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LTTE
promises 'good behaviour'
The LTTE yesterday agreed to abide by provisions in a recent
agreement reached with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission for
sea movement between the north and east.
Defence
Minister reassures Mahanayake
Defence Minister Tilak Marapana yesterday called on the Malwatte
Mahanayake Thera to obtain his blessings for the peace process
and assured him that the government's decision to lift the
ban on the LTTE would not be harmful to national security.
PM
gets blessings of acharyas for peace
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday received blessings
from Hindu priests in southern India for the peace talks beginning
in Thailand next month.
Mangala
gets back his cheque book
Chief Opposition Whip Mangala Samaraweera's missing cheque
book that surfaced during a TV show has been handed over to
him by the Police after a co-host of the TV show gave it to
the police.
Editor's
statement filed in Supreme Court
"Upon a complaint made by President Chandrika Kumaratunga,
the Attorney General indicted the Editor of The Sunday Times
on two counts, of criminal defamation, an offence under section
479 punishable under section 480 of the Penal Code, in that
he had published or he had caused the publication of a gossip
column under the heading "Anura:
Moragoda
in India
Minister Milinda Moragoda last evening left for India to brief
leaders there of the latest developments in the peace process,
a ministry spokesman said.
He said
Mr. Moragoda would meet Defence Minister George Fernandes,
Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister Jaswant
Singh, Information Technology Minister Pramod. Mahajan and
advisors to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
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