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Fighting a losing battle by
Suranimala
While the People's Alliance was thrown into disarray with more high profile members
continuing to defect and still others refusing to contest, an elaborate Goebellsian media
blitzkering came into operation last week to offset the damage. PA rebels in
particular and the opposition in general in a bid to reinforce the government position
that it was a conspiracy by the so called business mafia, media mafia and the LTTE
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| IMF holds back US$ 250m aid By Amantha Perera in Washington
The second tranche of the IMF funded US $ 250 million stand-by facility will be further
delayed till a new government is in place early next year, according to high ranking IMF
officials in Washington. "Yes, it is very likely to be delayed," a senior IMF
official who oversees the Asia Pacific region told The Sunday Leader.
The tranche that was due
by end August was SDR 30 million.According to the official, the first review under the
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| Lal Perera, former co-ordinating
secretary to Anura Bandaranaike, walking in to the offices of the Permanent Commission on
Bribery and Corruption, to lodge a complaint against JVP media spokesman Wimal Weerawansa
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JVP's lie over
bank details exposed By
Frederica Jansz
Watching Wimal Weeravansha's diatribe against fellow
politicians and members of the independent media, last week - a single image is conjured.
That Weeravansha is no better, if only worse than Sri Lanka's large multitude of politicos
who will sink to the lowest depths to articulate lies, lies and more damning lies.
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