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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe (right) chats with Singaporean Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew (left) during a courtesy call at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore February 15. Wickremasinghe is in Singapore for a two-day working visit. -AFP

Malaria ravages LTTE-held Vanni

by FRANCES BULATHSINGHALA

The Sri Lanka Red Cross medical officials based in the poverty stricken LTTE controlled Vanni region warn that a malaria epidemic had gripped the area and that an average of around one hundred cases are reported daily. Most of the patients are said to suffer from recurrent fever.
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Singapore promises aid at war's end

by Chulavansa Sri Lal in Singapore

Singapore is committed to extending its fullest support for the development of Sri Lanka once the war ends and peace is achieved, Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has assured Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Bid to end fuel shortage in Jaffna

by Tharuka Dissanaike

To ease the acute shortage of petrol and kerosene in the Jaffna peninsula, the Ministry of Rehabilitation plans to take steps to hire its own tanker for fuel transport.
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De-commissioning of illegal firearms; UN team here to assist

by JAYAMPATHY JAYASINGHE

A five-member team from the United Nations is now in Sri Lanka to help the government as a gesture of goodwill to oversee the de-commissioning of unauthorised firearms and other weapons in the possession of civilians and members of certain political parties, said Interior Minister John Amaratunga.
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