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President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the chief guest at the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa. Here the President being escorted to the college hall by the college authorities. Also in the picture are the Bishop of Chilaw Rt. Rev. Dr. Valance Mendis, Ministers Milroy Fernando, Susil Premajayanth, Neomal Perera, Dayashritha Tissera and Principal Rev Fr. Sylvester Jayakody. Picture by Sudath Silva

The group of visiting Tamil Nadu parliamentarians called on President Mahiinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday. Here the parliamentarians Kanimozi, daughter of DMK leader M.Karunanidhi, A.K.S.Viyayan, T.K.S.Elangovan, Helen Davidson, S.Nachiappa, N.V.S.Chithan and K.S.Azhagiri in conversation with the President. Picture by Sudath Silva

Paris racket bared:

Tigers on trial

Twenty-two cadres of the suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) went on trial Monday for running an extortion racket among Paris’s ethnic Tamil diaspora. The defendants include Nadaraja Matinthiran, the alleged leader in France of the LTTE, which is accused of extorting some five million euros (US $ 7.4 million) from the country’s 75,000 Tamils.

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Govt can win any election any time- Media Minister

The Government is strong to go for a national election anytime now, said Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena addressing a press conference held at the Mass Media and Information Ministry auditorium yesterday.

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SC on P. B. Jayasundara affidavit:

President free to appoint Secretary

The Supreme Court yesterday in a majority judgment declared that P.B. Jayasundara was not bound by the purported affidavit filed by him in the Supreme Court. The Court accordingly held that the appointing authority, the President in terms of the Constitution was free to consider the appointment of petitioner-respondent Jayasundara as the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and the Secretary to the Treasury.

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Business and investor partnerships between Sri Lanka, US strengthened :

Much potential for US investors in Sri Lanka

There is much potential in Sri Lanka for investors from the United States to invest in a wide range of sectors such as IT, construction, infrastructure, gem and jewellery. The Governments of Sri Lanka and the United States have taken steps to strengthen business and investor partnerships at a time when stability and peace had returned to Sri Lanka, said Assistant United States Trade Representative for South and Central Asia, Michael Delaney.

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