President promotes sound ties
with int’l community
Several new
bilateral ties set up:
President Mahinda
Rajapaksa and his delegation which
attended the 22nd CHOGM in Perth
returned to the island yesterday
morning, after successfully
completing their Australian tour.
The President and his delegation to
the CHOGM made use of the
opportunity to create a good
understanding about Sri Lanka among
the international community and set
up several new bilateral relations,
said a communique issued by the
President’s Media Division.
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Minister
Samarasinghe tells UN:
‘Do not consider TNA as sole rep
of Tamil public’
Sri Lanka’s
Special Envoy on Human Rights,
Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe has
asked United Nations Under Secretary
for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe
and UN Secretary General’s Chief of
Staff Vijay Nambiar, not to consider
the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) as
the sole representative of Tamils in
Sri Lanka.
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Scientists make human blood
protein from rice
Scientists at a
Chinese university said Monday they
can use rice to make albumin, a
protein found in human blood that is
often used for treating burns,
traumatic shock and liver disease.
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The Ministering Angel of Delft
Delft, the
largest inhabited island off Jaffna
peninsula, with a population of
little over 6,000 has only a single
doctor. She is Dr. N Maheshwari, 64,
who has been serving the people of
Delft for one and a half years, with
dedication amidst numerous
difficulties.
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