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Oslo for truce panel with Delhi approval The Hindu, 30-01-2002 . TORONTO, JAN. 29. Norway has proposed the setting up of a high-level committee, comprising international and local representatives approved by India, to monitor the envisaged permanent ceasefire between the Sri Lankan armed forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. It is hoped that the Oslo drafted ``memorandum of understanding'' governing the ceasefire would be signed by both the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE before February 24. More... Published: Tue Jan 29 17:03:17 EST 2002

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Warrant issued for the arrest of PSD Chief Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 1.20 p.m. SLT Tuesday January 29. A court warrant was issued today for police to arrest Nihal Karunaratne, Chief of the Presidential Security Division (PSD)...

Sri Lanka radicals challenge peace moves BBC South Asia, Tuesday, 29 January, 2002, 14:31 GMT . Sri Lanka's main Marxist Party has been holding protests throughout the country against the government's attempts to resolve the country's civil war...

Nihal Rodrigo is new Foreign secretary Ranmali Wijesuriya in Colombo, SLT 3.45 p.m Tuesday 29 January. Former Secretary-General SAARC and senior Sri Lankan diplomat Nihal Rodrigo assumed duties today as Sri Lankas new foreign secretary...

Up close with the Tamil Tigers BBC South Asia, Tuesday, 29 January, 2002, 17:27 GMT . Tamil Tiger rebels fighting for a separate homeland in north-eastern Sri Lanka have given exclusive access to the BBC to film their fighters taking part in military exercises...

Tigers optimistic over truce, talks Gulf-News, 30 January 2002. Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels say "substantial progress" has been made in relation to the ongoing efforts by the Norwegian government to formalise a "stable and structured" ceasefire between the Sri Lankan government and the rebels...

Three main highways to north to be reopened Island, 30 January 2002. Three main highways in the North are to be re-opened before February 15, Defence sources said yesterday...

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...

Government urged to bring NHRC Attackers to justice Saroj Pathirana in London, Tuesday 29/01/02 1655 GMT. Hong Kong based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urged the Sri Lankan authorities to bring perpetrators of the high level police attack on the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) last week...

It will be only Tamil and English in TN TOI, January 29. Tamil Nadu is again saying that its students need know only two languages, reviving a 40-year-old controversy over the three-language formula advocated by the Centre...

World Spice Congress begins on Jan. 31 The Hindu (Southern States), 30-01-2002 . As many as 110 international delegates from 26 countries are expected to participate in the Sixth World Spice Congress scheduled to commence here from January 31...

Amnesty hails Lanka judgement Gulf-News, 30 January 2002. Amnesty International has hailed the judgement given by a Sri Lankan court ordering the payment of compensation for a woman who had been allegedly raped by two policemen and a soldier...

Suicide deadline extended in Australian camp Deccan Herald, WOOMERA, Australia, Jan 29 (Reuters) Eleven. Lawyer Rob McDonald, representing the asylum seekers, said the 11 Afghan children, aged 12 to 17, who had threatened to kill themselves by 5 pm Tuesday (1:30 am EST) if they were not taken out, had agreed to hold off until the following evening...

LTTE claims progress in Norway-sponsored truce talks Press Trust of India, Tuesday, January 29, 2002. The LTTE has said that Norway's efforts to finalise a structured ceasefire between the Sri Lankan Army and the rebel group have made "substantial progress"...

South Asia energy conference in Dhaka BBC South Asia, Tuesday, 29 January, 2002, 18:51 GMT . Energy experts from six south Asian countries Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are meeting in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka to discuss regional cooperation in the industry...

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 indefinite truce near MSNBC, Tuesday, 29th Jan, 14:33GMT. Sri Lanka’s separatist Tamil Tigers said on Tuesday that they were optimistic an indefinite cease-fire 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...

Freedom for PTA suspects Daily Mirror, 29 January 2002. With the LTTE releasing ten prisoners last week and the clamour for a similar reciprocal measure from the government Defence Minister Thilak Marapana yesterday took initial steps for some action in that regard...

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...

Ban on Sri Lankan Tamil Rebels to Be Reviewed at Commonwealth Meeting Nothern Light, Monday, January 28, 2002 11:41 PM EST . Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel demand for de-proscription before Norwegian-brokered peace talks will be among issues to be discussed at the ministerial level committee meeting on cross border terrorism of the Commonwealth scheduled to open in London on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry sources said...

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...

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...

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...

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