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Kumaratunga denies threatening to cancel truce pact with LTTE Press Trust of India, Colombo,Wednesday, February 27, 2002. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga today said she had no intention of hindering the negotiation process to end the nation's ethnic conflict but maintained that some of the clauses in the government's ceasefire agreement with the LTTE were of great concern to her. More... Published: Wed Feb 27 12:39:18 EST 2002

Related News Stories · Chandrika retracts statement  - Gulf-News · Chandrika denies scuttling peace bid  - Times of India · Sri Lanka president 'backs peace process'  - BBC South Asia

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Ask Mahinda Answers 1-28 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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Third party intervention a threat to sovereignty- President Saroj Pathirana in London, Wednesday 27/02/02 1840 GMT. Intervention of an outside country is a threat to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, President Chandrika Kumaratunga has warned...

Norwegian team meets Balasingham Saroj Pathirana in London, Wednesday 27/02/02 1840 GMT. High level Norwegian delegation are meeting with LTTE’s chief negotiator Anton Balasingham in London...

Fishermen protest one mile fishing ban Saroj Pathirana in London, Wednesday 27/02/02 1840 GMT. Fishermen in the south and north are protesting the one nautical mile ban imposed by the cease-fire agreement...

VIP treatment for detainees alleged Gulf-News, 28 February 2002. The two sons of former deputy defence minister Gen. Anuruddha Ratwatte, and an MP from the opposition People's Alliance, in custody for conspiracy to commit murder and for providing weapons illegally, have been allowed to be transferred to hospital...

Sri Lanka president plays down dispute over pact Yahoo India, 27 February 2002. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Wednesday retreated from a war of words with the government over a landmark Norwegian-brokered ceasefire with Tamil rebels, saying she had not threatened to nullify it...

SRI LANKA - Cease-fire European Union , 28 February 2002. The European Union warmly welcomes the signature of the formal cease-fire agreement between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), as announced on February 22 by the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs...

50 Organizations commend govt -LTTE ceasefire Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 4.10 p.m. SLT Wednesday February 27. A press releases signed by 50 organizations including PAFFREL and the National Peace Council today commended the permanent ceasefire agreement signed by the government and the LTTE...

Canada lauds Sri Lanka's truce with LTTE Yahoo/IANS, 28 February 2002. Canada, where Tamil Tiger rebels have been the most visible outside Sri Lanka, lauded the latest peace initiative in the island nation brokered by Norway...

Trade with Lanka could go up: CII Yahoo India, 28 February 2002. The Southern Region Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) today said there was tremendous scope for co-operation between India and Sri Lanka in the IT sector and its enabled services, drugs and pharmaceuticals, agriculture and agro-based industries...

PMK asks India to intervene in Lanka TOI, 28 February 2002. Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) on Wednesday asked the Union government to `immediately intervene' in persuading Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga to accept the "historic" ceasefire agreement brokered by Norway as part of its initiative to bring peace to the embattled island republic between Sri Lanka and the LTTE...

Troops to commence vacating govt. buildings The Island, , Feb 27, 2002. By Shamindra Ferdinando. Troops deployed in the North-East, including the Jaffna theatre will begin vacating government buildings in the coming days under the controversial Norwegian brokered agreement on an indefinite cease-fire, but they would not depart `high security zones' that they maintain as part of their defences for key bases including Palaly and Kankesanthurai, defence sources said yesterday...

Land bridge could connect Lanka, India Yahoo India, Wednesday February 27, 5:48 PM. A land bridge between Sri Lanka and south India could be constructed without much difficulty, a Sri Lankan government official told Reuters...

Road to peace complicated FT-Amal Jayasinghe, 28 February 2002. The Norwegian-brokered truce in Sri Lanka has been hailed internationally as a landmark on a rocky road to peace but the cohabitation government faces more trouble from a nit-picking president and Marxists with a bloody past...

Set up parliamentary committee on execution of MoU - Batty The Island , Feb 28, 2002. LSSP General Secretary Batty Weerakoon has requested Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to set up a parliamentary select committee chaired by the leader of the opposition to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and a national commission comprising representatives of all political parties with the right to decide on matters concerning the implementation to play a healthy role in the process...

Election violence on the rise Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 3 p.m. SLT Wednesday February 27. Pre election violence is on the rise again in the run up to the local government polls...

Ceasefire must stay on track Gulf-News, 28 February 2002. The ceasefire agreement in Sri Lanka is still on track, now that President Chandrika Kumaratunga has denied saying that she could stop the agreement "with one letter to the army commander"...

48 hours given for Tamil groups to disarm Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 2.45 p.m. SLT Wednesday February 27 . The Sri Lanka Army's 23rd regiment in Batticaloa has held discussions with members representing the EPDP, PLOTE, EPRLF and TELO to inform them that carrying arms will be prohibited in view of the Memorandum of Understanding reached between the Government and the LTTE...

LTTE has brought in long-range guns - army Gulf-News, 27 February 2002. New evidence that the rebel Tamil Tigers (LTTE) had unloa-ded long-distance artillery wea-ponry recently was discussed by Sri Lanka's military establishment in the light of last weekend's ceasefire agreement between the government and the rebels coming into force...

Referendum on conflict agreement - PM Daily News, Feb 28, 2002. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declared that a referendum will be held to obtain the consent of the entire nation on the agreement that will be reached following talks between the LTTE for the resolution of the ethnic conflict...

Declawing the Tigers National Post, Canada EDITORIAL, February 26, 2002. In case you missed it, Ottawa just helped engineer a ceasefire in a civil war that has claimed 60,000 lives...

Kumaratunga threatens to cancel truce; Govt defends deal Press Trust of India, Colombo,Tuesday, February 26, 2002. Days after Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe signed a historic truce accord with LTTE, President Chandrika Kumaratunga has threatened to cancel the pact saying that she disagreed with some of the clauses...

Kontouri in contention Yahoo India, 27 February 2002. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will appoint at least three physical trainers to beef up their cricket set-up, it is learnt...

Soldiers begin fast unto death Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 4.10 p.m. SLT Tuesday February 26. Six soldiers being held in the Jaffna Prison have begun a fast unto death saying they demand to be released and tried outside the north east peninsula...

Scandinavian team to arrive in Sri Lanka Saturday Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 4 p.m. SLT Tuesday February 26. A Scandinavian delegation will arrive in Sri Lanka on Saturday March 2, 2002 to ensure that the modalities of a permanent ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are observed...

Talking to the Tigers Economist, Feb 25, 2002. Many in Sri Lanka doubt that Mr Prabhakaran has given up on his goal of an independent Tamil homeland...

Chandrika threatens to scuttle peace deal Gulf-News, 27 February 2002. President Chandrika Kumaratunga announced yesterday that she had the power to scuttle the accord with one stroke of the pen, raising fears here that she was determined to wreck the fragile peace process wrought by her prime minister and Norwegian facilitators...

Peace in Sri Lanka an uphill task Yahoo/Ians, 27 february 2002. The latest truce between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is qualitatively different from similar moves in the past in that it has been brokered by a third party - Norway - and has wide international support, though that itself is no guarantee for durable peace in the bleeding island...

China Airlines to resume Colombo cargo flights from March 2 Nothern Light, 26 February 2002. China Airlines said it has decided to resume cargo flights to Colombo from March 2 after nearly seven months of interruption...

Buddhist abbot who cared for all thestar, 26 February 2002- Malaysia. PENANG: Although most of the inhabitants of Jalan Gunaratana are Buddhists, few have any inkling that the person after whom their road is named, was a Sri Lankan monk who first mooted the idea of making Wesak a public holiday in Malaysia...

Pak drops Wasim Akram from Asian Test squad Yahoo India, 27 Feb 2002. Pakistan left out veteran pacer Wasim Akram from their squad of 14 for the second Asian Test Championship final against Sri Lanka, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Tuesay...

Annan hails Sri Lanka peace deal BBC South Asia, Tuesday, 26 February, 2002, 05:11 GMT . United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has welcomed the ceasefire signed between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger separatist rebels after 19 years of civil war...

MP held on charges of conspiracy Gulf-News, 27 February 2002. An opposition parliamentarian was on Monday remanded in custody along with two others in central Sri Lanka for charges of conspiracy and aiding and abetting a group including presidential bodyguards to murder a cabinet minister...

Kumaratunga plays down dispute over ceasefire pact Times of India, 23:11 TIME. COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Wednesday retreated from a war of words with the government over a landmark Norwegian-brokered ceasefire with Tamil rebels, saying she had not threatened to nullify it...

Sri Lankan Opposition Legislator Arrested People's Daily, 11:40 AM SLT. Sri Lankan Opposition Legislator Arrested A legislator from Sri Lanka's main opposition People's Alliance (PA)of President Chandrika Kumaratunga was arrested and remanded Monday, police said...

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