Chief Opposition Whip John Amaratunga celebrated his 70th Birthday amidst a gathering of family, friends and well-wishers. The event was attended by many leading personalities in the country. <a href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-339" style="margin: 5px;" title="John Amaratunga celegrates 17th Birthday" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/1-300x200.jpg" alt="" height="200"></a> <a href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-333 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="John Amaratunga and his wife, Hyacinth" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/2-200x300.jpg" alt="John Amaratunga and his wife, Hyacinth" height="200"></a> <a title="With Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe and Defence Secretary " href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/4.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-335 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="With Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe and Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/4-300x200.jpg" alt="With Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe and Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa" width="300" height="200"></a> <a title="John Amaratunga with Manik and Louise Pereir" href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/5.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-330 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="John Amaratunga with Manik and Louise Pereira" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/5-300x200.jpg" alt="John Amaratunga with Manik and Louise Pereira" height="200"></a> <a href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/6.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-322 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="Celebrations before cutting of the cake" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/6-300x200.jpg" alt="Celebrations before cutting of the cake" width="300" height="200"></a> <a title="WIth Rienzie Wijethilake and Harry Jayawardena" href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/7.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-329 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="WIth Rienzie Wijethilake and Harry Jayawardena " src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/7-300x200.jpg" alt="WIth Rienzie Wijethilake and Harry Jayawardena" height="200"></a> <a title="Sunimal Fernando and Lalin Fernando" href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/8.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-326 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="Sunimal Fernando and Lalin Fernando" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/8-300x200.jpg" alt="Sunimal Fernando and Lalin Fernando" height="200"></a> <a title="John Amaratunga with G L Peiris" href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/9.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-328 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="John Amaratunga with G L Peiris" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/9-300x200.jpg" alt="John Amaratunga with G L Peiris" height="200"></a> <a title="Darshi, Ann and Dinesha" href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/10.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-336 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="Darshi, Ann and Dinesha" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/10-300x200.jpg" alt="Darshi, Ann and Dinesha" height="200"></a> <a title="Lucille, Honorine and Manik" href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/11.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-338 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="Lucille, Honorine and Manik" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/11-300x251.jpg" alt="Lucille, Honorine and Manik" height="200"></a> <a title="Anoushka, Venetia and Hyacinth" href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/12.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-324 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="Anoushka, Venetia and Hyacinth" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/12-300x200.jpg" alt="Anoushka, Venetia and Hyacinth" height="200"></a> <a title="Cathy, Tehani, Amarsha, Rukshika and Nishi" href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/13.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-337 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="Cathy, Tehani, Amarsha, Rukshika and Nishi" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/13-200x300.jpg" alt="Cathy, Tehani, Amarsha, Rukshika and Nishi" height="200"></a> <a title="Dinesh Weerakkody, Mihira de Alwis and Haren Fernando" href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/14.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-332 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="Dinesh Weerakkody, Mihira de Alwis and Haren Fernando" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/14-300x200.jpg" alt="Dinesh Weerakkody, Mihira de Alwis and Haren Fernando" height="200"></a> <a title="Entertainment for the evening" href="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/16.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-334 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="Entertainment for the evening" src="http://explore.lk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/16-300x200.jpg" alt="Entertainment for the evening" height="200"></a>
