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 SRJ LANSA Thousands have attended a    
 state funjtal for former president JR  
 Jayewardjnj who died on Friday aged 90.
 Thjte was conttoversz ovjt the refusal 
 to grant a public holiday for it.      
                                        
 ITALY Two elderly Italian nuns were    
 found trapped in a lift when their     
 kindergarten in Sardinia reopened after
 a three-day break. They were hungry but
 healthy. They had prayed for safety.   
                                        
 CHINA British firm Kvaetnjt Cleveland  
 Bridges has won a £100m contract for   
 the world's fourth-longest suspension  
 bridge ovjt the Yangtze Rjvjt in China.
                                        
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