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Proposal to constitute expert panel on Sri Lanka:
Govt objects to UN meddling
Cabinet Spokesman, Export Development and
International Trade Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said yesterday the
Government deplores the attempt to meddle in the internal affairs of
the country by UN Secretary General Ban K. Moon at a time pro-LTTE
groups and lobbies in the West are working against the country.
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President to participate in rallies from next week
A series of rallies led by President Mahinda
Rajapaksa will take place islandwide from next week. Two rallies
each will be held with the President’s participation in Colombo and
Kurunegala, with one rally in all other districts.
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President directs officials:
Protect Buddhist scripts from distortion
President Mahinda Rajapaksa instructed officials
to formulate a formal procedure to stop the presentation of
erroneous information and distortion of material creeping into
various Buddhist scripts.
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Contraband fags to go up in smoke
Customs officials yesterday handed over a
consignment of 4.2 million cigarettes seized in February to Ceylon
Tobacco Company to be destroyed at the Puttalam cement factory.
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