Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called on his Norwegian counterpart Kjell Magne Bondevik in Oslo yesterday before the Peace support conference began. After the meeting Wickremesinghe told reporters his government's aim was to ensure that the peace process would reach a point of no return next year. Bondevik said he would visit Sri Lanka shortly to add momentum to the peace process.

Peace process a beacon of hope, says PM : US urges LTTE to renounce terrorism

From Arjuna Ranawana in Oslo

The United States yesterday called on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to renounce terrorism and violence and make clear that it has abandoned its armed struggle for a separate state.
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Aid in tandem with peace process progress - Japan

Japan will develop an economic programme that aims to bring the benefits of the peace process to the entire country, senior officials told the Daily News yesterday.
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Jayawardhanapura student killing : Eight identified yesterday

by Sarath Malalasekera

Four other suspects were identified yesterday at the identification parade bringing the total number of undergraduates identified in connection with the Samantha Vithanage killing to eight.
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Hotel attack: Two suspects granted bail

Business tycoon Ravi Wettasinghe and Milinda Ekanayake, two suspects in the mob attack at the Trans Asia Hotel on November 3, who appeared on notice before the Colombo Fort Magistrate and Additional District Judge Priyantha Fernando, were granted bail yesterday.
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