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     FGN10 LANKA-MODI-VISIT
     * PM Modi to visit Sri Lanka on April 5
     Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka on April 5, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced. *

    
     FGN20 US-ASTRONAUTS-TRUMP
     * Trump says he'll pay out of his pocket overtime for formerly stranded astronauts
     Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would pay out of his pockets the overtime for astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams, who returned to Earth this week after spending nine months in space. *
    
    
     FGN9 PAK-CM-LD TALIBAN
     * Negotiating with Afghan Taliban only way to ensure lasting peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Gandapur
     Peshawar: The chief minister of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province has said that negotiating with the Taliban-led Afghan government is necessary for establishing lasting peace in the region, as he offered to take charge of talks. *

    
     FGN24 UK-2NDLD HEATHROW
     * Flights resume at London Heathrow after daylong closure sparked travel chaos around the world
     London: London Heathrow Airport said it was “fully operational” on Saturday, after an almost daylong closure sparked by an electrical substation fire. But airlines warned that severe disruption will last for days as they scramble to relocate planes and crews and get travellers to their destinations. *
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