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Lanka PM seeks backing for truce pact Gulf-News, 05 March 2002. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday strongly urged the nation to back the ceasefire agreement with the Tamil guerrillas, but opposition lawmakers denounced the the manner in which the agreement had been reached and the powers given to Norway in implementing it. Wickremesinghe making an opening statement during a two-day special debate in parliament called by the opposition to discuss the agreement also called the opposition not to criticise the Norwegians who are playing a key role in the agreement. More... Published: Mon Mar 4 19:07:17 EST 2002

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Lanka army on alert despite truce with Tigers Times of India, MONDAY, MARCH 04, 2002 1:05:01 PM ]. : Sri Lankan security forces were on a high state of alert on Monday even though the government has entered into a Norwegian-brokered ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels...

Parliamentary debate on MoU begins Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 12 p.m. SLT Monday March 4. The parliamentary debate on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the government and the LTTE began this morning...

Lohan, Chanuka not identified Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 1.15 p.m. SLT Monday March 4. Lohan and Chanuka Ratwatte, suspects in the killing of ten Muslim youth at Udathalawinna last December were not recognized in an identification parade held at the Teldeniya Magistrates Court this morning...

Sri Lanka Activists Demand Action Against Torture in Police Custody Yahoo, Mon Mar 4,10:26 AM ET . Human rights activists are pressing the government of Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremasinghe to take action against policemen accused of torturing four men held in custody last month...

Ex-cricket captain files petition in court Gulf-News, 5 March 2002. Sri Lanka's former cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga has filed action in a court claiming that his fundamental rights have been violated by the sports ministry preventing parliamentarians contesting the cricket board elections...

Unfortunate fallout of terrorist actions Gulf-News, 05 March 2002. Thousands of bona fide immigrants looking for greener pastures in Canada and the United States and asylum seekers running away from political or religious strife in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, West Bank and Gaza, to name a few, have little or no hope of getting into the two countries any time soon...

Sarvodaya to launch peoples peace operation Ranmali Wijesuriya in Colombo, SLT 4.30 p.m Monday 4 March. Sarvodaya movement is to launch a peoples peace operation on 15th March linking 1000 villages from North with 1000 villages from the South a release issued by Dr...

Giant milk rice dish gobbled up BBC South Asia, Monday, 4 March, 2002, 16:47 GMT . Thousands of people have turned up in Sri Lanka to get a portion of an almost 200-metre long milk rice dish displayed outside the Town Hall in Colombo...

Sinhalese businessmen not allowed in Mankulam by the LTTE Ranmali Wijesuriya in Colombo, SLT 1.00 p.m Monday 4 March. Three Sinhalese businessmen who tried to enter Mankulam area to do business relating poultry feeding was not allowed to enter Mankulam by the LTTE recently...

Sunrise in Sri Lanka Globe and Mail, Canada, Monday, March 4, 2002 . Ms. Kumaratunga appears bent on making things difficult. Foolishly, she has questioned clauses in the peace pact that allow the government of Norway to act as an impartial arbiter, and has accused the Prime Minister of keeping her in the dark...

TNA to launch campaign demanding the repeal of the PTA Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 11 a.m. SLT Monday March 4. Selva Adaikalanathan, Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian has called for a mass campaign to demand the government to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act law...

Sri Lanka ceasefire likely to spark heated debate MSNBC, march 4. Sri Lanka's parliament was expecting heated debate on a landmark ceasefire pact on Monday after Tamil Tiger rebels accused the president of trying to sabotage it...

International backing for ceasefire will silence critics - Tyronne Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 9.30 a.m. SLT Monday March 4. Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister, Tyronne Fernando, attending a four day Commonwealth summit in Australia has reiterated to journalists that international pressure would silence critics of the present ceasefire between the Lankan government and the LTTE...

Lankan govt confident over peace efforts South Nexus, COLOMBO, Mar 04. The Sri Lankan Government is confident that President Chandrika Kumaratunga will not torpedo its peace initiatives despite her concerns and reservations about the cease-fire agreement with the LTTE, Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando has said...

TABLE-Sri Lanka Telecom full year net soars Yahoo Singapore, 04 March 2002. Results for the full year to December 31, 2001 (in billions of Sri Lankan rupees unless stated):

Norwegian general to meet LTTE chief Gulf-News, march 4. A retired Norwegian army general, heading the international monitoring mission of the ceasefire agreement between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil guerrillas, is finalising a team of Scandinavians who will monitor the ceasefire as he prepares to meet guerrilla chief Velupillai Prabharkaran...

Common goal to fight terror The Toronto Star, march 3. Canada will assist smaller Commonwealth countries that embrace the fight against terrorism after leaders agreed here yesterday to co-operate on money-laundering and other legislative crackdowns...

LTTE's salvo against Chandrika The Hindu (International), march 3. The London-based pointman for the peace process, Anton Balasingham, has described the concerns raised by the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, with regard to the ceasefire agreement as "irresponsible, injurious and ill-advised...

Tyronne calls for anti-terror action Sunday Observer, March 03, 2002. Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando urged the Commonwealth meeting in Brisbane, Australia, yesterday to adopt extra measures to deal with the problem of terrorism...

Sri Lanka mission to issue birth certificates Gulf-News, march 4. The Sri Lankan consulate in Dubai has made arrangements to issue birth certificates to Sri Lankan babies free of cost...

Sri Lanka for better trade ties with Pakistan dawn, march 4. The Consul General of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Pakistan, P...

S.Lankan Govt to Form Parliamentary Committee to Assess Cease-fire People's Daily, 04 March 2002. The Sri Lankan government has agreed to appoint a parliamentary committee to assess the implementation of the recently agreed ceasefire between the government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels monitored by an international monitoring team...

Expats welcome ceasefire agreement in Sri Lanka Gulf-News, march 3. Sri Lankan expatriates living in Abu Dhabi have warmly welcomed the ceasefire agreement between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), hoping that both parties will find a permanent solution to the decades-old conflict...

Aggreko's Saudi branch supplies power to Sri Lanka Nothern Light, Sunday, March 03, 2002 5:57 AM EST . Aggreko International's Saudi subsidiary located in Jebel Ali recently signed four new contracts with Sri Lanka's Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to provide short-term temporary power to help relieve the ongoing power shortages in the country, confirmed a press release...

Hope on the horizon Frontline, 04 March 2002. SRI LANKA made significant forward movement on the road to peace when Vidar Helgesen, the Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Norway, arrived in Colombo on February 7, leading a peace delegation consisting of Erik Solheim, Special Adviser to the Foreign Ministry, and Kjirste Tromsdal, a Ministry official...

Tamils call for lifting of ban on Tigers Gulf-News, 03 March 2002. Tamil guerrillas have launched their first political exercise in government-controlled areas with tens of thousands of Tamils marching through the streets of the government-held town of Vavuniya, asking the Sri Lankan government to lift a ban on Tamil Tiger rebels to help start peace talks to end the protracted civil war...

Tigers flay Chandrika for opposing truce pact Press Trust of India, Colombo,Sunday, March 03, 2002. The LTTE has accused Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga of seeking to sabotage its truce agreement with the government by what it called her irresponsible and ill-advised opposition to it...

The War on Terror Points a Country Toward Peace NYT, march 3. ust over the horizon from Afghanistan, another war on terror may be drawing to a close...

Sri Lankans cook up giant milk rice dish MSNBC, march 3. An army of 150 Sri Lankan cooks cracked 2,000 coconuts and boiled more than one tonne of rice on Sunday to work up a mammoth dish of traditional milk rice...

Ratwatte's detained sons lead life of luxury in hospital Gulf-News, 03 March 2002. Two sons of former deputy defence minister General Ratwatte, who are to be charged for conspiracy to murder and now in custody, have been allocated two beds and three prisoners to act as personal valets, showing signs that they were still able to curry favour from authorities...

Chandrika greets Jayalalithaa The Hindu NUS, Chennai, March 4. (PTI). Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga greeted Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on taking over as Chief Minister...

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