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Last Updated: Friday, 2 April, 2004, 10:58 GMT 11:58 UK
A woman votes in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka
High turnout in Sri Lankan poll
Voting closes in elections widely seen as a referendum on the ceasefire with the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Peace at stake in elections
Voting in pictures
Disillusioned voters

Nato flag Nato celebrates big expansion
Nato welcomes its seven newest members from central and eastern Europe at a ceremony in Brussels.
Michael Grade Michael Grade is new BBC chairman
A controversial TV executive is to be named BBC chairman, two months after the Hutton report forced resignations.

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