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MOMENT OF TRAGEDY: Relatives of those injured in Friday’s incident in Trincomalee console each other as they wait for news of their loved ones. (Photo: Trincomalee Gr. Corr.)

by Anton Nonis and R. Thurairatnam, Batticaloa Correspondent

While a largely peaceful protest 'hartal' brought much of the North-East region to a standstill yesterday, the tensions of the past week in the East have begun easing as top East region LTTE chief C. Karuna assured Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission head Major General Trond Furuhovde that the LTTE would not allow isolated incidents to undermine the 8-month-long Ceasefire.
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SLMC dissident MPs to give up boycott

by P. Krishnaswamy

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress MPs who did not attend parliamentary sittings last week are expected to call off their boycott shortly.
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President sets up special unit to monitor Trinco

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has set up a special monitoring unit to follow the situation in Trincomalee.
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