GSP Plus facility:
Govt rejects Constitutional changes
KOTTE: Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka
told Parliament yesterday that the Republican character of Sri Lanka
would be changed and the sovereignty of the people affected if
Constitutional amendments were made as proposed by Opposition Leader
Ranil Wickremesinghe to retain the GSP+ facility.
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No terrorist action can be justified - Turkish President
TURKEY: Turkey does not condone acts of
terrorism on any grounds. Bilateral and Multilateral co-operation is
essential in combating this threat, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul
said proposing a toast to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a banquet
hosted in his honour at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on Tuesday
night.
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75,000 landmines removed
Over 1,700 persons have lost limbs in landmine
explosions :
COLOMBO: A total of 75,000 anti-personnel
landmines have been removed from areas affected by terrorism,
Chairman of the National Steering Committee on Humanitarian
De-mining at the Nation Building Ministry N.S. Jayasinghe said
yesterday.
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