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Tigers want ban lifted before talks Gulf-News, 17 January 2002. Tamil Tiger guerrillas yesterday urged the Sri Lankan government to lift a ban on their organisation before any talks between the two sides begin, but Colombo in a cautious reaction said the issue would be taken up later. Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam's political wing head S.P. Thamil Chelvam yesterday told a group of journalists visiting the northern Wanni region that they wanted the proscription on their organisation lifted if they were to open talks with the Sri Lankan government. But the government said the issue can be taken up by the Norwegian facilitator who is trying to bring the guerrillas and the government to the negotiating table. More... Published: Wed Jan 16 17:20:25 EST 2002

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Ratwatte boys stump cops Amantha Perera in Colombo, 12.15 p.m. SLT Wednesday January 16. Lohan and Chanuka Ratwatte wanted for the murder of ten Muslim youth at Udathalawinna, Kandy on election day December 5th, 2001 have stumped local cops who have so far been unsuccessful in locating the whereabouts of the two murder suspects...

Norwegian delegation meets LTTE to evolve a permanent ceasefire Amantha Perera in Colombo, 11.20 a.m. SLT Wednesday January 16. A Norwegian delegation led by Eric Solheim is meeting with the LTTE's chief negotiator Dr...

TNA to launch hartal in north and east Amantha Perera in Colombo, 10.10 a. m. SLT Wednesday January 16. The Tamil National Alliance plans to launch a hartal on Friday, January 18, 2002 in the north and east against the rising cost of essential items in these areas...

Norway asks LTTE, Lanka to extend temporary truce Press Trust of India, Colombo,Wednesday, January 16, 2002. Norwegian peace brokers have asked Sri Lanka and the LTTE to extend their temporary one-month truce to give time to them to hammer out a permanent ceasefire mechanism ahead of prospective direct talks...

SLA persists on restrictions in Batticaloa Tamilnet, 17 January 2002. The Sri Lanka army in Batticaloa said Wednesday that government officials have to obtain due clearance from its brigade headquarters in the eastern town to transport relief supplies to refugees and the poor who receive assistance under the state's poverty alleviation program...

In the Tamil Tiger heartland BBC South Asia, Wednesday, 16 January, 2002, 22:44 GMT . The Tamil Tiger stronghold in northern Sri Lanka known as the Vanni is a region cut off from the rest of the country...

Slain LTTE leader remembered amid hopes of peace Indiainfo, 17 January 2002. Sri Lanka: Residents of this rebel-held town in Northern Sri Lanka on January 16 commemorated a senior Tiger guerrilla killed nine years ago as they hoped for a lasting peace in the country...

Sri Lanka set to liberalise travel to Jaffna Yahoo/IANS, 17 January 2002. Sri Lanka will liberalise access to Jaffna by allowing private companies to operate passenger services to the embattled northern peninsula, the government has announced...

Eight Jumbo babies to go wild CDN, 17 January 2002. Eight Jumbo babies, Thamali, Mihiri, Hema, Thrima, Madara, Padavi, Jayendra, and Mahesh will be released to the wilds at a special ceremony at the Elephant Transit Home (Ath Athuru Sevana) at Uda Walawe on Friday, in keeping with the ideals of the Home when it was founded...

PSG Stresses pivotal importance of Human Rights Lanka Academic, 16 January 2002. Peace Support Group (PSG) welcome the efforts facilitated by Norway to formalize the cessation of hostilities by the government and the LTTE in a cease fire agreement between them...

Construction of Sri Lanka's Presidential Complex Abandoned Nothern Light, Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:41 PM EST . The Sri Lankan government has decided to abandon the construction of presidential complex launched by the previous People's Alliance government of President Kumaratunga estimated to cost 4 billion rupees (about 43 million U...

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)...

Sri Lanka talks need to break new ground Asia Times, 17 January 2002. On the face of it, Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are sporting new political stripes - those of peace...

Sri Lanka eases rebel embargo BBC, 16 January 2002. The Sri Lankan Government has eased its seven-year embargo on goods, food and medicines entering the northern rebel-controlled area of the country, known as the Vanni...

Delhi Tiger silence foxes Jaya Yahoo India, 17 January 2002. ADMK chief Jayalalithaa is puzzled by the Centre’s silence over the LTTE’s request to permit its ideologue Anton Balasingham and his wife to stay in the city for renewing peace talks with Sri Lanka...

Onyango joins team for Sri Lanka tour Nothern Light, Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:20 AM EST . Sixteen players were picked for the Sri Lanka tour by the Kenya Cricket Association selectors on Monday...

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...

Doctored dollars: 2 Liberians arrested with Rs. 4 billion worth security papers Daily Mirror, 16 January 2002. In what is described as Sri Lanka's biggest ever counterfeit foreign currency bust, Police have arrested two Liberian nationals along with special security papers worth more than Rs...

Umma bashes Hakeem as Prabhakaran sycophant Daily Mirror, 16 January 2002. The JVP's Muslim representative Anjan Umma yesterday accused SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem of going down on his knees before LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran whom she blasted as a "blood thirsty barbarian"...

LTTE presence in TN will be harmful: Jaya Yahoo India, Wednesday January 16, 11:50 AM. Former chief minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa on Tuesday opposed any proposal by the Union government to permit the LTTE negotiator Anton Balasingham to set up base in Chennai for conducting talks with Sri Lanka...

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...

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...

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...

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