Saddam Hussein sentenced to hang
A visibly shaken Saddam Hussein was found guilty
of crimes against humanity and sentenced to hang yesterday at a
lightning session of the US-backed court trying him in Baghdad.
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President visits ailing friend's abode
PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapaksa who visited
Baddegama to pay his last respects to Punyawathie Gunasinghe, mother
of Minister Amarasiri Dodangoda, was informed by some associates
present about an old Muslim friend of the President, Al Haj Mubarak
who was ailing.
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Government welcomes constructive criticism - President
PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapaksa who attended a
ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the construction of a new
dagoba at the Keppetiyawa Sri Punyawardenarama Raja Maha Viharaya,
Weeraketiya yesterday said that his Government was prepared to take
constructive criticism with good spirit.
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Food distribution bottleneck eases in North
As the Indian Government is actively working on
the modalities to provide relief assistance to the Jaffna peninsula
following the Sri Lanka Government's request the 'bottleneck'
situation in the north for the past three months has now greatly
eased with regard to the distribution of food and other essential
commodities.
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