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SRI LANKA FIRST: Golden girl Susanthika Jayasinghe proudly and joyously holds up the Lion Flag after winning the Women’s 100 metres sprint event at the 14th Asian Athletics Championships yesterday evening at the Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo.  (Photo: Dudley Wickremasinghe)

by Ananth Palakidnar

LTTE chief negotiator Anton Balasingham, who is currently in Oslo, will conduct 'wide-ranging' discussions with Norwegian government officials this week as Norway stepped up its efforts to facilitate a negotiated settlement, Norwegian sources told the 'Sunday Observer'.
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PM meets Malwatte Mahanayaka Thera : Kandy Sacred City to be expedited

by Tilak Pushpakumara Senanayake and Kandy District Correspondent

The proposal to declare Kandy a Sacred City was discussed when Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called on the Mahanayaka Thera of the Malwatte Chapter, the Most Ven. Rambukwelle Sri Vipassi Thera in Kandy yesterday afternoon.
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Jayalath joins Bishop in appeal : 'National Basilica' call for Madhu

by Don Asoka Wijewardena

The Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference, which is considering appealing to the Vatican for "National Basilica" status for the Madhu Shrine, has cautiously endorsed Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Refugees Minister, Jayalath Jayawardena's direct communication to Pope John Paul II in this regard.
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Other Stories

• Prelate defers future meeting plea : President misses meeting with Mahanayaka Thera

• Scarcity of heroin Addicts run helter skelter

• President hails Susanthika

• Navy foils heroin smuggling bid: 3 fishermen held

• 'Sama prasanga' at Matara in aid of RFCS

• UNCTAD consultant presses for drug-pricing policy

• New phosphate fertiliser in, imports out

• Country's economy on the uptrend

• Sri Lanka hosts women congress

• A course on Sri Lanka history at BIDTI

• Model Police Station opened at Bambalapitiya

• "Proposed amendment to Factory Law inequitious"

• At Hambantota : Social Services Dept. swing into action

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