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Interview with the Daily News: Akashi optimistic of eternal peace in Sri Lanka from Shirajiv Sirimane reporting in Tokyo The Japanese government's special peace envoy Yasushi Akashi said that
he was optimistic that Sri Lanka will soon have eternal peace. Speaking to
the Daily News at a luncheon organised by the Sri Lanka Ambassador for a
selected Japanese audience of intellectuals and businessmen, he said that
he will be visiting Sri Lanka next month again. Bourse reacts positively to President - Opposition Leader meeting The Colombo Stock Market reacted positively yesterday towards the
discussion President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga had with the
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday, Stockbrokers told the
Daily News. Sound economy key to poverty reduction - ADB Sri Lanka's prospects for growth and prosperity hinge on continued
progress on peace in the country and on economic growth based on a
concrete reform agenda, Alessandro Pio, the Asian Development Bank's new
Country Director for Sri Lanka, said yesterday. Hollywood director apologises for offending Buddhists BANGKOK, Friday (Reuters) The writer and director of U.S. movie "Hollywood Buddha" has
apologised for offending Buddhists by sitting on the head of a Buddha
image for a poster advertising the movie and has promised to withdraw it. Other Stories |
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