Strengthen Govt to defeat terror, achieve peace
Foreign Minister's clarion call to global
community
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday
urged the international community to further strengthen the hand of
the Government which is fully committed to a negotiated settlement
within the contours of democracy, human rights and pluralism.
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Govt assures speedy action on Vakarai
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
yesterday vouched that the Government will never allow its people in
the North and East or anywhere else to starve to death, responding
to a motion raised by TNA Parliamentarian R. Sampanthan.
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UNP plans Special Convention
The United National Party will hold its Special
Convention within 100 days to discuss grassroots ideas and bring
unity to the party, UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said.
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Crisis and history
THE chorus of critics of Government policy on the
A-9 needs reminding that in the effort to preserve a united country,
Abraham Lincoln, that most enlightened of democratic leaders,
permitted General Sherman's March Through Georgia, with its scorched
earth tactics intended to starve the secessionist enemy of supplies.
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