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Government introduce vote on account Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1935 slt 05.02.02. The ruling United National Front Government today introduced a vote on account of nearly 30 billion rupees to tide up government expenses until a new budget is introduced at the end of March this year. The traditional budget which is introduced in parliament in November was postponed due to the General Elections in December. Published: Tue Feb 5 08:45:42 EST 2002

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Police ordered to crack down on use of official vehicles for election work. Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1937 slt 05.02.02. Public Administration Minister Alic Aluvihare today ordered the police to crack down on the use of government vehicles for election work during the forthcoming local government elections...

Sri Lankan gunmen gang rape British tourist MSNBC, Tuesday, 5th Feb, 14:38GMT. A British tourist was gang raped and robbed by armed men in north central Sri Lanka, police said Tuesday...

Tamil Tigers force families to provide child fighters SMH, 06 February 2002. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerillas have stepped up their forced conscription of child soldiers - some of them as young as 12 - despite a truce with government forces, a human rights group has revealed...

Sri Lankan Muslims Protest Against Tamil Rebel Extortion Xinhuanet, 06 February 2002. Thousands of Sri Lankan Muslims continued their protest against extortions, abduction of Muslim civilians by separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in the east of the country on Tuesday...

LTTE rejects President's child-recruitment charge Tamilnet, 06 February 2002. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Tuesday categorically denied allegations by Sri Lanka's President Kumaratunga that the organisation is engaged in the forcible recruiting of children for war effort under the guise of ceasefire...

Sri Lanka, Kuwait Sign Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement Xinhuanet, 06 February 2002. Sri Lanka and Kuwait have signed an agreement on avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to income tax on trade between the two countries, the official Daily News said on Wednesday...

Sri Lanka rebels 'enlisting children' BBC South Asia, Tuesday, 5 February, 2002, 13:59 GMT . The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, has issued a statement saying she is deeply concerned that Tamil Tiger rebels are taking advantage of a ceasefire to step up recruitment of children for their war effort...

Hitch in signing of permanent truce with LTTE Island, 06 February 2002. Moves to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a permanent truce has run into obstacles with LTTE demanding that permanent ceasefire be extended to sea with United National Front (UNF) Govt...

Sri Lanka navy arrests people smugglers Kyodo News, 06 February 2002. As the bodies of five more illegal immigrants seeking passage to Italy on board a fishing trawler that capsized Sunday washed ashore, the Sri Lankan navy seized Tuesday a second vessel attempting a similar journey, a naval spokesman said...

Enforce Law to Combat Torture, Sri Lankan Government Told Yahoo, 06 February 2002. Human rights groups marked Sri Lanka's independence day Monday with protests against torture and an appeal to the government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe to enforce existing laws against violence by police and security officials...

New opposition leader says he will support the peace process Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo. Newly elected opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said today that he would support the government's peace process...

London anti peace demo a disaster Saroj Pathirana in London, Tuesday 05/02/02 1335 GMT. An attempt to demonstrate in London against the peace efforts in Sri Lanka was unsuccessful yesterday...

Listening to the web on the radio BBC, 06 February 2002. Radio is bringing the internet to people in a mountain village in central Sri Lanka...

Lanka consulate to organise human resource forum Gulf-News, 06 February 2002. The Sri Lankan consulate in Dubai, in conjunction with the Sri Lankan Business Council, is organising a Human Resource Forum on March 17...

22 TN idols for Lankan temple Yahoo India, 06 February 2002. set of 22 locally-carved stone statues of various Hindu Gods and Goddesses will adorn the precincts of a temple to be constructed in Sri Lanka...

Lanka opposition appoints new leader TOI, 8:12:43 PM Tuesday, February 05, 2002. Sri Lanka's opposition on Tuesday appointed a new leader ending weeks of speculation of splits within the former ruling party and raising hopes for more cooperation between the country's two main political parties...

Muralitharan Is CricketNext.com Cricketer Of The Year 2001 Yahoo India, Tuesday February 5, 6:30 PM. Sri Lankan off-spinner Muthiah Muralitharan was voted Cricketer Of The Year 2001 by CricketNext...

Cease-fire gives Sri Lankans freedom Washtington Times, 06 February 2002. After years of spending independence day inside their homes watching celebrations on television, people in Sri Lanka Monday poured into the streets to mark the 54th anniversary of their freedom from British rule...

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...

Sri Lankan Illegal Immigrants Arrested Xinhuanet, 05 February 2002. A total of 90 Sri Lankan illegal immigrants aboard a trawler heading for Italy were arrested on Tuesday by navy patrolling seas off Beruwala, about 50kilometers south of capital Colombo, police said...

Tamils hoist black flag in Jaffna on Lankan I-Day HT, 05 February 2002. The hoisting of a black flag atop the District Secretariat in Jaffna town and the picketing of the building by about 1,500 fishermen backed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) marked Sri Lanka's Independence Day in the troubled Jaffna peninsula today...

Government sought additional funds LBO, 05 February 2002. The government today sought parliamentary approval for additional funds due to a delay in presenting the 2002 budget...

Universities run short of funds routine work Daily Mirror, 05 February 2002. University authorities are faced with a grave problem due to the dearth of funds for routine expenditure, an official said...

IMF agreed to support economic reform agenda LBO, 05 February 2002. The International Monetary Fund has agreed to support the detailed economic reform agenda for Sri Lanka, presented by Economic Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda in Washington last week, indicating it may fund the programme under its Poverty Reduction Growth Fund (PRGF)...

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...

SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY - War or peace? Asia Times, 05 February 2002. The general election for the eighth parliament of Sri Lanka was a turning point in the post-independence history of the country...

Police after owner of ill-fated boat CDN, 05 February 2002. A special Police team was dispatched yesterday from Matara Police to Negombo to nab those involved in smuggling people on a boat which capsized in the sea near Devundara, Matara, killing five people on Sunday...

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...

Feb. 4 (17 :12) 5 dead, dozens missing in Sri Lanka boat tragedy - COLOMBO Kyodo News, 05 February 2002. At least five people drowned and many more are feared dead after a trawler attempting to ferry a boatload of illegal immigrants to Italy capsized Sunday in bad weather off Matara on Sri Lanka's southern coast, police said Monday...

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...

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...

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...

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