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Joy to the world: With peace in the air and festive lights illuminating the City, Christmas this year takes on a special significance, resonating the message of peace brought by the Prince of Peace, born in a Grotto in Bethlehem all those years ago. And re-enacting his birth in a make-shift hut, are the children of Police officers, who staged a Nativity play at the Bambalapitiya Police Park on Friday. Pic: Roland Perera

by A.K.M. Pillai

The steady progress of peace talks between the Government and the LTTE towards a negotiated political settlement is being reflected in the number of ceasefire violations by the LTTE and the Armed Forces, which, last month recorded the lowest number of incidents.
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CMC to crackdown on illegal firecracker-stalls

by Shanika Sriyananda Liyanage

The Colombo Municipal Council will remove all unauthorised outlets, selling firecrackers in the City, in the wake of the Gasworks Street fire.
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Assassination news : Editor questioned for four hours

by S. Selvakuamar

CID officials investigating an allegedly bogus conspiracy to assassinate President Chandrika Kumaratunge, which was reported in a Sinhala weekly, questioned the publisher of the weekly for four hours yesterday.
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• ADB lends $56.5 m for road transport

• School uniforms only on request

• BIMST-EC winds up on fine note

• 175 Sri Lankans jailed in Lebanon to be deported

• Over one lakh marooned by floods in East

• Jak sapling planting ceremony at Wellawaya today

• UN Atomic Energy official due here

• 'Dormant' depts should justify their existence

• Mahen-Sunil issue compounded

• Muslim community full of praise for PM's boldness

• Lack of knowledge of English bar to employment

• Danish aid for police human rights education

• Christmas a good time to reflect on war - Archbishop Oswald Gomis

• Minister has successful meetings in Rome

• Beware of sub-standard firecrackers - Accident Services chief

• School children to take peace message home to parents - Suranimala Rajapakse

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