The Lanka Academic
 
MARCH 15, 2002 EST, USA
 
A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY LACNET
 
VOL. 2, NO. 343
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Christina Rocca visits Jaffna
The Hindu (International), march 16. The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Christina Rocca, arrived in this war-shattered peninsula for a brief visit that demonstrated that America was fully backing the Norwegian-facilitated peace process in Sri Lanka. Ms. Rocca had a 40-minute discussion with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, at the Palaly military camp. The meeting between Ms. Rocca and a Government leader at the centre of LTTE demands for a separate state was also a symbolic reiteration that the peninsula is an integral part of the Sri Lankan state. More...
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Chandrika unable to meet Rocca
 The Hindu (International), march 16. The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, has expressed her inability to meet the U... Back to the top
U.S. throws its weight behind peace in Sri Lanka
 IANS/Yahoo, march 16. Sri Lanka does not produce oil nor is it a haven for Al Qaida terrorists... Back to the top
Peace movement condemns bomb attack on Sarvodaya leader’s house
 Saroj Pathirana in London, Friday 15/03/02 1935 GMT. Sri Lankan based peace campaign, National Peace Council (NPC) strongly condemned the bomb attack on Sarvodaya leader Dr... Back to the top
Lankans hold mass meditation for peace
 TOI, 5:15:27 PM Friday, March 15, 2002. ANURADHAPURA, Sri Lanka: Hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans on Friday gathered at this sacred city of Anuradhapura for a mass peace meditation campaign, which organisers said was the largest such event to be held anywhere in the world... Back to the top
US officials in Jaffna peninsula
 BBC South Asia, Friday, 15 March, 2002, 14:19 GMT . Two senior Americans are visiting Sri Lanka's isolated northern Jaffna peninsula to bolster efforts to end the country's civil war... Back to the top
Promises galore as Ranil visits Jaffna
 Times of India, MARCH 15, 2002 . If people in the northern town of Jaffna were honoured that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe was visiting their hometown, the war-ravaged city would be thrilled to hear that they may soon have a tourist hotel, supermarket and be the host of an international football match... Back to the top
SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY Chapter 31: Indira Gandhi - a casualty of terror
 Asia Times, Friday, March 15 2002, 12:32GMT. In January 1984, the leadership of the Tamil United Liberation Front called for a unity conference in Madras, Tamil Nadu, in India... Back to the top
Hakeem Rushes to US defence
 Daily Mirror, Macrh 15, 2002. In a hard hitting speech denouncing the Tamil National Alliance's verbal outburst against the US government, SLMC leader Minister Rauff Hakeem yesterday said that no party has a right to thwart the international community voicing its opinion on the ceasefire... Back to the top
Premier raises peace hopes in Sri Lanka
 Japan Times, March 14. There is now hope, however faint, of peace in Sri Lanka after almost two decades of bloody ethnic conflict between the majority Buddhist Sinhalas and the minority Tamils, who are fighting for a separate homeland in the northern and eastern parts of the small island... Back to the top
U.S. Supports Norway's Mediation Effort in Sri Lanka
 US Embassy Sri Lanka, 15 March 2002. Following is the text of a statement issued by State Department spokesman Richard Boucher in Washington March 14 regarding Norway's effort to mediate the civil war in Sri Lanka: Norway State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Helgesen met today with Deputy Secretary Armitage to discuss how best to facilitate the peace process in Sri Lanka... Back to the top
Ceat Ltd clarifies about outsourcing tyres from Sri Lanka firm
 Yahoo India, 15 March 2002. Ceat (CEATd.BO, news) Ltd has informed the Exchange about a news article in the Financial dated March 11, 2002 stating 'Ceat to outsource tyres from Tyre Corp. Srilankan JV'... Back to the top
Lankan peace activist's home attacked
 Times of India, MARCH 15, 2002 . LINK Back to the top
UNF says Chandrika violated constitution
 Gulf-News, 15 March 2002. The ruling United National Front (UNF) government yesterday accused President Chandrika Kumaratunga of "violating the constitution" after she reportedly blocked the appointment of a constitutional council which is empowered to make appointments to some of the key state institutions... Back to the top
Ranil mobbed outside Nallur temple
 The Hindu (International), 15 March 2002. The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, removed his shirt to pray at the peninsula's most famous Hindu temple and let himself be mobbed by the crowds outside... Back to the top
TNA Decries US Stand
 Daily Mirror, March 14, 2002. The Tamil National Alliance yesterday came out hard on the US government claiming that it has no authority to issue a statement evaluating the success of the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE... Back to the top
Sri Lanka's stock market booms
 BBC South Asia, Thursday, 14 March, 2002, 15:37 GMT . Sri Lanka's stock market is at its high for the year, as confidence in the government's peace initiatives and economic policies boosts investment... Back to the top
Defence Minister contradicts US statement against LTTE
 South Nexus, Thursday, Mar 14, 08:50 GMT. Sri Lankan Defence Minister Thilak Marapane has defended the LTTE against charges of ceasefire violations levelled by the United States, saying he had not heard of any adverse reports against the militants after the mutually agreed indefinite truce began last month... Back to the top
Criminal conspiracy
 Deccan Herald, 15 march 2002. An investigation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) into the assassination of Kumar Ponnambalam, former leader for the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC) has found that President Chandrika Kumaratunge deliberately suppressed an official police report which has stated, that Mahen Ratwatte, son of former deputy defence minister, Anuruddha Ratwatte was involved in master-minding the murder... Back to the top
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