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Up, up and above

A hot air balloon drifting above Mihintale. Hot air balloon rides are now available in Sri Lanka from various holiday companies. Most flights take place early in the morning, when the sun rays haven’t heated the wind currents to the point where they make navigation difficult.
Picture courtesy Serendib, SriLankan Airlines

Police get high-tech equipment to combat crime:

Doors shut for drug smugglers

by Sarath Malalasekera

Inspector General of Police Chandra Fernando said yesterday that police had strengthened all entry points to the country to prevent the smuggling of hard drugs by deploying special police teams in those areas to arrest heroin traffickers.
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President's visit to Iran a high success

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's two-day state visit to Iran on the invitation of Iranian President Mohammed Khatami has immensely benefitted Sri Lanka with the signing of the Preferential Trade Agreement and Memoranda of Understanding covering the fields of Environment, Health, Friendship and Exemption of Visas for Diplomatic and Services/Official passports.
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LTTE disregards latest conditions

The LTTE stayed away from attending a meeting at the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) office in Vavuniya on Saturday, barely 24 hours after it took an undertaking with the SLMM in Vavuniya that they would not hoist LTTE flags but would sit together with SLMM and Security Forces on a daily basis to discuss day-to-day matters, the Operational Headquarters said in a release.
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