The Sunday Times - Sri Lanka

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Front Page News
* Aviation charges reach sky high * Bill can scare private investors * Boycott NE committee or not: Tamil parties to decide today * Darkness looms over '97 * Fowzie to quit if proposals fail * Sober birthday for JR * TULF wants more air and ship services to Jaffna * UNHCR tells govt. To solve refugee crisis

News/Comment
* Air Force case before mediation board * Two sailors killed: Tiger boat damaged * AirLanka on the web * Air Force rescues three fishermen at Jaela * Protect Sri Maha Bodhi from LTTE attacks * Education on the decline * Editor wants fresh probe * Return of PL 480 agent * SLIC Chief: Rs. 10 million * More old people * Housemaids pay for sins of job agents * ARA condemns church attack * Div. Sec's decision not final, says court * Draft delay prolongs surveyors' strike * Call for allowance * Ex-service officers offer helping hand * JR at 90: no party without my wife * Saddam: wanted dead or alive * " won't be fooled as JR was" said Preme

Business News
* BOTTOMLINE - By P. M. N. Bandara * MIND YOUR BUSINESS * Customer care: core of any business * Challenges are daunting opportunities limitless * Grand Hotel opts for electronic banking facility * IMF steps in again with an ESAF * Is the worst over ? * Speculative stocks shine * Ban on export of poor quality tea is counter-productive * Microimage launches Helawadana * Instruments to conduct monetary policy

Plus
*Midnight's children :Sri Lanka is fast becoming a paradise for paedophiles * CISIR: Taking technology to new frontiers * Sick giant: is it the beginning of the end? * Break the silence: solving violence against women * Siripala: dressing room diplomat * LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Sports News
* Howzat * Jones wins powerboat Formula 1 * Kandy avenges Carlsberg loss * Kenny overall sailing champ * Lanka reign in spin * Let not Dharmadasa be the sacrificial lamb - Neville

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