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Elephant Pass area & the A9 are now under control of the Government  

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Troops have taken control of the Elephant Pass area and the A9 road, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said a short while ago. Addressing the nation on national television the president announced the A9 highway was now in total control of the government after 23 years. President Rajapaksa expressed his gratitude to the security forces for taking control of the area. "Today I address you at a time when our brave soldiers have achieved a special and historic vicotry. Our war heroes were able to completely liberate Elephant Pass from the clutches of the LTTE," he said.

7 die, in Claymore attack at Morawewa  

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Three Air Force personnel and four civilians died in an claymore bomb attack at Morawewa, Workers, who were employed in an irrigation development project funded by the Government in the area, were travelling in a bus & the byroad claymore was triggered targeting the civilians. Air Force personnel were providing escort to the civilians and six others also were injured in the incident, Media Center for National Security states.

Government is responsible for the death of Sunday Leader editor  

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Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe charges that President Mahinda Rajapakse and his government is responsible for the assassination of Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickramathunga. He said that the killing was a part of a conspiracy to paralyze the democracy and the entire civilian life of the country. The Opposition Leader made this statement addressing a joint opposition press briefing held last evening (08) to deny the assassination of the journalist and to protest the government. He says that this assassination signals that the government is eliminating all the opponents like clergy and layman politicians and trade unionists in the same way the LTTE did. Wickramasinghe said that the government had attempted to influence media to minimize the publicity for the news of the attack at Sirasa Media Network saying it was an internal work. Dallus Alahapperuma’s and other persons’ Ministries tried to prompt media not to point finger to the government regarding Sirasa attack. Wickramasinghe said that this spate of killing was commenced after President Rajapakse became the Media Minister. He added that there should be an end to this approach.

Sri Lankan team Ready for Pakistan tour  

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The schedule for the upcoming tour of Pakistan has been released by Sri Lanka Cricket today (Jan. 8).

According to the media release the following are the dates for the games:

January 21: 1st ODI, January 24: 2nd ODI and January 27: 3rd ODI.

February 22 to 26: 1st Test and March 2 to 6: 2nd test.

Meanwhile Brendon Kuruppu has been appointed as the manager for the tour of Pakistan by Sri Lanka Cricket.

LTTE Missed Soranpattu  

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Soldiers of Sri Lanka Army’s 55 Division have liberated Soranpattu village this evening (Jan 8), said defence sources in Jaffna peninsula. Soranpattu is situated 9 Km from Elephant Pass and 5.2 Km from Pallai town along the Jaffna- Kandy A-9 road.

According to the sources, infantrymen of 6 Sri Lanka Light Infantry (6SLLI), 7 Vijayaba Infantry Regiment (7 VIR), 4 Gemunu Watch (4 GW), and 8 VIR have entered the village after destroying terrorist hideouts in the area.

Earlier in the day, troops of Army 53 Division marching along the South of A-9 axis liberated the Pallai town.

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