Lliam Eley from Cardiff gives local children sweets as members of 42 Commando Royal Marines patrol in Umm Qasr in southern Iraq, March 29, 2003. Reuters

Fiscal Responsibility Act before Parliament soon - PM

Ananda Kannangara reporting from Matara

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing a Janahamuwa in Matara yesterday pledged to the people that the loans taken for war expenses will be paid once the Fiscal Responsibility Act is brought before Parliament shortly. 
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Armitage gives firm assurance:US assistance to Lanka unaffected by Iraq war - Prof. Peiris

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

The development assistance disbursed by the United States to Sri Lanka would not be reduced in any manner despite the rehabilitation commitments to Iraq in the aftermath of the war, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has assured Government spokesman and Enterprise Development Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris in Washington.
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