Troops repulse LTTE attacks
Govt denies civilians’ exodus
COLOMBO, May 13 — The Sri Lankan Government today denied report of mass exodus of civilians from northern Jaffna town and said its troops repulsed “desperate” attacks by the LTTE rebels at Columbuthurai and other areas in Jaffna peninsula and northern Vanni in which three soldiers and 11 Tamil Tigers were killed.

Lara Dutta is Miss Universe
NICOSIA (Cyprus), May 13 — A 21-year-old Indian model Lara Dutta, who said beauty pageants give women a platform to “voice our choices and opinions”, was named Miss Universe 2000 today.
‘Glamour, sophistication she has in plenty’
Lara Dutta wants to be a scribe