Rescuers look for survivors after a bus crashed and fell off a 50-metre-high highway in Hong Kong yesterday A double-decker bus packed with schoolchildren and commuters plunged off an expressway bridge in Hong Kong killing at least 21 and injuring more than 20, a government spokeswoman said. Reports say some of the injured were as young as 10. REUTERS

Interim Administration proposals to LTTE soon - G.L.

by Manjula Fernando, Rajmi Manatunga and Sarah McAllister

The Government yesterday emphasised the need to resume negotiations with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in order to reach a consensus on the proposed provisional administrative structure.
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New Sports Bill ready by August - PM

by Jayantha Sri Nissanka, Bharatha Malawaraarachchi

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday told the Parliament that a new Sports Bill will be presented in the House aimed at improving the country's sports sector.
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LTTE should abide by SLMM rulings - Tellefsen

by Ranil Wijayapala

Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Chief Tryggve Tellefsen is to emphasise the fact that the LTTE should abide by the rulings of the SLMM when he meets LTTE Political Wing Leader S. P. Thamilselvan during his two day visit to Vanni.
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