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Lanka not to monitor MoU Hindustan TImes, february 24. In a major concession to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the Sri Lankan government has agreed not to monitor the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts, exclusively held by the Tamil Tigers.Significantly, it is from Mullaitivu district that the rebel supremo, Velupillai Pirabhakaran, has been conducting his operations. More... Published: Sat Feb 23 20:44:33 EST 2002

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Ask Mahinda Answers 1-6 now available! 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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Domestic hostility clouds global welcome for govt-LTTE truce Press Trust of India, Colombo,Saturday, February 23, 2002. An indefinite truce begins in Sri Lanka from tonight under a formal government-LTTE accord that enjoys international backing, but faces fierce domestic opposition from President Chandrika Kumaratunga and the main Marxist party...

Kumaratunga accuses Ranil of violating norms South Nexus, COLOMBO, Feb 23. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga accused Prime Minister Ranil Wikremesinghe of violating constitutional norms and ignoring Parliament in signing an agreement for truce with LTTE...

Furuhovde to head Truce Monitoring mission Saroj Pathirana in London. Saturday 23/02/02 1350 GMT Retired Major General of Norwegian army Trond Furuhovde is to arrive in Sri Lanka at the end of next week as the head of the international monitoring mission (SLMM) which will observe the cease-fire agreement between Sri Lankan government and the LTTE...

Ex-minister's sons arrested over Sri Lanka massacre MSNBC, february 23. Police arrested two sons of a powerful former Sri Lankan minister on Saturday in connection with the massacre of 10 Muslim opposition supporters after elections in December...

Sri Lanka truce takes hold BBC South Asia, Saturday, 23 February, 2002, 23:35 GMT . The Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe visited war-affected areas in the east of the island on Saturday - the first day of a permanent ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels...

Lankan oppn disagrees on truce pact Deccan Herald. An indefinite truce begins in Sri Lanka from tonight under a formal government-LTTE accord that enjoys international backing, but faces fierce domestic opposition from President Chandrika Kumaratunga and the main Marxist party...

Sri Lanka ceasefire brings hope of final settlement The Guardian, february 23. The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger guerrilla leaders formally agreed to an internationally-monitored ceasefire yesterday, opening the way to the first full-scale peace talks for seven years...

Foreign monitors due in Lanka The Hindu NUS, Colombo, Feb. 23. (DPA). Foreign monitors from Scandinavian countries are due to arrive in Sri Lanka to monitor a ceasefire between the Government and Tamil separatists, Constitutional Affairs Minister G...

Refugee boat intercepted The Hindu (International), 24-02-2002 . A boat carrying nearly 400 Sri Lankan refugees was today intercepted by coast guards off the coast of Sicily, Italian port authorities said...

ROUNDUP: Ceasefire Agreement Important Step Toward Peace in Sri Lanka by Zhang Y... Nothern Light, Saturday, February 23, 2002 3:57 AM EST . COLOMBO, February 23, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- With the Norwegian mediation, the Sri Lankan government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels Friday signed a permanent ceasefire agreement, which has been seen as the first important step towards peace in the war-torn country...

Sri Lankans arrive in Italy after six week voyage Yahoo India, february 23. Almost 400 illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka arrived on the southern Italian island of Sicily on Saturday after six weeks at sea aboard a rusty old ship, a spokesman for the local coastguard said...

2.6 kgs of heroin seized Yahoo India, february 23. Heroin worth Rs 2.6 crore in the international market was seized from two persons including a Sri Lankan national on their arrival from Jaipur at the Central station here, Narcotics control Bureau (NCB) said...

PMK welcomes Lanka truce Yahoo India, february 23. The PMK today welcomed the agreement between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE for an indefinite truce...

Sri Lanka to play Pakistan in Asian test championship The Hindustan Times, Colombo, February 23 . The Sri Lankan cricket board said on Saturday that it would play Pakistan in the Asian Test Championship from March 6 to 10 in Lahore...

Sri Lanka Govt., LTTE sign ceasefire accord The Hindu, 23-02-2002 . VAVUNIYA, FEB. 22. The Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are set to begin an indefinite and mutually-agreed ceasefire from Saturday midnight for the first time since 1994, with both sides signing letters accepting the terms of the Norway-brokered truce...

Sri Lanka poised for ceasefire pact with Tamil LTTE rebels Leo de Lile in Colombo, 4.30pm SLT Feb.22, 2002. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, right, hands over a truce pact to Norwegian Ambassador Jon Westborg in the northern town of Vavuniya, on Friday, Feb...

Sri Lanka ready to meet rebels anywhere Times of India, 23 February 2002. LINK

Chronology of peace bids in Sri Lanka MSNBC, february 23. The following is a chronology of major initiatives to end Sri Lanka's ethnic war that has killed an estimated 64,000 people since the conflict erupted after an anti-Tamil riot in 1983:

Announcement of Sri Lanka ceasefire Ministry of Foreign Affairs, february 22. As from 00:00 hours on 23 February 2002, a ceasefire agreement enters into force between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE)...

Commonwealth salutes historic Sri Lanka truce The Hindustan Times, London, February 23 . Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon welcomed Friday's historic truce signed between Sri Lanka's cohabitation government and Tamil Tiger rebels, saying it represented "an opportunity for lasting peace"...

Canada offers to play role in Sri Lanka peace msnbc, february 22. Canada vowed on Friday to do all it could to help build a lasting peace in Sri Lanka after the government and Tamil Tiger rebels agreed to a cease-fire...

Ceasefire agreement sets rules of conduct for LTTE, Govt. The Hindu (International), february 22. The ceasefire agreement signed between the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE sets down detailed rules of conduct for and measures to be implemented by both sides in stages from 30 days to 160 days...

The Text of the Historic Agreement the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam The Lanka Academic, February 22, 2002 . The overall objective of the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (hereinafter referred to as the GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (hereinafter referred to as the LTTE) is to find a negotiated solution to the ongoing ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka - The GOSL and the LTTE (hereinafter referred to as the Parties) recognize the importance of bringing an end to the hostilities and improving the living conditions for all inhabitants affected by the conflict...

The peace process, It is different this time Dr A.M. Navaratna-Bandara - Lanka Academic, 23 February 2002. The present phase of the peace process initiated by both the Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and the LTTE leadership, seems to be different...

U.S. Government Welcomes MOU Signing Lanka Academic, 23 February 2002. The American Embassy in Colombo today released the following statement on behalf of the United States Government: "We welcome the agreement between the Sri Lankan government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which formalizes the unilateral ceasefire in place since December 2001...

Japan welcomes cease-fire between Sri Lanka, rebels Kyodo News, 23 February 2002. Japan welcomes the cease-fire agreement signed by Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger rebels and hopes the two sides will begin peace negotiations at an early time, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday...

Hundreds line Vavuniya streets to greet Ranil convoy The Hindu (International), 23 February 2002. The visit by Ranil Wickremesinghe today to this town which has been at the frontier of the war between the Government and the LTTE for over two decades was the first by a Sri Lankan Prime Minister in several years...

Government to disarm Tamil militant groups within a month Saroj Pathirana in London, Friday 22/02/02 1450 GMT. Sri Lankan government has agreed to disarm Tamil paramilitary groups within a month from midnight today, announced as D-Day by Norwegian facilitators...

Lanka approves truce agreement South Nexus, VAVUNIYA, Feb 23. Sri Lanka approved a landmark agreement for an indefinite truce with LTTE which bars the government and the rebel forces from all offensive operations over land, at sea and from the air, as well as assassinations, abductions, sabotage and suicide missions...

Sri Lanka set for ceasefire pact with Tiger rebels Yahoo Singapore, Friday February 22, 1:13 PM. OMANTHAI, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tiger rebels were poised on Friday to announce a pact laying out the conditions for an indefinite ceasefire to pave the way for direct peace talks, officials said...

Ranil visits A9 entry point to mark MoU singing tamilnet , february 22. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe visited the main entry point on the A9 highway to the LTTE held Vanni region Friday afternoon to mark the historic signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a permanent cease-fire between the Liberation Tigers and Colombo...

SRI LANKA: GIVE PEACE A CHANCE, SAYS UAE DAILY Nothern Light, Friday, February 22, 2002 4:51 PM EST . A United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper today called on the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger Rebels to give a peace a chance to avoid the continuation of the country's destruction...

U.S. Government Welcomes MOU Signing USIS, February 22. The American Embassy in Colombo today released the following statement on behalf of the United States Government: "We welcome the agreement between the Sri Lankan government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which formalizes the unilateral ceasefire in place since December 2001...

Japan welcomes Sri Lanka truce pact Times of India, FEBRUARY 22, 2002 6:49:38 PM ]. 49:38 PM ] OLOMBO: Japan joined Britain and India in welcoming Friday's ceasefire pact between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger guerrillas and expressed hopes negotiations for a full peace deal would soon start...

India says Sri Lanka pact an opportunity for peace Yahoo India, february 22. India, once a key player in Sri Lanka's bloody ethnic conflict, on Friday welcomed a ceasefire pact between Tamil Tiger rebels and Colombo and called it an opportunity to restore peace to the war-torn island...

Sri Lanka's historic step hailed BBC South Asia, Friday, 22 February, 2002, 13:23 GMT . The historic ceasefire agreement signed by the Sri Lankan Government and Tamil Tiger rebels has been widely welcomed as the first step towards eventual peace...

Wickremesinghe travels to LTTE-held areas NDTV/MSNBC, february 22. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is today travelling to the LTTE-held areas in the northern part of the island country...

Pact at hand in Sri Lanka The Hindu, 22-02-2002 . COLOMBO, FEB. 21. A battle between the Sri Lankan Navy and the LTTE erupted off the island's northeastern coast today as the Government said the two sides were close to signing a mutual ceasefire agreement by Saturday...

Tigers keep their sights on India Asia Times, 22 February 2002. Two months into a ceasefire, the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) appear to be moving slowly toward the negotiating table...

Sri Lanka, Tiger rebels poised for ceasefire pact Yahoo India/Reuters, 22 February 2002. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was to travel to the northern frontline town of Vavuniya early on Friday to meet troops and government officials, fuelling speculation he would make an announcement there about the Norwegian-brokered plan...

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