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President urges public to back Mahinda
 

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday appealed to the public not to be misled by attempts by the UNP to portray that differences existed between herself and her Prime Minister and instead urged them to rally behind Mahinda Rajapakse to ensure his victory in order to carry forward the development programmes initiated under her leadership.

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Sri Lanka, Pakistan discuss : Aerial support for quake hit Pakistan
 

Sri Lankan and Pakistani Governments are having talks in exploring ways and means of providing aerial support of the Sri Lankan Air Force to areas devastated by the recent earthquake in Pakistan.

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The Indian Trade Fair 2005 commenced yesterday at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Center. Here some Muslim women do their shopping at the fair before the Ramazan festival. Picture by Wimal Karunatileke

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Tourist arrivals increase by 8% upto September
 

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka increased by 8 per cent after the end of the third quarter, a Sri Lanka Tourist Board official said. The total tourist arrivals up to September 2005 were 405,585, which is an increase of 8 per cent. There were 375,630 arrivals up to 2004 September.

 

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India will be real testing ground - Atapattu
 

Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu said that the tour of India will assess how good his team was outside his own country. "We haven't been really tested for a long period of time and we haven't played seven one-dayers for a long time," said Atapattu whose side leaves for Bombay today.

  

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(Top) President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in conversation with Premier Mahinda Rajapakse at the felicitation accorded to her in lieu of her service to the nation. Ministers Pavithra Wanniarachchi and Nimal Siripala de Silva are also in the picture. (Bottom)A section of the large crowed.
Pic by Sudath Malaweera

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