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Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe greeting
visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at the Colombo Hilton
yesterday morning. (Pic by Nihal Chandrakumara)
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Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar who
was in Moscow as a guest of the Russian Government with his Russian
counterpart Sergei Lavrov last week. The two Ministers announced that
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- STFsays LTTE
discrediting them
The STF has accused the LTTE of being engaged in an
organised campaign to discredit commandos deployed in the Ampara-Batticaloa
region.
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- Goh urges
Lanka to be more investor friendlyb
Visiting Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong last week
advised Sri Lankan business to ride on the growth of East Asia’s economy,
while urging the government to take measures that would make the country a
more attractive investment venue.
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- Vignettes of
the Public Service
Your Editor’s request was for a series of reminiscences
written in anecdotal form. The books by M. Chandrasoma and Victor Wirasinghe
were mentioned as examples of what he had in mind. They are, of course, not
quite comparable; their social background and predilections being different.
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- Warm send-off
for Sunil Mendis at Hayleys AGM
Shareholders of Hayleys Ltd., the blue chip conglomerate,
gave Mr. Sunil Mendis, the retiring Chairman/CEO of the Group, a warm
send-off at the last annual general meeting of the company he chaired on
Friday prior to leaving on Wednesday the company in which he had a 42-year
career, ten of them as chairman.
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- VRS
saddles Elephant House with first loss in ten years
Ceylon Cold Stores Limited (CCS), best known as Elephant
House, has posted its first loss in ten years attributed to the Rs. 674
million cost of a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) and finance expenses
of Rs. 53 million.
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- Lara’s
cavalier corps have pulling power
The after-effects of Thursday’s penalty knock-out are sure
to cast a shadow over many a weekend. But not, one suspects, among cricket’s
marketeers. Summer’s sporting stage is up for grabs again. And in Brian
Lara’s West Indians, they have a team with the charisma to steal it.
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- Sri Rahula
pips St. John’s by 1 run
Sri Rahula Maha Vidyalaya beat St. John’s College, Nugegoda
by the smallest of margin 1 run in the first ever schools Indoor Cricket
tournament proudly sponsored by British Air Cargo Brandt Aviation at
Thalawathugoda.
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LONDON UNITED KINGDOM : Lleyton Hewitt of Australia pumps his fist
after defeating Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia during the 118th
Wimbledon Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London 25 June, 2004.
Hewitt won 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. AFP
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French captain Zinedine Zidane looks dejected after his
team lost 1-0 to Greece, 25 June 2004 in their European Nations
Championship quarter-final football match between France and Greece
at the Estadio Jose De Alvalade in Lisbon. AFP
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Mubarak drives the
ball on the on side as Pakistani wicketkeeper Rashid Latif looks on. |
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