No firing by SL Navy

Tamil Nadu’s top Navy Officer says:

Commodore P E Van Halteren, the top Naval Officer in Tamil Nadu yesterday categorically denied allegations that the Sri Lankan Navy was straying into Indian waters and firing at Indian fishermen.

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LTTE bid to regain Vavunikulam foiled

55 Tigers including two senior leaders killed in fighting:

The Army yesterday recovered the bodies of 29 LTTE cadres including those of two senior leaders from Vavunikulam. The bodies were found after the troops successfully repulsed a LTTE counter-attack on Vavunikulam tank bund south of Mallavi, which the troops captured earlier.

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New phone laws to protect consumers’ rights - PM

Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka yesterday stated in Parliament that the rights of the public will be protected by issuing licences/certificates of ownership of fixed line telephones.

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Tigers should disarm before talks -EU

The LTTE should disarm and come to the negotiations table for a peaceful solution as terrorism has no place or legacy anywhere in the world, the visiting European Parliament delegation leader Robert Evans said.

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CSE sets twin records

The Colombo Stock Exchange’s net foreign inflow of Rs 11,254 million was more than double that of the previous year, its Chairman Nihal Fonseka revealed in the 2007 Annual report.

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