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Lanka peace thrust may hook global aid, says report The Indian Express, january 20. Sri Lanka’s latest peace efforts may help it get a better deal from international donors, as it moves towards an agreed ceasefire with the LTTE ahead of a meeting of its aid club due in Paris shortly. Industrial Policy and Enterprise Development Minister G. Lpeiris ‘‘is upbeat about economic prospects in the light of the improved stability and momentum towards peace talks’’, the state-run Sunday Observer said today. The peace moves got another thrust on Sunday when the LTTE announced in a statement they were extending by another month a unilateral one-month truce they declared on Christmas eve which was reciprocated by government troops. Sops for rebels: More... Published: Sun Jan 20 17:47:52 EST 2002

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Sri Lankan plane makes emergency landing after Briton's suicide bid Ananova, 21 January 2002. A SriLankan Airlines made an emergency landing at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport on Sunday after a British passenger attempted suicide...

LTTE extends truce for another month Times of India, JANUARY 20, 2002 6:32:07 PM. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Sunday announced they were extending by a further month a unilateral one-month truce to allow Norwegian peace brokers more time to arrange a mutually agreed ceasefire...

Chandrika for more guarantees The Hindu (International), 21-01-2002 . COLOMBO, JAN. 20. With Sri Lanka's latest Norwegian-guided peace process underway, the LTTE seems to be at pains to maintain that it is under no pressure to negotiate even as the President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, has advised the Government to obtain more guarantees from the Tigers before talks...

11 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees arrive The Hindu (Southern States), 21-01-2002 . A fresh batch of 11 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees arrived at Otthapatti near Mukuntharayar Chathiram on Sunday...

Sri Lanka to stage early local elections Gulf-News, January 20. The Sri Lankan government has decided to hold early local elections with exceptions to boost its working majority at village level...

Relatives seek release of Lanka soldiers Times of India, JANUARY 20, 2002 5:02:54 PM . The relatives of Sri Lankan soldiers missing in action while fighting Tamil Tigers travelled to a rebel-held area on Sunday seeking the release of prisoners held by the rebels, officials said...

SP Udugampola and army insiders should be treated as traitors Ranmali Wijesuriya in Colombo, SLT 11.55 a.m Sunday 20 January. "Superintendent of Police Kulasiri Udugampola who arrested and ill- treated five army men who did heroic deeds against the LTTE and the army personnel who incited him should be treated as a traitor" number of Army officers told The Lanka Academic today...

Chandrika fears her bodyguards HT - P.K Balachanddran, 20 January 2002. Since President Chandrika Kumaratunga had expressed deep fears that she might be killed by her political opponents and not just the terrorist LTTE, the Sri Lankan government on Friday allowed her to retain her trusted bodyguards even in the midst of a major shake up of the police force...

Lankan firearms amnesty a damp squib Times of India, 21 January 2002. A two-week amnesty granted by the Sri Lankan government to hand over illegal arms has been a failure and police are now preparing to crack down on politicians and criminals in possessions of weapons...

Road blocks eased to Lanka's most sacred tree Times of India, 21 January 2002. Police lifted most of the road blocks in this north-central town and allowed Buddhist pilgrims freer access on Sunday to what they believe to be the world's oldest and most sacred trees...

Sri Lankan Govt Wants to Sign MOU With Tamil Rebels Xinhuanet, 20 January 2002. The Sri Lankan government hopes to sign a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) with separatist Tamil Tiger rebels to provide the basic foundation for a negotiated settlement to the country's long-running ethnic conflict, the official Sunday Observer said...

A Weapon of Choice for Some Northernlight, 21 January 2002. Suicide missions have been going on across the globe for generations, causing hundreds of deaths every year...

Sri Lanka's Relatives of Missing Servicemen to Meet Tamil Rebel Leader Xinhuanet, 21 January 2002. A total of 2,500 relatives of servicemen declared as missing in action left for the Vanni area controlled by separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lankanon Sunday to seek the release of servicemen believed to be held captive by the rebels, government officials said...

Years of fighting leave Sri Lanka's Wanni in poverty Yahoo India, 21 January 2002. Not much is produced in Sri Lanka's northern Wanni except poverty...

Centre not to concede LTTE plea The Hindu, 20-01-2002 . The Centre appears categorical in rejecting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's plea for using either Chennai or any other part of the southern States as a venue for peace talks with the Sri Lankan Government...

Opposition agrees to head PAC and COPE but rejects Deputy Speaker’s post Island, 20 January 2002. The PA was expected to accept the government’s offer to head the two watchdog committees, Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprise [COPE] and Public Accounts Committee [PAC] tasked with ensuring that public enterprises are run properly and are economically viable, political sources said yesterday...

UNP Thugs Destroy New Pradesheeya Sabha Building Saroj Pathirana in London, Saturday 19/01/02 1920 GMT. A group of ruling United National Party (UNP) supporters raided the newly constructed Hingurakgoda Pradesheeya Sabha building while its opening ceremony was under way and destroyed equipment worth Rs...

Susanthika optimistic over future under ministry’s control Saroj Pathirana in London. Saturday 19/01/02 1705 GMT Sri Lanka’s sprinter queen Susanthika Jayasinghe says she is optimistic of her future under the new initiative by the Sports Minister...

Bid to subvert peace process: Nedumaran The Hindu (Southern States), 19-01-2002 . The Tamil Nationalist Movement leader, P. Nedumaran, today lashed out at those trying to ``subvert'' the peace process in Sri Lanka raising a hue and cry against allowing the LTTE a base in Tamil Nadu for holding negotiations with the island government...

Last chance for peace? Hindu - Nirupama Subramanian , 19-01-2002 . MALLAVI (Northern Sri Lanka), When S. P Thamilselvan, political wing leader of the Tamil Tigers, met journalists here on Wednesday, it was the first time in seven years that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was directly addressing the international and Sri Lankan media...

Lankan terms for lifting LTTE ban HT - P K Balachanddran, 19 January 2002. The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, strongly feels the ban on the LTTE should not lifted till the militant outfit gives a solemn undertaking that it will not indulge in political assassinations and terrorist strikes against civilian and economic targets...

Paski back Daily Mirror, 19 January 2002. Controversial former Finance Ministry Secretary R. Paskaralingam who fled to London with the victory of the People's Alliance in 1994 was scheduled to check in at the Colombo Galadari hotel last night...

Sri Lanka to stage early local elections Gulf-News, 20 January 2002. The Sri Lankan government has decided to hold early local elections with exceptions to boost its working majority at village level...

Searching for an old Indian master? Look in Sri Lanka Yahoo/IANS, 20 January 2002. The large-eyed feline, limp fish dangling from its jaws, stares balefully out of a frame...

Malahat Energy Corp. Creates JV in Sri Lanka Nothern Light, Friday, January 18, 2002 3:30 PM EST . Malahat Energy Corporation announced today, in principal, a joint venture agreement with Fentons Limited of Sri Lanka to create FM Energy Corporation Limited...

Controversial Kandy DIG moved to police garage Daily Mirror, !9 January 2002. The controversial central province DIG Mahinda Balasuriya who has been criticised over political violence in the Kandy district has been transferred to be in charge of the Police Garage in Narahenpita...

Cricket - NZ v Sri Lanka U-19 World Cup match abandoned Yahoo India, 20 January 2002. Heavy rain forced the abandonment of the opening match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup between hosts New Zealand and Sri Lanka on Saturday...

No mention of `bid' on Baba's life in FIR The Hindu (Southern States), 19-01-2002 . The first information report (FIR) filed by the Kadugodi police before the jurisdictional court makes no mention about the alleged attempt on the life of Sathya Sai Baba at his ashram in Whitefield, near here, on Thursday...

On the Road to Peace Frontline-Nirupama Subramanian, 19 January 2002. IF peace could be measured by the number of checkpoints in Colombo, then Sri Lanka would seem to have finally got rid of its long-drawn ethnic conflict...

Local Election Nomination in Sri Lanka to Start From Feb. 1st Nothern Light, Friday, January 18, 2002 11:30 PM EST . Nomination for the Local government elections in Sri Lanka which is scheduled to be held in March will start from February 1 to February 8, the official Daily News said on Saturday...

Sri Lanka arrests would-be migrants BBC South Asia, Friday, 18 January, 2002, 18:59 GMT . The Sri Lankan navy has detained two fishing trawlers packed with about 100 people hoping to make the long voyage to Italy...

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