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The challenge before Asia:
Sustainable, conscience - driven development
A measure of our success is the successful
holding of local government elections after 14 years in one District
of the East. Another measure is the holding of elections for a new
Eastern Provincial Council early next month. While my Government
will pursue a similar strategy in liberating the North from the
tentacles of terrorism, we are not unaware of the need for a
political solution to bring a negotiated settlement to the national
problem in keeping with the common aspirations of Sri Lankans.
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Madhu Church:
A message to the Vatican
Following the President’s audience with the
Pope, millions of Catholics countrywide were jubilant of the news of
a Peace Zone in and around the Madhu Church which was in the offing
to be declared by the State. Accordingly, on his return, President
Mahinda Rajapaksa met the Catholics Bishops on July 30, 2007 at
Temple Trees to convey the sentiments expressed by Pope Benedict and
of the plan to declare the Madhu Church area as a Peace Zone.
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