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FROM JAPAN WITH LOVE

Japanese musician, Naoyuki Manabe plays a traditional Japanese musical instrument Sho during the Sounds of Traditional Japan - Today concert at the Elphinstone Theatre on Tuesday. Sho is made up of a group of 17 slender bamboo pipes with reeds gathered together in one bundle. It makes a sound like an organ, it always plays chords and makes the same sound whether you exhale or inhale. The Embassy of Japan and the Japan Foundation jointly organised the concert Sounds of Traditional Japan - Today to promote cultural exchange between Japan and Sri Lanka. This concert is a part of a tour starting in Nepal, Bangladesh and Calcutta before in Sri Lanka. AFP

MEETING

President Mahinda Rajapaksa with Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram who called on him at Temple Trees, Colombo yesterday. Indian High Commissioner Nirupama Rao was also present.
Picture by Chaminda Hittatiyage

Prevent LTTE arms build-up for peace success

Govt reiterates commitment for talks

The Government yesterday urged the international community to implement a practical mechanism to prevent the illegal procurement of arms by the LTTE as an essential element to ensure a successful progression towards a political settlement.

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Govt team to meet Norwegian envoy

In a move to straighten things out after the Tuesday's arbitrary statement on peace talks by Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim in Brussels, Government Chief Peace Negotiator Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva and Foreign Secretary S. Palihakkara will meet Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar in Colombo today.

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Indian Finance Minister optimistic on peace talks

Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram expressed his optimism on the resumption of peace talks and the re-settlement of Tamil refugees fleeing to Tamil Nadu.

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Britain urges Govt, LTTE to resume talks

British High Commissioner Dominick Chilcott yesterday called upon the Government and the LTTE to seize the present opportunity to resume negotiations towards finding a lasting political solution to the ethnic conflict.

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Inauguration

President Mahinda Rajapakse, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremenayaka, the Commonwealth Secretary General Don Mckinon and other distinuished guests at the inauguration of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ meeting at Cinnamon Grand Hotel Colombo.
picture by Sumanachandra Ariyawansa

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