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Leaders call for unity to end the Tamil separatist war Leo de Lile in Colombo, 3.00pm SLT, Feb.04, 2002. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in left and President Chandrika Kumaratunga, long-time political rivals chats as chief of defense staff General Rohan Daluwata looks on during a ceremony to mark Sri Lanka's 54th independence at Independence square, in Colombo on Monday February. 4. Sri Lanka celebrated its Independence Day with a call for unity to end the 18-year long civil war with the Tamil Separatist guerillas that has drained the country's resources and left over 64, 000 people dead. More... Published: Mon Feb 4 04:55:22 EST 2002

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Mahinda Rajapaksa to be appointed leader of opposition Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1632 slt 04.02.02. The main opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party is set to appoint former Fisheries Minister and MP for Hambantota Mahinda Rajapaksa as opposition leader...

Sri Lanka celebrates Independence Day with hopes for peace Press Trust of India, Colombo,Monday, February 04, 2002. Sri Lanka today celebrated the 54th anniversary of its independence from British rule amidst new hopes for peace and political consensus on resolving the prolonged ethnic conflict in the island nation...

No evidence found to indict Ratwatte sons Gulf-News, 05 February 2002. Police probing the murder of 10 youth on polling day in Sri Lanka in December last year have been unable to find substantial evidence to indict two sons of the former Deputy Defence Minister General Anuruddha Ratwatte, despite strong speculative reports that they were directly involved in the attack...

Hidden legacy of Sri Lanka's war BBC South Asia, Monday, 4 February, 2002, 14:52 GMT . Tamil Tiger rebels who control large portions of northern Sri Lanka say they estimate there are up to two million unexploded landmines in their territory...

Sri Lanka's Local Government Ordinance to Be Amended Xinhuanet, 05 February 2002. ri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Monday that amendments to the local government ordinance would be introduced soon to accommodate petitions and annual voting in village councils where election malpractice had taken place, The Island newspaper said Tuesday...

Chandrika backs UNF peace efforts Gulf-News, 05 February 2002. President Chandrika Kumaratunga yesterday reiterated her support for the ruling United National Front's (UNF) efforts to find a solution to the country's prolonged minority ethnic conflict while emphasising the settlement should ensure national unity...

First Ever Sri Lankan Film Festival in UK Launched Saroj Pathirana in London, Monday 04/02/02 1830 GMT. ImagineAsia, the biggest celebration of South Asian film in UK, will see the first-ever Sri Lankan film festival in the British soil...

Sri Lankans celebrate Independence Day Gulf-News, 05 February 2002 - Dubai. Distribution of sweets, lighting of the traditional lamp and hoisting of the national flag marked the 54th Sri Lankan Independence Day anniversary at the consulate here...

Traditional Buildings of Jaffna R.MAYOORANATHAN , 05 February 2002. Majority of the Jaffna population have their origins in Southern India...

TMC opposed to LTTE holding talks in India The Hindu (Southern States), 05-02-2002 . The Tamil Maanila Congress is totally opposed to any move to permit the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to hold talks here, the party president, G...

Sri Lanka leaders promise peace on freedom day MSNBC, 04 February 2002. Sri Lanka celebrated on Monday the 54th anniversary of its freedom from colonial rule, with promises of peace from a president and prime minister who have often disagreed on how to end nearly two decades of ethnic war...

Anxiety on HC premises The Hindu (Southern States), 05-02-2002 . CHENNAI, FEB. 4. There were anxious moments on the Madras High Court premises when a knife-wielding person, suspected to be mentally unsound, was nabbed near the Chief Justice chamber at 3.30 p...

Boat carrying Lankan migrants sinks South Nexus, COLOMBO, Feb 04. Two people died and at least 40 others were missing after a fishing trawler packed with would-be migrants sank off Sri Lanka's southern coast, police and the military said...

PSD chief surrenders Gulf-News, 04 February 2002. The chief of the Presidential Security Division (PSD) who was wanted by courts for threatening a fellow police officer surrendered yesterday and has been released on bail, official sources said...

Pottu Amman says Indian intelligence is in touch with him HT -P K Balachanddran, 04 February . Pottu Amman, the shadowy chief of the intelligence wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and "accused number two" in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, says that Indian intelligence agents have conveyed to him New Delhi's willingness to build bridges with the LTTE...

SL army troops parade in the Independence Square Yahoo/Reuters, 04 February 2002. Sri Lankan army troops parade in the Independence Square in Colombo during the official celebrations of the 54th anniversary of the country's independence from colonial rule, February 4, 2002...

LTTE deny charges Tamilnet, 04 February 2002. Although no one has complained recently to the ICRC or Sri Lanka’s human rights commission that we have forcefully conscripted anybody, it is still our wish to see that we are not maligned further by reports and rumours that our organisation is forcing youth to join”, Mr...

Norwegian team due here today Daily Mirror, 04 February 2002. An MoU between the government and the LTTE is to be signed in a few weeks' time, and a Norwegian delegation is due in the country today, official sources claimed yesterday...

Sri Lankan President Grants Amnesty for Prisoners People's Daily, 04 February 2002. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga granted an amnesty to a total of 2,500 prisoners on Monday to mark the country's 54th independence anniversary from the British colonial rule...

Sri Lanka seeks unity to end decades of ethnic bloodshed theAge.com, 04 February 2002. Both sides of Sri Lanka's co-habitation government today called for unity to end decades of ethnic bloodshed as the country prepared to mark the 54th anniversary of independence from Britain...

Ansal plans Rs 225-cr Lanka housing project Economic Times, 04 February 2002. The Delhi-based Rs 150-crore Ansal Housing and Construction Ltd (AHCL) is planning a new housing project in Sri Lanka...

Sex rap drives kid to family horror Daily Mirror, 04 February 2002. The probe on the Enderamulla killing of a 3-year-old child and her parents took a horrifying turn when police arrested the child's 11-year-old brother for allegedly giving sleeping tablets to the family and then setting the house on fire...

No plan to impeach Chandrika - Ranil Gulf-News - Sinha Ratnatunga, 04 february 2002. The new United National Front government has conveyed to President Chandrika Kumaratunga that it has no plans to impeach her even as both sides of Sri Lanka's cohabitation government called yesterday for unity to end decades of ethnic bloodshed as the country prepared to mark the 54th anniversary of independence from Britain...

Sri Lankan Leaders Call for Unity to End Ethnic War Xinhuanet, 04 February 2002. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have called for unity to end long-running ethnic war in the country...

Till UNF brings in amendments to LG polls act Polls chief wants North-East GAs to accept nominations Island, 04 February 2002. Commissioner of Elections Deyananda Dissanayake requests all Government Agents in the North East to carry out their duties and accept nominations for local government polls until the United Front Government takes steps to bring amendments to postpone the polls in the North-East, authoritative governmental sources stated on Friday...

Pondicherry Hotel owners suspend bandh plan The Hindu (Southern States), 04-02-2002 . The Association of Hotel Owners in Pondicherry, which has called for a bandh on February 5 to protest the imposition of eight per cent sales tax on cooked food sold by hotels, restaurants and sweet stalls from February 1, has postponed the agitation following an assurance from the Chief Minister that he would consider their plea...

"Long Ranger" goes to Supreme Court Sunday Times, 03 February 2002. The Army Officer, who was arrested by the Kandy Police together with his soldier colleagues following the raid on the Army Safe House at Athurugiriya has filed a fundamental rights petition before the Supreme Court...

Sound, a reality for him now The Hindu (Southern States), 03-02-2002 . Silence may be golden. Only to the average ear. But for those atrophied into silence over the years, sounds are divine...

Chandrika hits out at moves to arrest security chief The Hindu (International), 03-02-2002 . The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, who is in tense co- habitation with a politically opposed Government, has lashed out at moves to arrest a senior police officer in charge of the Presidential Security Division(PSD) and said it was an attack on her office...

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