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 State Minister Tony MacNulty affirms policy of zero-tolerance towards terrorism 02-05-2008 UK Minister of State, Tony MacNulty assured Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rohitha Bogollagma that his nation is ready to take severe steps against LTTE whenever they violate laws against terrorism. Minister Bogollagama explained to the British Minister during the discussion the nature of LTTE activity and pointed out that the fund raising activities and propaganda campaigns carried out in western countries such as UK by the LTTE can be regarded as clear examples of the LTTE's motives. Minister Bogollagama while commending the steps taken by the UK State Ministry and its staff to freeze LTTE accounts requested continued vigilance regarding LTTE front-organizations. The UK Minister emphasized that his nation has already taken necessary steps to face the challenges aroused by terrorist organizations and their activities. Courtesy - Lanka Tribune UK SriLankan Newspaper 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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