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Japanese special envoy on Sri Lankan Affairs Yasushi Akashi, who attended the follow-up Tokyo aid meeting in Colombo, paid his last respects to the Most Venerable Madihe Pannaseeha Maha Nayake Thera at the Vajiraramaya, Bambalapitiya on Friday. It was a rare moment for Akashi to pay homage to a great monk in the Sub-continent.  Picture by Chinthaka Kumarasinghe

by S. SELVAKUMAR

The most important assignment in the busy schedule of Japanese special envoy Yashusi Akashi is at Wanni today where he will meet with LTTE political wing leader S. P. Thamilselvan to persuade the LTTE Tigers to participate in peace negotiations.
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Venerable Aggamaha Panditha Madihe Pannaseeha Maha Nayaka Thera 

Funeral in sombre atmosphere

In a sombre atmosphere that was both dignified and sad, the Most Venerable Aggamaha Panditha Madihe Pannaseeha Maha Nayaka Thera of Amarapura Sri Dharmarakkhita Nikaya made his final journey from the mortal world yesterday.
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Helgessen, Solheim here on Wednesday

by Ananth Palakidnar

Norway is expected to renew its efforts to resume the stalled Government-LTTE peace talks with the arrival of its facilitators in Colombo this week.
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