President, Govt remain ready to bring conflict to end through talks

Kohona slams Norwegian diplomat’s irresponsible statement :

FOREIGN Secretary and Secretary-General of the Peace Secretariat Dr Palitha Kohona yesterday expressed regret at remarks made by an unnamed Norwegian Diplomat which tantamounted to belittling President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s efforts towards achieving a negotiated settlement to Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict.

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President to meet Pope

PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for Vatican this week to have an audience with Pope Benedict XVI on the invitation extended by the Papal Nuncio in Sri Lanka, Archbishop Mario Zenari.

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Top IPs award for Thalif Deen

THALIF Deen, IPS UN Bureau Chief and Regional Director, has won the Richard de Zoysa Award for Excellence in Independent Journalism 2006 in the IPS category analysis section.

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Jayasuriya the Tiger Woods of cricket: Moody

IT IS a measure of Sanath Jayasuriya’s freakish ability that the devastating arc of his bat is compared not only to the whirring swing of a golfer, but to the world’s best golfer.

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Cey-Nor Foundation netting profit third year in a row

Cey-Nor Foundation, a government owned business venture, has earned a profit of Rs. 5.9 million during the last financial year. This is the third year the company has made a profit after being in the red for over a decade.

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