The United Nations this week granted 3.2 million dollars (about. Rs. 320 million) for mine clearing as the UNICEF declared that there are more than 2.5 million landmines to be cleared in the North and East. One of the teams involved in the de-mining process is seen carrying out work in the Paranthan area . Pic by Ranjith Jayasundara

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• Tax office open for Biz today as amnesty ends
• Protests against direct police recruitment
• PA backs out; MPs' foreign tour called off
• 'Sex master' further remanded
• TNA meets PM over additional security
• They take oaths as President's Counsel
• Tiger hand in Ampara killings?
• CEB workers want arrears before restructure
• Driver honoured
• CEB to CBK: Blackouts due to testing
• Not cricket girls; Indian vanishing trick in UK
• SLMC wants to represent Muslim interests at peace talks
• The Sigiriya Rock Show (News Feature)
• Odds and Edns
• Southern team interacts with the northern people
• Once a flourishing textile mill now in the doldrums
• SLFP says Govt. policy paving way for Eelam