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| Saturday, 16 February 2002 |
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Smooth sailing on A9 highway by Rodney Martinesz and Bandula Seneviratne, Vavuniya North Group Corr. The government's peace initiative marked a significant milestone yesterday with the
re-opening of the A9 Jaffna-Kandy highway, the main artery linking the Northern heartland
with the South. The event was celebrated on both sides, with the Vanni Rehabilitation
Minister Noordeen Masood making a symbolic presence at Omanthai while 250 meters beyond
the buffer zone the LTTE reportedly engaged in a ribbon cutting ceremony before
dispatching the first civilian convoy out of its territory. India, Singapore, Sri Lanka tripartite economic pact The Sri Lankan Government is taking steps to initiate a tripartite trade and economic
pact among Sri Lanka, India and Singapore shortly, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
told a group of investors and business persons in Singapore yesterday. New travelling procedure for passenger ferry by Channa Kasturisinghe The only passenger ferry operating in the North and East "MV City of Trinco"
has introduced a new ticketing procedure to facilitate people travelling between
Trincomalee and Kankasanturai. by Sarath Malalasekera The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) investigating the missing of gold
jewellery from a safe at a private bank yesterday took into custody a woman employee of
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