http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php en-us http://isrilanka.com/images/logo.gif http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php?id=P1584 COLOMBO: National Flags fluttered proudly at Galle Face Green as the 59th anniversary of Independence dawned yesterday. The colourful National Day celebration marking Sri Lanka’s liberation from foreign domination was held at Galle Face yesterday, with President Mahinda Rajapaksa participating as the Chief Guest. http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php?id=P1582 COLOMBO: Foreign Affairs Minister Rohitha Bogollagama who was on an official visit to Germany met with Peter Altmaier, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior on Friday and briefed Altmaier on the current developments in Sri Lanka and the LTTE’s international campaign to raise funds and procure arms to continue its terrorist and violent campaign. http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php?id=P1583 TNA urged to support Govt to liberate N-E Tamils from LTTE terrorism: COLOMBO: President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday fervently appealed to the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to join hands with the Government to liberate innocent Tamils in the North and East from the bondage of LTTE terrorism. http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php?id=P1580 LONDON: Fifteen British soldiers aged under 18 have been sent to fight in Iraq since 2003, despite Britain having ratified a United Nations protocol against child soldiers, a Government Minister admitted yesterday. Britain signed up to the optional UN protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict in 2003. http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php?id=P1579 Facilities: The Ceylon Fishery Harbour Corporation (CFHC) has introduced customised credit cards for fishermen in settling their fuel bills. Chairman, CFHC, Asanga Abeygoonasekara told Daily News they have already introduced ordinary credit cards for fishermen recently and now they could purchase fuel producing credit cards at three fishery harbours. http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php?id=P1578 BPO INDUSTRY: A leading American based Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company, Waquis Inc, will set up a facility to process US housing loan transactions from Sri Lanka, sources said. http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php?id=P1576 BOXING: Laila Ali, the daughter of Muhammad Ali, knocked-out Guyana’s Gwendolyn O’Neil in the first round here on Saturday to retain her WBC super-middleweight title. It was Ali’s 24th career win, with 21 now coming via knockout, since the 29-year-old turned professional in 1999. http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php?id=P1575 CRICKET: Ricky Ponting continued his superb summer with a century to lift Australia to victory over New Zealand in their triangular series one-day international at the MCG here on Sunday. Set 291 to win, the Australians looked in deep trouble at 3-112, but man-of-the-match Ponting and Brad Hodge, who finished on 99 not out, came together and led their side in a record run-chase at the ground, winning with 10 balls to spare. In reply to New Zealand’s 290 for seven, Australia finished on... http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php?id=P1577 COMMITTEE CALL: The Ministry of Industrial Development is to request for a Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee (CAPC) for the Rs. 800 million Single Super Phosphate (SSP) project. Director of the Ministry of Industrial Development M.C.L. Rodrigo told Daily News the project received Cabinet approval recently. Now the Ministry is expecting to have a CAPC for the project. To appoint a CAPC, the Ministry needs to request it from the Cabinet. http://isrilanka.com/news/index.php?id=P1574 MOTOR RACING: The MRA Rally Championship for 2007 got off to a flying start at Pelwatte in Buttala recently with new records being established. 11 competitors took part along with Dinesh Deheragoda a name well-known in the motor racing scene in Sri Lanka who was amongst the three Mitsubishi Evolutions that took part.