President tells SAARC Foreign Ministers:

Financial crisis similar to terror threat

The instability caused by the global financial crisis can be considered quite similar to the threat caused by terrorism to our societies and to our region, President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the SAARC Foreign Ministers Conference in Colombo said yesterday.

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HRW spreading baseless information - Minister

Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said the Human Rights Watch among other Non Governmental Organisations are engaged in disseminating inaccurate and baseless information with regard to the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people fleeing from the uncleared areas.

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LTTE area leader killed

Battle intensifies to capture Tiger’s last stronghold:

The battle to capture Puthukudiyiruppu, the LTTE’s last stronghold has intensified. Security Forces marched into LTTE’s highly fortified defence lines amidst stiff resistance killing scores of LTTE cadres including an area leader on Thursday.

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Pakistan, India Foreign Secys meet here

Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon informed Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir that India would be responding soon to the queries raised by Pakistan in the context of the Mumbai incident.

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Ceylinco Chairman hospitalised

Ceylinco Group Chairman Lalith Kotelawala was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital yesterday afternoon for treatment after he was remanded on Thursday in connection with the alleged Golden Key Credit Card fraud.

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