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08-27-2005, 06:04 PM
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/new_full_story.php?subcatcode=22&catname=Offbeat&newscode=1300984264
Two doves freed at the launch of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's presidential election campaign Friday were killed instantly when they flew into a ceiling fan, police said.
The two birds were freed as a sign of peace shortly before the Premier arrived at a public stadium in the southern town of Matara, 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of here, police said.
"One bird fell in front of the stage while the other dropped dead behind the dignitaries," a police official in Matara said when contacted by telephone.
Two doves freed at the launch of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's presidential election campaign Friday were killed instantly when they flew into a ceiling fan, police said.
The two birds were freed as a sign of peace shortly before the Premier arrived at a public stadium in the southern town of Matara, 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of here, police said.
"One bird fell in front of the stage while the other dropped dead behind the dignitaries," a police official in Matara said when contacted by telephone.