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TO MAKE HISTORY: Ministers G.L. Peiris, Rauf Hakeem and Milinda Moragoda at Katunanayaka Airport prior to flying to Bangkok yesterday for the first round of negotiations with the LTTE. The fourth member of the delegation, Ambassador Bernard Goonetilleka is partially covered in the rear.

by Rodney Martinez in Bangkok and E. Weerapperuma in Colombo

People in Thailand seemed well aware of the drama to be played out in Sattahip shortly as the Government delegation to the peace talks arrived in Bangkok yesterday afternoon, two days ahead of the first round of negotiations with the LTTE. A large contingent of Sri Lankan media people accompanied the four-member delegation on board SriLankan Airlines flight UL422.
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PM arrives in New York

by N. M. Ameen in New York

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived in New York's John F. Kennedy Airport at 10.00 p.m. on Friday. He was received by C. Mahendran, Sri Lanka mission's Special Representative to the United Nations.
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