The Lanka Academic
 
MARCH 13, 2002 EST, USA
 
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VOL. 2, NO. 341
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LTTE: Minister counters US statement
The Pioneer, march 13. Sri Lankan defence minister Thilak Marapane has defended the LTTE against charges of ceasefire violations levelled by the US, saying he had not heard of any adverse reports against the militants afteWhile the LTTE was quick to deny the charges the same day, the defence minister's statement came as a surprise, as it is his ministry that has mentioned such incidents in its daily situation reports. More...
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European Commission gives Euro 1 million to people of Jaffna
 Ranmali Wijesuriya in Colombo, SLT 5.15 p.m Wednesday 13 March. European Commission has allocated Euro 1 million to assist people of Jaffna peninsula affected by the civil war to improve the health and food situation of some of the most vulnerable people of the peninsula a press release from the EU stated today... Back to the top
US Special Envoy Christina Rocco to visit Jaffna
 Daily Mirror, March 13, 2002. US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca will visit Sri Lanka's embattled northern peninsula of Jaffna later this week, officials said... Back to the top
Spotlight again on fishermen's plight
 The Hindu (Southern States), 14-03-2002 . CHENNAI, MARCH 13.The recent detention of fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy has turned the spotlight again on the plight of the native coastal community dependent on the sea for livelihood. Successive State Governments have, during the past decade, sought the Centre's intervention whenever fishermen were fired on by the island navy or detained and taken into custody... Back to the top
New controversy over palace project
 Gulf-news, 14 March 2002. The controversy over a presidential palace project has been renewed in Sri Lanka again amidst moves by the ruling United National Front (UNF) government to push through the multi-million dollar project... Back to the top
Ranil to visit Jaffna today
 The Hindu (International), MARCH, 13.. The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, is to start a two-day visit to Jaffna on Thursday, becoming the seniormost Government leader to visit the peninsula in two decades... Back to the top
Sri Lanka's Political Co-habitation Shows Signs of Uneasiness: Minister
 People's Daily, Wednesday, March 13, 2002. Sri Lanka's Constitutional Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris on Wednesday alleged that President Chandrika Kumaratunga had violated the country's constitution... Back to the top
Monitor says Sri Lanka truce moving ahead
 MSNBC, Wednesday, March 13th 2002, 12:13GMT. The head of a ceasefire monitoring mission in Sri Lanka said on Wednesday the truce was moving ahead but warned that the government and Tamil Tiger rebels would need the will to overcome expected setbacks... Back to the top
Ranil likely to visit Jaffna today
 Gulf-News- Sinha Ratnatunaga, 13 March 2002. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to make a surprise visit today to Jaffna, the first government leader to visit this war-torn northern citadel in over a decade... Back to the top
Brigadier General Ghormley, Commanding General, U.S. Marines Visits Sri Lanka
 US Embassy - Sri Lanka, 13 March 2002. Colombo, 13 March 2002: The American Embassy today announced that Brigadier General Timothy Ghormley, Commanding General, U... Back to the top
Over 100 Road Accidents Occur Daily in Sri Lanka
 Nothern Light, Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:55 AM EST . COLOMBO, Mar 13, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A total of 142 road accidents take place daily on average in Sri Lanka, an island country with a population of some 18 million, according to the traffic police... Back to the top
Tamil Tigers 'still recruiting children'
 BBC South Asia, Tuesday, 12 March, 2002, 11:45 GMT . The London-based human rights organisation Amnesty International has accused Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels of continuing to forcibly recruit child soldiers, going against the permanent ceasefire agreement it signed with the government last month... Back to the top
LTTE to march on the UN demanding Eelam
 Dushy Ranetunge, March 12. Several LTTE front offices in Europe, which operate as the “Tamil Co-ordinating Committee (TCC)”, are to organise a march on the UN in Geneva under the guise of a “peace rally”... Back to the top
Lankan woman caught with heroin
 Yahoo India, march 12. Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials arrested a woman passenger bound for Colombo by an Indian Airlines flight and seized heroin worth Rs 1.7 crore from her baggage at the airport here last night... Back to the top
Anton Balasingham due in Sri Lanka
 Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 9 p.m. SLT Tuesday March 12. Two Tamil newspaper dailies today reported that the LTTE's chief spokesman Dr... Back to the top
Man abducted by LTTE found dead
 The Hindu NUS, Colombo, March 12. (PTI). Shortly after the LTTE denied US accusations of rampant truce violations, Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry today said a man allegedly abducted by the rebels two days ago was found dead with gunshot injuries in a jungle in the east of the country... Back to the top
Sri Lanka meets Pak in Sharjah Cup opener
 The Times of India, March 13. Sri Lanka will take on Pakistan in the opening match of the three-nation Sharjah Cup, to be held from April 8 to 17, according to the schedule announced by the Cricketers Benefit Fund Series of Sharjah... Back to the top
TNA to meet Indian PM in bid for Chennai talks venue
 Daily News, March 13, 2002. The Tamil National Alliance hopes to meet the Indian Prime Minister and the other mainstream Indian politicians in a bid to pursuade India to accept the Tamil Tigers' request for Chennai as the venue for the negotiations, TULF Vanni district Parliamentarian A... Back to the top
BASL Secretary indicted by AG
 Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 9.10 p.m. SLT Tuesday March 12. Secretary and Attorney-at-Law to the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, Bandula Wijeysinghe was today indicted by the Attorney General K... Back to the top
PM proposes truce with Chandrika
 Gulf-News, 13 March 2002. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for a 'ceasefire agreement' between his ministers and President Chandrika Kumaratunga as verbal exchanges continued on the eve of local council elections... Back to the top
AI condemns LTTE
 Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 8.45 p.m. SLT Tuesday March 12. Amnesty International in a statement released today has condemned the LTTE for forcibly conscripting children... Back to the top
Election violence decreases by 99%
 Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 8.30 p.m. SLT Tuesday March 12. The police elections secretariat said today that election violence has this time decreased by 99% as the country gears for local government polls... Back to the top
One killed, 24 hurt in Lanka grenade blast
 TOI, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2002 8:11:13 PM . Two separate grenade explosions in central Sri Lanka killed one person and injured 24 others on Tuesday in what appears to have been a political dispute ahead of elections to be held later this month, the police said... Back to the top
Ceasefire overshadows Lanka local polls
 Times of India, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2002 7:32:34 PM . In exactly a week, Sri Lankans will go to the polls to elect leaders to local governing bodies, but the election fever has been completely swallowed up by a ceasefire that has raised peace prospects in the country... Back to the top
Displaced Sri Lankans starve as politicians play
 Asia Times, Tuesday, March 12, 12:23GMT. PUTTALAM, Sri Lanka - It was unbearable hunger that recently drove hundreds of placard-carrying displaced people to protest outside the main government office in Puttalam, a fishing town 330 kilometers north of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo... Back to the top
U.S. Assistant secretary for South Asian Affairs to visit Colombo
 US Embassy - Sri Lanka, 12 March 2002. Colombo, 12 March 2002: The United States Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, Christina Rocca, will visit Sri Lanka this week as part of a four-country South Asian tour... Back to the top
Sri Lankan Tamil Rebels Denies US Accusations of Truce Violation
 People's Daily, Tuesday, March 12, 2002. Sri Lankan separatist Tamil Tiger rebels Monday denied categorically the accusations leveled against them by the United States that it is involved in activities that could jeopardize the permanent truce with the government last month... Back to the top
Sri Lankan women aim for bigger political voice
 Asia Times, 11:00 SLT. By Feizal Samath COLOMBO - Prior to hitting the campaign trail for local government polls to be held this month, Nimalka Fernando got another taste of the sexism that prevails in Sri Lanka's political culture... Back to the top
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