BAGHDAD, (AFP) President Saddam Hussein promised Iraqis a swift victory in a speech to the nation yesterday, delivered a day after the US-led coalition suffered its worst losses so far in the war against his regime.
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Hikkaduwa UC Chairman shot dead

by Asanga Warnakulasuriya and Galle District special correspondent

Hikkaduwa Urban Council Chairman, Gamini Pinnaduwage (54) was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen yesterday at around 1.30 pm while he was in his office in Hikkaduwa.
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