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Urgent corrective action: Chandrika
COLOMBO, NOV. 4. The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, today described her move to take over three Ministerial portfolios as an "urgent corrective action'' and reiterated her commitment to peace. "I remain willing to discuss with the ...

Row over Lee's remarks on U.K. health system
LONDON, NOV 4. The veteran Singapore leader and its former Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, has caused embarrassment here by attacking the health system after his wife was reportedly kept waiting for emergency treatment at a leading ...

Senate approves $87-billion Iraq, Afghan package
WASHINGTON, NOV. 4.A day after the deadly attack on a American chopper resulting in the death of at least 16 soldiers, the U.S. Senate approved a $87-billion military and reconstruction package for Iraq and Afghanistan. Most of the money would be ...

Indians top foreign student population in U.S.
WASHINGTON, NOV. 4. An annual survey by the Institute of International Education shows that there has been a "significant" drop in student admissions in American campuses from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt. But ...

China reaffirms support to Indo-Pak. `reconciliation'
SINGAPORE, NOV. 4. China has reaffirmed "support" for "the process of reconciliation" between New Delhi and Islamabad, even as the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, said in Beijing today that the Kashmir issue could not be sidelined. The ...

Chandrika precipitating a crisis: Ranil
WASHINGTON, NOV. 4. The visiting Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, today accused the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, of precipitating a national crisis "in an attempt to subvert the mandate'' given to his Government ...

SLFP for talks on core issues
COLOMBO, NOV. 4. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party today expressed "grave concern" over the proposals released by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam but said it was for "immediate" resumption of talks that should address the "core issues of the ...

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