Diff'rent Strokes?

I picked up some weekday newspapers today. Due to pressures of work and the fact that there is only a limited number newspapers that the office subscribes to; most of which end up with the big bosses, small fry like myself rarely get hold of them.

A small box on the front page of the Daily Mirror caught my attention. On searching the web, I discovered that the Island carried much the same story.

The Colombo Telegraph, an online compilation and news site carried a story that had some similarities but entirely different connotations.  

Different folk, it seems, have perceived the same thing in entirely different terms.

The BBC report is here.