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Colombo insists on right to intercept suspicious vessels The Hindu, 09-02-2002 . COLOMBO, FEB. 8. A draft truce agreement between Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE provides for cessation of hostilities on land, at sea and from the air, but discussions are continuing between the two sides on military action in self-defence.The draft contains a general provision for the Sri Lankan armed forces to ``perform their legitimate task'' of safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka. The other issue being discussed through Norwegian interlocutors is the inclusion of child conscription as a hostile act against civilians. More... Published: Fri Feb 8 23:44:37 EST 2002

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Norwegians wrap up peace talks in Sri Lanka Yahoo Singapore, February 8. Norwegian diplomats wrapped up two days of talks on Friday aimed at ironing out a pact that could pave the way for direct talks between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels to end nearly two decades of ethnic war...

Thondaman Back in the Cabinet Saroj Pathirana in London, Friday 08/02/02 1615 GMT. CWC leader Arumugam Thondaman has withdrawn his resignation from the Cabinet of Ministers after consultation with the Prime Minister Ranil wickramasinghe...

Burglar held, stolen goods recovered Gulf-News, February 8. Shamandra Kumar, a Sri Lankan, has been arrested on charges of stealing from several villas in Jumeirah, CID sources said yesterday...

Thondaman Resigns from the Cabinet Saroj Pathirana in London, Friday 08/02/02 1240GMT. Leader of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) Arumugam Thondaman today resigned from the government along with all his party members...

New Sri Lanka govt to face local polls in March MSNBC, Friday,Feb. 8. 12:18GMT. Sri Lankans will vote in local council polls on March 20 and 25, the first test for a new government elected four months ago on promises of peace and economic reform, officials said on Friday...

Norway team briefs India on progress in Sri Lanka peace moves The Hindustan Times, Colombo, February 8 . Norway's peace facilitation team on Friday briefed India on the status of efforts to broker peace in Sri Lanka, as the delegation spent another day discussing modalities for a proposed structured truce between the government and the LTTE...

Coalition problems solved in Sri Lanka BBC South Asia, Friday, 8 February, 2002, 16:33 GMT . Two members of the Sri Lankan government who resigned earlier on Friday in a dispute over next month's local elections have now reversed their decision...

Reception Marks 45th Anniversary of China-Sri Lanka Ties Nothern Light, Friday, February 08, 2002 9:03 AM EST . BEIJING, February 8, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) held a reception here Friday to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of China-Sri Lanka diplomatic relations...

CPJ welcome Journalist's Assailants Sentenced Kavita Menon - CPJ, 09 February 2002. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes yesterday's decision by a Colombo High Court judge to sentence two Air Forces officers to nine years in prison for their role in a nighttime raid on the home of Iqbal Athas, the award-winning defense correspondent for The Sunday Times...

Sri Lanka set to open key road through rebel area MSNBC, Friday, Feb. 8. 12:19 GMT. OMANTHAI - Sri Lankan military officials said on Friday that de-mining work was on track for the reopening next week of a crucial highway that will allow vehicles to travel from the capital to northern Jaffna for the first time in 10 years...

Sri Lankans to face local polls in March The Hindu NUS, Colombo, Feb. 8. (Reuters). Sri Lankans will vote in local council polls on March 20 and 25, the first test for a new government elected four months ago on promises of peace and economic reform, officials said today...

`LTTE guarantee on Tamil rights will be in MoU' The Hindu (International), 08 February 2002. A guarantee from the LTTE on safeguarding rights of Tamil civilians in northeast Sri Lanka is to be incorporated in a proposed ceasefire agreement, a senior Minister said today...

Half cornea of ex-Sri Lankan president transplanted in Japan Kyodo News, Friday, Feb 8, 08:48GMT. Half of a cornea donated by late former Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayewardene was recently transplanted into the eye of a 66-year-old woman at a hospital in northeastern Japan, local newspapers reported Friday...

Norwegian delegation to meet President and Prime Minister Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 4 p.m. SLT Thursday February 7 . The Norwegian peace delegation is due to meet with both President Chandrika Kumaratunge and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe today...

LTTE prepares to join North Eastern Interim Council Roy Mendis in Colombo, 7.22 PM SLT Thursday Feb.7,2002. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are preparing to join the Interim Administrative Council,which the new United National Front (UNF) government is pledged to set up in the predominantly Tamil, North Eastern Province...

LTTE may give up homeland demand: Norwegian PM Times of India, 12:08:01 PM Thursday, February 07, 2002. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels "appeared to be willing" to give up their long-standing demand for a separate homeland following approaches from peace-broker Norway, the Norwegian Prime Minister said in an interview broadcast on Thursday...

More perks for opposition leader Daily Mirror, 08 February 2002. A government move is afoot to elevate the status of the Opposition Leader in state protocol and provide him with more perks - significantly on the heels of the new incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse taking office...

First Crack Surfaces in Sri Lanka's New Government as Electoral Organizer Quits Nothern Light, Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:14 PM EST . The first crack surfaced in Sri Lanka's new government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickemesinghe on Thursday with the resignation as the United National Party's electoral organizer for the central Nurawa Eliya District Naveen Dissanayake, who is also the Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries...

China, Sri Lanka vow to develop ties The Hindu NUS, Friday, Feb. 8. 11:19GMT. Top Chinese and Sri Lankan leaders today vowed to make joint efforts to develop mutually beneficial and equal bilateral ties to a higher level...

Police chief's extension challenged Gulf-News, 08 February 2002. Sri Lanka Police Chief's extension of service has been challenged in courts while the interior minister in charge of the police service, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney General have been issued notice to appear in court...

U.S. seventh fleet commander visits Sri Lanka MSNBC, Friday, 8th Feb, 08:50 GMT. The commander of the U.S. Navy's seventh fleet arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday on a tour of the region...

Sri Lanka peace talks deal 'soon' BBC South Asia, Thursday, 7 February, 2002, 10:37 GMT . The Sri Lankan Government says it is close to agreeing a wide-ranging pact that paves the way for peace talks with the Tamil Tiger rebels...

Good beginning in Sri Lanka: DMK The Hindu (Southern States), 08-02-2002 . Describing the coordination between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a ``good beginning'', the DMK president, M...

Child conscription reports taken up with LTTE: Govt Press Trust of India, Thursday, February 07, 2002. The Sri Lankan government has taken up the issue of alleged conscription of children by the LTTE with the rebels through Norwegian peace facilitators, a Cabinet spokesman said today...

Sri Lankan air force officers jailed BBC South Asia, Thursday, 7 February, 2002, 15:17 GMT . The High Court in Colombo sentenced each man to nine years in jail for the attack on Iqbal Athas, in which a group of armed men entered his home and threatened him and his seven-year-old daughter...

Pakistan to take on Sri Lanka Gulf-News, 08 February 2002. Defending champions Pakistan will take on Sri Lanka in the opening match of the CBFS-organised three-nation cricket tournament to be played at the Sharjah Stadium from April 8-17...

Norwegians Bring Draft Truce Pact to Sri Lanka ABC News, Thursday, 7th Feb, 14:41 GMT. Norwegian diplomats arrived in Sri Lanka on Thursday with a draft agreement that could pave the way for talks to end more than two decades of ethnic strife and a permanent cease-fire monitored by Scandinavian observers...

Sri Lankan ministers look for silverware thieves MSNBC, Thursday, February 07, 2002. ''Who stole the silverware?'' That's what ministers of Sri Lanka's new government are asking as they move into official residences stripped of cutlery, cars and, in one case, even a power generator...

Wickremesinghe to seek U.S. support for peace bid Yahoo/IANS, 08 February 2002. Sri Lankan Prime Minster Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit Washington to seek American guarantee of support for his accelerated bid to push peace with Tamil Tiger rebels in his island nation...

Shell earns mammoth profits in Solar operations LBO, 07 February 2002. Renewable energy arm of the Shell Group in Sri Lanka has netted a mammoth US$ 2.5 mn from its solar operations in rural parts of the country...

Norwegian team arrives Gulf-News - Sinha Ratnatunga, 08 February 2002. Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidaar Helgeson and Norwegian Special Peace Envoy Eric Solheim have arrived in Colombo to push through the peace process enabling talks between Tamil rebels and the Sri Lankan government as both sides moved towards reaching an agreement on a long term cease-fire...

Lankans may become chapatti eaters HT, 07 February 2002. With the price of bread made of imported US wheat rsing, Colombo is importing cheaper wheat from India...

NTT management agreement with Sri Lanka Telecom terminated Nothern Light, Thursday, 7th Feb, 10:16GMT. Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) said it has terminated its management agreement with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, giving NTT the mandatory six months notice for such a move...

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