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Archbishop of Colombo tells European Union:
Continue GSP+
Archbishop of Colombo Rt. Rev. Dr. Malcolm
Ranjith in a press release on the GSP+ issue yesterday called upon
the EU nations to continue according the concession on exports to
Europe considering the difficulties Sri Lanka was experiencing in
the aftermath of a brutal conflict of 30 years. The country cannot
forget the great sense of solidarity of the EU after the tsunami
disaster. “We therefore, appeal to the European Community to be
strongly pro-active in its approach to Sri Lanka which has a proud
history of close links with them and needs to get back to normalcy
soon.
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Controlling errant job agencies:
More strict laws soon
In a bid to curb illegal acts perpetrated by
both legal and rogue overseas job agents, the Sri Lanka Bureau of
Foreign Employment (SLBFE) is seeking sweeping powers including
permission to arrest without warrant any person violating
regulations.
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Reintegration of ex-combatants before month’s end
The Action Plan for implementing the National
Framework Proposal on Reintegrating Ex-Combatants will be finalised
before the end of this month, Disaster Management and Human Rights
Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said yesterday.
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Failure to invite ITN for UN press conference:
ITN expresses displeasure to UN Resident Co-ordinator
Independent Television Network (ITN) Chairman
Anura Siriwardena in a letter to the UN Resident Co-ordinator and
Humanitarian Co-ordinator Neil Buhne yesterday expressed displeasure
over the UN’s failure to invite ITN to cover the press conference
held by visiting UN Under Secretary General on Political Affairs
Lynn Pascoe.
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