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Sunday, December  06, 2009
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A senior US envoy will head to Sri Lanka this week to encourage post-war reconciliation, days after the island nation allowed Tamil civilians to leave detention camps, officials said Friday.

Robert Blake, the assistant secretary of state for South Asia, will visit Sri Lanka on Monday and Tuesday in the highest-ranking US trip to the island nation since it ended a 37-year guerrilla war in May, the State Department said.

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is all smiles as he chats with General (Retd) Sarath Fonseka, the common candidate at the January 26 parliamentary poll, during yesterday’s UNP Convention at Welisara. At extreme left is UNP deputy leader Karu Jayasuriya.
(Pic by Kamal Bogoda)

Tree falls on bus: Two journalists, another injured
Two journalists from the electronic media and an employee of Dialog were injured when a giant "mara " tree collapsed on them opposite the Ambepussa Rest House yesterday morning.

Northern civilians allowed to visit Colombo sans security clearance
On a decision by the government, civilians in the north were allowed to leave for Colombo without security clearance with effect from yesterday, military officials said.

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