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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Ushered in by angels

Children dressed in white and depicting themselves as little angels usher in Apostolic Nunciature in Sri Lanka Most Rev. Dr. Mario Zenari and Archbishop of Colombo Most Rev. Dr. Oswald Gomis at State Christmas Celebration held at the John de Silva Memorial Hall yesterday. Pic by Nissanka Wijeratne

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Mahinda wants Hill removed

An angry President Mahinda Rajapaksa wants Emirates appointed SriLankan Airlines CEO Peter Hill removed over the fiasco of not being allowed to fly back to Colombo from London via the national carrier.
Sources said that the reason for President’s wrath is that Hill had reportedly indicated that there were two SriLankan Airlines flights from London but at the last moment had said there weren’t any seats available for the Sri Lankan President to fly back home.

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