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Notable absentees were Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, the Chairman Lal Wickremetunge and the chief guest Mahinda Rajapaksa .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sajithe Premadasa sang songs to the tunes of a western band. New owner <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Asanga+Seneviratne&amp;x=6&amp;y=4\">Asanga Seneviratne<\/a><\/span> had got the services of a reporter from another newspaper to criticise the previous editor\u00a0Frederica Jansz on the mike and followed by an intro of the new editor sakuntala Perera someone or the other. A presentation showed highlighted that &#8220;some incident happened\u201d in 2009. They couldn\u2019t even mention late Editor Lasantha Wickremetunge&#8217;s name. 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