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Fullest
cooperation to ensure regional
security:
Vietnam pledges to stand by SL
Vietnam will
always stand by Sri Lanka in the
international arena, stated
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang
during his bilateral discussion with
President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the
Presidential Secretariat yesterday.
He said Vietnam will always extend
its assistance to Sri Lanka in the
UN Assemblies, South-South
corporation, Colombo Plan and any
other international event.
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Sri Lanka-Vietnam sign eight
MoUs
Eight MoUs
between Vietnam and Sri Lanka
relating to political, finance,
industry, education, petroleum,
defence and investment promotion
sectors were signed at the
Presidential Secretariat yesterday
concurrent to the three-day official
tour in Sri Lanka by the President
of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Truong Tan Sang.
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UNESCO welcomes progress in Sri
Lanka
Director General
of UNESCO, Irina Bokova welcomed the
rapid and constructive progress made
by Sri Lanka in the field of
education and economic development.
Meeting the Minister of External
Affairs, Prof. G. L. Peiris at the
headquarters of UNESCO in Paris, the
Director General noted the
progressive changes being
incorporated,
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CID to investigate murder of
four member family
The
investigation into the killing of
four people of one family in
Panahaduwa, Udawalawa has been
handed over to the Criminal
Investigation Division, police media
spokesman SSP Maxi Proctor said. On
the advice of the Inspector General
of Police, CID officials have been
deployed to investigate into the
incident yesterday.
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Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Udeni Atukorala was arrested by Bribery Commission officials for allegedly soliciting a Rs 1.5 million bribe from the Bentara Paradeshiya Sabha chairman. It is reported that he had accepted the bribe to provide a permit to transport soil. 
