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Tigers launch recruitment amid Sri Lanka truce IANS/Yahoo, 29 January 2002. Tamil Tiger rebels Monday launched a recruitment drive in a government-held area and warned civilians against maintaining close contacts with troops despite a truce by both sides. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fighters crossed into the Pavathkulam irrigation settlement in the Vavuniya district Monday and asked civilians to enlist their children among rebel ranks. More... Published: Mon Jan 28 20:49:46 EST 2002

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Tigers mount pressure on Colombo Gulf-News, 29 January 2002. Tamil rebels have mounted pressure on the Sri Lankan government for a reciprocal release of some of their cadres held in custody after the rebels' released 10 Prisoners of War (PoWs) last week...

Tamil Tigers say close to indefinite truce in Sri Lanka Yahoo India, january 28. Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tigers said on Tuesday that they were optimistic an indefinite ceasefire could be signed next month after nearly two decades of ethnic war...

Sri Lanka contacts LTTE rebels Times of India, Monday, 28th Jan, 17:23 GMT. The United National Front (UNF) government has made informal contact with the LTTE as a senior cabinet minister Arumugam Thondaman met with rebel leaders in the eastern town of Trincomalee on Sunday...

Tigers want Sri Lankan's in the North East to refrain from contacting Sri Lanka's security forces Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 6.15 p.m. SLT Monday January 28. Despite an ongoing truce with the Sri Lankan Government, the LTTE have warned civilians living in the North and East of the country, that they will be punished with death if they make contact with Lankan security forces...

Optimism grows over permanent ceasefire Tamilnet, 29 January 2002. Substantial progress has been made in the ongoing facilitatory efforts by the Norwegian government to formalise and finalise a stable and structured ceasefire between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the organisation's chief negotiator and political advisor Anton Balasingham said Monday...

PM rejects traditional homeland for Tamils Gulf-News, 29 January 2002. ri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday firmly rejected the concept of a 'traditional homeland' in the north and eastern parts of the country for which Tamil rebels have been fighting for two decades...

Years of War Leave Sri Lanka's Wanni in Poverty Yahoo/Reuters, january 28. Not much is produced in Sri Lanka's northern Wanni except poverty...

PSD chief faces probe into attempt to kill UNF minister Gulf-News, 29 January 2002. The name of chief of the Presidential Security Division (PSD) has come up in investigations into the alleged assassination attempt of a minister of the ruling United National Front (UNF) government in the run up to Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections, local newspapers said yesterday...

Sri Lanka, India to discuss land link yahoo/IANS, january 27. Sri Lanka and India, divided by a narrow strip of sea, will open talks next month on building a bridge to link the two countries, a senior minister said in remarks published Sunday...

Rape by Sri Lankan Forces Increased in 2001 says AI Saroj Pathirana in London, Monday 28/01/02 1215 GMT. While welcoming the Supreme Court judgement to award Rs.150,000 as compensation to Velu Arshadevi, who was raped in Colombo in June last year, Human Rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) urged Sri Lankan Government to take concrete measures to investigate allegations of rape in custody by army, police and navy officials...

Sri Lanka plans tax rejig, economic overhaul Yahoo India, Monday January 28, 5:47 PM. Sri Lanka plans tax reforms and a wide-ranging economic overhaul, to turn around an economy that contracted, for the first time in the country's history, last year...

Ranatunga for Board president Daily Telegraph, 28 January 2002. Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka's former cricket captain and now a lawmaker, said he was planning to run for the presidency of the Sri Lankan cricket board - the country's richest sports body...

Ranil begins canvassing support for lifting ban on LTTE The Hindu (International), 28-01-2002 . COLOMBO, JAN. 27. The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has begun canvassing support for lifting the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...

Sri Lanka, Tamils inch toward truce Globe and Mail , January 27. As foreign governments crank up the pressure on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger separatists, the government here is floating the idea of lifting its ban on the rebel movement...

Sri Lankan Padma Shri winner taken by surprise IANS/Yahoo, 28 January 2002. Sri Lankan musician W. D. Amaradeva was taken by complete surprise on being told he was being conferred the Padma Shri award on India's Republic Day...

Army units withdrawn from VIP security duties gulf News, january 27. A clash between the army and police in central Kandy has prompted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to withdraw all army units from guarding VIPs, with the sole exception of ex-foreign minister Lakshman Kadir-gamar, a high-profile target of the rebel Tamil Tigers (LTTE)...

8 LTTE prisoners begin fast unto death HT, january 27. Eight cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), lodged in the Kalutara prison, south of here, began a 'fa-st unto death' on Saturday dema-nding unconditional release...

Tigers collect $4m every year in France Gulf-News - Sinha Ratnatunga , 28 January 2002. The Tamil Tigers (LTTE) collect $4 million every year in France alone, the head of counter-terrorism in that country told a select audience in Colombo this week...

U.N. negotiators try again on new anti-terror pact Yahoo India, January 27, 8:55 PM. Diplomats trying to negotiate a new global anti-terror treaty predicted an uphill struggle when they resume talks on Monday to reach an accord, an effort that broke down last year over the central issue of how to define terrorism...

Lankan Marxists protest against peace bid TOI, 27 January 2002. Sri Lanka's main Marxist party on Sunday announced nationwide protests against the Norwegian-backed peace effort to end the island's drawn out separatist war...

Ban on Tigers likely to be suspended Gulf-News - Sinha Ratnatunga , 27 January 2002. The Sri Lankan government is giving "serious consideration" to amending the regulations promulgated under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in order to "suspend" the ban on the Tamil Tigers while peace talks are in progress...

LTTE chief lives in 40-ft deep bunker HT, 27 January 2002. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo Velupillai Pirabhakaran may be living more than 40 feet under the ground in a many layered set of bunkers chiselled out of rock...

Britain backs Colombo initiatives Gulf-News, 27 January 2002. Britain has expressed it will fully support the peace initiatives taken by the Sri Lankan government in a bid to bring the Tamil guerrillas back to the negotiating table, but says it will take its own decision regarding the ban on the organisation imposed by London...

Speech misreported - Marapana Gulf-News, 27 January 2002. Sri Lanka Defence Minister Tilak Marapana said yesterday that a speech he made to military cadets, which was "misreported" in the state press, had distorted government policy amid fears it could affect the ongoing peace process with minority Tamil guerrillas...

Sri Lanka, India to discuss land link IANS/Yahoo, 27 January 2002. Sri Lanka and India, divided by a narrow strip of sea, will open talks next month on building a bridge to link the two countries, a senior minister said in remarks published Sunday...

The LTTE's French connection Sunday Times - Iqbal Athas , 27 January 2002. As the Foreign Ministry's ambassador Sarala Fernando, described to a select audience last Thursday, he is the most powerful man in France to crusade against terrorism...

New Lake House boss Island, 27 January 2002. Mr. Nalin Laduwahetty, a 37-year old lawyer, is likely to be the new Chairman of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd...

Best chance for peace is now - Marapona (Interview) Sunday Leader, 27 January 2002. Former Attorney General, Minister of Defence Thilak Marapona, speaking to The Sunday Leader said Sri Lanka has its best chance of achieving peace now and that the LTTE too has realised this...

Tamil Nadu to celebrate Lanka's Independence Sunday Times, 27 January 2002. For the first timeTamil Nadu will celebrate Sri Lanka's independence on February 4 with a cultural event and lectures discussing various aspects of the freedom struggle...

Kilinochchi struggles to limp back to life Tamilnet, 27 January 2002. A set of human skeletons at the Akkarayan hospital in northern Vanni...

The Colombo Chetty community Island, 27 January 2002. Do you want to know who the Gratiaen Award Ondaatjes are? From where did they come, and who married who, and who are their children? Our mothers’ generation would have revelled in a book such as this and would have spent many delicious hours discussing what ATS Paul has written in this marvellous WHO’S WHO about the Chetties...

Just not cricket, Ms. President Sunday Leader - Frederica Jansz, 27 January 2002. President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has misused her position as former Minister for Finance and interfered with an investigation launched by the Sri Lanka Customs, ordering the Director General Customs to mitigate a forfeiture of a luxury vehicle illegally imported by Samadara Ranatunga, wife of Arjuna Ranatunga...

Cricket - India, Pakistan win under-19 Super League games Yahoo India, 27 January 2002. India comfortably beat West Indies by eight wickets on Sunday in their opening Super League match in the under-19 World Cup...

35 fast bowlers chosen for camp Yahoo India, 27 January 2002. The MRF Pace Foundation has identified 35 up and coming fast bowlers, recommended by various state associations in the country, who have played in the under-16 and under-19 matches conducted by the BCCI for attending a camp here from January 31...

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