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Sri Lanka's Muralitharan bows out with 800 Test wickets

Thursday, 22 July 2010
GALLE, July 22, 2010 (AFP) - World bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan was given a presidential send-off on Thursday after he retired with 800 wickets in the bag. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse flew in from the capital, Colombo, to the southern coastal town of Galle to briefly watch the first Test against India and presented Muralitharan a memento during the lunch break. But Rajapakse had left by the time the off-spinner had last man Pragyan Ojha caught in the slips to achieve the landmark that terminated India's second innings in the post-lunch session of the final day.
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US urges Sri Lanka to improve rights, media freedom

Thursday, 22 July 2010
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake says Sri Lanka needs to take more steps to encourage greater reconciliation and greater democracy and also noted the need for improvements in media freedom.
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Murali's wife says she's simply proud of her husband's achievement

Thursday, 22 July 2010
Galle: This may be Muttiah Muralitharan’s last Test match but the veteran off-spinner seems as cool as a cucumber. His mannerisms may suggest otherwise but the iron man is a picture of calm out in the middle.Up in the stands, in the cool confines of the VIP box, the 37-year-old’s family is simply not at ease. “Every time Murali picks up a wicket, my heart starts beating faster. I get so excited and I can’t just wait for him to get to the 800-wicket mark,” says Madhi Malar Ramamurthy, Murali’s better half.
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A massive protest demanding the release of Gen. Fonseka to be staged at Campbell Park today

Wednesday, 21 July 2010
A massive protest campaign is to be staged at the Campbell Park today at 3.30 p.m. by the Democratic National Front to agitate against Gen. Fonseka being kept in Army custody illegally.
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‘Slender loris’ found from Horton Plains

Wednesday, 21 July 2010
A slender lors (Nycticebus coucang), a very rare species that is in danger of being extinct has been discovered and photographed at Horton Plains in Nuwaraeliya by a group of naturalists in Sri Lanka. It is after 72 years that such an animal has been photographed in Sri Lanka. The leader of the group Saman Gamage said in their research they were able to photograph the loris after observing it for nearly a year. The loris photographed has been named ‘Horton Plains slender loris.’ Mr. Gamage said very important information regarding this small, slow-moving, nocturnal prosimian could be revealed by this research.
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Ranil wants panel debate

Wednesday, 21 July 2010
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says the issue of the advisory panel appointed by UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon should be debated in Parliament. He said this in response to a question posed by journalists in Chennai. According to the Hindu, Mr. Wickramasinghe said the government was taking steps to resolve the ethnic issue in both the northern and eastern provinces. He expressed concern at the plight of the internally displaced Tamils and their rehabilitation.
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UN expert panel holds first meeting UN expert panel holds first meeting

Tuesday, 20 July 2010
The UN expert panel on Sri Lanka held its first meeting, Inner City Press reports. This starts the four month time line for them to produce a report, on the compliance of Sri Lanka’s “Lessons Learnt” panel with international standards for inquiries into war crimes. At 1:30 pm on July 19, panel members Marzuki Darusman, Yasmin Sooka and Steven Ratner met in the UN’s North Lawn building. At that moment, at latest, the four month clock began.
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Wage hike for university lecturers – S. B.

Tuesday, 20 July 2010
There will be a wage increase for university lecturers from Rs. 50,000 up to Rs. 200,000 said S. B. Dissanayake, Minister of Higher Education. He said this in response to a question JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake posed at the parliament today. Anura Kumara pointed out that university lecturers are preparing for strikes asking for higher wages and that the government should take action to alleviate this issue. In response to this, S. B. Dissanayake said that there is to be a wage hike from Rs. 27,750 to Rs. 75,000 for junior lecturers and from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 200,000 for senior lecturers.
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Blake here tomorrow

Tuesday, 20 July 2010
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake is due in the country tomorrow for talks with the Sri Lankan government on the latest developments one year after the war, a US Embassy official in Sri Lanka told
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Crash victim began to relish life

Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Industrious and resourceful, Chandrika De Silva worked hard for 20 years to achieve the American Dream. And she had just begun to relish her life when it was cut short, when she was killed in the driveway of her Los Angeles Reseda home by a Marine suspected of driving drunk. At the crash scene on Monday (July 19), piles of bouquets and dozens of candles surrounded a photo of a smiling De Silva, 51. It was a picture shot of her just hours before her death, taken at a family friend's birthday party where she had been the first to dance.
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UNP changes constitution

Tuesday, 20 July 2010
The United National Party (UNP) Working Committee which met this afternoon with UNP leader Ranil Wickremasighe has decided to change the party constitution which will include electing top posts to the party if there is no unanimous choice.
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We were not allowed time to take Legal action against constitutional amendments –Ranil UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing a media briefing at the Sri Kotha on the 1st, said the party was more ready to take political measures rather than legal against the Govt.’s proposed constitutional amendments.

Mr. Wickremesinghe gave this above answer in reply to a question posed by the media whether the UNP is taking legal measures against the constitutional amendments of the Govt. He also added that, as the proposed amendments in writing were received by the party only on Sunday last, there was hardly any time for the party’s legal Council to make an evaluation thereon.