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UNP heading for clear victory Initial results released by the Commissioner of Elections indicated
that the United National Party was heading for a clear victory with a vast
majority at yesterday's elections for 222 Local Government Bodies. UNP urges action against violators The local government elections have been, to a great extent, concluded
peacefully, UNP Chairman Malik Samarawickrama said yesterday. What the monitors say Preliminary reports indicate that the Local Government Election was
conducted in an essentially free and fair manner in the vast majority of
local authority areas, the People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL)
and the Movement for Free and Fair Elections (MFFE) said. Series of welfare measures to help North,East people by Florence Wickramage A series of major welfare measures have been taken by the Ministry of
Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Refugees to upgrade the living conditions
of the people in the North and the East, during the last 75 days, Ministry
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