaper as Ghazi Riyaz Mohammed. The paper said the boy's parents have two other children and were thought to be from Sri Lanka and seeking asylum in UK. ... |FULL STORY|

Four Lankans in UK get life sentence Sat, 19-07-2008 18:00:00 Four Sri Lankan men have been sentenced to life for attempted murder in London. Armed with swords, pickaxe handles and pieces of wood, the four tried to behead a 20-year-old man in August 2006.... |FULL STORY|

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British HC builder remanded over alleged 18 m. fraud Thu, 17-07-2008 08:00:00 The Colombo District Court remanded a British constructor who built the recently opened British High Commission at Buller�s Road, Colombo for allegedly defrauding a local sub-contractor by failing to make payments of over Rs. 18 million. Colombo District Judge Sisira Ratnayake remanded Graham A. Gardner who had been arrested at his apartment at Barnes Residencies, Colombo-07 on a civil warrant. The arrest warrant had been issued following a plaint filed by Cavalier Trading Enterpris... |FULL STORY|

NIRJ DEVA MEP DEMANDS A �TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION� FOR ZIMBABWE AND CONDEMNS RECENT ELECTIONS AS Thu, 10-07-2008 20:00:00 EPP Coordinator of the European Parliament�s Development Committee, and former candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary-General of the UN; said at the European Parliament�s passing of the Urgency Resolution on Zimbabwe. Nirj Deva MEP said: �I am utterly disgusted at the continuing presence of Robert Mugabe on the international scene. He represents no-one but himself and his thieving bandit cronies in Zanu-PF. He does not represent the Zimbabwean people, who yearn to be r... |FULL STORY|

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