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Core political issues addressed at peace talks by Rodney Martinesz in Hakone, Japan Ground breaking talks on the core political issues commenced yesterday
when the Govt and LTTE took up the fiscal aspect of power sharing during
the morning sessions on the 3rd day of the 6th round of peace talks in
this mountain enclave, 89 kms West of Tokyo. U.S. launches Iraq war, misses defiant Saddam BAGHDAD, Thursday (Reuters)-U.S. President George W. Bush unleashed a
war on Iraq on Thursday with dawn air raids to kill Saddam Hussein, but he
survived and spat defiance at America. Lanka hopes for quick end to conflict Sri Lanka said it was greatly disturbed by the outbreak of conflict in
the Middle East and urged a quick end to the crisis based on the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq and the safety, security and
welfare of its people, in a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs last evening. PA calls Bush, Blair war criminals The People's Alliance yesterday said US President George W. Bush and
British Prime Minister Tony Blair were "war criminals" after the
launch of military strikes on Iraq. Sufficient food stocks for three months - Ravi by Jayantha Sri Nissanka and Bharatha Malawaraarachchi The Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Ravi
Karunanayake yesterday assured Parliament that sufficient food stocks are
available in the country for the next three months. Other Stories
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