US Army Colonel Curtis Potts (L) commander of the 4th Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division and Iraqi Army General Mohamad Jarawi (R) commander of the Anbar Sector command, western Iraq signs the official capitulation papers during the surrender ceremony outside Ramadi, some 140 kilometers west of Baghdad 15 April 2003. Jarawi who commands about 14,000 Iraqi troops from the Syrian border area to Saudi Arabian border surrendered to US military authorities. Standing at right is Jarawi's aide Brigadier General Ahmed Sadda and at left Hassan, US Army interpreter. AFP

India for a united Sri Lanka

India yesterday said it would support a final solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict which recognises the rights of all communities.
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Norway makes first contribution to North-East Reconstruction Fund

Norway on Tuesday paid US$ 2.7 million into a newly-established trust fund designed to help people in the North East of Sri Lanka reap early and tangible benefits from the ongoing peace process.
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BAGHDAD, Wednesday (Reuters) The United States trumpeted the capture of veteran Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Abbas in Baghdad and accused Syria of harbouring a former spy chief in Iraq's ousted leadership.
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