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Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 315 runs. Leo de Lile in Colombo, 9.00pm SLT, Jan.15, 2002. Victorious Sri Lankan test cricket team pose for photographers after beating Zimbabwe by 315 runs in the final test at Galle International cricket ground in Galle. Sri Lanka won the three test series 3-0. More... Published: Tue Jan 15 10:14:03 EST 2002

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Court rejects petitions to prevent arrests of Ratwatte sons Gulf-News, 16 January 2002. The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka yesterday refused to grant leave to proceed with two fundamental rights applications filed by two sons of former Deputy Defence Minister General Anuruddha Ratwatte who have been implicated in a massacre of 10 Muslim youth on the day of elections in the central Kandy district...

Government considering Madhu as possible location for peace talks Amantha Perera in Colombo, 7.45 p.m. SLT Tuesday January 15. The Government meanwhile is reported to be considering Madhu, situated in the north west of Sri Lanka as a possible venue for peace talks between the State and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)...

India denies having received LTTE's letter The Hindustan Times, Tuesday, January 15 . India today denied reports about LTTE having made a formal request to allow it to hold proposed talks with the Sri Lankan Government in a Southern Indian city...

Norway discusses permanent ceasefire with LTTE Tamilnet, 16 January 2002. Efforts to hammer out a permanent stable ceasefire between the Liberation Tigers and the Sri Lanka government continued Tuesday as a Norwegian delegation returned to London to meet the LTTE's chief negotiator and political advisor, Anton Balasingham, following discussions with the government in Colombo, sources close to the LTTE said...

New government works towards confidence building measures in a peace process Amantha Perera in Colombo, 7.55 p.m. SLT Tuesday January 15. The new government has already made an attempt at confidence building measures by pledging to relax the economic embargo on un-cleared areas in the north and east and ease travel restrictions for people required to move between cleared an un-cleared territory...

Tamil party wants India to host Sri Lanka-LTTE talks Yahoo/IANS, 16 January 2002. Sri Lanka's main moderate Tamil political party said Tuesday that India should "make up its mind" to agree to host Norwegian-brokered peace talks between rebel Tamil Tigers and the government...

Israel Shipyards to supply patrol boats to Sri Lanka Navy Globe.co, 16 January 2002. Sources inform ''Globes'' that Israel Shipyards will supply Kingfisher patrol boats to Sri Lanka for $7 million...

Ranil says road to peace will be full of potholes Amantha Perera in Colombo, 7.30 p.m. SLT Tuesday January 15. Premier Ranil Wickremasinghe has expressed confidence that a final path to peace can be achieved, despite the process being hazardous and difficult...

Vanni ban relaxed, rules limit flow Tamilnet, 16 January 2002. Six hundred civilians would be permitted to travel from the LTTE held Vanni region through the Sri Lanka army’s entry point at Piramanaalankulam from Monday to Friday under new regulations by the Sri Lankan government which came into effect Tuesday as part of a move to ease the 12 year old embargo and travel restrictions in the war torn northern parts of the island...

IT faculty opens at Moratuwa University CDN, 16 January 2002. The newly formed Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Moratuwa, the first of its kind in the State university system was inaugurated by the Deputy Ambassador of Norway, Odvar Laegreid with the admission of the first batch of students yesterday...

Four member committee to probe train mishap CDN, 16 January 2002. A four member committee headed by retired Appeal Court Judge, Mr...

Sri Lanka to Liberalize Petroleum, Energy, Water Sectors Xinhuanet, 16 January 2002. The Sri Lankan government will liberalize the petroleum, energy and water sectors with the aim of reaping the full benefits of the market economy through competition, the official Daily News said on Tuesday...

LTTE plea laughable: Swamy The Hindu (Southern States), 16-01-2002 . The Janata Party president, Subramanian Swamy, today urged the Tamil Nadu Government to arrest the LTTE leader, Anton Balasingham, under the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance or the National Security Act if he turned up in India...

Ban stands in the way of India's hosting Lanka talks Roy Mendis in Colombo, 6.01 AM SLT,Tuesday January 15,2002 . Even as the LTTE made a formal request to India to host the peace talks with the Sri Lankan government,India let it be known that it could not be a host to talks with a group which it had banned...

Lanka lifts embargo on northern areas Gulf-News - Sinha Ratnatunga, 16 January 2002. The Sri Lankan government yesterday lifted an economic embargo on food, medicine and other items into the Tamil rebel-held areas, paving the way for talks with Tamil guerrillas...

Traffic to flow again on Kandy-Jaffna road Daily News, Tuesday, 15 January 2002. The Government is awaiting a positive response from the LTTE to open the Kandy-Jaffna A9 trunk road to civilian traffic as soon as possible, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Refugees Minister Dr...

Vavuniya not very optimistic about peace prospects TOI, Tuesday, Jan 15, 2002 12:29:14 AM . VAVUNIYA: Most people living in this northern town of Vavuniya, who have suffered by years of war, should be elated at the new peace prospects...

No quarter to LTTE in T.N.: Jayalalithaa The Hindu, 16-01-2002 . Expressing shock at the ``prospect of the LTTE entering Tamil Nadu again'', the AIADMK general secretary, Jayalalithaa, today reiterated her party's opposition to any proposal to permit the LTTE to use the State as a base for any of its activities...

No official word yet on Lankan peace talks NDTV/MSNBC, 15 January 2002. Sri Lankan High Commissioner in India, Sanaka Bandaranayake, has said there was no 'official word yet' on the proposed peace talks between Sri Lankan government and LTTE...

Sri Lanka make it eight in a row as Muralitharan makes history Yahoo Singapore, Wednesday January 16, 12:19 AM. A record-smashing Muttiah Muralitharan grabbed seven wickets in the day to help Sri Lanka crush Zimbabwe by 315 runs in the third and final Test...

Muralitharan joins the 400 club CRICINFO, Jan 15. Sri Lankan spin magician Muttiah Muralitharan became the youngest and the quickest bowler to claim 400 Test wickets when he clean bowled number elevn Henry Olonga in the final Test against Zimbabwe at Galle...

Release of commandos ordered Gulf-News - Sinha Ratnatunga, 15 January 2002. Defence Minister Tilak Marapana yesterday ordered the release of a group of elite commandos engaged in counter-terrorism against Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels being held by police on allegations of complicity to assassinate Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe...

Sanath Jayasuriya celebrates Leo de Lile in Colombo, 6.45 pm SLT, Jan.14, 2002. Sri Lankan captain Sanath jayasuriya celebrates the dismissal of Zimbabwe batsman Craig Wishart during the third day of the third and final cricket test match against Zimbabwe at Galle International cricket ground in Galle...

Colombo tears down barriers Asia Times, Tuesday, January 16, 2002 . The barricades and checkpoints are coming down in Colombo as the new government of Sri Lanka continues to proffer an olive branch to the Tamil minority...

Colombo woos hearts and minds in the north Gulf-News, 15 January 2002. The Sri Lankan government yesterday set the stage to win the hearts and minds of the civilian population in northern Sri Lanka ahead of the proposed peace talks with a series of assurances to make life easy for the civilians living there...

Sri Lankan Tamils celebrate Pongal with hopes of peace Yahoo/Ians, 15 January 2002. Tamils in Sri Lanka Monday celebrated Hindu thanksgiving festival Thai Pongal with new optimism stemming from a Norwegian-brokered peace bid that is expected to end decades of ethnic warring...

Lanka peace hopes pep up Pongal The Indian Express, 15 January 2002. Tamils in Sri Lanka celebrated Pongal amid new hopes for peace in the conflict-riven island nation, as President Chandrika Kumaratunga used the occasion to highlight her support to the new government’s peace efforts...

Sports Ministry to take charge of Susanthika Daily News, 15 January 2002. Sydney Olympic medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe, who almost gave up her athletic career after threats and a confrontation with two fellow Sri Lanka athletes, is to come out of the shell and resume training by this weekend...

LTTE proposal for Indian help in peace talks non-starter Yahoo/Ians, 15 January 2002. India has firmly rejected a reported proposal by the Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels seeking temporary residence for its chief negotiator in Chennai to facilitate peace talks with Colombo...

LTTE asks India to host talks Press Trust of India, Colombo,Monday, January 14, 2002. The LTTE has said it has made a formal request to the Indian Government to allow it to hold proposed talks with the Sri Lankan government in a Southern Indian city and is awaiting a reply...

India dragged into Sri Lanka peace move Asia Times, 15 January 2002. Sri Lanka, it seems, has started the new year determined to push ahead with the peace process...

Sri Lanka to extend consular service Gulf-News, 15 January 2002. The number of consular outreach visits and programmes will soon be increased and extended to the Sri Lankans in the Northern emirates, said Bandula Somasiri, the new Sri Lankan Consul General, yesterday...

Police seize remote controlled claymore mine at Bambalapitiya Island, 15 January 2002. On a confession made by a hardcore LTTE suspect arrested near the passport office on Saturday, Bambalapitiya police recovered a remote controlled claymoremine which could be operated by a walkie talkie...

Sri Lankan President Urges People to End Ethnic War People's Daily, 14 January 2002. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga urged its people to join hands to end the long-running ethnic war and create a prosperous country based on the principle of peaceful coexistence...

Deadly Sri Lanka train derailment caused by brake failure - COLOMBO Kyodo News, 14 January 2002. Brake failure led to Sunday's train derailment in central Sri Lanka that killed 15 people and injured more than 250, railway officials said Monday...

Sri Lanka 418 Zimbabwe 155/2 (at TEA) Cricinfo, 14 January 2002. Sri Lanka 418 Zimbabwe 155/2 (at TEA)

Former deputy minister to be arrested Daily Mirror, 14 January 2002. Interior Minister John Ameratunga yeasterday ordered police to immediately arrest and produce before courts the former Tourism and Civil Aviation Deputy Minister Shantha Premaratne who is charged with pre-election violence...

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