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Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 04.57 GMT |
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President
assures safe custody of Raju and Sindu |
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President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
yesterday
handed
over the
guardianship
of the
two baby
elephants-
Raju and
Sindu by
way of a
scroll
in
keeping
with
traditions,
now
housed
at the
Temple
of Tooth
Relic to
Malwathu
and
Asgiri
Chapters.
President
also
instructed
the
Minister
of
Sports
and
Public
Recreation,
Gamini
Lokuge
to make
necessary
arrangements
to keep
the two
baby
elephants
with the
she-elephant
until
they are
big
enough
to
separate
from the
parents.
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