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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10457793" data-attributes="member: 92282">The government today held 7th round of talks with Sri Lanka's main  Tamil party TNA in a bid to seek a political solution to the grievances  of the ethnic minority community."We hope to receive a paper on  devolution of power within a week before we meet again for the next  round," senior Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian Suresh  Premachandran said after the talks.Premachandran said the next round of the talks will be held on July 9.The two sides began meeting in January after President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed a high-powered ministerial committee.The  TNA presses for a solution based on the 13th amendment''s full  implementation with unfettered powers for the provincial councils.However, the government remains reluctant to confer land and police powers to the provinces.PTI</blockquote>

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