A peace cavalcade bearing a statue of Our Lady of Madhu on a floral float began its journey yesterday to the jungle shrine in the Wanni to arrive on time for the Annual Feast on August 15. The pilgrimage took off amidst a large gathering of devotees outside the Church of St. Fatima at Deans Road yesterday morning. People of all faiths joined in the pilgrimage symbolising hopes of lasting peace in the country. The statue blessed by Pope John Paul the second will be taken along the route from Wattala, Kandana, Ja-ela, Negombo along the country’s Roman Catholic belt.

Yet another road tragedy

Girl knocked down and dragged for two kilometres

by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi and Deepal Samarasekera

Another tragic episode was added to the grim tale of the current spate of road fatalities when a young girl who came for a job interview in the Eheliyagoda town was knocked down by a Pajero which then sped away dragging the victim under it a fair distance.
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PM arrives in China today

Rashomi Silva reporting from China

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will arrive in Xiamen today. He is expected to visit the Amosonic Electronic Company Limited, the giant electronic company in China.
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Kuwait blacklists 26 Lankan job agencies

by Ananda Kannangara

Kuwait on Friday blacklisted the membership of 26 Sri Lankan foreign employment agencies for sending Lankan workers to their country through fraudulent means.
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SLTB delegation for Investor Forum leaves for China

A 15 member tourism trade delegation headed by Sri Lanka Tourist Board (SLTB) Chairman Paddy Withana will leave for China today as part of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's team for the Investors Forum in Beijing.
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• SC orders Rs. 800,000 compensation for widow of ex-soldier tortured by police

• Super Highway to Matara by 2008

• SC orders admittance of students to medical faculty on Z-score

• Five Bindunuwewa witnesses charged for Contempt of Court

• Murder accused sentenced to 9 years RI

• Writ applications against Commissioner General of Excise settled

• Randoli Perahera attracts large crowds

• NHDA faced with challenge to provide 650,000 new houses - NHDA Chairman

• Regaining Sri Lanka national agricultural exhibition in Akmeemana

• SLBFE directed to process application for renewal of "Acura" licence

• SAARC surgical care conference- a pooling of expertise in the region - Prof. Aluwihare

• Project to popularise traditional handicraft among tourists

• Citizenship rights proposal praised by N-Eliya MC

• News in brief

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