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February 15, 2006 - 9.35
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Sri Lanka stocks rise on President
peace comments |
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Sri Lankan stocks rose
in early trade yesterday as comments by President Mahinda
Rajapaksa about reining in armed groups and exploring
UK-style devolution for the Tamil Tigers boosted sentiment.
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February 8, 2006 - 8.00 GMT |
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President chairs workshops to enhance
awareness of peace talks stakeholders |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa
chaired a workshop today, to obtain the views and enhance
the awareness of all stakeholders of the peace talks
to be held in Geneva on the 22nd and 23rd of this month.
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February 04, 2006 - 3.30
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President calls on all parties to help achieve peace |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the nation on
the 58th anniversary of Sri Lanka's independence
today, made an open appeal to the main opposition and
all political parties to support him in his efforts
to bring an end to the ethnic conflict and achieve peace
in Sri Lanka.
Addressing a large gathering at Colombo's
Galle Face Green where the first Independence Day armed
forces parade was held in 1948, the President said:
"On this very special occasion, I wish with great
honesty to make an open appeal to the main opposition
party and all other political parties and movements
to extend their support to us in carrying out this task.
I invite all of you to set aside whatever narrow debates
and divisions there may be, and be united and come together
with a singular determination to overcome this challenge
that has evaded solution for half a century, because
in the national agenda "country" should be
ahead of all other issues."
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February 01, 2006 |
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No Differentiation whatever among
children of Sri Lanka - President |
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“It is my expectation that all work undertaken
by us for the welfare of children should be available
to all children with no differentiation whatever, throughout
our country, from the extremes of Point Pedro to Dondra
Head and Colombo to Batticaloa, encompassing the entire
land.
I wish to tell you that one dream which drives me is
that of seeing all children, be they Sinhala, Tamil,
Muslim, Burgher and all other peoples of our land, live
as brothers and sisters of a singe mother in the New
Sri Lanka that we shall build,” said President
Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking at the launch of the National
Year of the Child at the BMICH this morning (01 Feb).
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