AWAIT THE LANKAN GIANT –
Chinese researcher
* Emulating S’pore in shipping,
port services
* 56 percent rise in Chinese
tourists to Lanka
Sri Lanka, due to
its strategic position and lucrative
natural resources, is on track to
become a major player in South Asia,
China Institute of Contemporary
International Relations researcher
Hu Shisheng said.
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President visits China’s
Lingguang Buddhist Temple
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady
Shiranthi Rajapaksa, along with
members of the Sri Lankan
delegation, visited the Lingguang
Buddhist Temple located on the
outskirts of Beijing last afternoon.
Chief Incumbent Most Venerable Chang
Zang and fellow monks welcomed the
President, the First Lady and the
delegation, and invoked blessings.
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Maoist rebels kill 24 in central
India ambush
A heavily-armed
gang of nearly 300 Maoist rebels
killed at least 24 people in an
attack on a convoy of local Congress
party leaders and supporters in
central India, police said Sunday.
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Lake House always acted with
responsibility – Dr Herath
Lake House,
which met it’s obligations during
all decisive situations in the
country, has secured a special place
in the media field, Mass Media and
Information Ministry Secretary Dr.
Charitha Herath said. He commended
the conduct of Lake House during the
humanitarian operation as well as
other crisis situations, adding that
the Daily News, the Sunday Observer,
the Dinamina, the Silumina and the
Thinakaran acted with responsibility
at such times.
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Govt ensures right of
information to relatives of LTTE
suspects
The government
has established a mechanism to
ensure the right of information to
the relatives of LTTE suspects, said
Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative
to the UN in Geneva and Leader of
the Sri Lanka Delegation to the 23rd
session of the UN Human Rights
Council (HRC) Ravinatha Aryasinha
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. 
