Painting miracle by children : Two thousand schoolchildren from 100 schools in the Western Province participated in creating a kilometre wall painting from Sunday. The activity titled ‘Colombo Wall’ will be held until today. The painting will showcase Colombo city in the future, as seen through the eyes of these children. Picture by Saman Sri Wedage.

Awareness raising by France’s Ambassador for Human Rights:

SL lauded on child soldier reintegration

Sri Lanka has made real progress in reintroducing former child soldiers into regular society, France’s Ambassador for Human Rights Francois Zimeray said. “The right of a child to his or her childhood must be established and enforced as must the clear, unequivocal idea that the recruitment of children for military ends is a war crime,” he told AFP.

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Solving Colombo woes:

Central govt support vital - Milinda

The support of the central government and the Western Provincial Council is necessary to solve problems of Colombo city. The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) cannot do it alone, said UPFA Colombo mayoral candidate Milinda Moragoda at the SLFP press conference at the Mahaweli Centre yesterday.

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Housing schemes only for illegal squatters

No businessman or legitimate households need fear:

Housing schemes will be built for only shanty dwellers occupying land illegally and no household or businessman in possession of legitimate documents for their buildings or structures will be affected, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said.

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