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President tells Parliament:

Negotiations only way to peace
 

PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapakse yesterday declared that his Government would give highest priority to launch a "new peace process" to usher in lasting peace through a political solution to the country's national question.

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President pledges Constitutional reforms
 

PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapakse yesterday said Constitutional reforms will be introduced to make the President answerable to Parliament. "Our election manifesto has proposed abolishing the Executive Presidency and for this Constitutional reforms based on a broad consensus are required.

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A colourful yet simple ceremony
 

THE second session of the sixth Parliament was ceremonially declared open yesterday by President Mahinda Rajapakse in a simple yet impressive ceremony which included a 21-gun salute and a guard of honour by the three Armed Forces.

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gold members descending from Air-taxi

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Skywards hosts gold members


SKYWARDS, the frequent flyer programme of SriLankan and Emirates hosted top Gold members at the tenth SriLankan Airlines Golf Classic in Kandy recently. SriLankan and Emirates showed their appreciation to Gold members who had flown frequently with the two carriers in the past 12 months and have stated golf as a preference in their membership profile.

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Brian Lara watched by Australian captain Ricky Ponting (back) pulls a ball to the mid wicket fence on his way to scoring a double century on day one of the third cricket Test against Australia in Adelaide.AFP

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Let's stop talking and perform, says Atapattu
 

SRI LANKA captain Marvan Atapattu said the time was ripe to stop talking and to start putting things right in the middle. "It is going to be a different ball game altogether. We had ten days off after a disappointing one-day series. We had a couple of skill sessions before we came. We have done our homework.   

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President Mahinda Rajapakse being escorted to Parliament by Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara and Parliament Secretary General Priyani Wijesekera. Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, Deputy Speaker Geethanjana Gunawardane, Chief Opposition Whip Mahinda Samarasinghe, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando and Mrs. Shiranthi Rajapakse are also in the picture.

President Mahinda Rajapakse delivering the policy statement
Pictures by Dudley Wickramasinghe

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