President urges international community at UN General Assembly:

Impose tough sanctions on terrorist groups

IN a clarion call to the international community, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on Saturday reiterated that Nations of the world should impose tough sanctions on terrorist groups such as the LTTE which continue to engage in violence.

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Prevent LTTE from disrupting poll, President tells Norway

PRESIDENT Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has expressed her commitment to a free and fair Presidential Election and the need for the international community to exert pressure on the LTTE to desist from violent activities that may have a disruptive effect on the elections in Sri Lanka.

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Anura signs International Convention for Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism Acts

FOREIGN Minister Anura Bandaranaike signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism on September 14 at a treaty event at the United Nations in New York. Bandaranaike addressing the media said Sri Lanka has been closely involved in the process of negotiating international conventions in combating terrorism beginning in 1996,

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