Lanka a success story in tsunami recovery- Italian Deputy FM

Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Gianni Vernetti said the tsunami reconstruction effort is a success story in Sri Lanka, when he called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday.

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Another major Tiger camp captured

The Special Task Force captured another LTTE camp "Janak" and six other camps in Kanchjudichcharu, Ampara last morning, killing four LTTE cadres in a retaliatory attack.

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Cabinet nod for taking in UNP crossovers

The Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday said 'yes' to UNP crossovers, consenting to welcome any member of the green party willing to join the Government.

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Capital requirement for insurers to be raised to Rs. one billion by 2010

The Insurance Board of Sri Lanka frames proposal:

THE Insurance Board of Sri Lanka has decided to increase the capital requirement for insurers to Rs one billion for every class of business by 2010, industry sources said.

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