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Differences with Govt. narrowing down: LTTE The Hindu NUS, Colombo, Feb. 13 (PTI). The LTTE says only a few outstanding issues remain to be sorted out before it can sign an agreement for an indefinite truce with the Sri Lankan Government. Its London-based negotiator Anton Balasingham told a Tamil daily here that differences persisted only with regard to the proposal for allowing freedom of movement to unarmed rebels in army- controlled areas and the complete removal of all restrictions on fishing off the northern coast. Balasingham's remarks followed yet another meeting with Norwegian peace facilitators, headed by deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen, in London yesterday. More... Published: Wed Feb 13 22:31:10 EST 2002

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Ask Opposition Leader Mahinda The Lanka Academic is delighted to announce the 8th guest in its series of Q & A sessions: Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan Parliament. With the recent change in leadership in the Sri Lankan government, the peace process appears to be gaining fresh new momentum. This is your opportunity to ask questions from Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa related to Sri Lankan politics and receive answers by clicking here. The answers will appear here.

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Feb. 13 (21 :47) Sri Lanka clerics condemn Valentine's Day as capitalist plot - COLOMBO Kyodo News, february 13. Three prominent Sri Lankan Buddhist prelates on Wednesday denounced Saint Valentine's Day as a ''commercial conspiracy'' and appealed to state leaders to protect youth and schoolchildren from what they called ''distorted ideas...

Feb. 13 (20 :57) Sri Lankan premier to seek investment by Singapore - COLOMBO Kyodo News, febraury 13. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to leave for Singapore on Thursday for investment and trade talks with leaders of the city state to promote investment in his country, his office said Wednesday...

Why sensible Sri Lankans worry about the prospect of peace Globe & Mail, Febraury 13. Sri Lanka, the battle-scarred island off the southeast coast of India, appears closer to a lasting peace than at any time in the past decade...

Feb. 13 (19 :44) FOCUS: Lira lures Sri Lankans on dangerous voyage to Italy - WENNAPUWA Kyodo News, february 13. Milroy Chandana Fernando boarded a dilapidated fishing trawler earlier this month crowded with illegal immigrants seeking a passage to Italy, believed by many Sri Lankans to be a land of golden opportunities...

Medicine embargo lifted The Hindu (International), 14-02-2002 . COLOMBO, FEB. 13. The Sri Lankan Government took one more step to ease the life of civilians in the north by removing restrictions on the supply of medicines to the Jaffna peninsula and the LTTE-controlled areas of the northern mainland...

Swearing in of new ministers delayed after President reports sick. Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1908 slt 13.02.02. The swearing of seven new cabinet ministers was delayed today after President Chandrika Kumaratunga reported sick...

Prime Minister intervenes to solve power crisis Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1903 slt 13.02.02. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has intervened to solve the current power crisis in the country...

Sri Lanka lifts curb on medical supplies to north MSNBC/Reuters, 13 February 2002. Sri Lanka's government lifted restrictions on medical supplies to the country's war-torn north on Wednesday, the latest confidence-building measure ahead of Norwegian-brokered peace talks...

Sri Lanka Not to Extend Power Cut Hours Xinhuanet, 13 February 2002. Sri Lankan government decided on Tuesday night not to increase the daily two to two and half hour power cut islandwide, the state-owned Daily News said on Wednesday...

Norwegian Team Back in London Saroj Pathirana in London, Tuesday 12/02/02 1710 GMT. Norwegian peace delegation completed another round of talks with a senior leader of the Tamil Tigers in London...

Sri Lanka's Woman Sprinter to Go to Australia for Medical Care Nothern Light, Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:03 AM EST . Sri Lanka's woman sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe, the women's 200 meters bronze medalists at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, will leave for Australia next week for intensive medical care for her leg injury...

Lanka cabinet may be expanded today Gulf-News, 13 February 2002. The United National Front government is expected to expand its cabinet today after weeks of continuous pressure and political blackmail by some of the new ministers...

LTTE seeks Canadian style federal system of governance Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 12.10 p.m. SLT Tuesday February 12, 2002. In a rare interview given in the jungles of the Wanni S. P...

Four arrested in Sri Lanka for tourist rape MSNBC, Tuesday, 12th feb, 13:56 GMT. Sri Lankan police arrested four army deserters on Tuesday in connection with the gang rape of a British tourist...

Tamil Tigers say agreement not finalised BBC South Asia, Tuesday, 12 February, 2002, 05:37 GMT . The Tigers' chief negotiator, Anton Balasingham, said in an interview with a Tamil newspaper Uthayan that the parties could agree only a draft memorandum of understanding as there were still differences between them...

Lankan army deserters held for raping tourist Times of India, 13 February 2002. Four Sri Lankan army deserters were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the alleged gang rape of a British woman tourist eight days ago, police said...

Waugh's out of one day side Age, 13 February 2002. The Australian Cricket Board has dumped Steve Waugh as captain of the Australian one day cricket team...

Army to complete de mining of A9 highway to Jaffna Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 11 a.m. SLT Tuesday February 12, 2002. The Army is scheduled to complete the de mining of the A9 highway from Kandy to Jaffna by Thursday this week...

Australia deports 39 illegal SL immigrants Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 10.15 a.m. SLT Tuesday February 12. In a statement issued yesterday the Australian High Commission in Colombo quoting Australian government sources said that 39 Sri Lankans who had entered Australia illegally have been deported...

Colombo throws open northeast The Hindu (International), 13 February 2002. In yet another measure to normalise life in the northeast and assist the evolving peace process with the LTTE, the Sri Lankan Government has ended an era of control over travel to the Jaffna peninsula and areas controlled by the Tigers in the northeast...

Briefing - Asia Information Technology - Feb 13, 2002 Yahoo India, 13 February 2002. US-based Harris Corporation has formed a US$2.1 million supply agreement with Lanka Bell, a fixed wireless local loop telecommunications service provider in Sri Lanka...

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Cancels Police Officer Appointment Nothern Light, Monday, February 11, 2002 11:05 PM EST . Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Monday canceled the appointment of 34 superintendents of police promoted by the previous People's Alliance government of President Chandrika Kumaratunga following a fundamental rights case filed by 46 assistant superintendents of police, the official Daily News reported on Tuesday...

U.N. team to help Sri Lanka root out illegal arms MSNBC, Tuesday, 12th Feb, 10:26 GMT. A United Nations disarmament team is in Sri Lanka to help the country recover tens of thousands of illegal firearms, the legacy of decades of political and ethnic conflict, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday...

Harris to Provide Lanka Bell with Point-to-Multipoint Broadband Wireless Access Equipment businesswire, febraury 13. Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) announced today a $2.1 million supply agreement with Lanka Bell, a fixed wireless local loop telecommunications service provider in Sri Lanka...

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