FM chosen from Sri Lankan dynasty

BBC NEWS | World | South Asia: "Sri Lanka has named the brother of President Chandrika Kumaratunga as the replacement for assassinated foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar. Anura Bandaranaike is a member of a political dynasty going back 50 years and was already a cabinet minister. Mr Bandaranaike will also remain tourism minister but will hand his industry and investment posts to Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama.

Mr Bandaranaike has also previously served as parliament speaker. The Bandaranaike dynasty has played a leading role in the country's politics for half a century. Both parents of the president and her brother served as prime minister. The killing of Mr Kadirgamar, an ethnic Tamil strongly opposed to the Tigers, has thrown into doubt the country's ceasefire - in effect since February 2002. "