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Post-war
resettlement, rehabilitation and
reconstruction:
LOUD APPLAUSE FROM US REP
* Not
an easy task to rebuild country
devastated by war
* Country has achieved tremendous
growth
A member of the
US House of Representatives, member
of the House of Foreign Affairs and
member of the Sub Committee on Asia
and the Pacific Rep Fa’aua’a Hunkin
Faleomavaega, Jr. (D-American Samoa)
commended the Sri Lankan government
for the significant progress it has
made in resettlement, rehabilitation
and reconstruction process. “It is
not an easy task to rebuild a
country devastated by 30 years of
war,”
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President Rajapaksa sends
message of good wishes to Pope
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa sent a message
expressing his gratitude and good
wishes to Pope Benedict XVI,
following the announcement of the
Pope’s resignation, states a release
from the Office of the Presidential
Spokesman and International Media
Adviser. “I join the prayers of the
Catholics of Sri Lanka and the good
wishes of all other people of our
country,
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UNHRC sessions in
Geneva:
Mahinda Samarasinghe leads SL
delegation
Plantation
Industries Minister Mahinda
Samarasinghe will head the
delegation for United Nations Human
Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva
this March. He is due to address the
UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on
February 27 at 11.50 am (4.30 pm Sri
Lankan time). Presidential spokesman
Mohan Samaranayaka yesterday said,
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Baseless reporting on Kudankulam
Reports in a
section of the media on leaks having
developed in critical equipment of
the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
has raised completely unwarranted
fears of dangers of radiation leaks,
states an Indian High Commission
press release. The release: “These
reports are totally baseless. There
has been no radiation leak at the
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant.
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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. 
