The Lanka Academic
 
JANUARY 26, 2002 EST, USA
 
A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY LACNET
 
VOL. 2, NO. 295
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US welcomes Lanka ceasefire extension
NDTV/MSNBC, January 26. The United States praised the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels for extending their ceasefire by one month, as hopes rise for a permanent end to the bloody civil conflict. "We welcome the 30-day extension by the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of the one-month ceasefire declared Christmas Eve. The extension is to end on February 24," said US State Department spokesperson Jo-Anne Prokopowicz yesterday. More...
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Consider all issues before lifting ban: Chandrika
 The Hindu (International), 26-01-2002 . COLOMBO, JAN. 25. The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, wants the government to consider the de-proscription of the LTTE as part of a package of issues in the peace process, her spokesman said today in a veiled demand for guarantees from the group in return for lifting the ban on it... Back to the top
Army chief apologises to Buddhist prelates
 Gulf_news, January 26. The Sri Lankan army commander has apologised to the chief Buddhist prelates in the country after an embarrassing incident of a group of soldiers openly clashing with another group of policemen and opening fire into the air within a sacred area close to one of the most venerated Buddhist temples in the country... Back to the top
President's security chief to be indicted
 Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1911 slt 25.01.02. President Kuamaratunga's controversial security chief ASP Nihal Karunaratna is to be indicted in connection with the attempted murder of Agriculture minister S... Back to the top
Call for the release of ten LTTE suspects held by the government
 Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1906 slt 25.01.02. The organization of Parents of soldiers missing in action has called on the government to release ten suspected LTTE members held by the government... Back to the top
Prime Minister says government rejects LTTE's homeland concept
 Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1906 slt 25.01.02. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says the government totally rejects the LTTE's homeland concept for the north and east of the island... Back to the top
Local bodies polls put off in North-East
 Newindpress, January 25. Local body elections in Sri Lanka's Tamil majority areas in the North and East have been postponed in response to a request by an alliance of Tamil political parties... Back to the top
Bamiyan looks to the future
 BBC, 26 January 2002. Gholam Hussein stood up, greeted the gathering and began his speech... Back to the top
Sri Lanka captives freed by rebels say well treated
 MSNBC, Friday, 25th Jan, 10:33 GMT. Sri Lankans held captive by Tamil Tiger rebels for more than five years and released this week as a goodwill gesture said on Friday that they were treated well... Back to the top
International ban on LTTE ‘not affected’
 HT - P K Balachanddran, 25 January 2002. The Sri Lankan government spokesman, G L Peiris, said here today that any decision to relax, suspend or take off the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka wou-ld have no bearing on the ban in countries like India, US... Back to the top
Shell-Laugfs rivalry extends to autogas
 Daily Mirror, 25 January 2002. In the latest turn of events in the gas war between multinational Shell and local Laugfs, four autogas companies yesterday obtained an enjoining order preventing Laugf's parent company Gas Auto Lanka (Pvt) Ltd... Back to the top
Rape victim gets Rs. 150,000: suspects to be charged
 Daily Mirror, January 24. The Supreme Court yesterday awarded the Maradana Checkpoint rape victim Rs... Back to the top
Sri Lankan Former FM Cautions Against De-proscribing Tamil Rebels
 Xinhuanet, 25 January 2002. Sri Lankan former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar has again cautioned against de-proscription of separatist Tamil Tiger rebels until there is clear evidence of their bonafides in commencing peace talks with the government, The Island newspaper said on Friday... Back to the top
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