'Building bridges across cultural barriers'

Oh! Would some power give us the gift to see ourselves, as others see us:

JUDGE Christopher Gregory Weeramantry received the much coveted 2006 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in recognition of his ongoing commitment and concrete work in support of the concept and culture of peace throughout his long and fruitful career. On September 21, International Day of Peace, UNESCO Director-General Ko‹chiro Matsuura presented the Prize.

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Defence Column

LTTE's provocative acts and Government's right to defend national security

As the dates for the Peace Talks were fixed for October 28 and 29 in Geneva with the agreement of the Government and the LTTE with Norwegian facilitators, the Tigers in line with their usual pattern has intensified its tactics to turn the situation in their favour.

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On my watch

UNP's mandate and coalition politics

With the invitation extended by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the UNP to join the Cabinet of Ministers at Thursday's meeting between the SLFP and UNP that finalized the agreement on national consensus between the two parties, the die has been cast on the cooperation between these two main parties in Sri Lankan politics.

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