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Upul Chandana top scores for Sri Lanka Leo de Lile in Colombo, 7.00pm SLT, Jan.13, 2002. Sri Lankan all-rounder Upul Chandana walks back to the pavilion after scoring 92 runs against Zimbabwe during the second day of the third and final cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe at Galle International cricket ground in Galle. Sri Lanka leads the 3 match test series 2-0 More... Published: Sun Jan 13 08:19:18 EST 2002

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South India practical location, says Anton Balasingham The Hindu (International), 14-01-2002 . Undeterred by strong opposition in India, the LTTE representative in London, Anton Balasingham, continues to hold that south India is the best venue for peace talks with the Sri Lankan Government, ruling out speculation that Kathmandu was being considered instead...

13 die in Sri Lanka train accident - COLOMBO Kyodo News, 14 January 2002. At least 13 people were killed and over 200 wounded Sunday when a train derailed in Sri Lanka, according to state radio...

Intercity train derailed, ten killed Island, 14 January 2002. Ten passengers were killed on the spot and over 200 injured when the Kandy—Colombo Intercity Express train derailed and overturned into a paddy field at Kiriwallapitiya, Rambukkana yesterday...

Editorial: Terror intolerable under any name NZ Herald, 14 January 2002. All over the world, different nationalities live fairly harmoniously in the same state...

Sri Lanka to ease curbs on rebel areas Times of India, 13 January 2002. Sri Lanka Sunday announced more "confidence building measures" to boost a Norwegian-sponsored bid to broker peace with Tamil Tiger rebels, as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of tough action against extremists...

Ranil not to let opponents sabotage peace efforts Press Trust of India, Colombo,Sunday, January 13, 2002. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned those opposed to finding a political solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic problem that he will not let them repeat the sort of violent protests that followed a 1987 agreement with India aimed at resolving it...

CG ship rescues Sri Lankans Yahoo India, 14 January 2002. Coast guard ship, 'Sarang', rescued a Sri Lankan fishing boat, drifting without power in the high seas, on Thursday, an official press release said...

Marapone seeks clarifications after army submits report on ‘safe house’ raid Island, 14 January 2002. Defence Minister Tilak Marapone has sought further clarifications from military investigators probing the January 2 police raid on a Directorate of Military Intelligence [DMI] run safe house at Athurugiriya, used by a deep penetration unit or a Long Range Patrol Group responsible for a series of successful operations behind the LTTE lines in the north-east, authoritative sources said yesterday...

Letter From Chennai: Chennai aflutter over LTTE talks proposal Gulf-News, 14 January 2002. There was a flutter in Chennai last Monday over a proposal purported to have been made by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for direct talks with the Sri Lankan government in this city...

Needed: informant network to curb drug smuggling The Hindu (Southern States), 14-01-2002 . The modus operandi adopted by drug traffickers and the seizure of heroin effected by Sri Lankan authorities at the Colombo airport point to the need for greater vigil at the City airport, say official sources...

SriLankan Airlines to introduce online bookings Yahoo/IANS, 14 January 2002. SriLankan Airlines will soon introduce online reservations facilities allowing travellers to book their tickets as well as hotel rooms on the Internet...

Sri Lankan finds porn on Hindi music VCD Yahoo/IANS, 14 January 2002. A Hindi music fan in Sri Lanka was a little green around the gills after a blue movie began unfolding on what he thought was a video compact disc (VCD) of Indian movie ditties...

No plans to dissolve the parliament after one year- PA Saroj Pathirana in London. Saturday 12/01/02 1815 GMT President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has no plans to dissolve the current parliament after one year, a senior leader of the People’s Alliance (PA) said...

Norway team leaves Sri Lanka amid optimism over permanent truce Yahoo Singapore, 13 January 2002. A three-member Norwegian delegation left here after expressing "cautious optimism" over prospects for brokering a permanent truce in Sri Lanka, officials said...

Sri Lanka announces 'confidence' measures BBC South Asia, Sunday, 13 January, 2002, 14:51 GMT . Sri Lanka has announced new measures to clear the way for a permanent ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels...

LTTE refutes reports Nepal is talks venue Tamilnet, 12-01-2002 . The Liberation Tigers’ chief negotiator and political advisor, Mr...

Sri Lanka looking at wooing tourists Times of India, 13 January 2002. The island's nation's tourism and airline segments are looking up with newly sworn in Sri Lankan government has plans to ease various economic and security restrictions...

Kumaratunga cornered in Ponnambalam murder Sunday Leader, 13 January 2002. Evidence that President Chandrika Kumaratunga knew the identities of the murderers of All Ceylon Tamil Congress Leader Kumar Ponnambalam for the past several months mounted last week when an inspector of police, Nuwan Vedasinghe, swore on oath that he helped type the damning report that informed the president of the background of the killings as far back as September 2000...

Lanka, LTTE may agree on lasting truce NDTV/MSNBC, Saturday, January 12, 2002. Sri Lanka and the LTTE may soon agree on a permanent ceasefire to replace the present temporary truce they are both observing, official and diplomatic sources said...

Aravinda De Silva given hope of England recall by new selectors Cricinfo, 13 January 2002. Star batsman Aravinda de Silva has been given fresh hope of an international recall after a meeting with Sri Lanka's newly appointed selection committee...

Sri Lankan held for Mambalam station dacoity The Hindu (Southern States), 13-01-2002 . The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested a Sri Lankan Tamil who was allegedly involved in an incident in which Rs...

Sri Lanka on top in Galle BBC South Asia, Saturday, 12 January, 2002, 11:37 GMT. Better discipline from Zimbabwe's bowlers saw them restrict Sri Lanka's scoring to manageable proportions and take six wickets on the first day of the final Test...

Pak airline withdraws from Sri Lanka The Hindustan Times, Colombo, January 12 . Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has withdrawn from Sri Lanka after being barred from flying over Indian air space, a report said here on Saturday...

Hunt for Tamil Tigers leads to our own backyard NZ Herald, 12 January 2002. With the Government under pressure to outlaw terrorist organisations, EUGENE BINGHAM investigates the New Zealand connections of a group that claims its members are merely freedom fighters...

Japan okays travel to Sri Lanka - COLOMBO Kyodo News, 12 January 2002. Japan has relaxed its negative advisory on travel to Sri Lanka, the Japanese Embassy said in Colombo said Saturday...

Refugees posing serious security threats can be deported to face torture risk Yahoo, 12 January 2002. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 9-0 that refugees can be deported to countries where they could face torture, but only when there's a serious risk to Canadian security...

Stay away from pugmarks HT, 12 January 2002. It may be one of the very few points on which the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE appeared to be in agreement even before they sat together to start negotiations to end the ethnic tangle...

Cautious Welcome for Asian Treaty Against Child Sex Trade Yahoo, 12 January 2002. Civil society and development organizations have cautiously welcomed the recent signing by South Asian nations of a treaty to stop the trafficking of women and children...

Terrorist banker's secret NZ visit NZ Herald, 12 January 2002. An internationally wanted arms trader involved in one of the world's most feared guerrilla organisations slipped into New Zealand without being noticed by authorities...

`India must help LTTE hold talks' The Hindu (International), 12-01-2002 . India must bury the past like a `bad dream' and assist the LTTE to conduct peace talks with the Sri Lankan Government from its soil, a Tamil activist said today...

Norway 'optimistic' about Lankan peace process The Hindu NUS, Colombo, Jan. 11. (PTI). Peace-broker Norway today said it was cautiously optimistic about the process of finding a political solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict...

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