UN Under
Secretary-General tells President:
Lanka has better story
Sri Lanka has a better story than is getting out to the
world on matters of concern to the United Nations such as IDPs,
human rights and post conflict development was the view of United
Nations Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe
following his meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday.
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President questions unfair expectations of big countries
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that
some powerful countries expect small countries to do what they
themselves cannot do. The powerful countries grill prominent figures
on their entry to such countries for hours for the safety of these
countries while demanding us to take out the people in welfare camps
and resettle them in their original places soon, he said.
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Death threat only a piece of paper
A four line note:
The Defence Ministry says that Dr. Paikiasothy
Saravanamuttu’s alleged death threat is limited to an anonymous four
line typed note. However, on President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s request
the Defence Secretary instructed the CID to investigate into this
matter with immediate effect.
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PTGTE new LTTE front
The US based LTTE leader has announced that the
LTTE proposed Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam
will function as an organization of the Tamil Diaspora. In the
United States, UK and Canada where there are large communities of
Sri Lankan Tamils and where the LTTE is banned as a terrorist
organization
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Heroes welcome for President
The people and the Maha Sangha of the North
Western Province arrived in their thousands to the Panduwasnuwara
Rajamaha Viharaya yesterday to felicitate President Mahinda
Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and other leaders
in the defence heirachy
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Rs 2,050 m to develop Northern fisheries industry
The Government under the Uthuru Vasantaya
program will spend Rs.2,050 million to rebuild the fisheries
industry in the North which was severely affected due to terrorism.
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