US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca shakes hands with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Palaly air base in Jaffna, shortly after her arrival. Rocca made a high level visit to the Jaffna peninsula. AFP PHOTO Sena Vidanagama

European Parliament call for international funding to underwrite peace process

The European Parliament on the initiative of John Cushnahan, M.E.P. and Chief EU Electoral Observer at the last general elections in Sri Lanka, has passed a resolution welcoming the Ceasefire Agreement between the Government and the LTTE as an opportunity to create a peaceful atmosphere in which a negotiated settlement to the ethnic conflict could be reached.
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PM ends triumphant peace mission

by Rodney Martinesz in Jaffna

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday ended a highly successful tour of Jaffna where he was enthusiastically welcomed wherever he went by jubilant crowds.
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High US officials fly to Jaffna

High powered United States officials- Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca and a top US Marines officer General Timothy Ghormley making a landmark event in the peace process yesterday landed at the Palaly military air base in a US Special Forces Hercules C-130 aircraft.
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Mercy from CEB

The Ceylon Electricity Board yesterday took steps to confine the early morning (7.30 a.m. to 10 a.m.) and late night (9 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.) power cuts to two hours with effect from Monday , Power and Energy Ministry spokesman said yesterday.
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