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Chinese acrobats perform during the Sixth Gold Lion National Acrobatics Competition in Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong province recently. Chinese acrobats from 40 professional teams throughout the country compete in the seven-day championship, which is held every four years. AFP

by Rohan Mathes

Rice prices which had escalated during the last few weeks, are expected to come down and stabilise in the next few days as a result of imports from India and Pakistan.
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SLMM exposes Tiger record

by Rohan Mathes

The Tigers have recruited 1,424 children, out of which 45 have been abducted during the last 28-month truce period ending August 31. They have also abducted 359 adults during the same period, a spokesman of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission said.
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STF guns down suspect Jude assailant

by JAYAMPATHY JAYASINGHE and M.G.A. NASSER Our Akkaraipattu Corr.

The Special Task Force unit based at Akkaraipattu shot dead an unidentified gunman suspected to be from the anti-Pabakaran faction believed to have killed Jude, a prominent LTTE leader yesterday.
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Norochcholai back on track

by Anton Nonis

Power and Energy Minister, Susil Premajayantha pointed out a coal power project which was to be installed in Norochcholai was running behind schedule by six years.
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Other Stories

• Swiss Minister in Colombo

• Eco-farming offsets ills of chemical fertilisers

• New uniflow system to be tested today

• Medical Ordinance to be changed

• Japan backs SEMA for development

• ME job seekers to get passports through ALFEA

• Employment assured for all jobless graduates

• Enhancing friendly ties with Jordan

• Bid to stop dynamiting of fish

• Most Ven. Weligama Gnanaratana Thera, Mahanayake of Amarapura Nikaya

• Ramadan remind Muslims of declaration of human rights

• Five to six fatal accidents occur everyday

• U.S. Immigrant Visa lottery now open

• 'Reactivate Prof. Senaka Bibile's drug policy'

• Sri Lankan teenager chosen for women's delegation to Africa

• CEYPETCO oil prices to climb again?

• 'Sebs Walk' with ten-year master plan

• PAFFREL hails NIC consensus

• News in brief

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