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| MoU in danger of collapse |
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| Opposition UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between his party and the ruling SLFP is in danger of being annulled if President Mahinda Rajapaksa enrols a group of UNP cross-overs into his Government. |
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| Worst landslides in years: 18 dead, 15 missing |
| In the aftermath of the worst landslides in some 15 years, the Army and Police backed by air support mounted a major search operation in the Walapane, Hanguranketa and Maturata areas yesterday, where at least 18 were killed, 15 missing and some 1, 500 houses destroyed. |
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| Federalists in – JVP |
| As the Rajapaksa government gets ready to welcome more than a dozen UNP MPs into its fold, the JVP yesterday accused President Rajapaksa of violating the agreement signed with it before the elections. |
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| Child soldiers: UN debate put off, no action against govt. |
| United Nation’s Special Envoy Allan Rock’s controversial report on the recruitment of Sri Lankan child soldiers is to be submitted to a Working Group of the UN Security Council on February 9, diplomats said yesterday. |
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