‘Solutions to environmental problems must be equitable’

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, addressing the opening ceremony of the 2013 International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) Special Conference at the State Guest House of Shaanxi Province last week, said that solutions to imminent environment problems must be equitable.

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The true story of two former LTTE militants :

From sheer hatred to stark reality

Many young Tamil girls and boys, having grown up with the terrorism that plagued the country for over three decades, have been idolising the terrorist outfit - the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Young Jayawardhani was no different, and her mind was poisoned with hatred propagated by the terrorists, since it was so easy for the LTTE because she was an orphan at the Sencholai home for orphans.

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New dimension in China-Lanka relations

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to upgrade the relations between the two countries to a one from friendship to a strategic cooperative partnership, during the former’s successful four-day visit which concluded on Thursday.

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