Sri Lankan director Lester James Peries being awarded the Fellini gold medal by UNESCO general director Koichiro Matsuura at the Eden Roc hotel in Antibes, near Cannes on Saturday. AFP  (See story)

PA provincial Minister shot dead

by Sarath Malalasekera

People's Alliance Southern Provincial, Fisheries, Agriculture, Labour, Commerce and Minor Irrigation Minister M. D. Ranjith alias Chandi Malli of Beliatta was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the High Security Zone, York Street, Colombo yesterday morning.
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Erik Solheim, the Norwegian Special Envoy to Sri Lanka arrived in Colombo yesterday to revive the stalled peace talks.
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