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Lanka to go ahead with elections
Time to wipe out terrorism: Chandrika
COLOMBO, Dec 19 — Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga tonight asked the island Tamils to decide whether they should continue to extend “secret, silent and partial support” to the “terrorism” being perpetrated by the LTTE.

Black Tigers did the job
The assassination bid on President Chandrika Kumaratunga has once again underlined the ability of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger separatists to breach the tightest security and strike at the heart of government

India, USA condemn attacks
India today joined the USA, France, Britain, Japan and other countries in condemning the assassination bid on the Sri Lankan President

EDITORIAL: Lanka’s date with terror		   The scene of the explosion which took place in Colombo on Saturday night.
The scene of the explosion which took place in Colombo on Saturday night. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga had just finished addressing a rally on the last day of campaigning when the blast took place. — AP
Bofors gun deal papers in Delhi
NEW DELHI, Dec 19 — The last set of Swiss Bank documents related to alleged payoff in the $ 1.4 billion Bofors gun deal have finally been brought here today morning by a CBI team from the Swiss capital after a last minute attempt by appellants to transfer the papers to India had failed.		 Quattrocchi not to confess
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CTBT: team on way to USA
NEW DELHI, Dec 19 — Two Joint Secretaries of the Ministry of External Affairs, Mr Alok Prasad, who looks after the America’s desk and Mr Rakesh Sood (Disarmament and Strategic Issues Division) are on their way to Washington, to meet their counterparts, Mr Bob Einhorn, Assistant Secretary of State for non-Proliferation and Mr Mathew Daley, Adviser (South Asia).

Centre’s plan on Naxal menace
GANDHIDHAM (Gujarat), Dec 19 — The Centre will call a meeting of Naxalite-affected states in New Delhi, possibly after Assembly elections due early next year, to devise a common strategy to fight the menace posed by Left ultras, Union Home Minister L.K. Advani said today.		 PWG
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Govt using smugglers as spies
FEROZEPORE, Dec 19 — In a change of scenario, intelligence agencies are now relying on smugglers for getting secret information from across the border. This is contrary to the earlier convention, when only die-hard nationalists were sent to Pakistan on secret missions.

Unity bloc leads in Duma poll
MOSCOW, Dec 19 — The pro-Yeltsin Yedinstvo (Unity) bloc took an early lead in the elections to state Duma or lower house of parliament, polling for which ended at 9 p.m. Moscow time (11:30 p.m. IST), according to unofficial preliminary results released here today.


Musharraf says Kashmir a N-flashpoint
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 — Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has said Kashmir is a "possible nuclear flashpoint" in South Asia and urged India to"show sincerity" in resolving the vexed issue which is the "major source of tension" between the two countries.

Grow trees, secure marks
CHANDIGARH, Dec 19 — Grow trees, secure marks. Students, believe it. This is going to happen soon. Growing of trees will be part of the school curriculum in Punjab.

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