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Colombo shocked at Tiger arms shipment Gulf-News, 18 February 2002. Colombo's political and military hierarchy met yesterday to discuss the shock news of the fourth beaching in two months on Friday night of suspected arms shipments by the rebel Tamil Tigers (LTTE). The Sri Lankan government plans to tell Norwegian officials, who are working to bring about a negotiated settlement to the two-decade long northern separatist insurgency in Sri Lanka, that the rebel act by the Sea Tigers was not a confidence building measure ahead of proposed peace talks. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was due back in Colombo last night from an official visit to Singapore, was in touch with Defence Minister Tilak Marapana by telephone as top brass of the armed forces were analysing what the military believes is a 'logistic run' by the LTTE. More... Published: Sun Feb 17 19:44:25 EST 2002

Related News Stories · Tigers smuggle in supplies whilst Navy is busy with parades  - Sunday Times - Iqbal Athas

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Sri Lankan Peace Talks Likely to be Held in Soon Xinhuanet, 18 February 2002. Talks on Sri Lankan peace negotiations between the government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels with Norwegian facilitation will commence in the near future, hopefully in March or April, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said...

Frederica threatened with death CDN, 18 February 2002. Sunday Leader staff writer Frederica Jansz told the Daily News last night that last Friday (February 15) she had received a letter by post threatening her with death for causing "irreparable damage to the special unit of the Army"...

Cricket crisis looms daily telegraph, february 18. ASIA'S cricket chiefs have launched a scathing attack on the sport's world governing body, saying the region's sentiments were not being respected...

Lankans hate IPKF, yet seek Indian help Times of India, february 16. Nearly 15 years have passed, but most of the people living in the LTTE-controlled areas of northern Sri Lanka claim they are still haunted by the memories of the Indian peace-keeping force (IPKF)...

Sri Lanka promises tax and customs reforms MSNBC, february 17. Sri Lanka promised tax and customs reforms on Sunday as it grapples with an economy which shrank last year for the first time in half a century...

LTTE wants army to open door to Jaffna HindustanTimes, february 16. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) want the Sri Lanka to lift the barriers at Eluthumadduval, to enable free movement of people between the rebel-held Wanni and the government controlled Jaffna peninsula...

Singapore assures investment in Sri Lanka Saroj Pathirana in London. Saturday 16/02/02 1655 GMT Prime Minister of Singapore Goe Tok Chong has pledged large scale investment in Sri Lanka...

Lanka Academic Retracts Story. The Lanka Academic, February 16. We wish to retract the story that was published under the header "A "Working Group" in Melbourne to assist North - East peace process David Nallainathan" a few days ago...

Anura to contest presidential polls Gulf-News, 18 February 2002. President Chandrika Kumaratunga's brother Anura Bandaranaike, who lost the opportunity of becoming the opposition leader in parliament, has declared that he intends contesting the next presidential elections as the party's candidate...

Cabinet expansion likely next month Gulf-News, 17 February 2002. The United National Front (UNF) government is expected to expand its cabinet after next month's local government elections amidst internal squabbling over positions in the cabinet and 'non-cabinet' ranks...

Replacing Rubber Plantations With Oil Palm Draws Criticism bernama, february 16. Sri Lanka is replacing some of its traditional rubber plantations with oil palm in a controversial move that first drew criticism from the rubber industry and is now drawing the ire of environmentalists...

Sports teams to play in rebel-held Sri Lanka Yahoo India, 16 February 2002. A sports exchange programme plans to take international wrestling and soccer teams to rebel-held areas in Sri Lanka for the first time in nearly two decades, an official said on Saturday...

Ponnambalam killers caught on tape Sunday Leader, 17 February 2002. The Sunday Leader today exposes stunning details of a taped conversation between two policemen which reveals the murder of Kumar Ponnambalam...

Batty warned PA against chauvinistic approach Tamilnet, 17 February 2002. The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, a constituent in the People's Alliance (PA) led by President Chandrika Kumaratunge Saturday warned that it would withdraw its support to the PA if it indulged in inciting communal feeling during the forthcoming local government elections...

Amnesty slams Tigers over child soldiers Gulf-News, 17 February 2002. The international human rights group Amnesty International on Friday accused Sri Lanka's Tamil guerrillas of using child soldiers and published the names of 13 missing children it feared had been conscripted...

PA-UNF seek constructive co-habitation Island, 17 February 2002. The PA and the UNP led United National Front seeking to evolve new ways of constructive co-habitation and collective action for the resolution of the north-east conflict with Norwegian facilitated peace talks with the LTTE, will strive to take a common stance on cross-border terrorism at the next month’s biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting [CHOGM] in Queensland, officials said last week...

Cricket still attracts betting: ICC Yahoo India, 17 February 2002. An estimated one billion dollars are bet on key cricket matches, the sport's top security official said today while promising a corruption-free World Cup next year...

FEATURE-Gemstone universe set in Arizona town Yahoo, 16 February 2002. Rubies and sapphires sparkled in points of red and blue light as gemstone cutters hunched over in narrow booths, rubbing elbows with their counterparts from Thailand, Sri Lanka and Nigeria...

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