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At stumps Day 3, India 140/3 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 520/8 declared in 1st Test in Galle. Murali 1 wicket, takes his total to 793-JNW

US Assistant Secy of State Robert O’ Blake arrives in Sri Lanka and will meet Foreign Minister tomorrow- Foreign Ministry Official-JNW

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Sluice gates of Kotmale reservoir will be open today for 2 hours as water level rises. Public asked to be watchful-Kandy District Secy-JNW

2nd day’s play in 1st Test match between Sri Lanka vs India called off due to bad weather in Galle, without play today-JNW

Health Ministry identifies over 65 MOH areas as dengue risk zones islandwide; so far 158 deaths & 21,026 patients this year-Ministry-JNW

UNP executive committee to meet today to discuss party constitution, method of appointing leadership-UNP official-JNW

First day ends early with bad weather in 1st test match in Galle, SL 256/2 against India. Paranavithana not out 110, Sangakkara 103-JNW

Sri Lanka wins toss, elects to bat first in Muralitharan’s final test match; 1st Test vs India in Galle. He is aiming for 800 wickets-JNW

CR & FC reaches semi finals of Clifford Cup Rugby knock out tournament beating CH & FC 32-13 at Longdon Place-reporter-JNW

The United Nations country head, who was recalled by the UN secy gen, will return to his post in Colombo-report-JNW

SL President’s XI outplays India in 3-day warm-up match which is drawn; SL 514/9d & 260/6 with 4 centurians; Ind 291, Mendis 6-67-JNW

Govt is prepared to talk to JVP and any other party for talks on constitutional reforms, says Min Dallas Alahapperuma-JNW

Govt is prepared to talk to JVP and any other party for talks on constitutional reforms, says Min Dallas Alahapperuma-JNW

Dehiwala & Mt Lavinia declared a Dengue risk zone due to rise in patients. Public requested to dispose garbage properly-MC official-JNW

Civilians in welfare centres reduces to 38,127 from 297,000 a year ago; another 3,000 people to be settled by July 26-govt official-JNW

Air Force reached to the semi final beating Police 11 ( two penalties and a try) points to 6 ( two penalties) in their inter club Clifford cup rugby knock out quarter final fixture held at Longdon place on Friday-JNW

Health Ministry says will take legal action against local govt bodies which do not dispose garbage, amid 141 dengue deaths this year-JNW

Vaiko & Nedumaran arrested by Chennai police while protesting near SL Deputy High Commission office in Chennai-Sri Lanka HC official-JNW

Water cut in Fort, Orugodawatte, Grandpass, Kotahena, Bluemendal, Modara due to repairs 10am today to Thursday noon-Water Board-JNW

Former Sri Lankan fast bowler Champaka Ramanayaka has been appointed as the bowling coach for the Sri Lankan cricket team, Sri Lanka Cricket announced. Ramanayaka previously served as the bowling coach of the national team between 2001-2008 before taking up the role of the bowling coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team-JNW

President Rajapaksa inaugurates the Cabinet meeting being held in Kilinochchi, near Iranamadu tank, short while ago-reporter-JNW

Danuna Tilakaratne’s mother has been charged under Forex & Money Laundering Acts for keeping US$52,700 in bank lockers-reporter-JNW

Disaster Mgt Centre will conduct a tsunami drill at 3pm to test warning towers in 14 coastal districts; public advised not to panic-DMC-JNW

President & UNP leader R Wickremesinghe reach consensus to create an Executive Prime Minister post accountable to Parliament-Info Dept-JNW

Uruguay striker Diego Forlan was on Sunday surprisingly awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the 2010 World Cup. Atletico Madrid striker Forlan grabbed five goals at the tournament as his country finished in fourth place after losing Saturday’s third-place play-off to Germany.
Thomas Mueller was given two reasons to celebrate after the German [...]

AG informs Fort Magistrate that charges will be pressed against Gen Fonseka & his son-in-law over Hicorp military procurement-reporter-JNW

Spain won the Football World Cup for the first time, with a goal in extra time, beating Netherlands 1-0-JNW

Lankan national cricket selectors have left out veterans Sanath Jayasuriya and Chaminda Vaas as they approved national player contracts for twenty players for the next year.
Following are the players contracted for the next year by SLC- Category one- Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Mahela Jayawardana, Thillekaratne Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera; Category Two- Nuwan Kulasekera; Category Three-Angelo Mathews; [...]

A century from skipper Chamara Silva steers Sri Lanka A to a thrilling two wicket win against Australia A in the final one-day encounter,handing the visitors a 2-0 series .  Australia A 5 for 246 in 40 overs (Voges 81, Birt 52, Udana 3-67)
Sri Lanka A 8 for 247 in 39.1 overs (Silva 104*, Doherty [...]

Germany showed their legendary resilience on Saturday when they came from behind to beat Uruguay 3-2 in a thrilling third-place World Cup playoff. Having led early on, the Germans fell 2-1 behind early in the second half but equalised soon after and Sami Khedira headed the winner eight minutes from time-JNW

President meets Min Weerawansa outside the UN office and gives him a glass of water; he is taken away in an ambulance-reporter-JNW

Min Weerawansa, not taking water or food on his third day of fasting, says will continue until UN removes panel of experts-reporter-JNW

UN Secy General says he calls again on govt to take urgent action to normalize conditions around UN offices to ensure their vital work-JNW

Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been included in the 16-member squad for the three-test series against India starting at Galle on July 18.  Malinga made his last test appearance in December 2007 against England. He was out of action for nine months with a knee injury. He returned to international cricket in February [...]

Budget 2010 passed in Parliament, 139 for & 71 against. UNP, TNA, DNA voted against. UNP MP Abdul Cader voted in favour-reporter-JNW

Wesley College  beat Kingswood College, Kandy  22 (three tries and a goal) to 17 (two tries and a goal) during extra time in the Under 20 Milo trophy inter-schools knockout rugby tournament quarter final fixture held at the Royal Sports Complex ground in Reid Avenue on Friday-JNW

President refuses to accept Min W Weerawansa’s resignation letter, says NFF MP-JNW

Royal College defeated Trinity 23-13 in other quarter final of the same tournament and they will meet Wesley College in the semi finals is scheduled to be played at on July 15 at Longdon Place. Other semi final St. Peters will scrum down with Isipathana on same day-JNW

Min Wimal Weerawansa has resigned from his ministerial portfolio in a letter to the President-party official-JNW

UN Secy Gen is recalling the main representative in Sri Lanka and will close the UNDP regional centre, amid protests held-UN-JNW

Odel’s Rs250.5 million public share offer draws Rs16 billion worth of applications, a record 64 times over-subscription-report-JNW

Min Weerawansa says he has begun a fast-unto-death in front of UN head office which won’t cease until UN removes expert panel-reporter-JNW

Spain enters Football World Cup finals for first time after beating Germany 1-0 last night; will play Netherlands in July 11 finals-JNW

Playmaker Wesley Sneijder inspired Netherlands to a 3-2 win over Uruguay on Tuesday that sent them back to the World Cup final after a 32-year wait. Sneijder, scorer of both goals in the 2-1 quarter-final win over Brazil, was on target in the 70th minute to put the Dutch 2-1 ahead before Arjen Robben got [...]

Netherlands beat Uruguay in 1st semi final to qualify for FIFA World Cup final. Germany to play Spain in 2nd semi final tonight-JNW

Min Wimal Weerawansa says UN panel undermines Sri Lanka’s polity, fight against terrorism and efforts of War Heroes, during protest-reporter-JNW

ஐ.நா நிபுணர்கள் குழு அமைக்கப்பட்டதை எதிர்த்து சுமார் 1000பேர் ஐ.நா அலுவலகத்திற்கருகில் பெளத்தலோக மாவத்தையில் எதிர்ப்பு ஆர்ப்பாட்டம்.
 

Around 1,000 protesters are now near UN office on Bauddhaloka Mawatha to protest against UN panel of experts-reporter-JNW

UNHCR in guidelines says broader refugee criteria no longer valid for asylum seekers from north due to improved security situation-JNW

UNHCR ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSING
THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION NEEDS OF
ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM SRI LANKA
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
5 July 2010
HRC/EG/SLK/10/03
NOTE
UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines are issued by the Office to assist decision-makers, including UNHCR staff,
Governments and private practitioners, in assessing the international protection needs of asylum-seekers.
They are legal interpretations of the refugee criteria in respect of specific [...]

All-rounder Thisara Perera grabbed five wickets to help Sri Lanka A beat Australia A by five wickets in their first of three one-dayers. Australia A 197 for 9 (Travis Birt 54; Thisara Perera 5 for 37). Sri Lanka A 198 for 5 (Jeevan Mendis 81 not out)-JNW

Kandy Sports Club clinched the “A’ division inter club rugby League title for the tenth successive year. But they lost CR and FC 16 (1 Goal, 3 Penalties) to 14 (1 Try, 3 Penalties) in the return match and last match of the League on Saturday. CR finished to the tournament second and Navy finished [...]

EU says GSP preferential access is withdrawn as Govt doesn’t make written commitment on human rights; door open for talks- EU-JNW

Odel Ltd informs stock exchange that initial public offering of 16.7 mil shares at Rs15 each is oversubcribed, will close at 4.30pm-JNW

Supreme Court fixes hearing petition filed by Gen Fonseka challenging Presidential election for Sept 13, before a 5-judge bench-lawyer-JNW

All police personnel of Mattakkuliya police station transferred over an incident in area last night-police spokesman-JNW

Germany records convincing win against Argentina 4-0 to enter Football World Cup semi finals-JNW

Second reading of budget 2010 passed in Parliament with a majority of 63 votes. 138 votes for and 75 against-reporter-JNW

Netherlands registers shock win in FIFA World Cup and reaches semi final beating Brazil 2-1-JNW

Ten-man Brazil crashed out of the World Cup on Friday as Holland came from behind to win 2-1 in the quarter-finals. Robinho had put the five-time champions ahead but a Felipe Melo own goal and a Wesley Sneijder header gave the Dutch victory-JNW