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The government is hopeful that a fully structured joint ceasefire with
the LTTE would be in place before February 24, the date on which extended
unilateral ceasefire declared by the LTTE expires, Cabinet spokesman
Minister, Professor G.L. Peiris said yesterday. Media liberalisation in the offing A host of legislative enactments are in the pipeline aimed at
liberalising the media and providing enhanced media freedom.Cabinet
spokesman Prof. G. L. Peiris told the media yesterday that archaic
provisions of the penal code which currently bound mediamen to the
criminal defamation law would be excised.
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