09/12/2010
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Lakbima
The latest edition of The Economist magazine has again been held back by Customs authorities that have sent it to the Department of Information for approval. A notice posted outside Vijitha Yapa Bookshop at Crescat Boulevard said yesterday the magazine was detained at the airport.
08/01/2010
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Lakbima
A commission inquiring into the failure of the ceasefire agreement and events leading to the war’s end will use locations near affected areas to record evidence from witnesses, said its chairman last week.
01/06/2010
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Lakbima
Thanks to the Presidential election, over 700 Tamil suspects who were arrested under the Emergency Regulations and the Prevention of Terrorism Act will heave a sigh of relief as the government is expecting to release them soon. Some of the suspects are in remand prisons for more than ten years without facing any charges.