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| President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his wife being led by Diyawadana Nilame Dela Bandara to the Sri Dalada Maligawa yesterday to pay homage to the sacred Tooth Relics and meet the Mahanayake Theras of the Malwatte and Asgiriya Chapters. The Mahanayake Theras conferred on the President the title ‘Vishvakeerthi Threesinhaladishwara’. Pic by Saman Kariyawasam |
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| Indian PM announces key cabinet posts |
| Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh distributed key cabinet portfolios on Saturday after the Congress party's resounding victory in national elections. |
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| In search of Ravana in Sri Lanka |
| In a tourist emporium in New Delhi I was being hassled by an overzealous sales assistant. I was getting bored with fending him off. “How about a beautiful statue of Ganesh?” he asked |
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| The Trade-centre in Colombo |
| This event took place in 1521 A. D. After this, the Kotte kingdom was to be divided into three. King Jayaweera of Kandy, who was also known as King Vickramabahu, had to intervene in the matter. |
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| NGOs smuggling IDPs out — Govt. |
| In the light of this, security sources said, a thorough screening of IDPs was under way in the camps. The purpose was to identify persons who were either guerilla cadres or had links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) |
| Govt. ready for DNA test as Prabha is cremated |
| Government has retained samples of body-parts of Liberation Tigers (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran for DNA tests before he was cremated on Wednesday in Mullaitivu. |
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| The war ends, the battle for peace begins |
| In war, to the victor go the fruits of victory, while the vanquished end up with just deserts. That has been the age-old lesson, and this week, after all too long, the Commander-in-Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was able to announce victory and declare an insurgency of nearly 30 years, closed. |
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| Then they were tears of pain, now happiness |
| A conflict that had taken a heavy toll of this land reached its bitter end this week with the LTTE’s defeat at the hands of the armed forces. As news of the final victory reached the rest of the country, there was an overwhelming mood of celebration. |
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| Econ boom in the north soon |
| Sri Lanka’s northeast region is set for a mini-economic boom in coming months – once the LTTE-freed north is cleared for take-off – with the private sector preparing for huge investments to make up for years of lost opportunities. |
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