President tells at Ranbima land distribution
ceremony:
I won’t mortgage Motherland
President Mahinda Rajapaksa promised the nation
that he will not allow anyone to mortgage the Motherland or auction
it under any circumstances.Addressing the gathering at the handing
over of land deeds ceremony Ranbima at Temple Trees yesterday,
President Rajapaksa said promises given under the Mahinda Chintana
were being achieved one by one uninterrupted.
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Sri Lanka seeks higher Haj quota
Petroleum Resources Minister A.H.M. Fowzie
arrived in Jeddah yesterday to seek an increased Haj quota from the
Saudi government for the forthcoming pilgrimage season. Fowzie told
the Daily News that he came on a special mission to meet Haj
Minister Dr. Fouad Al-Farsy, to seek a quota of 6,000 pilgrims from
the island.
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Lankan diaspora warns:
LTTE propaganda machine worming into Aussie Parliament
The Sri Lankan diaspora in Australia warned the
shrewed LTTE propaganda machine was worming its way into the
Australian Parliament through local sympathisers to distort the
country’s image and push for a human rights case against the Lankan
Government.
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New beginning in Lanka, says Indian Minister
There is a new beginning in Sri Lanka, said
Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna.Addressing the UN
General Assembly on Saturday, Krishna said India has asked the world
community to urgently help bring to justice the perpetrators of the
26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, saying it is their collective
responsibility and duty to fight the “malignant menace” of
terrorism.
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