Flood havoc
Relief for flood- hit:
THE heavy deluge experienced during the last
couple of days which caused flooding and landslides has wreaked
havoc in several parts of the country, leaving at least four people
dead and more than 50,000 affected. In addition around 8,000
families were reported as displaced by yesterday.
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Lankan parents arrested after children knifed to death in UK
Two children aged four and five were stabbed to
death in their family home and their six-month-old baby sister is
critically ill in hospital with knife wounds, police said. The
children’s mother, Sasikala Navaneethan, 35, and father Navarajah,
39, from Sri Lanka,
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President leaves for WFAO Summit
President Mahinda Rajapaksa left the country
yesterday to attend the WFAO Conference for Heads of State to be
held at the WFAO Headquarters in Rome, the President’s Media sources
said.
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Tigers must be demilitarised - Lankan Envoy
A negotiated end to Sri Lanka’s dragging conflict
is still possible but not before the Tigers are “verifiably
demilitarised and democratised,” says one of the most high-profile
diplomats of that country.
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