LTTE walks away despite Govt efforts to accommodate

Two days of extensive talks between the Government and the LTTE ended yesterday in Geneva, with the Government urging the LTTE to abandon its hardline stance and remain in the negotiations process to resolve the vexed North-East conflict.

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15 dead, over 60,000 families affected by rains

FIFTEEN persons have died and nearly 60,000 families have been affected by the torrential rains that lashed the country, the Disaster Management Centre said. In Colombo the water level at Nagalagam Street was 4.22 feet on Saturday.

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Biggest ever contraband 'cells' detection at BIA

A 26-year-old Sri Lankan, on his return from Singapore was nabbed with the largest haul of cellular phone contraband by Customs Revenue Task Force officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport, on Saturday night.

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Peace Thoughts

TALKS are on again in Geneva. There is hope as always. The Government delegation was upbeat when I met them on Saturday morning and they continued to be upbeat on Saturday night after the talks and also on Sunday morning before they left the hotel for talks. It was encouraging to see them like that.

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