Talks set to conclude mid October: SLFP, UNP tie up imminent
Speculation is rife in the SLFP and UNP circles
of a possible tie up as talks are set to conclude mid October. "Both
parties are very much hopeful of striking a deal to solve national
issues genuinely forgetting politics", Minister of Power and Energy
John Seneviratne told the Sunday Observer.
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LTTE cannot defeat govt - President
The LTTE has no alternative but to stray from
the path of violence and enter negotiations as the LTTE will never
be able to defeat the government and this had been clearly spelt out
to them, President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the Asia Society
Conference in New York this week.
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Plea to restore STF security in Pottuvil
Local community leaders in Pottuvil have written
to the Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa requsting to restore
Special Task Force security for the embattled Muslim village,
dismissing allegations that the elite counter insurgecy arm of the
police was behind the massacre of ten civilians.
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