Blair interrupts holiday to meet President Rajapaksa

The entire discussion was conducted in a very warm manner - Dr. Palitha Kohona

President Mahinda Rajapaksa met British Prime Minister Tony Blair at his country residence Chequers yesterday. Chequers has been historically occupied by British Prime Ministers as their holiday residence.

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Henricsson's parting gift

Major General (Retd) Ulf Henricsson's parting gift to the LTTE on the eve of his departure from Sri Lanka is a demonstrably false report, which he necessarily knew to be false, that the Security Forces murdered the 17 Aid Workers of the French NGO named Action Against Hunger (ACF).

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Security Forces housing rent deduction stopped

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a special directive given to the Finance Ministry ordered the immediate cancellation of deduction of housing rent from the salaries of all Security Forces personnel, Director General of the Media Centre for National Security Lakshman Hulugalle said.

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The ornamental fish breeding industry-a large scale foreign exchange earner hitherto restricted to urban areas has now proliferated to the countryside as well. Here an ornamental fish breeder in Attanakadavala, Polonnaruwa providing food to his charges which is one of his daily routines. Picture by Sumanachandra Ariyawansa

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