 |
 |
 |
in parliament row
[BBC News]
(UPFA) had been crowing about proving its parliamentary
majority on June 8 when the house resumed. To achieve this
end, the government employed every trick in the book and was
confident of some pole-vaulting by SLMC and JHU defectors.
But instead of the promised show following a week-long struggle
with 'Operation 113,' the government treated the entire country
to a terrible spectacle, undoubtedly recording one of the darkest
hours in the country's parliament history when they established
before a shocked nation not a majority but the absolute low
depths it has sunk to by attacking two venerable monks of the
Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU).
are members of Sri
Lanka's parliament have
been hospitalised after
being beaten up inside
the country's national
assembly.
"an effective
compromise" with the
LTTE [Tamilnet]
has indicated that she is
"seeking an effective
compromise" to overcome
the dragging differences
with the LTTE that delay
peace talks.
Buddha Bar music and bikinis with Buddha images, officials say.
The music - which originates from a nightclub in Paris - and the swimwear
have been deemed by the authorities as potentially offensive to Buddhists.
"tactics" of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in its 20-year war with the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The two countries are looking at the
possibilities of increased military co-operation in enhancing the U.S. capability
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
that it will pull out of the administration if President Chandrika Kumaratunga
agrees to commence peace talks with the LTTE based on the Interim Self
Governing Authority (ISGA).
The JVP's decision was arrived at a meeting of its top rank Friday evening
and immediately conveyed to President Kumaratunga through several
ministers.
The JVP's top rank met following reports Friday morning that President
Kumaratunga had at a meeting with the 22 MPs of the Tamil National Alliance
(TNA) agreed to commence negotiations with the LTTE on the ISGA without
having parallel discussions on core issues.
threatened to boycott the two-match series, after the Australian Prime
Minister John Howard labelled him a "chucker".
His mother Laxmi Muttiah wants him to stay away from the tour, which begins
later this month.
 |
 |