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Muslim Congress wants a piece of peace pie Gulf-News, 31 January 2002. The leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), Rauff Hakeem, has called for the participation of his party in the forthcoming peace talks between the Colombo government and the minority Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels who are demanding a separate state in the country's north and east. Hakeem, an important cabinet minister in the new United National Front government headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has asked for tripartite talks between the government-LTTE-and the Muslims represented by his party. The SLMC leader made this call when he met two Commonwealth high commissioners, Linda Duffield of the UK and Ruth Archibald of Canada. More... Published: Wed Jan 30 16:40:40 EST 2002

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Welcome to Tamil Eelam, birthplace of suicide bombs As peace talks progress, the world's most effective terror group tries PR National Post , January 30. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are possibly the world's most efficient revolutionary terror group...

Sri Lankan Tamil Rebels Continue Forcible Conscription of Youths Xinhuanet, 31 January 2002. - Despite growing hopes for the Norwegian-brokered peace process in Sri Lanka, separatist Tamil Tiger rebels are continuing to forcibly conscript youths in the north and east of the country, The Island newspaper reported on Thursday...

Tamil Tigers reportedly collecting taxes BBC South Asia, Wednesday, 30 January, 2002, 15:18 GMT . In a government press release, it says that civilians in the north and the east of the country have been complaining that rebels have been demanding money from shopkeepers, fisherman and villagers...

Spartan life under Tamil Tigers BBC South Asia, Wednesday, 30 January, 2002, 18:03 GMT . Rebel-controlled northern Sri Lanka is like a tropical version of Afghanistan...

No fresh development on committee to monitor Lanka issue Press Trust of India, Wednesday, January 30, 2002. India today said there has been no fresh development as reported in the media of a Norwegian proposal of setting up a high-level committee approved by New Delhi to monitor the envisaged permanent ceasefire between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the LTTE...

Sri Lanka Hopeful of Durable Ceasefire With Tamil Rebels People's Daily, 31 January 2002. The Sri Lankan government said Wednesday that they were aiming at a durable ceasefire arrangement with separatist Tamil Tiger rebels...

India in junior World Cup semis Yahoo India, 31 January 2002. Fine performance from Maninder Bisla helped defending champions India reach the semi-finals of Under-19 World Cup here on Tuesday with a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka...

Goodwill gestures fail war-torn Jaffna Asia Times, January 30, 2002 . Sri Lanka's new government lifted an economic embargo on predominantly Tamil areas of the island previously unable to get much-needed medicine or basic supplies...

`Monitors needed for effective implementation of ceasefire' The Hindu - Nirupama Subramanian , 31-01-2002 . Sri Lanka said today that monitors were required for the effective implementation of a proposed ceasefire and the matter was being considered by Norway, which is facilitating the peace process between the Government and the LTTE...

Presidential Security Chief evades arrest Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 4.15 p.m. SLT Wednesday January 30. Nihal Karunaratne, Chief of the Presidential Security Division has gone into hiding after the Kandy Chief Magistrate C...

Army Commander speaks of absorbing LTTE cadres into the Army Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 2.10 p.m. SLT Wednesday January 30 . Lt. Gen. Lionel Balagalle, speaking at a UNICEF sponsored seminar said recently that if peace becomes a reality and Sri Lanka's 20 year old war is ended Sri Lanka's security forces will look into the possibility of absorbing members of the LTTE into its ranks...

IGP's son confronts human rights commission Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 2.05 p.m. SLT Wednesday January 30. Ranmal Kodituwakku, Assistant Superintendent of Police and son of the Inspector General of Police, Lucky Kodituwakku, on Tuesday January 22, this year, stormed into an official inquiry being held at the Human Rights Commission in Colombo and forcefully withdrew two policemen who were facing an inquiry...

Rathnasiri refuses to withdraw letter of resignation Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 2 p.m. SLT Wednesday January 30. Former premier Rathnasiri Wickremanayake has refused to withdraw his resignation letter to President Chandrika Kumaratunge from the post of Opposition Leader...

Special immigration channel for migrants Gulf-News, 31 January 2002. A special immigration channel and a Customs channel will be opened for Sri Lankan migrant workers at the Bandaranaiake International Airport shortly, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Ministry said...

Otieno, Ravindu Shine in Sri Lanka Tour Match Nothern Light, Wednesday, January 30, 2002 9:20 AM EST . Openers Kennedy Otieno and Ravindu Shah shared a first wicket stand of 106 runs as Kenya drew with Sri Lanka's BCCSL Academy in a two day match over the weekend in Colombo, Sri Lanka...

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...

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's Apparel Industry Faces Crisis in 2002 Nothern Light, Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:24 AM EST . COLOMBO, Jan 30, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lanka's 100 billion U...

Powering The Poor LBO, 30 January 2002. Rural areas and small towns in Sri Lanka are in line for Asian Development Bank (ADB) funds channeled in energy efficiency and renewable energy development...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sri Lankan Tamil Rebels Optimistic Over Permanent Ceasefire People's Daily, Tuesday, January 29, 2002. Sri Lankan separatist Tamil Tiger rebels said on Tuesday that optimism grows over a permanent ceasefire between the government and the rebels which could be in place before February 24 when the unilateral ceasefire due to expire...

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