Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is welcomed by his Japanese counterpart Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo yesterday. Reuters

Third round ends on positive note : Parties agree to final solution within united Lanka

By Arjuna Ranawana in Oslo

The Third round of peace talks between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended yesterday with the dramatic announcement that the sides were agreed to seek a federal solution within a united Sri Lanka to the country's long standing national question.
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Govt will be delighted to face polls - Prof. Peiris

"We would be delighted" to face an election, the Government's Chief Negotiator at the Peace Talks in Oslo Prof G L Peiris told reporters yesterday.
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War ruined hopes for economic development - PM

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday told a business forum in Japan that the devastation caused by twenty years of war in Sri Lanka had left the country far behind its South-East Asian neighbours.
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Pray for peace this Ramazan - PM

"I am happy to send this message of greetings to the Muslims of Sri Lanka who are celebrating Eid-Ul-Fitr, after faithfully observing the fast during the month of Ramazan, states Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in a Ramazan Festival message issued yesterday.
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Ramazan symbolises determination to lead noble life - President

The Ramazan fast which marks a new beginning in the lives of the followers of Islam also symbolises the determination of the Muslim Community to lead their lives according to the noble principles of Islam states President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in a Ramazan Festival message issued yesterday.
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Murder of campus student : four more undergrads taken in

by Sarath Malalasekera

Four more undergraduates taken into custody in connection with the killing of third year Management Undergraduate Samantha Vithana were yesterday produced before an identification parade held by the Colombo Additional Magistrate Ajith Masinghe.
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Other Stories

• Japanese journalists have breakfast with PM

• PM meets Japanese Opposition Leader

• Ramazan messages

• PM explains objectives of "Regaining Sri Lanka" program

• Apology to Mr. Malik Samarawickrama

• Final bids received for SLIC

• Japan to sponsor int'l conference to support Lanka - Japanese PM

• Sathosa to sell coconuts at Rs. 14.95

• Highranking German Foreign Office official visitor due

• Moragoda meets Indian External Affairs Minister

• Free, open competitive bidding procedure

• Awards for artistes

• 'Sudden fight' factor gets murder accused 15 years' RI

• Murder case: indictments served on five

• Top security firm's 10th AGM

• SC dismisses application for leave to appeal

• Unlawful assembly case: indictment served on 13 accused

• Feasibility study to divert Nilwala Ganga completed - Minister Kularatna

• Fragmentation of coconut lands discussed in PS

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