Indians examine the debris of classrooms after the fire at the Sri Krishna Girls Higher Secondary School in Kumbakkonam, 320 kilometres southwest of the southern Indian city of Madras yesterday Reuters

Nearly 80 children dead in Indian school blaze

NEW DELHI, Friday (AFP, Reuters)

Nearly 80 children were burnt to death yesterday in a fire that tore through a primary school in India's southern Tamil Nadu state, officials said. "Seventy-seven bodies have been recovered," senior police official S. Natarajani said from the temple-studded pilgrimage town of Kumbakonam where the blaze broke out at around 11 am).
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Anura to discuss re-opening of Thulhiriya, Mattegama mills with China

Industry, Tourism and Investment Promotion Minister Anura Bandaranaike will leave for China next week to discuss the recommencement of Thulhiriya and Mattegama textile mills as joint ventures with the Chinese Government.
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NIC officials allegedly involved:

CID probes massive NIC racket

by Sarath Malalasekera

The forging of National Identity Cards (NICs) is a serious threat to national security, top CID officials said yesterday. The CID team probing the Kollupitiya suicide bomb blast had unearthed evidence pointing to the involvement of Department of Registration of Persons employees in this racket.
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Dhanapala visits Batticaloa

The Director General of Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) Jayantha Dhanapala yesterday visited Batticaloa to observe the situation. According to reports from Batticaloa the Head of the Peace Secretariat met the Security Forces, Police and the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission in Batticaloa.
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