Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 4 Num 296 Mon. March 29, 2004       International Lanka on alert as polls violence escalates Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Athuraliya Ratana speaks out against "cultural pollution" at an election rally of his nationalist National Heritage Party (NHP) at the industrial town of Horana on Friday. The monks who are fielding an all-clergy list of candidates to contest April 2 parliamentary elections vow to take vulgar movies off national television if their party is made king-makers. PHOTO: AFP