Eastern elections before year end
Settlement to ethnic problem must be long lasting
and acceptable to all, says President:
Eastern Province elections will be held before
the end of the year, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. “We will
demonstrate the viability of a Tamil-Sinhala-Muslim partnership. In
any peace settlement I have to carry the Sinhala voters with me. I
cannot unilaterally impose a settlement - it has to be the outcome
of a political process - an outcome that must be long-lasting and
acceptable to the people,” President Rajapaksa in an interview
published in the News Post India.
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Dodd's report for Commission of Inquiry
Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister
Mahinda Samarasinghe has requested the Attorney-General's Department
to place the supplementary report of the Australian forensic
pathologist, Dr. Malcolm Dodd, before the Commission of Inquiry
investigating the killings of the 17 Action Contr la Faim in August
2006.
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Yala open till September 15
Water not an issue this year:
THE Yala National Park which is usually closed
for visitors from August 31 will remain open till September 15 this
year. On a request by the Sri Lanka Tourist Board Chairman, the Wild
life Conservation Director General has approved to keep the park
open for visitors.
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