Challenges impeding progress overcome - President

The Government has succeeded in surmounting all barriers and obstacles originating in Parliament and outside it that could impede its forward march, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

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Govt committed to full devolution, minority rights

SCOPP Chief tells BBC World:

The Government is committed to full devolution to assure the minorities of their political and social rights, Peace Secretariat Chief Dr. Rajiva Wijesinha told BBC World in a recent interview.

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Tamil Nadu parties should not encourage separatism in Lanka - Sangaree

The support by Tamil Nadu and its leaders to solve the ethnic problem is counter productive and will not in any way lead to finding a reasonable solution. Hence I make a strong plea that all concerned parties in Tamil Nadu should forget their differences and work unitedly towards finding a reasonable solution within a united Sri Lanka, TULF Leader V. Anandasangaree said in a statement issued yesterday.

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